Past Events: Summer 2017
PRE-LAUNCH EVENTS for the Happy Holiday Project
Sat, Jul 01Silver Sage Cohousing common roomJul 01, 2017, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PMSilver Sage Cohousing common room, 1650 Yellow Pine Ave, Boulder, CO 80304, USAJul 01, 2017, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PMSilver Sage Cohousing common room, 1650 Yellow Pine Ave, Boulder, CO 80304, USACalling all artists, musicians, dancers, creative spirits, community leaders and those who aspire to further open to and stay in the creative flow. Let's gather and play! Feel free to bring instruments or tools from your primary art form, and feel free to set them aside to explore new avenues.- Tue, Jun 27Holiday ParkJun 27, 2017, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USAJun 27, 2017, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USACalling all artists, musicians, dancers, creative spirits, community leaders and those who aspire to further open to and stay in the creative flow. Let's gather and play! Feel free to bring instruments or tools from your primary art form, and feel free to set them aside to explore new avenues.
LAUNCH WEEKEND: JULY 7-8
Sun, Jul 09Holiday DriveJul 09, 2017, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMHoliday Drive, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USAJul 09, 2017, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PMHoliday Drive, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USABrazilian classics, Italian and Latin American songs, Jazz standards, & fresh original compositions, blended together by captivating improvisational interplay, Songs Around the World features Elena Camerin Young (voice), Kahbu Doug Young (guitar) , Bill McCrossen (bass) and Russ Meissner (drums).
Sun, Jul 09Holiday ParkJul 09, 2017, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USA- Sun, Jul 09Location TBDJul 09, 2017, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PMLocation TBDJul 09, 2017, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PMLocation TBDWhat art or movement will flow through you while listening to improvisational music being created with instruments such as the kora and guembri, ocean harp and bird whistles? What music will be created in response to your art? Let's gather in an inspiring environment and see what happens!
Sat, Jul 08Holiday ParkJul 08, 2017, 9:00 PMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USA
Sat, Jul 08Holiday ParkJul 08, 2017, 8:00 PM – Jul 09, 2017, 9:00 PMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USAJul 08, 2017, 8:00 PM – Jul 09, 2017, 9:00 PMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USAExperience the joy of spontaneous play through a guided series of improvisational games with Turning the Wheel. Explore your expressive, creative self and connect with people from your community through play, song, and movement. Live Music by Jesse Manno. Facilitated by Khiri Lee. Bring friends!
Sat, Jul 08Holiday ParkJul 08, 2017, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USA
Sat, Jul 08Holiday ParkJul 08, 2017, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USA
Sat, Jul 08Holiday ParkJul 08, 2017, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USA
Sat, Jul 08Holiday ParkJul 08, 2017, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USAJul 08, 2017, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMHoliday Park, Holiday Dr, Boulder, CO 80304, USAJoin us for an earth-based, life-enhancing movement meditation with live music by Bill McCrossen on an array of instruments from the kora, guembri, Tibetan gong, meditation bowls, hapi drum, bird whistles, and whatever the spirit calls for. Facilitated by Merlyn Holmes.
SATURDAY, JULY 15
Mmmwhah! games: Soccer
4-5 pm Join us for a fun, pick-up soccer game in the Holiday Park. Facilitated by Kathleen LeRoy. For kids and adults, and the kids in all of us.
A Mmmwhahsome! WEEKEND OF JULY 21-23
Friday, July 21 - A Soulful Evening with Mmmwhah!
Embodied Emotion Yoga
4 pm Join us for a new style of yoga class where we explore a particular emotion through guided journaling and yoga. Half the class is journaling & discussion; half the class is an all-levels yoga flow designed to put the motion back into our e*motion! Today’s class will focus on the emotion pair: Shame and Pride. Bring a yoga mat or borrow one! Led by Kristina Cizmar and Sarah Silvas-Bernstein.
Boulder Drum Circle
5 pm Drum circles offers us a place to connect with each other, the earth & ourselves. It is both meditative & stimulating. Almost every culture has a history of using the drum. The Boulder Drum Circle has been offering free community drum circles since 2014. Cofounder, Prasad Katz, is passionate about music a form of therapeutic healing. Drumming transcends barriers of age, race, religion, nationality, economic & political standings.
Circle Dances
7 pm Join Scott Medina and Makaan Burt for a enlivening, participatory session of Circle Peace Dances, open to all ages. We will sing and dance from different faith traditions and create community together in a fun, heart-felt approach. All dances are clearly taught and easy to learn, no experience needed. Scott has been leading Peace Dances and Ecstatic Chanting for over 15 years in the Colorado area and abroad.
