National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step | Jan 11 & 13
2026-01-11 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Denver) | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 11 & 13
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend. (1:30 runtime)

Science on Screen® Fungal Frequencies | Jan 12
2026-01-12 18:30 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Science on Screen®: Fungal Frequencies launches the Dairy Arts Center’s exploration of fungi as creative collaborators through movement film, and scientific discovery.
This evening brings together artists, scientists, and short film to explore how fungi inspire new forms of artistic expression and ways of seeing. Interdisciplinary artist Iván Daniel Espinosa and mycologists Dr. Alisha Quandt and Mary Childress will offer accessible scientific insight into fungal ecology, evolution, and behavior — and preview of the immersive world of MycoMorphosis: Dancing with Fungi, opening later this month.
The evening concludes with a curated selection of short films from the 2025 Fungi Film Festival, showcasing how filmmakers around the world are translating fungi into poetic, playful, and provocative cinematic forms.
Scientific Lecture & Artist Talk: 6:30 PM; Film Screening: 7:30 PM
This event is FREE for Dairy Arts Center Members as part of the Science on Screen® series

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
IVÁN-DANIEL ESPINOSA
Iván Daniel Espinosa is a choreographer that creates artwork engaged with mycology, mycelium fungi networks, avant-garde dance, climate change and interspecies performance. His recent multimedia art installations integrating mushroom colonies of diverse species with Japanese Butoh dance, fungal bioacoustics and bio-sonification have been presented at numerous venues such as La Mama Experimental Theatre in NYC, Seattle International Butoh Festival, and Roman Susan Art Foundation in Chicago. Iván-Daniel’s performances involving fungi and mushrooms are highlighted in a chapter-length discussion of his work that was published in a 2024 Routledge monograph titled Choreographing Dirt: Movement, Performance, and Ecology in the Anthropocene. Iván-Daniel is a PhD Candidate in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder.
On January 23-25, 2026, Iván-Daniel is premiering a new fungi-themed performance at The Dairy Arts Center titled MycoMorphosis: Dancing with Fungi through The Dairy Arts Center’s Co-Production Program.

ALISHA QUANDT, PhD
Dr. Alisha Quandt is a mycologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado-Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. from the Botany and Plant Pathology Department at Oregon State University. Dr. Quandt’s lab at CU-Boulder studies fungal evolutionary biology — especially the evolution of fungal host and ecological transitions, fungal diversity and how fungi interact with other microorganisms. In 2024, Dr. Quandt was awarded the Constantine J. Alexopoulos Prize for outstanding early career mycologist by the Mycological Society of America and the Young Mycologist Award for North America by the International Mycological Association.

MARY CHILRDESS
Mary Childress is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder, working in the Quandt Mycology Lab. Her research interests center on fungal diversity, systematics, and plant pathology. She has described three new species of Pseudogymnoascus from Antarctic soils and is currently studying fungal pathogens of Andean endemic trees for her dissertation.

FILM PROGRAM
Awake: The Dark Night of the Soul (José Antonio Márquez Arroyo Venezuela, 7:00)
Bumps on Sticks (Riitta Ikonen, Ben Kinsley, USA, 3:56)
Caverns and Coprophilia (Hamilton Pevec, USA, 7:32)
Do I Know You, Mushroom? ( Morgaine Lee, Canada, 14:47)
Hyphae (Sarah Muise, Germany, 2:30)
Lavsang: Song of the Lichens (HC Gilje, Norway, 3:30)
Mania (Chia-Hui Lei, Taiwan, 3:52)
Peaks to Prairie: A Holistic Regenerative Approach (Chad Weber, USA, 19:59)
Savior (Zack Bauer, Zoe Larsen, USA, 4:24)
Studies on Entangled Life (Tuane Eggers, Brazil, 16:34)
Where the Mushrooms Grow (Maggie Gercken, Claudia Andrade, USA, 3:16)
Learn more: https://www.fungifilmfest.com/2025
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Monkey Wrench Films presents "Preserved"
2026-01-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
The 5:30PM Screening is Sold Out. Tickets are still available for the 8PM screening. JANUARY 18 @ 8PM – TICKETS
Preserved takes viewers inside Vermejo—a 558,000-acre living laboratory where mountain lions, bears, and countless other species reveal how wildlife is adapting in a changing world. The film spotlights the stewards working to restore this landscape—and why what happens here matters everywhere. The planet can heal. It starts with us.
Featuring exclusive performance by musician MILCK and a panel discussion with:
Craig Childs, Colorado author and Southwest expert
Erin Sprague, CEO Protect Our Winters
Bob Dineen, CEO Great Range Bison
Lance Bernal, Vermejo National Resources Manager
Louis Wertz, Western Landowners Alliance
Ben Clark, Director of Preserved

