CINEMA May Day The Wicker Man
BOULDER PUBLIC LIBRARY
cultural
events
Monday, May 4, 6 p.m.
Directed by Robin Hardy featuring Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee,
Britt Ekland, Diane Cilento (U.K.—1974). It’s mayday on May Day as a
devoutly Christian police sergeant flies to Summerisle, a Scottish island
community with unusually temperate weather to investigate the disappearance of a young girl and finds the townsfolk are members of a pagan
cult. For mature audiences only. (83 min.)
CONCERT
Colorado Chamber Players
FREE CINEMA, CONCERTS, DANCE, EXHIBITS
Saturday, May 9, 2 p.m.
APRIL-MAY 2015
Johannes Brahms: G major String sextet, op. 36. Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Souvenir de Florence, op. 70.
CINEMA
59th Local Filmmakers’ Showcase
Architects Office Program
Monday, May 11, 6 p.m.
Architects Office is a volunteer aleatoric electronics & brass music-making
performance project active in Boulder since 1983. This program features
screenings of several collaborations between the collective and filmmakers Stan Brakhage, Paul Lundahl, Joel Haertling and others. A work in
progress, I…Chris by Anthony Buchanan is also screened. A CD of music
and a 14th issue of the Zamizdat Trade Journal about self-publishing are
released on this occasion.
Artwork
from the 2005
Waking Dreams
Painting by
Sampson;
sculpture by
Douglas
EXHIBIT
Edge of the Woods —
Caroline Douglas & Frank Sampson
Exhibiting May 16 - July 1 in the Canyon Gallery
The pairing of these two stellar local artists was first arranged in the 2005
Canyon Gallery exhibition Waking Dreams. A decade later they are returning to the library to show new work together. Local favorites, both Frank
and Caroline have devoted followers of their richly imaginative artistic narratives. A reception is scheduled for Friday, May 29, 5-7 p.m. in the gallery.
Daniel Ondaro
Sara Roybal
The Wicker Man
CONCERT
Bach for Kids
Sunday, May 17, 2015, 2 p.m.
Architects Office Program
CONCERT
Midday Music
Wednesday, May 13, 12-1 p.m.
Join Jesse Manno (oud), Michael Stanwood (didgeridoo), James Hoskins
(cello), Brett Bowen (percussion), Dexter Payne (woodwinds), Tom Weiser
(vocals) and Jenna Woods (zils), for an hour of beautifully improvised music.
This annual program offers an interactive and multidimensional event focused on improvisation, composition, and performance featuring Boulder
Bach artists and educators—bringing the music of Bach to life for children!
CONCERT
The Third Tuesday Lunchtime Concert Series
101st Army Winds
Tuesday, May 19, 12-1 p.m.
Cinema Program Coordinator Joel Haertling
bplnow.boulderlibrary.org/event/movies
303-441-3197 • [email protected]
All cinema, concert, and dance programs are
presented in the Canyon Theater except as noted.
North Wing, Main Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave.
Concert Series Coordinator Juliette León Bartsch
bplnow.boulderlibrary.org/event/concerts-performances
303-441-4492 • [email protected]
Dance Bridge Coordinator Mary Wohl Haan
boulderarts.org/dance-bridge/
303-441-4391 • [email protected]
Canyon Gallery Curator Gregory Ravenwood
bplnow.boulderlibrary.org/event/exhibits
303-441-4397 • [email protected].
101st Army Winds
CONCERT Midday Music
CINEMA Partnership with Communikey Sonic Outlaws
CINEMA
Join Jesse Manno (oud), Michael Stanwood (didgeridoo), James Hoskins
(cello), Brett Bowen (percussion), Dexter Payne (woodwinds), Tom Weiser
(vocals) and Jenna Woods (zils), for an hour of beautifully improvised music.
