Arts & Culture

The Inca could see "dark constellations." The brightness of the stars in the Pleiades told them when to plant crops. Learn to read the stars like the Inca during a talk titled "Secrets of the Andean Skies," Nov. 10 and 12 at Fiske Planetarium.

America’s self-proclaimed personal secretary, Sheryl Oring, will be at the Trumbo Fountain from noon to 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 23, with her vintage typewriter to take down people's messages to the president. The performance art is in support of the opening of "44 Plays for 44 Presidents," running through Oct. 2.

Stravinsky’s century-old masterpiece “The Rite of Spring” and Miles Davis’ landmark “Birth of the Cool” are on the program at a free Boettcher Concert Hall showcase on April 26, featuring performances by CU-Boulder’s College of Music ensembles and children from El Sistema Colorado.

Could the powerful words of William Shakespeare end violence in schools? Since 2011, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF) and CU-Boulder’s Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) have worked together to present annual school tours, where CSF actors perform a truncated Shakespeare play and lead workshops to discuss bullying, violence and unhealthy relationships in the Bard’s writing.

Juggling. Origami. Group sculpture projects. See….Math is fun. This is the underlying message behind the first Mathematics and the Arts Festival being held Friday and Saturday, April 1-2, at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Each year, CU-Boulder dance students and faculty come together for “The Current,” an annual showcase of brand-new pieces. This year’s performances take place April 15-17 and feature evocative, original work by dance professors Erika Randall and Donna Mejia, lecturer Larry Southall, alumna Megan Odom and Roser Guest Artist Faye Driscoll.

CU-Boulder instructor Lynn Nichols, former general manager of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, is set to direct an on-campus production of “The Winter’s Tale,” Jan. 27-31, at CU-Boulder’s Loft Theatre. The all-student cast brings William Shakespeare’s timeless tragicomedy to life with vintage costumes and interactive staging.