SoHa Happenings in Colorado

Pam Roth O'Mara Comedy? Drama? Dramedy! Or, Comma. You decide!  Yes, September is this Monday…. which means it’s time for improv. YaY!!Improv. This fall I’m back at ACC/Community Ed teaching an 8-week class focusing on having fun while developing characters and scenes. Great for authors, artists, performers, musicians, and anyone else… Improv for Fun and Awareness , led by Pam Roth O’Mara When : Wed, Oct 1-Nov 19, 6-8 p.m., 8 wks                            Where : ACC Littleton Campus, Santa Fe Drive Littleton Course #: ARCR 1165F01-69158                                                  ...

Arapahoe Community College (ACC) invites the public to its June open-air concert series featuring 4 nights of music spanning from jazz and swing dance lessons (6/7) to country (6/15) to Scottish-Irish-American tunes (6/21) to Rhythm & Blues (6/28). When & Who... Tues, 6/7 @ 6p: The Windjammers Jazz Orchestra Wed, 6/15 @ 6p: The Loose Nuts Tues, 6/21 @ 6p: The Indulgers Tues, 6/28  @ 6p: Melodic Expressions Where : West lawn of ACC's Littleton campus. Bring a blanket!  5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, just south of historic downtown Littleton. Cost : FREE Questions ? contact Student Affairs at 303.797.5668 Details : The 10-piece big band,  Windjammers Jazz Orchestra comprising some of Colorado’s finest musicians, offers swing dance lessons along with the sweet, smooth as satin vocal styling of Jean Duane, and the rich crooning sound of the Sinatra-like voice of Danny Wein.  The Loose Nuts , a classic country cover band wil...

Photo by Pam O'Mara And a great time was had by all… five members of the 6-week Arapahoe Community College (Community Education Div) workshop, Improv Scene Making for Everyone , as seen on their final evening. From left: Ben Burkett, Leah Burkett, Sarah Nankivell, Heather Olsen, and Steve Fendrich. Larry Stevens, the sixth member of the class, was unavailable for questioning. Instructor Pam O’Mara was smiling behind the camera. The smiles were natural; no coaching required.

As announced by Arapahoe Community College Writers Studio...Winners of 5th Writers Studio Literary Contest for unpublished work in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. 1st place winners awarded $250, published in national literary journal, Many Mountains Moving, and invited as Writers Studio Literary Festival guests on 4/30 to read their works. 2nd place winners also Festival guests. The Winners... Fiction - 1st Place: Blue River, Blue by Carl Bock, Loveland; 2nd Place: Sled Lake Revisited by Darryl Halbrooks, Westcliffe Nonfiction - 1st Place: Whores by Carolyn Campbell, Evergreen, CO; 2nd Place: The Doll’s Room by Anita Jepson-Gilbert, Westminster Poetry - 1st Place: Because Sometimes I Get that no Gets Me Nowhere by Rosemerry Trommer, Placerville, CO; 2nd Place:Reanimation Experiment: Final Observations by Kathleen Willard, Fort Collins, CO Colorado Community College Student Contest Winner – Frank Disseizin (originally titled Shadow Gold) by Erika “EAC...