Also, showing at 8PM. Click here for that showing.

Continuum: Death Cafe
2026-01-13 17:30 - 19:30 | McMahon Gallery, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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The Dairy Arts Center is proud to present a special event as part of the Continuum exhibition programming, in partnership with Boulder Death Cafe.
At Death Cafe, we gather to eat cake, drink tea, and talk openly about death. This compassionate, group-directed discussion is guided by Callie and Kristina, mindfulness-based therapists with backgrounds in elder care who are passionate about embracing the beauty of our mortality. The aim is to increase awareness of death in order to help us make the most of our finite lives.
This is not a grief support or counseling session, but an open, agenda-free conversation space where participants are invited to share, listen, and reflect together. The event will take place in the McMahon Gallery, surrounded by the artwork of Continuum — offering an inspiring and soothing environment for this reflective dialogue. Tea and biscuits will be provided.
Event is free; RSVP required as capacity is limited.

You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine | Jan 14-20
2026-01-14 16:30 - 18:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 14-20
Filmed in October 2022 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, this movie captures a star-studded tribute to the legendary songwriter, . The event brought together acclaimed artists, friends, and family to share behind-the-scenes stories and perform classic songs, honoring Prine’s enduring legacy. Prine, widely celebrated as one of history’s greatest songwriters, captivated millions of fans and earned the admiration of icons such as Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Tyler Childers, Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Jason Isbell, and Bob Weir, amongst many others, are featured in the film performing on the Ryman stage for this special celebration of his life and music. (Michael John Warren, 2025, USA, 1:30, NR)

Cactus Pears | Jan 14-18
2026-01-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 14-18
Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress. Winner, Grand Jury Prize (World Dramatic), Sundance Film Festival. (Rohan Kanawade,2025, India, 1:52, NR)

YAGÓDY | January 14 & 15
2026-01-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Co-presented by Sunflower Seeds Ukraine
Ukrainian sirens YAGÓDY, kick off their 2026 US tour with two nights at the Dairy Arts Center. Celebrated for their “primal energy” (Chicago Reader, March 2025) and hypnotic vocal harmonies, this quartet blends ethno-ritual performances with feminine resilience for a “dynamic and contemporary” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) experience.
Since making their North American debut in 2025, YAGÓDY has continued to evolve their craft, recently releasing a haunting new single, “Koni,” and video from director and cinematographer Olia Klymuk.
In this original song inspired by her grandmother, YAGÓDY founder Zoriana Dybovska sings of “the youth that passes and the love that lives in memories.” The song draws on the image of the willow tree, a central motif in Ukrainian folklore that acts as an emblem of tenderness, grief, and endurance.
The three original vocalists of YAGÓDY—Zoriana Dybovska, Vasylyna Voloshyn, Tetiana Voitiv, and accordionist Nadiia Parashchuk—continue their mission to preserve, reinterpret, and breathe new life into Ukrainian Ukrainian folk songs and traditions from around the world. YAGÓDY’s repertoire will also include music from their self-titled debut album as well as original singles “Tsunamia,” which placed in Ukraine’s national Eurovision selection, and the defiant anthem “BRamaYa.” They will be joined on tour by drummer Teimyraz Gogitidze.

