SoHa Happenings in Colorado

= Preview of this weekend in SoHa, Colorado... Check the calendar and individual listings for details Friday , 6/17 Damn Yankees @ Littleton Town Hall Arts Center Saturday , 6/18 =Peter Pan @ Parker Mainstreet Center =Damn Yankees @ Littleton Town Hall Arts Center =Colorado Renaissance Festival @ Larkspur (ROYAL ALE & ART FESTIVAL,Military Appreciation Weekend) Sunday , 6/19 :: FATHER'S DAY 2011!! YaY Dads!!! =Damn Yankees @ Littleton Town Hall Arts Center =Colorado Renaissance Festival @ Larkspur (ROYAL ALE & ART FESTIVAL,Military Appreciation Weekend, Father's Day!) =Nitty Gritty Dirt Band @ Hudson Gardens Monday , 6/20 =Alex Grant, SoHa pianist @ Littleton Adventist Hospital =Andy Long @ Lone Tree Photo Club =Jeffery Deaver @ Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch Exhibits & Activities Continuing All Month... =Museum of Outdoor Arts Walking Tour =Heather Wilcox @ Highlands Ranch Library =Curtis Art Gallery @ Curtis Arts Center Greenwood Vill...

Now online for your viewing and purchasing pleasure.... the brand spanking new Lone Tree Arts Center web site... www.lonetreeartscenter.org . Get your 2011-12 season tickets, purchase a seat plaque, or order individual tickets. Of course, season tickets are always the best deal. Where : Lone Tree Arts Center @ www.lonetreeartscenter.org 10075 Commons Street Lone Tree, Colorado 80124 Cost : Varies - details online, or call the Box Office Questions ?  Box Office Manager: Doug Evans doug.evans@cityoflonetree.com . 720.509.1000. Tell Doug you saw them on SoHa Happenings in Colorado ! and we said, "Hi!"

SoHa Happenings in Colorado, your place to find news about arts & culture in the SoHa region of Colorado, is delighted to report the formation of a new non-profit organization focusing on arts & culture in SoHa ! The new, yet-to-be named organization will focus on goals including but not limited to recognition of the SoHa Region as a major destination for arts and culture in Colorado; recognition, marketing, and education of SoHa artists and performers, and of artists and performers visiting SoHa; audience expansion in SoHa; opening lines of communication across the arts to enhance artistic opportunities, B2A/A2B interaction (Business-to-Arts/Arts-to-Business), A2A interaction (Arts-to-Arts), and A2E/E2A interaction (Arts-to-Education/Education-to-Arts); and enhancing educational opportunities for new and experienced artists and performers at all levels. SoHa performers and arts management consultants Jon Jon Lannen, Pam O'Mara, and Laurie Pierce are the driving force ...

Preview of this weekend in SoHA, Colorado ... Thursday, 5/5 [Cinco de Mayo 2011!] Alex Grant, pianist @ Littleton Adventist Hospital Friday, 5/6 Creative Connections Meetup Children’s Book Week Book Signing by Holly Goldberg Sloan@ 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, 5/7 Shoot like Ansel Adams @ Roxborough State Park with Lone Tree Photography Club Ballroom Dancing at Lone Tree Rec Center 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, 5/8 [Mother's Day!] Alex Grant, pianist @ Caley R...

The new Lone Tree Arts Center opens its 2011-2012 Season on Fri, 9/9 with... a special concert by original cast members of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical RENT , Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal. Other inaugural season productions include: The Tartan Terrors , Celtic group GrooveLily , Indie-pop-musical theatre trio Spencers Theater of Illusion , International Magicians of the Year Arvada Center productions of  Ragtime and Chess   Creede Repertory Theatre production of Unnecessary Farce White Christmas  for the holiday season, and Performances by Opera Colorado and Stories on Stage .  Tickets : A season ticket package with a theater subscription and option to purchase priority seating to single performance events will go on sale in late May. Tickets to single performances will go on sale beginning in July. Questions ? Check www.lonetreeartscenter.org or call 720.509.1000.

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...

Here's the weekend preview... for details see the individual listings on SoHa Happenings Friday, 4/15 >>Museum of Outdoor Arts: Griffin & Sabine and Beyond, Nick Bantock (thru 5/28) >>Chicago @ Town Hall Arts Center (thru 5/1) >>Wally's Cafe @ Colorado Stage Company (thru 4/16) >>Karla A. Horst, Art Exhibit @ Thai Bistro (thru 5/25) >>Tattered Cover: Colorado author Lynne Bryant reads from/signs her novel, Catfish Alley Saturday, 4/16 >>Lone Tree Art Show Opening Reception >>Kidz Kulture @ Parker Artists Guild >>Chuck Danford’s Watercolor Workshop @ Parker Artists Guild >>Museum of Outdoor Arts: Griffin & Sabine and Beyond, Nick Bantock (thru 5/28) >>Chicago @ Town Hall Arts Center (thru 5/1) >>Wally's Cafe @ Colorado Stage Company (thru 4/16) >>Karla A. Horst, Art Exhibit @ Thai Bistro (thru 5/25) Sunday, 4/17 >>Passport to Culture Event: Aesop-a -Rebop @  SSP&R Lon...

