LUNAFEST: Short Films By and About Women. LUNAFEST is a program of short films that empower and inspire. This year’s stories are told from a variety of perspectives that champion women and gender nonconforming individuals, highlighting their aspirations, accomplishments, resilience, strength, and connection.
Join us inside (or outside in the new side alley!) at the Cottonwood Center for the Arts for LUNAFEST.
Tickets are $15 and include one drink. Eight short films, 80 minutes total run time. Beverages will be available for sale along with fresh popcorn and snacks. Proceeds support the non-profit Independent Film Society of Colorado (IFSOC) and TESSA. Recommended for ages 13+.
Screening #1 upstairs theater: Doors: 2pm, Films: 2:30pm
Screening #2 upstairs theater: Doors: 4:30pm, Films: 5pm
Screening #3 outside: Doors: 6pm, Live Music 7pm, Films 8:30pm
Trailer: https://youtu.be/QzXxt8MuoH0
Tickets:https://ifsoc-lunafest.eventive.org/
Join us for a special Pride Month movie event as we show BIG EDEN on the large screen inside the Ivywild School Gym with the support of Ivywild School Events, Inside Out Youth Services, PFLAG, and the Youth Documentary Academy (YDA). Free admission, donations appreciated. BIG EDEN (2000, PG-13, 1h 58m)
Sometimes when you finally let go, you find something worth holding on to. From out gay writer-director Thomas Bezucha (The Family Stone) comes this funny, heart warming romantic drama that picked up audience awards at nearly a dozen gay film festivals and charmed critics nationwide! Big Eden tells a truly original tale of a thirty-something gay guy, Henry Hart (Arye Gross, Ellen, Six Feet Under) who returns to his childhood Montana home to confront his unrequited passion for his high school best friend. Big Eden is a tiny town tucked away in the timberland of northwestern Montana, where cowboys lounge on the porch of the general store to pass the
time away. It’s also the childhood home of Henry Hart (Arye Gross), a successful but lonely New York artist, who returns after years away to care for his ailing grandfather. Back home, Henry confronts his unrequited passion for his high school best friend Dean (TimDeKay) and his feelings about being gay in a small town. But, as we quickly learn, Big Eden residents defy the stereotype of “small town, small minds.” As Henry works though his emotions, the townspeople quietly conspire to help him along, until Henry realizes new possibilities for both friendship and romance.Big Eden is a uniquely American fable about home and family. It hits upon the universal longing and hope we each have for finding a place where we are
loved, and the unconditional desire to see those that we love find happiness. Favorite stars you’ll enjoy seeing include: Arye Gross (Ellen, Citizen Baines), Tim DeKay (White Collar), Louise Fletcher (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), Eric Schweig (Skins).
Cottonwood Center for the Arts is proud to present an invitational exhibition for the month of July composed of kustom artists from across the nation.
Kustom kulture describes the zeitgeist of custom car and motorcycle culture that grew in popularity in the 1950’s and continues today. Greasers, hot rodders, moonshiners, and psychobillys are among the subcultures associated with this movement, and the style of artwork that developed alongside it is equally as diverse and iconic.
With over 13 kustom artists highlighted for this installation, CARS AND STRIPES is an eclectic collection of works ranging from pinstriping to portraiture, sign painting, illustration and beyond.
We invite you to come experience CARS AND STRIPES and enjoy two floors of open studios + galleries this First Friday from 5-8pm, and all month during normal business hours.
Photo credit: Mick Mulder, Rivulder Art Collective
Dogs and beer! Pawtoberfest is one of Colorado’s ONLY dog-friendly festivals, featuring craft brew and spirit tastings with over 30 beverage partners, a 2-mile dog walk, pet friendly vendors, music, pet contests, activities for the whole family, and plenty of scrumptious food from local food trucks!
Pawtoberfest brings animal lovers and dogs together for an important purpose – to help Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region care for thousands of lost, abandoned, abused, and unwanted pets, giving them a second chance.
Our Dog Walk will take place at Bear Creek Regional Park – EAST and will begin at 9 a.m. Participants may walk the 2 mile Dog Walk at their leisure between the hours of 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Cottonwood Center for the Arts, in partnership with A LaTegro Production and Photography, is excited to present the 2nd annual Cottonwood Juneteenth Afro-Caribbean Celebration for the month of June.
This installation is a thoughtful, diverse, and eclectic collection of works from over 12 emerging and established visual artists from Colorado, working in every medium, with compositions spanning
across all subject matter.
We invite you to come reflect on history, and to celebrate the arts and their importance to community togetherness with us. Enjoy two floors of open studios + galleries this June First Friday from 5-8pm, and all month during normal business hours.
Photo credit: Thomas Elias Lockhart
Don’t miss your chance to join us for Tails & Tunes on Thursdays, July 28, Aug. 25 and Sept. 29, 2022! Enjoy a magical evening on the mountain, exclusively reserved for those age 21 and up. Local musicians will set the mood throughout the Zoo until 9:30 p.m. Dinner will be available for purchase and your entry includes two drink tickets. Cash bars also available. Visit cmzoo.org/tails for all the details.
Join us for Tails & Tunes on Thursdays, July 28, Aug. 25 and Sept. 29, 2022! Enjoy a magical evening on the mountain, exclusively reserved for those age 21 and up. Local musicians will set the mood throughout the Zoo until 9:30 p.m. Dinner will be available for purchase and your entry includes two drink tickets. Cash bars also available. Visit cmzoo.org/tails for all the details.
