Event Type: Arts & Entertainment

Film Movement is proud to present four Official Best International Feature Oscar submissions. A new film will be released every Friday during the month of January. For the discounted price of $30, you will be able to access all four films and will receive a reminder email when titles become available. Your purchase provides invaluable support for independent film organizations who tirelessly champion these global cinematic voices.

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In a society built on racism, telling our own stories is the most powerful, and sometimes, the only tool we have. It is cathartic, it is clearing, and it has been the quiet vehicle of progress since the beginning of our existence.

Poetry, in its non-judgmental, expansive acceptance, is one of the most accessible avenues for story-telling. In this workshop, for the new or novice writer, you will dip your quill into this deep well of freedom.

Assétou Xango (Ah-say-too SEAN-go), also known as the Dark Goddess Poet, uses Spoken Word to dismantle the harmful, colonial binaries that bind us. As a black, pansexual, polyamorous, genderqueer, womxn. They exist as the in-between, the darkness that serves as the mirror to our shadow selves. Xango’s other-world guides us to accept the parts of ourselves that have been deemed irredeemable.

This organization is funded in part by grants from the City of Boulder’s Boulder Arts Commission and the Human Relations Commission.

Directed by: Jonathan Meyer Robinson
An incendiary mix of documentary, poetry, storytelling, drama, and performance, EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET explores the life and work of Piri Thomas (b. 1928) the Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican author of the classic autobiographical novel Down These Mean Streets (1967). The film traces Thomas’ path from childhood to manhood in New York City’s Spanish Harlem, El Barrio, from the 1930s through the 1960s; his parents’ immigrant experience, home life during the Great Depression, his membership in barrio youth gangs, his struggle to come to terms with his mixed-racial identity, his travels as a teen-age merchant marine, his heroin addiction, his notorious armed robbery of a Greenwich Village nightclub, his six years spent in prison, and then his emergence as a writer. Thomas’ coming-of-age story is counter-pointed with verité scenes of his on-going work of forty-five years as an educator and activist empowering marginalized and incarcerated youths. A stylized, genre-spanning production, EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET is a riveting portrait of a life lived through struggle, self-discovery, and transformation as it examines Thomas’ use of creative expression as a means of confronting poverty, racism, violence and isolation.

Friends of Chamber Music presents pianist Jeremy Denk in a virtual recital, available on-demand January 20-27, 2021.

Recorded at WGBH in Boston, this performance highlights and reflects on three leaders of the Romantic movement: Robert and Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. The program also features Missy Mazzoli’s “Bolts of Loving Thunder,” originally composed in 2013 for pianist Emanuel Ax and inspired by what she calls the “romantic and stormy idea of Brahms.”

Tickets are available for $15 per device. Each ticket will allow viewing of the performance at any time during the 7-day period, January 20 – 27.

Play drinking games with LGBTQ comedians as we make jokes over the movie that taught us how hard it is to quit people.

*Add your own jokes in the live chat

You can be emailed the free link along with a reminder for the show when you submit for a ‘ticket’ here: https://www.frontrowfilmroast.com/subscribe

The show will be aired for free over Twitch at 6PM PST/ 9PM EST www.twitch.tv/filmroast no login required.

You can also watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/event/575477

Co-sponsored by JRC Events: https://www.jrcslc.com/

Join Kabbalah Experience in a virtual screening of “enough.” by Nathan Nzanga on Sunday, January 24 from 4-5 p.m. MST. 

Following the racial injustices suffered across the nation over the last year, and the historic insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, “enough.” is one of the most relevant films for inspiring the difficult conversations we need to engage in surrounding race and the need for introspection to shift perspective.

David Sanders, founder and spiritual director of Kabbalah Experience, will join Nathan following the 13-minute film to address the need for compassion and holding opposites in our work for inclusion and diversity.

Nate’s short film evolved from his music. In the summer of 2020, while recording in Chicago in the wake of George Floyd’s death, Nate wrote a sequel to his song, “TRUCE.”  The new song, “enough”, is like a lightning bolt to the heart, the evolution of TRUCE’s cry for love into a righteous pain over collective apathy and inaction. The Prodigy Camp community banded together to elevate Nate’s art with the short film “enough”.

To register for the screening and important discussion, please visit: https://kabbalahexperience.com/product/ke-film-series-enough/

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein conducts a string quintet orchestration of Mozart’s famous Piano Concerto No. 21, with the lovely second movement memorably used in the film, “Elvira Madigan.” The richly diverse evening opens with two sentimental beauties by American trailblazer, Scott Joplin, and concludes with the iconic Mendelssohn Octet.

Simone Dinnerstein, piano
JOPLIN Solace
JOPLIN Bethena
MOZART/LACHNER Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
MENDELSSOHN Octet for Strings for E-flat Major, Op. 20

Streamed online, available for on-demand viewing for 2 weeks

Athena Project and Tattered Cover Present Read & Rant 

A book club reading and ranting about scripts

Read & Rant a book club exploring plays written primarily by women*. Read two or three scripts a month and meet at Tattered Cover on Colfax to discuss the works.  Join Athena Project’s Executive Producer, Angela Astle, and Literary Manager, Darce Beck, May 18th at 6:30PM at our free monthly book club.  Learn what makes a good script; how reading a play is different from a book or story; converse with invited guests as part of our monthly discussions. Read & Rant is just one of our programs aimed to raise awareness of the underrepresentation of women’s stories on stage. 