Glowing Goose Productions presents Fiddler on the Roof | Jan. 15-25
2026-01-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Fiddler on the Roof has captured the imagination of cultures around the world for decades with its universal theme of tradition confronting modernity. It has been a shared dream for Sarah Nowak (director) and Rabbi Marc Soloway (Tevye) to produce this show, and this feels like the right moment.
As we see a dramatic rise in antisemitism and a world filled with dehumanization, bigotry and violence, Anatevka is both a specific, particular time and space in Jewish history and also any place where people have been persecuted and driven out of their lands. The particular and the universal are captured in this story, which we hope to tell in a way that connects us to the past, present and future.
This musical is presented by Glowing Goose Productions in partnership with Congregation Bonai Shalom, Congregation Nevei Kodesh, and the Boulder JCC.

Anchor Point Film Tour
2026-01-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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The Anchor Point Tour is a celebration of the fearless spirit and artistry of highlining documentaries. Our festival is dedicated to sharing all stories—big or small—that showcase the passion, creativity, and boundary-pushing endeavors of athletes within our community. Through this event we want to uplift all parts of our community and use a portion off the revenue to provide gear to underrepresented communities. Doors open at 5:30pm.

Obex | Jan 16
2026-01-16 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 16
In pre-internet 1987, Conor and his dog Sandy live a life of seclusion, lost in the slow-rendering graphics of early Macs and televisions aglow with late night horror movie marathons. But when he begins playing OBEX, a new and mysterious, state-of-the-art computer game, he finds himself trapped in a low-tech, but high-stakes analog hellscape as the line between reality and game blurs. Audacious and uncanny, writer-director Albert Birney’s OBEX is a delightfully skewed lo-fi fantasy. Shot in striking black and white, this surreally nostalgic nightmare revisits the dawn of personal computing to reflect on the loneliness of our always-online present day. (Albert Birney, 2025, USA, 1:30, NR)

T2 Dance Company: Versatility Dance Festival
2026-01-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Captivating performances from nationwide dance companies.
Now in its eighth year, Versatility Dance Festival presents a curated selection of contemporary dance companies and dance filmmakers from around the country and beyond. One night of great dance on stage and screen, providing audiences with a wonderful unique arts experience while also providing dance companies with more performance/screening and networking opportunities.
See full line-up at www.t2dance.org/VDF

Music at the Dairy presents Jazz and Soul Voices for Freedom
2026-01-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Just hours before Martin Luther King Day, the Gordon Gamm Theater stage will resonate with music and dance symbolizing humans’ irrepressible yearning for freedom. With Robert B Johnson’s singing and Maisha Diatta’s dancing, the Dave Fulker Jazz group will celebrate a stellar variety of ground-breaking artists—including Nat King Cole, Paul McCartney, Marvin Gaye, and Beyoncé—whose expressions of freedom continue to hone the American dream!
Dave Fulker:
On both flugelhorn and trumpet, Dave is well known to Boulder audiences for jazz and classical. He led the Centennial Brass Quintet, and has appeared with Denver Municipal Band, Boulder Brass, Colorado Music Festival, Bob Hope and the Four Tops, all in addition to a scientific software career at UCAR/NCAR. Dave serves on the CU College of Music Advisory Board and is a Trustee for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, in which he played 34 seasons as Principal Trumpet.
Maisha Diatta:
Pursuing a BFA in dance as a junior at Dean College (in MA), Maisha holds competitive awards in many styles—jazz, modern, hip-hop and especially tap. Beyond frequent improvisation, she has created award-winning choreographs for herself and others. Maisha has appeared in Debbie Allen’s Brothers of the Knight, Chloe Arnold’s #NoFilterSoleTalk, and the Oscars Academy Concert in LA.
Robert Johnson:
Robert has shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Lou Rawls, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chuck Mangione, Stan Getz, Donna Summer, Robert Cray, Jeffery Osborne, Charlie Daniels and Mel Torme. Robert has an astounding range in pitch and style, the latter spanning jazz, R&B, pops and theater.
Victor Mestas:
Born in Venezuela, Victor has appeared on 100+ recordings, and he teaches a Latin Jazz Ensemble at CU’s Thompson Jazz Program.
Eddie Ness:
Though a recent graduate of CU’s College of Music, Eddie has already performed at many of the region’s best jazz clubs, including Dazzle and Nocturne.
Alejandro Castaño:
Alejandro draws inspiration from his Columbian/Afro-Cuban ancestry and has recorded/performed with Chuchito Valdés, Ron Miles and Annie Booth.

