Exciting Winter Line-up at the Center for the Arts

So many events going on at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts this winter! The Center for the Arts is located on the outskirts of Downtown Crested Butte, walking distance from most lodging (free bus service is available as well). Check out all the fun an unique productions below….

Play-Ground Theatre

January 15, 2011, 4:00 PM

Play-Ground Theatre presents Fairy Tale Theatre, bringing more whimsy and fantasy to Crested Butte. Will the troll gobble the Billy Goats? Can the Prince rescue Rapunsel from the witch’s tower? Will Red Riding Hood get the goodies to grandma? You’ll find out in Play-Ground’s most popular show.

Dive! Living Off America’s Waste

January 21, 2011, 8:00 PM

Inspired by a curiosity about our country’s careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning documentary DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles’ supermarkets.

Drew Emmitt Band with Spring Creek and Grass It Up

January 28, 2011, 7:00 PM

Drew Emmitt, Tyler Grant, Steven Sandifer and Eric Thorin hit the Center’s stage with Spring Creek opening up the show. Join us for a night of heavy-hitting bluegrass from some genuine CB-grown music.

Second City: All-Stars Improv

January 31, 2011, 8:00 PM

The Center for the Arts presents Second City Improv All Stars! An evening of fully improvised comedy from the acknowledged masters of the form, “Second City’s Improv All Stars”.

The Wailin’ Jennys

February 8, 2011, 8:00 PM

Three extraordinary voices, two founding singer-songwriters, one singular vision: The Wailin’ Jennys continue to evolve into far more than the melodious sum of their individual talents five years after blowing in on a fresh acoustic breeze from Canada’s mid-western heartland.

Snowball Express

February 13, 2011

“Snowball Express” is a 1972 screwball comedy film made by Walt Disney Productions about a man who leaves his desk job to run a hotel left to him by his uncle, with Crested Butte as the location!

Willy Porter

February 18, 2011, 8:00 PM

“With his exquisite, tranquil guitar work, Willy Porter could easily astonish an audience without singing one note. His ability to engage the audience with his personality and intellect raises Porter from the level of guitar wonk into the realm of masterful performer.” -Earvolution

Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore

February 25, 2010, 8:00 PM

When Mollie met Rich, it was way beyond girl meets boy. Call it a convergence of two musical minds and hearts. After 30 years of music-making, mostly apart, Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore are enjoying a fresh harmonic convergence onstage.

Ballet Nouveau Colorado

February 27, 2011

In 2007, Garrett Ammon and Dawn Fay took the artistic helm of Ballet Nouveau Colorado and launched the company onto the national scene. Under their visionary leadership, BNC has transformed into a laboratory dedicated to nurturing and developing captivating contemporary dance.

Ellis Paul with Chris Trapper

March 6, 2010, 8:00 PM

Ellis Paul is one of the leading voices in American songwriting. He was a principle leader in the wave of singer/songwriters that emerged from the Boston folk scene, creating a movement that revitalized the national acoustic circuit with an urban, literate, folk pop style that helped renew interest in the genre in the 1990s.

Peter Kater

March 13, 2011, 8:00 PM

Multi-Platinum selling Pianist-Composer-Producer, Peter Kater, has received 6 Grammy Award Nominations in the last 7 years with his recent nomination being for his “In A Dream” collaboration (2009) with long time STING guitarist, Dominic Miller. In 2008 Peter received a Grammy Award nomination for his AMBROSIA recording.

“Race Across the Sky 2010”

March 20, 2011, 8:00 PM

“Race Across the Sky 2010” follows the success of 2009’s “Race Across the Sky” Leadville Trail 100 event, which focused on the August 2009 cyclists’ journey including six-time champion Dave Wiens and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.

The Four Seasons Quartet of the Colorado Symphony

March 24, 2011, 8:00 PM

Made up of four talented musicians from the Colorado Symphony in Denver, Colorado, the recently formed Four Seasons String Quartet came together when four friends discovered a love of playing together.