By MinTze Wu

Redstone Review

Lyons

In June the Stone Cup Café hosts Alison Bozeman and her artwork on eco-crafted paper goods. Bozeman is owner of Bird Dog press, a collaborative design studio. Her work honors traditional craftsmanship and modern technology in harmony, while making a conscious commitment to handmade, personal communication. Look for it at www.birddogpress.com.

The Stone Cup’s July show will be dedicated to the paintings of Sally King, who lives and works in Lyons. Her dreamy flowers blend into a sea of amazing color.

The paintings take the viewer on a journey into a mystical landscape where color transforms the mood of the viewer into a joyful adventure.

On June 19 at 2 p.m., Randy Kaplan will perform a show comprised of American roots, country blues, and comedic storytelling. The Stone Cup Café is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and High Street. For information about the shows, please call 303-823-2345.

The 38^th Annual Rocky Grass Festival at Planet Bluegrass starts July 18 with a week of small classes with world-class professional musicians. The chance to immerse yourself as an active participant in the world of bluegrass includes jamming sessions, vocal coaching, songwriting, one-on-one instruction, and a broad variety of electives from improvisation to musical history. The festival takes place on the weekend of July 23 to 25 at the Planet Bluegrass Ranch. Join Doc Watson, Patty Loveless, Tony, Rice, Sam Bush, and many more for three days of incredible fun along the St. Vrain River. Tickets generally sell out fast. Planet Bluegrass is on Hwy 36 just outside of Lyons. Please visit www.bluegrass.com or call 303-624-2422 for more details.

Oscar Blues Cajun Grill and Brewery at 303 Main Street hosts a great variety of live music almost every night. Highlights for this month include Spring Creek Bluegrass Band on June 20, Heidi and the Rhythm Rollers on June 27, Elephant Revival jamgrass on July 2, Dave Richey bluegrass band on July 4, and KC Groves’ tribute to John Hartford on July 10. Every Tuesday evening from 8 p.m. is the popular open bluegrass jam session, and every Thursday evening at 8 p.m. is Romano Paoletti Open Stage. All levels are welcome. For the complete listing and more information, please go to www.oscarblues.com or contact 303-823-6685.

The Lyons Itinerant Poetry Society, LIPS, will host the Green Fuse Poetic Arts Association from Fort Collins at 7 p.m. on Thursday May 20 at the Lyons Town Hall, 423 Fifth Ave. Green Fuse was founded by poet Katherine West. Many poets will read, including two who just had prize-winning chapbooks published, Shirley Kobar and Tony Burfield. For more information about LIPS, please contact facilitator Sapan Rinpoche at 303-823-6477 or email at SapanRinpoche@sapanrinpoche.com. Please bring snacks and non-alcoholic beverages to share. All are invited. Always free.

Boulder

Colorado Music Festival will be on stage from June 26 through August 6. Led by music director Michael Christie, the festival takes place at the picturesque Chautauqua Auditorium and celebrates music beyond the classical genre. Every Thursday and Friday the Festival Orchestra features repertoire ranging from Gershwin’s American in Paris to Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, with a special week of Brahms Festival on from July 11 to 16, during which time Peter Serkin will appear on Brahms Piano Concerto No.1, Kyoko Takezawa will present Brahms Violin Concerto, and Calin Lupanu and Bjorn Ranheim will be the soloists for Brahms Double Concerto. Every Tuesday evening is World Music Series. The impressive line-ups for this year include Jake Shimabukuro on ukulele, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys with bluegrass music, Solas as the most popular and exciting Celtic band in the US, and Zoe Keating, avant cello with Apex Contemporary Dance Theatre. For ticketing and information on the festival, please go to www.coloradomusicfest.org, or call 303-449-1397.

Boulder Arts and Crafts will host a special exhibition at 1421 Pearl St. in Boulder, created by the watercolor class at the East Boulder Senior Center. The third annual Older Boulder Artists will be showing from June16 through July 25, with the reception on July 11 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The artists range in age from 55 to 90 years old. Taught by Anne Gifford, they meet every week to explore new subjects and to experiment new texture. Please visit www.boulderartsandcrafts or call 303-443-3683 for show information, or contact Anne Gifford at 303-472-4990 for watercolor class information.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival will open the curtain on July 1 with King Lear. An intimate family drama and an explosive political epic, the play explores the most basic questions of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil. Also on the bill are The Taming of the Shrew and Measure For Measure by Shakespeare, Our Town by Thornton Wilder, and Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones. The plays are presented at the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre and the University Theatre. For information and tickets, visit www.coloradoshakes.org or call 303-492-0554.

Parlando’s Broadway in Boulder Studios follows up its 2009 sell-out run of the Secret Garden with the dramatic musical Grand Hotel. Based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, Menschen im Hotel, and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, the musical focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the interesting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina, a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper, a young, handsome, but destitute baron, a cynical doctor, and a typist dreaming of Hollywood success. Running from June 18 to 27, the show takes place at the Dairy Center for the Arts on 2590 Walnut St. Please visit www.thedairy.org for more information.

Boulder Theatre presents Hamsa Lila and Tinariwen with special guests DJ Jef Stott and David Satori on tribal Sahara blues/world trance and electro-groove music, a benefit for Women’s Earth Alliance, Rock the Earth and the Touareg Water Fund. Tinariwen are a group of Touareg nomads from sub-Saharan West African who have created an infectious, raw, mystical sound as chants and rebel songs lay over grungy blues guitars, bass, hand drums and percussion. Hamsa Lila, often referred to as “pioneers in the world fusion genre,” performs mostly at benefit-based events that are pointed at social change, environmental activism, human rights and indigenous tribal support.  The show is on June 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 for general admission. Boulder Theatre is at 2032 14^th Street. For tickets please call 303-786-7030.

Denver

The Colorado Symphony Orchestra presents the Carl Gossard Park Concert Series on the following dates and venues: July 3 at the Civic Center Park in Denver; July 5 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre; and July 18 at the Stapleton Central Park. The classical masterpieces include the Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture, Elgar Enigma Variation, Dvorak Symphony No.8, Brahms Hungarian Dances, and Beethoven Symphony No. 5, among many others. On July 15, under the baton of Douglas Boyd with soprano Elizabeth Keusch, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra will offer Mozart Under Moonlight with an all-Mozart program at the Arvada Center for the Arts Humanities. Please visit www.coloradosymphony.org for tickets and the complete 2010-2011 season.

Join the internationally recognized Egypt scholar Dr. David Silverman in Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at the Denver Art Museum on June 22.  King Tut’s first appearance in Denver will be unveiled on June 29.  See breathtaking treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb—including the golden sandals found on his mummy and a jar that held his internal organs—and visit the largest image of King Tut ever unearthed, a ten-foot statue found at the remains of a funerary temple. Encounter artifacts from other powerful rulers and learn about the pharaohs’ function in both the earthly and divine worlds. Plus, relive the excitement of Howard Carter’s 1922 discovery of King Tut’s tomb and explore new scientific discoveries that provide insight into the boy king’s legendary life and death. Please visit www.denverartmuseum.org or call 720-865-5000 for information on the exhibition.

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