SoHa Happenings in Colorado

Here's the weekend preview... for details see the SoHa Calendar or individual listings on SoHa Happenings Friday, 4/29 2011 Spring Kid's Drawing Session @ Curtis Arts Center Family Night @ Tattered Cover Continuing events... Chicago @ Town Hall Arts Center (thru 5/8) Lone Tree Art Show (thru 5/8) Karla A. Horst, Art Exhibit @ Thai Bistro (thru 5/25) Museum of Outdoor Arts' Indoor Gallery: Griffin & Sabine and Beyond, Nick Bantock: A Retrospective (thru 5/28) Saturday, 4/30 Coyote Creek Concert @ Casey Jones Park Pavilion, Elizabeth Spring 2011 Art Show @ Parker Arts Guild Continuing events... Chicago @ Town Hall Arts Center (thru 5/8) Lone Tree Art Show (thru 5/8) Karla A. Horst, Art Exhibit @ Thai Bistro (thru 5/25) Museum of Outdoor Arts' Indoor Gallery: Griffin & Sabine and Beyond, Nick Bantock: A Retrospective (thru 5/28) Sunday, 5/1 Improv Drop-In with Jon Jon Lannen Spring 2011 Art Show @ Parker Arts Guild Continuing events... Chica...

The Fifth Annual Spring Literary Festival sponsored by ACC Writers' Studio includes workshops by authors Page Lambert, Mary Crockett Hill, Robert Greer, Carol Guerrero-Murphy, and Will Hobbs.... “Our yearly literary festival is our favorite event,” said Dr. Kathryn Winograd,coordinator of the ACC Writers Studio. “Each year we offer outstanding writers who have the gift for both teaching craft and inspiring creativity. Itis a great opportunity for anyone who loves to write to participate inprofessional workshops by nationally published authors at such a low cost.”  When : Sat, 4/30 @ 8:30a-3:30p Where : Arapahoe Community College Half Moon Cost : $45 for two workshops; $25 for one workshop. Lunch included. with all reservations. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the Writers Studio Scholarship Fund. Registration : advanced registration required; deadline 4/25. A portion of the proceeds go to the Writers Studio Scholarship Fund. Register online : www.arapahoe.edu...

Lone Tree Arts Commission, Lone Tree Photography Club and the City of Lone Tree present the 9th Annual Lone Tree Photographic Art Show and Sale, a juried exhibition running Sat, 4/16 thru Sun, 5/8. Open 8a-8p daily. Opening Reception... mingle with local artists, sample hors d'oeuvres and cocktails, enjoy a performance by the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra's brass and string quintets, and purchase original juried images and artist bin work images. For: All ages. When: Sat, 4/16 @ 4-6p Where: Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd, Lone Tree, CO Cost: Free Questions? http://cityoflonetree.com/index.aspx?NID=427 or Kirstin Bomgardner @ kirstin.bomgardner@cityoflonetree.com or 303-708-1818

Here's the weekend preview... for details see the individual listings on SoHa Happenings Friday, 4/8 Museum of Outdoor Arts' Indoor Gallery: Griffin & Sabine and Beyond, Nick Bantock: A Retrospective (thru 5/28) Chicago @ Town Hall Arts Center (thru 5/1) Wally's Cafe @ Colorado Stage Company (thru 4/16) Saturday, 4/9 Museum of Outdoor Arts' Indoor Gallery: Griffin & Sabine and Beyond, Nick Bantock: A Retrospective (thru 5/28) Chicago @ Town Hall Arts Center (thru 5/1) Wally's Cafe @ Colorado Stage Company (thru 4/16) Sunday, 4/10 Wally's Cafe @ Colorado Stage Company (thru 4/16) Chicago @ Town Hall Arts Center (thru 5/1) Monday, 4/11 Tattered Cover: John Stephen reads from his book The Emerald Atlas

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...

Wally's Cafe , a Comedy in Two Acts... as noted on www.coloradostage.com Wally's Cafe is a rollicking comedy about a wise-cracking but loving young couple from New Jersey who have big plans when they open a cafe in the middle of the California desert. Their first customer is a pretty young and naive small town girl from Illinois on her way to Hollywood to become a star. However, she stays on as a waitress throughout the following 40 years. The three experience ups and downs; laughter and tears of life itself, while following their dreams. When: Evenings and matinees in March and April... March 25-26 and April 1-2, 8-9, 15-16: evenings @ 7:30p; doors and cash bar open at 7p... April 3, 10: matinee @ 2p; doors and cash bar open at 1:30p Where: Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel, 9808 Sunningdale Blvd, Lone Tree. Take the I-25 Lincoln Avenue exit, go west. [ map ] Tickets: $15 Adults; $12 Seniors (60+) and students Questions?303-471-8171