Motus Theater Presents: 4th Annual Dr. King Jr. Performance with Motus & The ReMINDers
2026-01-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Due to popular demand, the show is FULL!
WAITLIST: However, you can join the waitlist by calling the Dairy Arts Center Box Office at 303.444.7328.
CANCELLATIONS: If you feel you won’t be able to attend, please call the Dairy Arts Center box office at 303.444.7328 at your earliest convenience and at least 1 hour before the show so others in the community can enjoy the presentation. Due to high demand, anyone who is not seated by 3:00 pm, will have their seat released to a waiting patron on the list.
Motus Theater presents our 4th annual arts-based event honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight against poverty and racism, with special guest musicians, The ReMINDers. They will present musical responses to Motus’ Youth Behind & Beyond Bars autobiographical performance, which shares the experiences of adults who survived the juvenile justice system. Boulder County DA Michael Dougherty will sit with the storytellers to co-read their narratives and reflect publicly on their impact. You will leave inspired and ready to carry out the legacy of Dr. King Jr.’s work in support of juvenile justice reform that centers youth and community solutions.

The ReMINDers are a rare and remarkable musical duo with undeniable magical chemistry, The ReMINDers transcend the bounds of expectation to uplift and entertain. They seamlessly blend razor-sharp rhythms and raw, soulful vocals with reggae-tinged hip-hop beats to highlight their relevant and inspiring messages. The couple shares a partnership in both music and life as Samir and Aja have been married for over a decade. The ReMINDers have been recognized and applauded for their work internationally through concerts, tours, music awards, and TV and radio appearances. They have shared the stage with artists such as Nas, Big Boi, and Ms. Lauryn Hill.
Motus Theater’s Youth Behind & Beyond Bars: Stories from the Frontlines of the Juvenile Legal System brings powerful, artistically-crafted personal stories from adults who survived incarceration as youth. This moving autobiographical performance lifts the curtain on the realities of the juvenile legal system while inspiring action toward true justice. The script for this performance was written by Motus Artistic Executive Director Kirsten Wilson based on writings, conversations, and reflections of Lorenzo Allen, Durrel Bumphus, Lawrence Hershel Goshon, Raymond Johnson, Juaquin Mobley, Michael Rollerson, and Big Shakur (James Williams).
Motus Theater facilitates dialogue on critical issues of our time by creating original theater. Motus’ work leverages the power of art to build alliances across diverse segments of our community and country. We specialize in developing artfully crafted personal narratives with leaders on the frontlines of violence in the U.S., putting them center stage as the protagonists in the American drama.

Classics with Jeffrey Kash: The Pajama Game
2026-01-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Doris Day stars in this lighthearted look at labor problems in a pajama factory. It features Bob Fosse choreography, and the Jerry Ross-Richard Adler score includes “Hey There,” “Steam Heat,” “Small Talk,” “Hernando’s Hideaway” and “Her Is.” (George Abbott & Stanley Donen, 1957, USA, 1:41, NR)

The Little Things That Run the World | Jan 21-25
2026-01-21 16:30 - 18:30 | Grace Gamm Theatre, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 21-25
Insects were the first animals to evolve flight nearly 440 million years ago, and they survived all five of the known mass extinctions since then. They have also been called the “glue of life” on Earth; they literally hold ecosystems together. But, there is evidence that the pace of decline among insects in parts of the world today is fast approaching the levels of previous catastrophes.
What does this mean for the rest of life on Earth, including humans? What is causing this extinction crisis? What can be done to reverse the trend? Our new release The Little Things That Run the World introduces viewers to a diverse group of scientists, nature lovers, gardeners, farmers, and general bug enthusiasts in exploring the importance of flying insects amid rapid declines in their numbers. The film documents the mysteries of the declines alongside creative and heroic human efforts to change the course of evolutionary history. (Doug Hawes-Davis, 2025, USA, 1:45, NR)

