Events: What to do when there’s nothing to do

from Boulder Weekly 3.3.2022

by Boulder Weekly

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EVENTS EVENTS

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■ BIFF Singer Songwriter 10th

Anniversary Fan Favorites

6-9:30 p.m. March 3 and 5, The Spotted James, 1911 11th St., Boulder. Free

The top 14 fan-favorite musical acts from the past 10 years of Boulder International Film Festival Singer Songwriter Showcases will perform this year at The Spotted James. There will be a host of performers, including favorites such as Otis Taylor, Rebecca Folsom and Tom Wassinger and Magic Music.

FINN O’SULLIVAN

■ YWCA Boulder County 2022 Annual Gala ‘100 Years:

From Then to Now’ (in-person and virtual)

5:30-9 p.m. Saturday, March 5, Embassy Suites, 2601 Canyon Blvd., Boulder. Tickets for the event can be purchased by visiting: ywcaboulder.org/gala2022

At this gala, YWCA Boulder County will be looking back on its century of advocacy and progress and renewing support for its mission to eliminate racism and empower women for another 100 years. The awards ceremony will honor Mark Bouzek and Deb Parks, who will be receiving the Janet Beardsley Award of Excellence. The awards ceremony will also honor Alicia Graves, who will be receiving the YWCA Community Impact Maker Award.

■ BDT Stage presents ‘The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes’

March 3-April 23. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, bdtstage.com

Howard Barnes is a perfectly average man in his early 30s, until the day he wakes up to discover that his life has become a musical. Desperate to escape from the show, Howard embarks on a fantastical quest through the realm of musical theater.

■ The Catamounts present ‘One Way-Back Day’

Through March 19, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Tickets: $22.60, thecatamounts.org

One Way-Back Day brings African, Black, Gullah, and GeeChee American fairy tales and folklore to life. After more than a year in development, One WayBack Day makes its world-premiere at the Dairy through March 19. Sit a spell and listen to Lettice, a 101-year-old Black matriarch, recount her family’s struggle with the mythical entity called Boo Hag and weave fantastical tales conjured from her century of living. You’ll encounter sea dragons, a talking redfi sh, anthropomorphic eggs, and a perfect daughter (who just happens to be a yam). You’ll revisit the past, jump forward generations, explore historic waters, and ultimately reconcile a fraught familial relationship.

1 p.m. March 5, 6 and 12, The Spark: A Performing Arts Community, 4847 Pearl St., Suite B4, Boulder. Price: $25-$30

As a Brazilian cultural ambassador, Luciana da Silva shares her love of dance, music and authentic Brazilian culture with an open heart. Samba workshops are designed to celebrate femininity, rhythm, and culture while meeting the need for fun and connection. Workshops are open to all skill levels, ages, genders and abilities. Classes are taught in Portuguese, Spanish and English.

■ Author Talk: Dolly Parton and

James Patterson—‘Run, Rose, Run’ Book Launch (virtual)

5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6. Tickets: $30-$40. Virtual Event URL: boulderbookstore.net. The YouTube link will be emailed to you prior to the event.

From America’s most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller comes a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive.

■ 2022 Backcountry Film

Festival

5 p.m. Saturday, March 5, Wild Bear Nature Center, 20 Lakeview Drive, Nederland. Tickets: $15-$20, bit.ly/3C7zqfU

Enjoy 90 minutes of fi lms: adventure, environment and climate, youth outdoors, ski culture. You’ll fi nd it all in this award-winning lineup. All proceeds will benefi t Wild Bear Nature Center.

EMILY MCLLROY

■ Opening Reception: ‘Presentiment’ featuring

work by Emily McIlroy, Paula Gasparini-Santos, Sarah Darlene Palmeri, and Alli Lemon

5-8 p.m. March 4, Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, thedairy.org

Presentiment showcases the work of four artists all separately and collectively using their practice as a means to process the internal turmoil that teems within the human experience. A balance of intuition, connection to personal emotional terrain, and the desire to traverse an unknown landscape permeates the work on view throughout the exhibition. From large-scale explorations of grief that manifest in gorgeous Wildernesses to small-scale interactions between pattern and Wildernesses to small-scale interactions between pattern and material, all artists on view tap into their inner selves as a way material, all artists on view tap into their inner selves as a way to create a connection to the outer. to create a connection to the outer.

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