Directed by Craig Baldwin (1999). This documentary traces intellectual
property controversies across the contemporary arts scene. Playful and
ironic, Baldwin’s cut-and-paste collage essay surveys the prospects for an
“electronic folk culture” in the midst of an increasingly commodified corporate media landscape. (87 min.)
Citizen Architect
Wednesday, April 8, 12-1 p.m.
Dancers throughout the library
(photo by Jun Akiyama)
Monday, April 13, 6 p.m.
Partnership with the City of Boulder Landmarks Board
Wednesday, April 22, 6 p.m.
Directed by Sam Wainwright Douglas (2010). Socially conscious architect
Sam Mockbee encourages students at Auburn University’s Rural Studio in
Hale County, Alabama to cross over into poverty-stricken areas in order to
provide shelter for deprived residents. (57 min.)
CINEMA 58th Local Filmmakers’ Showcase
I Will Be Called Lucifer
Monday, April 27, 6 p.m.
Directed by Antony Buchanan (2015). Through an off-beat mixture of
myth, biography, docu-fable, collage and fantasy, this film is an exploded
narrative which converges the many lives of Lucifer with the now-mythic story of filmmaker Kenneth Anger’s troubled film production Lucifer
Rising. (80 min.)
I Will Be Called Lucifer
Sonic Outlaws
EXHIBIT Boulder Valley School Art Show
Exhibiting April 17 - May 3 in the Canyon Gallery
DANCE/CONCERT/CINEMA
Throughout the Library
The library hosts work executed by local elementary and middle school
student artists, creating lively and imaginative works in a variety of mediums. A reception is scheduled for Sunday, April 26, 1-3 p.m. in the gallery.
3rd Law Dance/Theater
April 11, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.,
Performances and happenings throughout the library as part of The Main
Event. Dancers and musicians of all ages will help celebrate the completion
of the 15 month library renovation. Look for cinema shorts being screened
in Canyon Meeting Room and other activities for the whole family
CINEMA Doris’s Sunday Matinee Now Voyager
Sunday, May 3, 1 p.m.
Directed by Irving Rapper, featuring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Gladys
Cooper, Claude Rains, Mary Wickes (1942). In this ideal vehicle for Bette
Davis in her prime, a middle-aged spinster suffers a nervous breakdown at
the hands of her domineering mother. Based on the novel by Olive Higgs
Prouty. Soundtrack by Max Steiner. (118 min.)
CONCERT Shy Birds
Saturday, April 11, 4:15-4:45 p.m.
Daniel Ondaro & The Shy Birds is a group of broadly talented and eclectic
musicians playing everything from samba and bossa nova to modern styles
of Brazilian music, both originals and classics.
Now Voyager
DANCE Grupo Folklorico de CU Boulder
and StudiÓle Flamenco
Saturday, April 11, 5:15 p.m. in the Canyon Theater.
As part of the Boulder Public Library - The Main Event, Library Renovation Celebration, these local dance companies as well as a variety of
performers are scheduled throughout the day starting at 10:15 a.m.
CONCERT
Journey from the Fjords to the Andes
Sunday, April 12, 2 p.m.
Four kindred musical spirits explore the musical worlds of Scandinavia,
North America and Latin America through the lens of jazz, traditional folk
music, Latin and original compositions. Sandra Wong-violin/fiddle, nyckelharpa; Victor Mestas-piano; Gonzalo Teppa-bass; Jill Fredrickson-drums,
percussion.
DANCE
The Third Tuesday Lunchtime Concert Series
3rd Law Dance/Theater
Tuesday, April 21, 12-1 p.m. in the Canyon Theater.
This Boulder award-winning modern/contemporary dance company demonstrates a passionate belief in the power of live, in-the-moment performance to create original dance/theater works. 3rd Law, under the direction of husband and wife team Katie Elliott and Jim LaVita, has been a
significant contributor to the cultural landscape of the Denver Metro Area
for over 15 years. Come see a sample of their exciting and distinctive repertory and hear from the artists how the work is constructed.