No Other Choice | Jan 21-25
2026-01-21 19:00 - 21:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 21-25
From director Park Chan-wook and based on Donald E. Westlake’s novel THE AX, the story follows Man-su on his desperate hunt for a new job after his abrupt layoff from the paper company he served for 25 years. He devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition. (Park Chan-wook, 2025, South Korea, 2:19, R)

Lines | Jan. 23 & 24
2026-01-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Lines explores resilience and joy as forms of resistance amid occupation and displacement. Drawing parallels between Irish and Lebanese histories and traditions, the piece weaves together music, video, dance, and the poetry of Khalil Gibran. Lines reflects how cultural traditions evolve through hardship and change by embracing an adaptive and emergent process that blends electronic arts with the folk arts of Sean-Nós and Dabke, reflexively acknowledging the importance of adaptation to our ancestors’ survival and perseverance. Lines invites audiences to consider how we might further adapt by coming together as a global community to ensure freedom and safety beyond imposed borders.

MycoMorphosis: Dancing with Fungi | Jan. 23-25
2026-01-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Carsen Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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MycoMorphosis: Dancing with Fungi is a multimedia stage performance directed by choreographer Iván-Daniel Espinosa. Inspired by the underground networks of mycelium that connect the roots of thousands of plants and trees, this performance incorporates mycology and sculpture with live electroacoustic soundscapes and Japanese Butoh dance to bring to life the fascinating world of fungi in an immersive theatrical setting. For this performance, Espinosa and his collaborators have designed a maze-like sculpture incorporating fungal colonies with fruiting mushrooms of different species. Musical soundscapes are created in real time by hooking up the fungi to bio-sensor and bio-sonification devices that convert the mycelium’s electrical and textural activity into Live sounds. The installation is further activated by dancers performing a choreography in the style of Japanese Butoh (舞踏, Butō) inspired by the vibrant ecosystems of fungi and their shapeshifting movement through space and time. MycoMorphosis: Dancing with Fungi creates a multi-sensory and mind-bending experience that demonstrates a deeply intimate relationship to nature, where the distinctions between human and non-human worlds dissolve in slow and attentive bodily practice.
DANCERS:
Stefan Bach
Corin Wiggins
Kenji Hirose
Arlo Sage King
LIVE MUSIC composed and performed by Christopher Bryant Arnett.
SCULPTURE designed by Arlo Sage King.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER:
Iván-Daniel Espinosa is a Latino dance choreographer that creates interdisciplinary artwork engaged with ecology, mushrooms and fungi, climate change, and interspecies performance. His recent multimedia performances integrating mushroom colonies with live dance, fungal bioacoustics and fungal bio-sonification have been presented at numerous venues nationwide such as La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York City, Seattle International Butoh Festival, Seattle ARTS IN NATURE Festival, Houston Fringe Festival, and Roman Susan Art Foundation in Chicago. Iván-Daniel’s performances involving fungi and mushrooms are highlighted in a chapter-length discussion of his artwork that was published in a 2024 Routledge book titled Choreographing Dirt: Movement, Performance, and Ecology in the Anthropocene.
As a scholar and artist, Iván-Daniel specializes in Butoh (舞踏, Butō), an avant-garde form of dance-theater that was originated by Tatsumi Hijikata in 1960’s Tokyo. Iván-Daniel began his Butoh training in 2014 and has studied with many renowned Japanese master teachers from the lineage of Hijikata including Natsu Nakajima, Saga Kobayashi, Hiroko and Koichi Tamano, Semimaru and Dai Matsuoka of SANKAI JUKU, and Moe Yamamoto of Kanazawa Butoh-Kan. Iván-Daniel’s formative training began with Seattle Butoh pioneer Joan Laage, who continues to serve as his foremost teacher to this day. Iván-Daniel is the co-founder of the Salish Sea Butoh Festival, an annual dance convergence that takes place on the Olympic Peninsula to deepen the study of Japanese Butoh with artists from all over the world.
Iván-Daniel is a current PhD Candidate in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder and he also holds a Master of Arts in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). Iván-Daniel’s PhD dissertation research at CU-Boulder examines the intersections of performance and fungal mycology, focusing on the relationships between human bodies and mycelium fungi networks through the lenses of choreography and dance performance.
** MycoMorphosis: Dancing with Fungi is funded in part by a Community Project Grant from the Boulder Arts Commission, an agency of the Boulder City Council. This project is also supported by additional grant funding from the CU-Boulder Office for Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship and the Nature, Environment, Science & Technology (NEST) Studio for the Arts. **

