SoHa Happenings in Colorado

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.

Arapahoe Philharmonic presents  Of America  part of their Composers' View series  featuring the T. Gordon Parks Collegiate Concerto winner, Eric Umble on Clarinet.  When: Fri, 3/11 @ 7:30p Where: South Suburban Christian Church, 7275 South Broadway, Littleton 80122 Tickets:  720-362-1164 11a-2p M-F and online

Arapahoe Philharmonic Concert: Of Nature - the 2nd concert of the 2010-2011 season. South Suburban Christian Church, 7275 South Broadway Ave (just north of Broadway and Dry Creek), Centennial on Nov 5th 2010 at 7:30pm. Cost: $15-$35 for adults; $10-$15 for children. For details contact them at maestro@arapahoe-phil.org or 720-362-1164. They describe themselves as an... "85 piece orchestra that has been wow'ing patrons for over 50 years. If you haven't heard us before, one concert and you'll be hooked."

Starting their 31st season, the Cherry Creek Chorale's Oct 8 & 9 performances focused on The Wild West with a selection of western-themed music performed by the Colorado Children's Chorale, the 130-voice strong Cherry Creek Chorale, and Bill Barwick and the Sons of the Tumbleweed (with Johnny Neill on fiddle and Steve McCartney on bass). My favorite were the more lively tunes: Buffalo Gals, Ghost Riders in the Sky, and This Old Man. The purity of the the Cherry Creek Chorale's sound always lifts me, albeit temporarily, to a higher place. Each year the Chorale present a series of four performances; the theme for the 2010-2011 series is Compass Points. Next concert scheduled for December 10 & 11 is Stars in the East.