A free noontime performance of "Shakespeare's Sister" on Thursday, Sept. 13, will kick off Arts and Culture Week at the University of Colorado at Boulder, featuring the artistic and cultural highlights of the Boulder campus through a series of events from Sept. 13 through Sept. 20.
Departments from across campus are hosting the free and low-cost events, ranging from a performance by a world-renowned musical artist to museum open houses.
Wrapping up the week-long series of programs will be a CU Concerts Artist Series performance by internationally renowned trumpeter Arturo Sandoval on Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium A prot茅g茅 of the legendary Dizzy Gillespie and a founder of the groundbreaking band Irakere, Sandoval has won four Grammy Awards, six Billboard awards and an Emmy.
The performance of "Shakespeare's Sister" a one-woman show presented by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, will be at noon Sept. 13 at the Mary Rippon Outdoor Theater. Other highlights of opening day include the "Border Crossings" World Caf茅, starting at 5:30 p.m. at Norlin Library, and an Open House hosted by the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History in the Henderson Building located at 15th Street and Broadway.
The World Caf茅 features readings, an international buffet and opening reception for the "Border Crossings/Crossing Borders" art and lecture series. The museum Open House, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., will feature tours of the museum's exhibits and a world music concert by the band "Musical Missions."
Sept. 13 also marks the first film of the 2007 fall season for the International Film Series, with a free showing of "The Guatemalan Handshake," a film noted for its offbeat humor and complex character sketches. Show time is at 7 p.m. in Muenzinger Auditorium.
The expanded eight-day celebration of arts and cultural resources on the Boulder campus also will include Fiske Planetarium's "Astronomy Day," musical performances from CU-Boulder faculty, a CU Heritage Museum Open House and a special public talk about the CU Art Museum's permanent Colorado Collection.
Ongoing exhibitions during the week will include "Let Your Light Shine" at the Heritage Center on the third floor of Old Main, "Temple of the Warriors" at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and "Crossing Borders" at the University Memorial Center Art Gallery.
On Sept. 15, before the 8 p.m. football game with CU versus Florida State, fans are encouraged to visit campus early for Astronomy Day at 1 p.m. at Fiske Planetarium. Planetarium Director Doug Duncan will lead an interactive discussion on "the joys of learning about the universe."
Several events on campus during Arts and Culture Week also are part of the community-wide EcoArts festival, including the Sept. 13 opening reception for the "Airlight" video installation in the ATLAS building. Related events include the "Weather Report" gallery show at Norlin Library and a free lunch and lecture on Sept. 20 at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History.
Tickets for the programming finale on Sept. 20 with trumpeter Arturo Sandoval are available through the CU Concerts box office at (303) 492-8008.
Arts and Culture Week is presented by the Arts and Culture Roundtable of CU-Boulder in recognition of the student fee funding support that is vital to maintain cultural programs at CU-Boulder. For more information on events hosted during the week, please visit: .
For year-round listings of CU-Boulder events, most of which are open to the public, visit the CU-Boulder Events Calendar at .