April in Colorado
I 25 Corridor and East:
Festivals, Special Events, Arts & Crafts
April 6 - 9 Auto Show at Colorado Springs' World Arena, 719-576-2626.
April 14 - 16 Metaphysical Fair at the Colorado Springs City Auditorium, 719-634-1810.
April 14 - 16 Home Show at Colorado Springs' World Arena, 719-576-2626.
April 23 Easter Sunrise Services at Denver's Red rock Amphitheater and Colorado Springs' Garden of the Gods. 6:30 am.
April 29 - 30 24th Annual Pine Forest Antiques Show and Sale at Lewis Palmer High School in Monument, take I 25 exit 158 or 161.
April 29 - 30 17th Annual Denver Antiques Show and Sale to benefit the Central City Opera, will be held at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. 303-292-6700 or 800-851-8175
Museums/Special Exhibits
April 1 - 7 The John and Sara Project, a family's journey to freedom, at the Pioneers Museum in Colorado Springs, 719-578-6650.
April 1 - 23 A juried exhibition of Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art-Millennium at the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, 719-634-5583.
April 1 - 30 Denver Art Museum presents the first major retrospective of the life and work of the Pennsylvania Quaker minister and painter, Edward Hicks, who became one of AmericaĖs most beloved folk painters. The exhibition includes nearly 50 paintings.
April - June 4 The Denver Museum of Natural History presents What Makes Music? Included is the traveling exhibition with many interactive devices ranging from the simple to the state-of-the-art.
April - June 17 African Culture Through Doll Exhibit at the Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls & Toys, 303-322-1053.
April - June 18 Recycled Art at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, 719-634-5581.
April - Feb. 2001 MacGillivray FreemanĖs Dolphins At Play In The Wild, at the Denver Museum of Natural History's Phipps IMAX Theater. Amazon and Mysteries of Egypt will run concurrent thru May 25. 303-322-7009 or 800-925-2250.
April - June 25 The Denver Art Museum brings the Cone Collection from the Baltimore Museum of Art, an extensive collection of creations by Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954). 1-888-903-0278.
April 1 - 16 Collector's Choice: annual Art Auction at the Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs 719-634-5581
April 18 - October Centenial Village and Meeker House museumes in Greeley, see life on the Colorado plains in days gone by. 970-350-9220
Music/Dance/Theater/Opera/Plays
April - May 28 The Heritage Square Musical Hall in Golden presents the olde-time melodrama The Phantom of the Music Hall, Sunday nights thru April 30, That's Still Too Loud a comedy 50's - 70's musical revue. 303-279-7800.
April 1 - 2 Women In Black by Stephen Malatratt at Colorado Springs City Auditorium, Lon Chaney Theatre, 719-573-7411.
April 21 - May 17 weekends Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde at the Lon Chaney Theatre at the Colorado Springs City Auditorium. 719-573-7411
Arvada Center for
the Arts
6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada 303-431-3939April 13 - May 7 The heartfelt
musical, Violet is an affirmation of life and goodness. A New York.
Drama Critics Circle Award winner.
Bolder , CU Concerts
303-492-8008
April 20 - 22 American Folk Operas: The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
and The Devil and Daniel Webster at Imig Music Building Theatre.
Colorado Springs
Pikes Peak Center 719-520-7469
April 1 - 2 The Colorado Springs Symphony presents Classical VII.
April 7 The off beat & funny Gallager in concert
April 11 - 16 The stage production Rent
April 22 Ebony Fashion Fair
April 28 - 30 The Colorado Springs Symphony presents Classical VII,
with Michael Hanson, violin
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center 719-634-5583
April 4 - 8 Theatre for Children presents Pinocchio.
April 16 - 17 World Horizons Film presents Billy the KidĖs New Mexico.
April 18 Classic film series presents The Manchurian Candidate.
April 29 - May 21 38th Annual Young People's Art Exhibit
The Denver Performing Arts Complex
303-893-4100
Boettcher Concert Hall (Symphony)
April 1 - 2 The
Colorado Symphony Masterworks presents Musical Beginnings with Fabio
Mechetti, conductor and Corey Creovsek on violin.
April 4 Colorado Symphony Orchestra presents The KingĖs Singers, one
of the worldĖs most acclaimed vocal ensembles.
