March in Colorado
I 25 Corridor and East:
Festivals, Special Events, Arts & Crafts
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Museums / Special Exhibits
April: In May of
2001, Dorothy and William Sr. Harmsen, founders of the Jolly Rancher
Candy Company and long-time residents of Colorado, donated their prestigious
Harmsen Western Art Collection to the Denver Art Museum. A Colorado
Legacy celebrates this generous gift by showcasing more than 25 of the
most significant paintings and American Indian art objects from the
collection. The Harmsens' immense collection of Western and American
Indian art was amassed over a 40 year period of collecting and includes
work by artists including George Catlin, Charles Bird King, N.C. Wyeth,
Robert Henri and others. 720-865-5000 or www.denverartmuseum.org
April - May 26 The Denver Art Museum presents Art & Home: Dutch
Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt. Return to the Dutch Golden Age of
the 1600's, exhibits pair 70 domestic objects with 50 paintings. The
exhibit is the most complex ever assembled at the museum and draws from
loans from 64 museums and private collections. 720-865-5000 or www.denverartmuseum.org
April - May 26 The Denver Art Museum premiers the national tour of US
Design, offering the first critical assessment of work created by American-based
designers in the last quarter century. The exhibition features architecture,
decorative design, graphics and industrial design. 720-865-5000 or www.denverartmuseum.org
April - May 28 The Denver Art Museum presents China Meets the American
Southwest, Pottery Designs and Traditions. Pottery from opposite sides
of the globe contrasts Native American pieces from the museums collection
with ancient Chinese examples on loan from the Sze Hong Collection.
720-865-5000.
April - May 5 Denver Museum of Nature and Science presents Powers of
Nature, witness the forces of volcano's, hurricanes and earth quake's.
303-322-7009 or 800-925-2250.
April - May 12 The Foothills Art Center, Inc. in Golden presents Random
Acts of Beauty, an invitational with regional and Colorado artists.
303-279-3922 or fac@foothillsartcenter.org
April - Summer Ordinary people climb an extraordinary Mountain in David
Breashears‚ new IMAX movie you climb up the slopes of the world's
largest freestanding mountain. The theater is in the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, 303-322-7009
Music/Dance/Theater/Opera/Plays
April - September
1 Heritage Square Music Hall in Golden presents That's Too Loud, for
information and reservations 303-279-7800.
April Rattlebrain
Theater Company in downtown Denver presents Spackle The Crack, 720-932-7384
or www.rattlebraintheater.com
April 12 - 13 Swinging Jazz Concert at the Donald R. Seawell Grand Ballroom in the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 303-670-8471.
April 18 High Prairie
Farms in Parker, Winter Jazz Series presents; The Rich Chiraluce-Ellyn
Rucker Quartet, 303-814-1500.
Denver Performing
Arts Complex
303-893-4100 www.denvercenter.org
Auditorium Theatre
April 20 - May 12 Colorado Ballet presents A Midsummer Nights Dream.
Boettcher Concert
Hall
April 8 Unique Lives and Experiences, Women's Foundation of Colorado
presents Marie Osmond.
April 27 - May 5 Opera Colorado presents Hansel and Gretel.
The Colorado Symphony
Orchestra
April 5 - 7 Beethoven's Pastorale
April 11 - 13 Mahler's Tragic Symphony
April 14 Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Ricketson Theatre
April 3 - June 1 Betrayal, an award winner in N.Y & London.
Lincoln Center
Fort Collins, 970-221-6730
April 1 - 3 Show Stopper Series presents, Larry Gatlin.
April 7 Lincoln Center Mini-Theater presents, All Music.
April 9 Pass port Travelogue Series presents, La Belle France.
April 18 Anything Goes Series presents, Fab Four.
April 22 - 25 Show Stopper Series presents, the national touring production,
Art.
April 27 The Dance Series presents, Diavolo.
Pepsi Center Denver
303-830-TIXS
April 6 Gaither Homecoming Celebration
April 8 Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Pikes Peak Center
Colorado Springs 719-520-7469
April 2 - 14 Late Night Catechism
April 4 Pillobus Dance Theatre
April 7 Imagination Celebration Presents, Imagination Celebration Colorado
Connections.
April 12 - 13 Colorado Springs Symphony Pops, A Tribute to John Williams
April 14 Symphony Family Classic: Tyrannosaurua Sue: A Cretaceous Concert.