With the Lone Tree Arts Center's (LTAC)  anticipated opening in August , convenient access to professional performing arts is just around the corner for all Coloradoans and those of us in the SoHa region, especially residents of South Metro Denver (a major part of SoHa). LTAC Executive Director Lisa Rigsby Peterson is collaborating with some of the Front Range’s premier performing arts companies to present their productions in Lone Tree. And, LTAC will be a leading presenter of smaller national and regional touring artists and productions; a new provider of arts education programs for children; and an important new meeting and event rental site for corporate, civic and private groups, and community arts groups including the Lone Tree Symphony Orchestra. Free parking and concierge-level services are just two of the amenities the new Arts Center plans to offer. Look for the inaugural season to be announced in April with subscription ticket packages going on sale in May. Questions? ...

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

Chris Wiger, Marketing & PR Director for Lone Tree Art Center , is Denver's loss and SoHa's gain (as seen on westword.com)... " Photo by John Moore "After fifteen years as publicity director (and, briefly, head of patron relations) at the Denver Center Theatre Company, Chris Wiger left in February for a spiffy job as director of marketing and public relations at the new Lone Tree Arts Center . We started missing things about him even before he left. His extraordinary efficiency, for example: Wiger responded to requests for seats, photographs and information in record time... His thoughtfulness: Get caught in a traffic jam, and you were likely to find Wiger standing in the middle of the lobby when you finally raced in, holding out your tickets; find yourself seated next to a loud drunk and he'd get you another seat, pronto....While we look forward to seeing him at Lone Tree, evenings at the Denver Center will never be the same." See the complete story...

Here's the weekend preview... for details see the individual listings on SoHa Happenings Friday, 3/25 Whole Foods, South Glenn: Alex Grant, Pianist South Metro Denver Chamber: Chamber Creatives Sponsor Chamber Unplugged Colorado Stage Company, Lone Tree: Wally's Cafe Landmark South: Kevin Pollack Museum of Outdoor Arts' Indoor Gallery: Griffin & Sabine and Beyond, Nick Bantock: A Retrospective Tattered Cover, Highlands Ranch: Arts on Fire Family Night Saturday, 3/26 Earth Hour: 8:30p – 9:30p Museum of Outdoor Arts' Indoor Gallery: Griffin & Sabine and Beyond, Nick Bantock: A Retrospective Colorado Stage Company, Lone Tree: Wally's Cafe Landmark South: Kevin Pollack Sunday, 3/27 Landmark South: Mark Klein Monday, 3/28 Bovine Metropolis Theater: Pam O'Mara, SoHa Improviser, Performs with Alpha Squad Tattered Cover: Lois Lowry, Book Signing Whole Foods, South Glenn: Alex Grant, Pianist

Along with several other South Metro Denver Chamber members, all ensconced in hard hat, day-glow vest, and protective glasses, I was recently treated to a tour of the quickly evolving Lone Tree Arts Center (Rte I-25 @ Lincoln). Our guides Executive Director Lisa Rigsby Peterson and Marketing & PR Director   Chris Wiger ensured that we saw it all; entry hall, box office, 500-seat theater, smaller theater/meeting space/banquet hall, offices, loading dock, green room, stage, piano room, orchestra pit, and other areas comprising the soon-to-be completed 43,000 sq. ft. Lone Tree Arts Center. And yes, we’ll be able to say we stood in the narrow corridor to be occupied by the many lines and equipment designed to move and secure scenery and other stage apparatus. Construction is on target for the scheduled Summer 2001 opening.  Looking forward to it. It’ll be breath-taking. This is an exciting time for the Lone Tree Arts Center and everyone involved. Be part of it - contribu...

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

Douglas County Art Encounters™ public art program invites sculpture artists to submit applications for participation in the June 2011 to June 2012, outdoor sculpture exhibit. Deadline for entries: 2/28/2011 Details: Visit www.douglas.co.us/artencounters  for CAFE (Call for Entries) online application and program information. Applications must be received via online submission through Café' at www.callforentry.org .  Registration on the Café' site is free to all artists.

Per The Lone Tree Arts Center web site... The Lone Tree Arts Center will unveil season announcements in late March 2011 and tickets will go on sale in April 2011. To receive Arts Center announcements on programming and community events, sign up to receive the monthly Arts Center electronic newsletter. The Arts Center is now accepting facility rental applications. Visit www.cityoflonetree.com/artscenter for a rental rate sheet and eNewsletter registration form. Stay tuned for details!!

Skanson Strings presents classical, Spanish, and modern music for a young audience. Experience classical guitarist and composer Darren Curtis Skanson and his cello and violin ensemble. When: Sunday, Nov 21 at 3p Where: Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 Ridgegate Circle, Lone Tree Cost: $1 per person; Ages 2 & under FREE but must sit on a lap - pay at the door Questions? Call 303-708-3513

Exhibition open daily October 2, 2010 thru October 24, 2010, 8am to 8pm. Artworks for sale through the duration of the exhibit Free and open to the public at: Lone Tree Golf Club & Hotel 9808 Sunningdale Blvd. Lone Tree, CO 80124 303-708-1818 kirstin.bomgardner@cityoflonetree.com [More Information...]