April 7 - 9 The Colorado Symphony Masterworks Series presents Pascal
Roge' on piano playing Faue and Ravel.
April 14 - 15 The Colorado Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with the Central
City Opera presents the rollicking Gilbert & Sullivan's Yoemen of the
Guard.
April 16 Amazing Arts Discovery Series presents, What is Music, multi-media
collaborations designed for young children. An exciting adventure for
the entire family.
April 29 - May 10 Experience an American classic, Opera Colorado presents
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess.
Buell Theatre:
April 1 - 2 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, one of AmericaĖs most
popular dance companies.
April 4 Emmy Award winning one man show, Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain
Tonight.
April 5 Unique Lives & Experiences presents Julie Andrews, a distinguished
entertainer of undeniable elegance and integrity.
April 25 -30 Richard Chamberlin in the inspiring true story, The Sound
of Music.
Garner Galleria Theatre:
Open ended Swingtime Canteen, 1944 London, laughs, tears and 30 of the
most beautiful songs ever written. Ricketson Theatre
April 1 The Laramie Project a moving play concerning the murder of Matthew
Shephard.
April 26 - June 10 Give 'Em a Bit of Mystery, conceived, written and
performed by Tony Church, founding member of the Royal Shakespeare Company,
traces the changes in acting styles and public reaction.
Space Theatre:
April 1 - 22 The Cripple of Inishmaan, set in a tiny community on a
remote island in Ireland where gossip is the highest form of entertainment.
Stage Theatre:
April 1 - 22 Side Man, a bittersweet memory play set in the Big Band
era, chronicling one musicianĖs obsession with jazz and its effect on
those close to him.
Lincoln Center
417 W. Magnolia, Fort Collins 970-221-6735
April 6 - 7 American Family Theater presents a nationally touring production
of Sleeping Beauty.
April 8 Classical Music Series presents pianist Lang Lang.
April 10 - 14 A nationally touring production of the Broadway musical
The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
April 25 Passport Travelog Film Series presents The Highlands of Scotland.
Town Hall Arts Center
2450 W. Main, Littleton, 303-794-2787
April 1 Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, an ingenious comic romp, the
intelligent personĖs nonsense.
April 7 - 22 Fiasco 2000, Littleton's own lampoon of local dignitaries,
movers and shakers.
April 27 - 29 Acapella music by Cool Shooz.
Union Colony Civic Center,
Greeley:
1-800-315-ARTS
Monfort Concert Hall
April 1 Colorado All-State Band Concert & Symphonic Bands
April 2 Valentine City Barbershop Chorus.
April 13 - 15 Performing Arts Series, with the Greeley Philharmonic
Orchestra, presents Die Fledermaus.
April 16 The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
April 25 Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra with U.N.C. Choirs presents
A Grand Choral Tradition.
April 27 U.N.C. Jazz Festival presents The Four Freshman.
April 28 U.N.C. Jazz Festival presents McCoy Tyner Trio
April 29 U.N.C. Jazz Festival presents USAF Falconaires, Pete Fountain
and Louie Bellson.
United States Air Force Academy
Arnold Hall, Colorado Springs 719-333-4497
April 15 The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Sports:
Colorado Avalanche, N. H. L.
Home Games Denver's New Pepsi Center 303-830-TIXS
April 2 Dallas Stars
April 9 Detroit Red Wings
Colorado Gold Kings, West Coast Hockey League
Home Games Colorado Springs World Arena 719-579-9000
April 1 Anchorage
Denver Nuggets, N.B.A
Home Games Denver's New Pepsi Center 303-830-TIXS
April 1 Utah
April 6 Dallas
April 8 Seattle
April 11 Houston
April 14 Golden State
April 18 Utah
Mountain Towns
& The Western Slope:
Festivals, Special Events,Arts & Craft Shows
April 1 April Fool's Day Parade, crown the Town Fool, great parade and
BBQ at the Blue River Plaza in Breckenridge, 970-453-6018.
April 1 - 9 13th Annual Surf the Rockies in Telluride. Annual end of
season celebration with pink flamingos, bikini-slalom, snow volleyball,
reggae bands, a Main Street dance and parties galore. 970-728-7303
April 2 Peach Blossom Home Tour with special winetasting at awardwinning
wineries in Palisade 970-464-7458.