April 19 - 21 Colorado Springs Symphony & Chorale; Elijah.
April 23 -24 Annie Get Your Gun
April 28 Imagination Celebration Free Family Festival Day featuring
performances of The Box Car Children by Theatreworks USA from New York.
Union Colony Civic
Center 701 10th Ave, Greeley
970-356-5000 or 800-315-ARTS
April 7 Titanic (musical)
April 9 Family Classic Theatre presents Winnie The Pooh.
April 28 Arkansas Repertory Theatre presents Art.
University of Colorado
At Boulder Concerts
303-492-8008
April 2 The Pilobolus Dance Theatre
April 13 Australian Chamber Orchestra
April 25 - 28 S'Wonderful, a Gershwin Revue
University of Northern
Colorado At Greeley, 970-351-1921, 970-356-5000, 970-351-2200
April 2 UNC Brass Choir
April 4 - 6 Dance 2002
April 4 - 6 All State Band Concerts
April 14 University Singers/Madrigal Singers
April 16 - 26 Dawood Suleman Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Painting, Mariani
Gallery, 970-351-2184.
April 18 - 20 Opera Faust
April 25 - 27 UNC Jazz Festival, M-Pact, Kenny Garrett, Nicholas Payton.
April 29 Student Dance Showcase
April 30 The Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra presents War Requiem.
World Arena Colorado Springs 719-579-900
April 19 - 20 Professional Bull Riders; Watch the worlds toughest cowboys
ride the meanest bulls on earth.
Sports:
Colorado Avalanche
National Hockey League Home Games, Pepsi Center, Denver 303-830-TIXS
April 1 Nashville Predators
April 3 Atlanta Thrashers
April 9 Vancouver Canucks
April 14 Dallas Stars
Colorado Gold Kings Hockey Home Games, World Arena, Colorado Springs
719-579-9000
April 5, 7 Anchorage
Colorado Rockies Professional Base Ball Home Games, Coors Field, Denver
1-800-388-ROCK
April 9 - 10 Houston Astros
April 11 - 14 Arizona Diamondbacks
April 15 - 17 Los Angeles Dodgers
April 27 - 29 Philadelphia Phillies
April 30 - May 2 Pittsburgh Pirates
Denver Nuggets Pro Basketball Home Games, Pepsi Center, Denver 303-830-TIXS
April 2 Utah Jazz
April 4 Minnesota Timberwolves
April 12 Golden State Warriors
April 13 Phoenix Suns
April 16 Houston Rockets
Mountain Towns & The Western Slope:
Festivals, Special Events, Arts & Craft Shows
April 1 April Fool's
Day, Breckenridge celebrates this wacky holiday with a town bar-be-cue
hosted by the Breckenridge Restaurant Association and the crowning of
the town fool. 970-453-6018.
April 5 Telluride
Street Dance, the town closes Main Street for this annual end-of-season
concert that features live music from the courthouse steps and a beer
garden.
April 13 River
Run Blues and BBQ in River Run Village at Keystone Resort. Come out
and enjoy one of the biggest outdoor apres ski parties of the spring
with live music, beer, and enough BBQ to satisfy anyone's appetite!
970-496-4FUN
April 20 - 21 Copper
Mountain Sunsation 2002, will be a "blowout bash" in celebration
of spring skiing, the bright Colorado sun, the end of the season and
the coming of summer. Big name, live music acts and a variety of events
and activities will keep guests rocking into the wee hours of each night.
888-458-8386 ext. 4INFO
Museums / Special Exhibits
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Music/Dance/Theater/Opera/Plays
April 1 - 13 Backstage
Theatre presents Vanities' at the Riverwalk Center in Breckenridge.Thursdays
- Sundays: 970-453-0199.
April 7, 14, 21
Estes Park Music Festival at the Stanley Hotel, 970-586-9203
April 8 Spring
Sing in Telluride, showcasing several adult and children's choirs at
Telluride Conference Center. 970-728-1463.
April 13, 20 Come
see our local citizens as you've probably not seen them before in the
annual Cabin Fever Follies and Talent Show, in the Grand Lake Community
House. 970-627-3402.
April 25 Comedy
Series at the Silverthorne Pavilion: Plastered in Paris. 970-262-7390.