Radu Jude's Dracula | Jan 23
2026-01-23 20:30 - 23:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 23
A frustrated filmmaker, facing creative paralysis, turns to an A.I. chatbot in order to make his latest movie a hit. The result is a series of increasingly outrageous vignettes exploring the myth of Dracula in all its forms. From a wild chase through the streets of modern Transylvania to eerie hauntings in the Romanian countryside, cinematic provocateur Radu Jude returns with another boundary-pushing epic featuring a union-busting Dracula breaking a strike, an adaptation of the first Romanian vampire novella, thwarted romance, fields of phalluses, lots of blood, and much more. (Radu Jude, 2025, Romania, 2:50, NR)

Pieowa: A Piece of America | Jan 24
2026-01-24 13:00 - 14:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 24
PIEOWA, celebrates the myriad ways pie is woven into Iowa’s (and America’s) culture, the lengths people will go to for a slice, and how this humble pastry can bake the world a better place. The film features comedian Tom Arnold, NPR economics correspondent Scott Horsley (NPR = No Pie Refused), Better Homes & Gardens food editor, among other notable names, alongside everyday people — church ladies, farm wives, pie shop owners, State Fair competitors, chefs, food historians, bike riders, and humanitarians. Wholesome and humorous, it will leave you feeling more hopeful about the world — and hungry for pie. (Beth M. Howard, 2025, USA, 1:16, NR)

Dairy Comedy in The Boe
2026-01-24 20:30 - 22:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Kick off the new year with big laughs at Dairy Comedy in the Boe – January, our monthly standup series in the cozy, cinematic Boedecker Theater.
This month’s lineup brings TV credits, festival favorites, and rising local stars together on one stage:
Al Jackson is an American television host, comedian, and actor. He co-hosts the nationally broadcast talk show Daily Blast Live, which is in its fourth season. Al regularly serves as a contributor with weekly segments on the Bob & Tom Radio Show, which boasts 140+ affiliates nationally. Al’s hour-long comedy special Baby Steps was picked up by the global distributor Comedy Dynamics and his half hour comedy special is on Comedy Central. He has appeared on several Comedy Central shows, including This is Not Happening, The Meltdown, and @midnight. He was also featured on John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Special and Dave Attell’s Comedy Underground.
Andrea Marie Vahl is an international speaker and comedian. She has performed at venues such as Comedy Works, The Denver Improv, Comedy Festivals in Boston, Chicago, World Series of Comedy and produces her own standup show called Moms Unhinged.
George Delgado is a comic that got his start in comedy back in Texas and currently calls Denver home. Drawing inspiration from his unconventional home life, intrusive thoughts, and cultural identity crisis, George crafts sharp material that resonates with diverse audiences.
Emma Perkins is a Boulder Comedy Fest alumna and was a semifinalist for Comedy Works New Faces competition 2023. She is a regular at clubs and local shows around Denver.
And your host, the founder of the Boulder Comedy Festival, Zoe Rogers.

January Cinema Club: No Other Choice
2026-01-25 19:00 - 19:45 | McMahon Gallery, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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Immediately following the 4:30 pm screening, join us in the McMahon Gallery for a discussion facilitated by the Dairy Arts Center staff and programming committee. Pizza & soda provided, but please remember to purchase your cinema tickets separately!
This a free event open to Dairy Members. Not a member yet? Join Now! or contact us at memberships@thedairy.org for more information.
This series is generously sponsored by Belzer Law LLC.

