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Sustainability Meets Performing Arts in Downtown Denver

With more than 10,000 seats spread across 10 venues on 12 acres, the Denver Performing Arts Complex (DPAC) is the second-largest facility of its kind in the United States, after Lincoln Center in New York. It’s also near the top of the list when it comes to sustainability. As DPAC’s largest tenant…

Su Teatro Connects the Community With Stories Rooted in Colorado

In 1972, Chicanos (Americans of Mexican ancestry) were required to take a remedial reading class in order to attend the University of Colorado Denver. Finding this requirement demeaning, university faculty member Rowena Rivera proposed something else entirely — she wanted to create an…

Cleo Parker Robinson Unites the Community Through Dance

Cleo Parker Robinson is the namesake of a rather iconic converted church on the corner of Park Avenue West and North Washington Street. It harbors many stories in its ageless hallways from the ever-changing Five Points neighborhood that it borders to a great many dancers who have pirouetted under…