Kirtan with chanting, dance, and art-making
8-9:30 Join us for devotional singing, dancing, and art-making inspired by ancient Sanskrit chants. Kirtan can bring one to ecstatic dance and/or a contemplative place, and it can quiet the mind and open the heart if entered into with that intention. Led by Mira Devi and Ken Bernstein (vocals and guitars), Bill McCrossen (bass) and Zach Hedstrom (tabla). Art-making to be facilitated by NoBo Art District artists.
Saturday, July 22
Restorative Yoga
9 am Join Didem Ergin in a pranayama (breath) and alignment focused asana practice with intelligent sequences to help us get in touch with our true peaceful nature.
Mmmm: Mid-morning Movement Meditation
10-11am Join us for an earth-based, life-enhancing movement meditation with live music by Bill McCrossen on an array of instruments from the kora, guembri, Tibetan gong, meditation bowls, hapi drum, bird whistles, and whatever the spirit calls for. Facilitated by Merlyn Holmes.
- Sat, Jul 22Silver Sage Village CohousingJul 22, 2017, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PMSilver Sage Village Cohousing, 1650 Yellow Pine Ave, Boulder, CO 80304, USAJul 22, 2017, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PMSilver Sage Village Cohousing, 1650 Yellow Pine Ave, Boulder, CO 80304, USAWhat art or movement or sounds will flow through you when you hear improvisational music being created with instruments such as the kora and guembri, ocean harp and bird whistles? What music will be created in response to your art? Let's gather in an inspiring environment and see what happens!
Concerts with dance/movement, and art-making facilitated by NoBo Art District artists: Bohemia!
6 pm until it gets dark enough to play the movie, approx 9 pm. Bring picnics, blankets/chairs, etc.
Boulder High's Fists of the Proletariat
6 pm - 21st century Ska music for Colorado. Stephen Garrison, trombone; Foster Greer, guitar; Paul Mealey, baritone saxophone; Will Mulligan, trumpet; Evan Laugen, tenor saxophone; Jack Wilkinson, drums; Simon Kimble, vocals; Gavin Courtman, bass
Leonard Cohen Tribute - Donna Wickham Quartet
7 pm - Comprised of some of the most innovative improvising musicians on the Front Range, the Donna Wickham Quartet pays tribute to Leonard Cohen with new jazz arrangements of his music.
Movie-in-the-Park: The Sandlot
Around 9 pm / When it gets dark. It's the summer of 1962. A new kid in town is taken under the wing of a young baseball prdigy. Let's follow this rowdy team and their many adventures.
Sunday, July 23
Restorative Yoga
10-11 am Join Didem Ergin in a pranayama (breath) and alignment focused asana practice with intelligent sequences to help us get in touch with our true peaceful nature.
At Floorspace Studio, 1510 Zamia Ave.
Improv Comedy Workshop - cancelled
Let us know if you'd like to attend such a workshop in the future.
Jam Session
5 pm + Join some of the regions most inspiring jazz musicians for a jam session that will begin with jazz standards then explore pure improvisational territory. Come listen or join in. Facilitated by Scott Martin on keyboard, Bill McCrossen bass, and Russ Meissner on drums.
SATURDAY, JULY 15
Mmmwhah! games: Kickball
4-5 pm Join us for a fun, pick-up kickball game in the Holiday Park. Facilitated by Kathleen LeRoy. For kids and adults, and the kids in all of us.
A Mmmwhahsome! WEEKEND: AUGUST 11-13 - The Summer Finale
Friday, August 11
Musical instrument making
7pm | Create and decorate one or more musical instruments. Then use them in Sunday's drum circle or improvisational jam session. Facilitated by NoBo Art District members from Bohemia.
Dafna Margolit, voice and piano
8pm | Someday you may say, "I heard Dafna Margolit when she was in high school, at a free Mmmwhah! event in the park." Come listen to this up and coming young artist from Fairview High as she shares her original songs.
Mmmwhah! Games with Deb Keyek-Franssen
8:30 pm | There's no telling what Deb might lead us through, but be assured we will be laughing while we wait for the movie to begin.
Deb Keyek-Franssen is the Associate Vice President for Digital Education & Engagement for the University of Colorado and a common keynote speaker. She's also great at lightening up such serious work and is an improv artist on the side.