For The Living
2026-01-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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For centuries, Humankind has grappled with the tension between the two extremes of our nature: Dehumanization and Empathy. Darkness and Light. From the genocide of Indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere to the horrors of the Holocaust to the genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda we realize that numbers make us numb. The more who die, the less we care. But, in 2019 another journey from darkness to light called “Ride for the Living” offered a way forward. Originating at the universal symbol of absolute evil (Auschwitz-Birkenau) 250 cyclists from 12 different countries came together to re-trace the WWII liberation path of a single 10-year Holocaust survivor across the Polish countryside to reach a destination symbolizing our common humanity: Krakow, Poland.
Alternating between the intimate story of this one Holocaust survivor and the startling similarities among individuals in all genocides, these parallel journeys bring to life how we can grow our empathy to encompass millions. And how the American educational system has long overlooked—and in 2025 now threatens to whitewash–these stories and the insights we need to prevent future genocides. Inciting the urgent conversation: When will we stop building monuments for the Dead and get busy re-humanizing the Living? When will we finally say NEVER AGAIN and truly mean it? (Marc Bennett & Tim Roper, 2024, USA, 1:57, NR)

Polyglot Exhibition Opening Reception
2026-01-27 17:00 - 20:00 | McMahon Gallery, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
Join us for the Polyglot Exhibition opening reception. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments available for purchase.
Polyglot brings together artists from around the world working across textile, ceramic, and painting. Each artist works within a distinct material practice, shaped by where they live, how they work, and what they choose to focus on.
When you travel, visiting a museum often becomes a way of understanding a place. Art captures atmosphere, history, and everyday life in a way words often cannot. Polyglot is rooted in that experience, aiming to bring those moments of discovery closer to home.
Presented as a focused group exhibition, Polyglot brings together different materials, cultures, and approaches to making. Each practice is presented on its own terms, creating a dialogue between artists who may never share the same language, but whose work communicates through material and form.
Curated by Verbunt Galerie.

The Voice of Hind Rajab | Jan 28 - Feb 1
2026-01-28 16:30 - 18:15 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 28 – Feb 1
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab. The film recreates real events using actual audio recordings of the phone call. This Venice Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize winning film from twice Oscar-nominated filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania is already being listed among the top 5 likely Oscar nominees for Best International Feature. (Kaouther Ben Hania, 2025, Tunisia, 1:29, NR)

The Choral | Jan 28 - Feb 1
2026-01-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 28 – Feb
As war rages on the Western Front, the Choral Society in Ramsden, Yorkshire has lost most of its men to the army. The Choral’s ambitious committee, determined to press ahead, decides to recruit local young males to swell their ranks. They must also engage a new chorus master, and despite their suspicions that he has something to hide, their best bet seems to be Dr. Henry Guthrie (Ralph Fiennes) – driven, uncompromising, and recently returned from a career in Germany. As conscription papers start to arrive, the whole community discovers that the best response to the chaos that is laying waste to their lives is to make music together. (Nicholas Hytner, 2025, UK, 1:53, R)

The Mariposa Collective: Resonance
2026-01-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Artists of the Mariposa Collective explore the theme of RESONANCE through shadow theater and a variety of dance styles including House, Voguing, Contemporary, Modern, Salsa evoking images, memories, and emotions in RESONANCE. The performance features new work by choreographers Riley Bartlett, Cassy Clark, Angela Gumieniak, Alli Jones, Jeny Jones, Tanja London, Jesús Muñoz, Celia Grannum Perarnaud, Bridget Ryan, ShawnT Stone, and Betsy Tobin.
Following the success of Emergence (2024) and Momentum (2025), RESONANCE continues the Mariposa Collective’s mission to build artistic community through collaboration and creative risk-taking.

