Tag: Cleo Parker Robinson
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Judi Wolf: Denver’s leading lady of the arts makes her final entrance
Judi Wolf was a woman for all costumes. “What is theatre without costumes?” she was fond of saying. “It’s radio!” Wolf, a longtime philanthropist and trustee for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, is the namesake of the Wolf Theatre, the largest performing space in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex. It was a gift…
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ABA series screening soars ‘above the rim’
‘Soul Power’ gathering brings players, fans, family and media to sold-out Sie FilmCenter for nostalgic look back at Denver’s renegade basketball past “Bring back the ball!” That was Hall of Fame coach George Karl’s message to the NBA at Wednesday’s joyful, sold-out screening of “Soul Power” at the Sie FilmCenter. The new, four-part documentary series…
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Long-awaited Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Center opens in Five Points
After 55 years of teaching dance in Five Points, Cleo Parker Robinson finally has a permanent home for her Denver dance ensemble. Located at the intersection of North Washington Street and Park Avenue and directly adjacent to the Historic Shorter African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Center for the Healing Arts…
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High flying, adored: Cleo Parker Robinson is dancing on air at 77
2025 DENVER GAZETTE TRUE WEST AWARDS: DAY 5 Denver dance trailblazer’s historic year included first solo dance performance in four decades Cleo Parker Robinson is a trailblazer – and the fire that fuels her was smoking hot throughout her historic 77th rotation around the sun. Just today, the Association of Performing Arts Professionals announced that Parker…
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What every kid should know about Martin Luther King Jr. | John Moore
Last week, I was hanging out with some of my favorite people: Kids, all 10 or 11. The only people in my life who are never mad at me. It was a birthday party. Speaking of birthdays, one casually asked the others what they would be doing with their day off from school Monday for…
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Weekend things to do in Denver and beyond
SATURDAY Eleven lighted floats, big helium-filled balloons and Major Waddles the Penguin are just a trio of the top highlights of the 9News Parade of Lights starting at 6 p.m. Saturday along Bannock Street at Civic Center Park. A four-decade tradition. Tickets and VIP available for the viewing grandstand. For a map: winterindenver.com/parade SATURDAY Another Colorado tradition…
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Wheelchair lift being installed at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance | Arts news
One of the more embarrassing events of the electoral season (for all sides) is heading toward a restorative conclusion. A series of unfortunate events led Denver city council member Chris Hinds to the historic old Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre on Feb. 13 with no access to the stage where a debate had been scheduled…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
THURSDAY-SATURDAY The second-highest-money rodeo in the country after the National Finals Rodeo, with $1 million in prize money, is drawing top cowboys to the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo/2022 NFR Open at Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. Two hundred compete in eight events. There’s Mutton Bustin’, a Fan Zone filled with activities, wine-tasting garden and, after…