Join Rocky Mountain Public Media and Opera Colorado for a double-bill virtual concert featuring Tom Cipullo’s
Josephine and
The Promise of Living, followed by a talkback hosted by Keo Frazier with starring performers Laquita Mitchell and Nmon Ford, as well as choreographer Terrell Davis. Josephine, a one-act opera, shines a spotlight on jazz-age icon and civil rights activist Josephine Baker.
The Promise of Living takes audiences on a journey through American history that highlights the challenges, opportunities and successes of the Black experience. The program is free, but register in advance here. Thursday, March 11, 6 p.m., online Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo will read Laura Peniche’s story about reaching out to fellow Christians to discuss her understanding of Jesus’s teachings on mercy, as well as his commandment that “you love one another just as I have loved you.” The free program weaves in the music of Uruguayan musician Elisa Garcia and the stori
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Wednesday, January 20, 5 p.m. Four members of Motus Theater s JustUs, formerly incarcerated monologists, will offer autobiographical monologues about the racism and injustice of the criminal justice system; their monologues will be woven together with musical responses by Spirit of Grace. The free program is presented as part of the new MCA Denver Citizenship: a Practice of Society exhibit; sign up here. Wednesday, January 20, 6 p.m. Musicians are storytellers, and their songs allow the community to remember our struggles and triumphs. In honoring this democratic, storytelling musical tradition, Su Teatro is hosting the Resistance Jam, a celebration and call to action. Sign up for a performance time slot before noon, and tune in at 6 p.m. Find out more at suteatro.org.