The Cathedral of New Emotions | Jan 30
2026-01-30 20:30 - 21:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Jan 30
A psychedelic odyssey through animation with visuals that’ll melt your mental highways, THE CATHEDRAL OF NEW EMOTIONS is a surreal German film that’s truly out of this world. The story follows a group of Berlin intellectuals and stoners as they escape from the terrors and troubles of 1970s Earth in their giant hand spaceship. As time passes and ennui sets in, the zonked-out crew decides to search for the man who convinced them to flee to the stars in the first place. Thrillingly original, gorgeously stylized, and recently made available after years of obscurity, this marvel is ready to takey ou on a journey to places beyond imagination. (Helmut Herbst, 2006, Germany, 1:00, NR)

The Catamounts present Burning Bluebeard by Jay Torrence | JAN. 31 - FEB. 21
2026-01-31 19:30 - 21:00 | Carsen Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, Colorado, 80302, United States
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Blending comedy, vaudeville, clowning, and meta-theatrical play, BURNING BLUEBEARD reimagines the 1903 Chicago Iroquois Theatre fire from the perspective of the performers. The piece is both a reckoning and a love letter—an exploration of why we gather, what we risk in live performance, and how theater holds us together in moments of joy and catastrophe.
Of the original Chicago production, Newcity Stage wrote:
BURNING BLUEBEARD represents the cumulative potential of theater as an art form: a poetic, terrifying, gut-buster tour de force that tells the audience exactly what this show is going to be—a deconstructed retelling of the 1903 Iroquois Theatre Fire from the eyes of the artists who worked on “Mr. Bluebeard,” the production that sent the theater up in flames—even while building the sense that this time fate may be averted, we might see the second act, and the victims of that fire could be saved.
Directed by Artistic Director Amanda Berg Wilson, The Catamounts bring their signature immersive approach to the work, transforming the Carsen Theater into a shared environment where audience and performers exist together inside the story. The result is a theatrical experience that is playful, unsettling, and deeply communal—inviting us to imagine what it means to care for one another in the dark.
Sunday performances on February 1, 14, and 21 will be followed by a community gathering. Tickets include food and drink, with options available for those with and without dietary restrictions.
To donate to The Catamounts please visit https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/TheCatamounts

Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival: The Road To Patagonia
2026-02-01 14:00 - 15:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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The Road to Patagonia is a stunning, intimate and unflinching series of love letters within a documentary – firstly a love between two people, and secondly between humanity and the Earth. We follow Matty Hannon on an incredible solo adventure, to surf the west coast of the Americas by motorbike, from the top of Alaska to the tip of Patagonia. But deep in the wilderness – alone with the wolves and the bears – the journeyer’s plans unexpectedly fall to pieces. After losing everything, and on the cusp of quitting he meets the girl of his dreams, a permaculture farmer named Heather Hillier who throws caution to the wind and sells her urban-farm to buy a bike of her own. Together riding south, the duo meet with Zapatista rebels, Amazonian shamans and Mapuche leaders whose salient words crack the adventurers’ cultural veneer, leaving them with existential questions.
The 50,000km surfing odyssey becomes beautifully complicated by their decision to downshift from motorcycles to horseback, presenting a relational approach to the breathtaking landscapes and a host of challenges that ultimately become extremely rewarding. Hannon and Hillier succeed in beautifully capturing deeply human moments during the world-first expedition, and the noticeable lack of camera-crew becomes The Road to Patagonia’s strength. The theme of deep ecology underpins the entire film, visually communicated through exquisite cinematography and emotional verité sequences. Shot over 16 years, the result is an adventurous exposé on the more-than-human world, offering a physical and spiritual odyssey to better understand our place in Nature.
Winner – Best Film and Best Documentary – Byron Bay International Film Festival
Winner – Audience Choice Award – Florida Surf Film Festival
Winner – Audience Choice Award – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Winner – Jury Award – Honolulu Surf Film Festival
Year: 2024
Filmmaker: Matty Hannon
Runtime: 90 minutes
PRODUCTION
10 years
WORLD PREMIERE
Byron Bay International F.F.

presented by the Boulder Environmental Nature Outdoors Film Festival AND DAIRY ARTS CENTER.