To be ready to participate in our May 18th date, please read the following:

•   The Invisible Tribe by Mikaley Osley 
•   Rojava by Sharon Farrell
•   Secret Skies: Songs and Letters from the Longest War by Michelle Ruehl 

The plays this month will focus on varied aspects of military life in conjunction with National Armed Forces Day, May 16, an annual salute to all branches of the US military. As one of our playwrights this month is Denver based, our invited guests are Colorado playwrights who will speak to the art and craft of playwriting. 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: 

Why does one write a play rather than another style of writing?

How are characters formed?

What opportunities arise for playwrights in Colorado, the west, the nation, the world?

OBTAINING THE SCRIPTS:

An electronic copy is available after you register.

What: Athena Project‘s Read & Rant

Where: Virtual Zoom meeting

Date & Time: Monday, May 18, 2020, 6:30 pm-9:30 pm

Tickets:   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/athena-projects-read-rant-club-registration-102934088630

Website:        https://athenaprojectarts.org/read-rant/

Cost: Free

THIRD MONDAY READ & RANTS of 2020 

June 15, July 20, August 17, September 21, October 19, November 16

*At Athena Project, we believe that “women” means many things and can be a complicated term. We recognize that the term “women” does not automatically include all aspects of the gender spectrum.  We want to create a safer space for the expression and growth for all women, trans and gender nonconforming individuals.

About Athena Project Athena Project empowers women through the arts and creates a world with gender equity where women’s voices are amplified. Programs include our Plays In Progress Series showcasing the contributions of women playwrights from the earliest stages of new play development; Curating Art for Impact authentically connecting brand or mission to stakeholders in a thoughtful and engaging way; Artists’ Night Out connecting our community in an open mic type forum allowing artists to give and receive feedback on projects as well as hold space for conversations around the unique challenges of being an artist; Girls Create summer intensive week-long camps exploring various art forms, which culminates in final performances shared with friends, family, and the public. This program empowers girls to lead and effect change in themselves and others through creative learning.

Website: www.AthenaProjectArts.org 

Facebook: AthenaProjectArts

Twitter: @AthenaProjArts 

Instagram: @athenaprojectarts 

Hashtag: #AthenaInAction #AthenaProjectArts

We all start somewhere as we venture into the uncharted – sometimes teeming with clarity, sometimes hesitant with uncertainty. And while we can never know what contours the journey will take, we can know it will require ingenuity, collaboration, and nerve.

We inherit maps that can inspire the way forward. Adventurers who have gone ahead of us exploring the space of inner worlds between neurons & synapses, mapping our collective motivations and movements, examining our impact on the natural world and climate, and poets who have long weaved meaning and inspiration. There is much to explore.

On March 20th we will venture together into unmapped ideas in science, art, business, health, poetry, and social science. Join TEDxMileHigh as we celebrate our human spark of discovery and impulse to forge ahead into the UNCHARTED.

Speakers and schedule will be announced leading up to the event.

Athena Project and Tattered Cover Present Read & Rant 

A book club reading and ranting about scripts

Read & Rant a book club exploring plays written primarily by women*. Read two or three scripts a month and meet at Tattered Cover on Colfax to discuss the works.  Join Athena Project’s Executive Producer, Angela Astle, and Literary Manager, Darce Beck, May 18th at 6:30PM at our free monthly book club.  Learn what makes a good script; how reading a play is different from a book or story; converse with invited guests as part of our monthly discussions. Read & Rant is just one of our programs aimed to raise awareness of the underrepresentation of women’s stories on stage. 

To be ready to participate in our May 18th date, please read the following:

•   The Invisible Tribe by Mikaley Osley 
•   Rojava by Sharon Farrell
•   Secret Skies: Songs and Letters from the Longest War by Michelle Ruehl 

The plays this month will focus on varied aspects of military life in conjunction with National Armed Forces Day, May 16, an annual salute to all branches of the US military. As one of our playwrights this month is Denver based, our invited guests are Colorado playwrights who will speak to the art and craft of playwriting. 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: 

Why does one write a play rather than another style of writing?

How are characters formed?

What opportunities arise for playwrights in Colorado, the west, the nation, the world?

OBTAINING THE SCRIPTS:

An electronic copy is available after you register.

What: Athena Project‘s Read & Rant

Where: Virtual Zoom meeting

Date & Time: Monday, May 18, 2020, 6:30 pm-9:30 pm

Tickets:   https://www.eventbrite.com/e/athena-projects-read-rant-club-registration-102934088630

Website:        https://athenaprojectarts.org/read-rant/

Cost: Free

THIRD MONDAY READ & RANTS of 2020 

June 15, July 20, August 17, September 21, October 19, November 16

*At Athena Project, we believe that “women” means many things and can be a complicated term. We recognize that the term “women” does not automatically include all aspects of the gender spectrum.  We want to create a safer space for the expression and growth for all women, trans and gender nonconforming individuals.

About Athena Project Athena Project empowers women through the arts and creates a world with gender equity where women’s voices are amplified. Programs include our Plays In Progress Series showcasing the contributions of women playwrights from the earliest stages of new play development; Curating Art for Impact authentically connecting brand or mission to stakeholders in a thoughtful and engaging way; Artists’ Night Out connecting our community in an open mic type forum allowing artists to give and receive feedback on projects as well as hold space for conversations around the unique challenges of being an artist; Girls Create summer intensive week-long camps exploring various art forms, which culminates in final performances shared with friends, family, and the public. This program empowers girls to lead and effect change in themselves and others through creative learning.

Website: www.AthenaProjectArts.org 

Facebook: AthenaProjectArts

Twitter: @AthenaProjArts 

Instagram: @athenaprojectarts 

Hashtag: #AthenaInAction #AthenaProjectArts