Plein air painting returns to Heller Center Paint Out for 2019
Guest artist Joanne Lavendar will join local plein air artists for the 2019 Paint Out event at the Heller Center for the Arts & Humanities. (More)
Arts & Culture
New simulation shows how climate during last glacial period impacted Europe’s genetic makeup
A new simulation by researchers at UCCS and the Université de Montréal shows how humans in Europe responded to the last period of glacial expansion, and how it impacted the genetic makeup of those people, in a new article published in PLoS ONE. (More)
Theatreworks brings Shakespeare’s dark comedy “Measure for Measure” to Rock Ledge Ranch
Theatreworks continues its long-standing tradition of summer Shakespeare with “Measure for Measure,” opening June 26 in a festival tent at scenic Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site. (More)
2019-20 Artist Series brings the world to Colorado Springs
More world-class music, dance, and live performance from across the globe is headed to Colorado Springs. (More)
Ent commissions VAPA student-made installation, “Ascension”
On May 16, UCCS students unveiled their kinetic installation titled “Ascension” in the University Center. (More)
Vijay Iyer Sextet brings “Far From Over” to Ent Center May 8
Grammy-nominated composer-pianist Vijay Iyer has released more than twenty albums covering remarkably diverse terrain. (More)
Dassanowsky opens Austrian Film Festival Moscow
Robert von Dassanowsky, professor of film and German, and director of film studies, attended the 8th Austrian Cinema Festival April 10-15 as a special guest of the organizers Russian Art Group CoolConnections, the Austrian Embassy and the Austrian Cultural Forum Moscow. (More)
UCCS Downtown hosts first Anthropology Day
With options to participate in ongoing research projects, see an archaeologist shape stone tools, and explore where UCCS researchers and students have traveled around the world, faculty and students hosted the first Anthropology Day Feb. 21 at UCCS Downtown. (More)
Meet the artists of the senior art show “Unapologetic.”
“Unapologetic.” is the 13th annual exhibition of the senior visual and performance art majors at the Galleries of Contemporary Art—and the second time that it will be held at GOCA Downtown. (More)
Sō Percussion brings “Amid the Noise” to Shockley-Zalabak Theater April 11
With innovative multi-genre original productions, sensational interpretations of modern works, more than 20 albums, and an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam,” by The New Yorker, Sō Percussion has redefined the scope and role of the modern percussion ensemble. (More)