Movie: "Landfill Harmonic"
8:45 / Dusk: An unlikely orchestra made out of recycled trash. We follow the lives of a garbage picker, a music teacher and a group of children from a Paraguayan slum. A true story and the inspiration for this Mmmwhah! weekend.
Saturday, August 12
Yogalates for Every Body
9am | Join Makaan Burt from Nature Stone Yoga for yoga combined with pilates in the fresh morning air in the Holiday Park.
Flow right from this into Mmmm....
Mmmm: Mid-morning Movement Meditation
10am | Join us for an earth-based, life-enhancing movement meditation with live music by Bill McCrossen on an array of instruments from the kora, guembri, Tibetan gong, meditation bowls, hapi drum, bird whistles, and whatever the spirit calls for. Facilitated by Merlyn Holmes.
Flow from this right into the Circle Dances with Jen...
Circle Dances
11am | Jen Friedman will lead us in Dances of Universal Peace, simple, meditative, joyous, multi-cultural dances that use sacred phrases, chants, music and movements from many spiritual traditions of the earth to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and recognize it in others. The Dances promote peace within individuals and understanding and connection within diverse groups worldwide. Jen leads a warm and welcoming Dance circle for new dancers.
Celtic Steps Dance
5pm | Come see a lively Irish Step dance performance by Celtic Steps, the largest Irish dancing school in Colorado. Students range in age from 3 to 60-plus. The school has won Regional, National, and World Championship titles.
A Coda to Brazil Fest!
May Brazil Fest live on! Join us for more Brazilian music, dance, and sound painting facilitated by NoBo Art District artist, Diane Wood. Bring picnics, blankets/chairs, etc., but enjoy moving and art-making with us.
Soccer / (Futebol!)
4 pm | What better way is there to kick off a coda to Brazil Fest then with a rousing game of soccer / futebol?! Open to all ages.
Brazilian Dance intro and Samba Colorado Performance
5:30pm | Samba Colorado will lead an intro to Brazilian dance with the band, then share a short performance from BrazilFest
Boulder Brazilian Band
Comprised of a group of professional musicians who share a deep passion for interpreting the traditional and modern music of Brazil, the Boulder Brazilian Band will be performing the work of Joao Donato, A.C. Jobim, Baden Powell, Carlos Lyra, Noel Rosa, among others.
Bill Kopper on guitar, Victor Mestas, keyboard, Bill McCrossen, bass, Raoul Rossiter on drums and percussion, and Greg La Liberte on sax and flute. Join us in dance and art-making as well.
Movie-in-the-Park: Rio
8:45 / Dusk | When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off onan adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams
Sunday, August 13
Musical instrument making
3 pm Create and decorate one or more musical instruments. Then play them in the drum circle or improvisational jam session. Facilitated by NoBo Art District members from Bohemia.
Boulder Drum Circle
4:30 pm Drum circles offers us a place to connect with each other, the earth & ourselves. It is both meditative & stimulating. Almost every culture has a history of using the drum. The Boulder Drum Circle has been offering free community drum circles since 2014. Cofounder, Prasad Katz, is passionate about music a form of therapeutic healing. Drumming transcends barriers of age, race, religion, nationality, economic & political standings.
Improvisation Jam with Improvisational Instruments
6-8+ | Join us for an experiential dive into improvisational music, dance and art. Musicians Brian Mullins, Farrell Lowe, and Bill McCrossen will lead us on a journey through the unknown and unexpected with instruments not seen or heard in the everyday world -- some of which will be created earlier in the weekend. Merlyn Holmes will lead the dance/movement component. Dancers, artists, and musicians of all kinds welcome.
Build an instrument and bring it. / Let the music flow through your body to move it in new ways. / Create anew. Or just listen. In fact, listening is the key to every aspect.
Some of the unusual instruments may include the daxophone, waterphone, a "Snake" or mega-bass created by Ken Bernstein, bullroarer, prepared guitar and double bass, and who knows what else.
Summer Finale: Sunday, August 20
- Sun, Aug 20Silver Sage Village CohousingAug 20, 2017, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PMSilver Sage Village Cohousing, 1650 Yellow Pine Ave, Boulder, CO 80304, USAAug 20, 2017, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PMSilver Sage Village Cohousing, 1650 Yellow Pine Ave, Boulder, CO 80304, USAWhat art or movement or sounds will flow through you when you hear improvisational music being created with instruments such as the kora and guembri, ocean harp and bird whistles? What music will be created in response to your art? Let's gather in an inspiring environment and see what happens!