April 5 Comedy Club at Winter ParkĖs Iron Horse Resort, 970-726-8851.
April 6 - 8 Taste of Vail, 888-311-5665
April 7 Hot Winter Nights at Golden Peak in Vail 970-476-9090
April 6 - 9, 13 - 16 Winter Park Resort - Ski/Music Festival
April 9 Grand Lake's Wine Tasting and Silent Auction at the Inn at Silver
Creek, 970-726-0287.
April 9 Crested Butte Mountain Resort 5th Annual Snowfussion, 800-544-8448.
April 15 Southwest Fest chili cook-off, micro-brew fest and farm and
ranch days in downtown Grand Junction 970-245-2926.
April 23 Easter Sunrise Service, 6:30 am at Royal Gorge Canon City 719-275-2790
April 23 Winter Park Resort, Easter Interdenominational Sunrise Service.
Ocean Spray Spring Splash. 970-726-5514, ext. 1727.
April 28 - 30 Western Colorado Heritage Days at Cross Orchards Living
History Farm, Grand Junction, 970-434-9814. Museums/Special Exhibits
April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Rocky Mountain National Park Lyceum Series in
the Park Headquarters Visitor Center Auditorium, 2 miles west of Estes
Park. Special speakers and presentations. 970-586-1206.
Music/Dance/Theater/Opera/Plays
Aspen Music Festival;
Winter Music
Harris Concert Hall 970-925-9042
April 21 eighth blackbird, A contemporary ensemble whose virtuosity
and energy can light up the eyes of children and adults alike.
Crested Butte Center for the
Art
970-349-7487
April 7 - 8 Aspen Ballet
Mountain Theater Cabaret in Crested Buttes
970-349-0366.
April 1 - 9 The Elvis Monologues.
Estes Park Music Festival, concerts in the Music Room of the Stanley
Hotel
970-586-9203
April Sunday afternoons, 2pm
Vilar Center for the Arts at Beaver Creek
970-748-1396, 970-845-TIXS or 888-920-ARTS
April 9 American Family Theater's Sleeping Beauty
April 11 & 18 Tuesday Night Film Series, movies that shaped the American
Character.
April 15 William ShakespeareĖs Macbeth.
Sports
April 1 Mountain Dew vertical Challenge Finals, Armature race series
at Lionshead/Vail 970-476-9090
April 1 14th Annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic
at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. 1-800-544-8448.
April 1 3rd Annual Elk Mountains Grand Traverse in Crested Butte, 1-800-544-8448.
April 1 - 4 USAA Powerbar/Bula season finale alpine races in Telluride,
970-728-7303
April 1, 12 - 16 Berthoud Pass Ski Area BadAss Series IV, 970-726-0287.
April 2 - 6 6th Annual Sector Sports Watches U.S. Extreme Boardfest
at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, 800-544-8448
April 8 Warren Miller's Mad Mountain Marathon, Vail, 970-476-1876.
April 8 Winter Park Resort 9th Annual Tom's Terrific Cross Country Downhill.
970-726-5514
April 8 - 9 Berthoud Pass Ski Area Rocky Mountain Freestyle Competition.
970-726-0287
April 8 - 11 Breckenridge Ski Resort, Rocky Mountain Trophy Series DH/SG,
entry level FIS alpine series for qualified USSA racers in Rocky Mountain
Division - ages 15 and up. 970-453-5000
April 9 Al Johnson Memorial Uphill/Downhill Telemark Ski Race at Crested
Butte Mountain Resort, 970-349-5210.
April 12 - 16 Jimmy Huega International Finals at Vail and Beaver Creek
Ski Resorts. 970-926-1290
April 15 Imperial Challenge, 3 stage race tests endurance as competitors
bike and hike from Breckenridge at 9,600 ft. elevation to the top of
Imperial Bowl at 12,998 ft.. Participants then ski or board race down
the bowl. 970-453-5000.
April 16 Breckenridge 20th Annual Bump Buffet, combines talent with
spirit as telemarkers tackle the bumps,while dressed in zany costumes.
970-453-5000
April 20 - 22 Battle of the Ski Schools, Synchronized and precision
skiing demonstrations on Vail mountain. 970-476-9090.
April 27 - 30 Fruita Fat Tire Festival in downtown Fruita 800- 873-3068
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