Olympic and Paralympic sculpture dedication
A sculpture dedication held on Tuesday, May 30 unveiled the new “Olympians and Paralympians Among Us” sculpture. Olympic medalists Apolo Ohno and Amber English in attendance. (More)
Arts and Culture
Theatreworks begins its 4th annual Free-For-All Shakespeare tour
The Theatreworks Free-For-All community tour returns this summer with Shakespeare’s “Pericles,” a 75-minute mobile production to be performed in parks, libraries and other public spaces. (More)
Ormao Dance Company offering discounted tickets to students this weekend
In-the-Round features five choreographers with lives and narratives uniquely their own and will include pieces by UCCS alumni and professors. (More)
Continuing a legacy of black artistry on the Theatreworks stage
On Thursday, April 27, Theatreworks opens King Hedley II, marking the company’s fifth production from August Wilson’s canonical Pittsburgh Cycle. (More)
Renowned actor John Douglas Thompson returns to Colorado Springs
On Sunday, April 23, renowned actor John Douglas Thompson returns to Colorado for a special Prologue discussion on the occasion of the Theatreworks production of August Wilson’s King Hedley II. (More)
Opera-ting worldwide | Maire Therese Carmack
UCCS may not be known for its opera program, but it has served Visual and Performing Arts alumna Maire Therese Carmack well. (More)
GOCA: Artist Xi Zhang explores what it is to be human
EXIT: Childtown affords an opportunity to experience the enormous evolution in the work of celebrated Chinese-born artist Xi Zhang. (More)
GOCA: Eric Olson’s voyage from sketchbook to canvas
GOCA presents “Hiatus” by Eric M. Olson from April 6-22. This exhibition features newly completed paintings that Olson originally conceived of between 1974 to 1984. (More)
“Indecent” coming to the Ent Center for the Arts
This March, the UCCS Theatre Company is producing Paula Vogel’s play “Indecent.” Vogel’s play is inspired by the true story of the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s “God of Vengeance.” (More)
Two nights only: Encounter contemporary dance from the stage
On February 22 and 23, the Ent Center for the Arts at UCCS and the UCCS Theatre & Dance Program present a dance experience unlike any other featuring Tiffany Mills Dance Company. (More)