Vilar Center for
the Arts at Beaver Creek
970-845-8497 or 888-920-2787 or
www.vilarcenter.com
April 4 Titanic (The Musical)
Sports
April 2 -
6. More than 350 master's racers age 21 and over that have qualified
at other regional events around the country will converge on Winter
Park to vie for national titles in slalom, giant slalom, super-G, and
downhill events. 970-726-1590.
April 5 - 7 Massive Pro-Am Competitions in Breckenridge. Skiers and
riders compete concurrently in Slopestyle, Superpipe & Massive Air.
The Freeway Terrain Park hosts skiers and riders with prize money awarded
to the top finishers of each division. 970-453-5000.
April 6 Surf the Rockies Slush Cup in Telluride. Ski in your bikini
and see if you can make it across the pond.
April 6 Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge Finals at Breckenridge Ski Resort:
970-453-5000
April 6. 10th Annual Tom's Terrific Cross Country Downhill. A 5 km "mostly
downhill" fun race to benefit the junior skiers in the Competition
Center at Winter Park. Waves of ten racers start every minute on the
equipment of their choice. Past participants have raced on alpine, telemark,
and cross-country skis - even snowboards, and ski-boards. 970-726-1590.
April 6 High Adventure Series - Tele Clinic and High Adventure Series
Women's Clinic - Alpine, Tele, Snowboard at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area.
1-888-ARAPAHOE or 468-0718 for details.
April 6 - 7, 13 -14 Spring Fling at the Park. The final two weekends
of the ski season will be celebrated with live music on the Derailer
deck at the Winter Park base and the Club Car deck at Mary Jane. Celebrate
the traditional rites of spring skiing. 970-726-1564.
April 6 - 7, 13 - 14 Copper Mountain Freeride Event. Skiers and snowboarders
are welcome to participate in the second annual freeride series including
Snowboard Cross, Skier Cross, Halfpipe and Slopestyle events. Registration
will be held at Jack's Slopeside Grill on the day of the event. Special
racers' lift tickets are available. Call (888) 458-8386 ext. 4INFO.
April 7 Bud Light Freeride Series: Skier/Snowboard Cross, in Winter
Park. The skier cross is in the morning and the snowboard cross in the
afternoon with competitors going head-to-head down an obstacle course
covered with berms, rollers, table tops, spines, and GS gates. 970-726-1590.
April 13 Imperial Challenge - A grueling three-stage race testing competitors
endurance as they bike and hike from the town of Breckenridge at 9600
feet to the top of Imperial Bowl on Peak 8 at 12,998 feet. Participants
complete the race by skiing or snowboarding to the Bergenhof Restaurant
at Peak 8. 970-453-5000.
April 13 13th Annual Bikes and Bumps at Arapahoe Basin - Sponsored by
KBCO. A mountain bike on the snow? Down a steep mogul line? You bet!
Arapahoe Basin challenges snow sport lovers and mountain bike riders
to maneuver down "Ramrod". 970- 496-7007 registration information.
April 13 - 15 High Adventure Series - Telemark Steep Camp at Arapahoe
Basin Ski Area: 888-ARAPAHOE or 468-0718
April 14 Breckenridge Bump Buffet, long-standing spring skiing traditions,
the 23rd Annual Bump Buffet combines talent with spirit as telemarkers
tackle the bumps dressed in zany costumes. 970-453-5000 for more information
or to register.
April 14 Dole Spring Splash & Closing Day at Winter Park Resort.
One of Winter Park's most anticipated events, the wet and wild Spring
Splash celebrates the joy of spring skiing. Skiers and snowboarders
struggle through a hilarious obstacle course that includes skimming
across a pond of icy water to reach the finish line. This event also
marks the closing day, 970-726-1564.
April 25 - 26 The Summit Foundation Hockey Classic: Two days of hockey
starting with the Battle of the Badges. County Fire and Police personnel
face-off against one another all for a good cause. Rivalry of the Resorts-
Presented by Intrawest and Vail Resorts: A spirited hockey match-up
with resort representatives and celebrities from near and far at the
Breckenridge Ice Rink. 970/453-5970 www.summitfoundation.org
April 27 Tele Dual Bump Competition at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area: 888-ARAPAHOE
or 468-0718
April 27 - 28 Chris Anthony Adventure Freeskiing Camp at Arapahoe Basin
Ski Area: 888-ARAPAHOE or 468-0718
April 30 Loveland Ski Area's 42nd Annual Loveland Derby -join us for
the oldest and largest slalom race in North America! 303-569-3203
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