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- Updated: February 22, 2012 - 6:08 pm
- Young cellist stars with Arapahoe Philharmonic
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Arapahoe Philharmonic will perform music from Germany and Austria at 7:30 p.m. March 9 at Mission Hills Church, 620 Southpark Drive, Littleton.
The program will include Bach’s Tocata and Fugue BWV D-minor, Stokowski transcription. (The big organ piece you hear on old-time movies in the dungeons under the cathedral). The T. Gordon Parks Collegiate Concerto Competition winner, cellist Lauren Posey, a graduate student at the University of Utah, will play Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 Op. 60 in B Flat major will complete the program. The concerto contest was started by the late director T. Gordon Parks, is sponsored by Universal Music and awards the winning young musician $2,000.
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- Orchestra in Inaugural season at PACE
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The Parker Symphony Orchestra, formerly the South Suburban Community Orchestra, which performed at Grace Presbyterian Church and elsewhere locally, reached an agreement with the new PACE Center in Parker in 2011 to move its permanent ven...
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- Nana’s lacy, racy business
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When Bridget, a law student, decides to move in with her favorite Nana in New York for a summer, she finds more going on than she expected.
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- Teen angst, teen angel, and music
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The setting is Rydell High in the 1950s, especially focused of a group of working-class kids called “greasers.” The musical “Grease” opened in Chicago in 1971 and moved to Broadway, where it ran until 1980, winning Tony Awards and countl...
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- Striking photos capture awards
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Two very different photos, equally striking, won Best of Show on Feb. 16 as the 2012 Eye of the Camera exhibit opened at the Littleton Museum.
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- Last chance to see ‘Lasting Light’
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The beautiful exhibit at the Littleton Museum, “Lasting Light,” with 125 years of Grand Canyon photographs, created by the Grand Canyon Association and organized for travel by the Smithsonian, closes Feb. 27.
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- Rock the Arts celebrates student artists
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Repeating for a second year, “Rock the Arts,” Feb. 18-23, will show artwork from students in Castle Rock in grades K-12 at the Outlets at Castle Rock.
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- ACC students display designs
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Precise wood models of homes and commercial buildings are placed on pedestals throughout the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, giving the handsome space almost the feel of a village. One wants to peer into windows and doors and think about p...
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- Wind Ensemble performs in Littleton and Parker
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Musicians of the Colorado Wind Ensemble, in their 30th season, have played for many years at Littleton United Methodist Church. In recent years they have added concerts in other venues, which surely makes sense once they have rehearsed a...
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- ‘The Wiz’ blows onto Douglas County High stage
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L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is part of our national cultural fabric and has received numerous stage and screen treatments that reflect different takes on the story and characters. Here’s a winner close to home.
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- Littleton set to celebrate Mardi Gras
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Mardi Gras will take over downtown Littleton on Feb. 17 and 18 with a dozen restaurants and bars offering Cajun-inspired menus and bands. Historic Downtown Littleton Merchants President Greg Reinke is the organizer.
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- Performance Now to present ‘High Society’
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Performance Now Theatre Company, a Highlands Ranch-based group, will present “High Society” through Feb. 26 at Lakewood Cultural Center 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood.
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- A trivial comedy for serious people
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Oscar Wilde looked at and chronicled late 19th century British society with tongue firmly in cheek.
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- Highlands Ranch author enjoys early success
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Eleanor Brown has made a habit of writing out her thoughts and questions as a therapeutic way of dealing with the tough times in her life.
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- Douglas County Calendar
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Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send information to calendar@ourcoloradonews.com, attn: News-Press. No attachments. Listings are free and run on a space-available...
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- Englewood Arts presents Duo Esprit
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Englewood Arts presents Duo Esprit: harpist Ann Marie Liss and Colorado Symphony principal violist Basil Vendryes, who will be joined by CSO principal flutist Brook Schoenwald in a concert at 2 p.m. Feb. 11 at Hampden Hall.
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Douglas County ranks sixth on wealth list
With a median household income nearly double the national average, Douglas County made it to No. 6 on a list of the nation’s wealthiest counties, published by MSN Money.
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The Castle Rock n’ Rollers are back at it again. Bruises and all.
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