The Community Foundation is happy to sponsor 50 tickets for community members for the Rocks Karma Arrows performance. This event is part of the Boulder SESQUICENTENNIAL Celebration.
“The ancestors say the problem with your knees began in your feet. It could move up your back.”
Rocks Karma Arrows
A multimedia theatrical performance exploring Boulder History through the lens of race and class
Created by Kirsten Wilson & Co-Produced by the ATLAS Center for Arts, Media & Performance at CU-Boulder
Performers Include: Rebecca Brown Adelman, Jose Aguila, Joan Bruemmer, Kerry Lee, Alexis Miles, Brian Mullins, Jim Walker, Victor Warring, Lizi Watt, Kirsten Wilson
Description: Rocks Karma Arrows is a multimedia contemporary theater piece looking at Boulder history in relation to issues of economic and cultural diversity. The piece reveals the layers of stories that are embedded in the land that we walk on everyday. Although the piece focuses on the last 150 years – since Boulder’s founding – the context for the drama is the larger flow of history from when Boulder was once covered in a shallow sea. Historical figures, like the great chief Niwot, come alive to tell the story of the early founding of Boulder and the final massacre. Interviews with local historians and Buddhist monks are woven with historical photographs and film into the drama. At times the photographic images completely take over 180 degrees of the theatrical space so that actors are literally immersed in the history – interacting with the photos, struggling with the voices of the past, and trying to understand how they echo in the present.
When:
Community Foundation Sponsored Ticket available July 24, 25, & 26
Thursday – Saturday @ 8pm
Sundays @ 2pm
Additional Showings: July 23, 30, 31 & Aug 1, 2
TIX:
We have 50 tickets available (Max of 10 per organization). Tickets are first request/first distributed. Please contact Carly Hare,Carly@commfound.org with the number of ticket you would like by July 1.
Regular priced tickets
$18 General; $13 Student/Senior
Thurs July 23rd Gala $35
Thurs July 30th *2 for 1
Purchase TIX: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/61128
or @ Door
Where: CU-Boulder’s ATLAS building, Black Box Studio
1125 18th St Boulder 80309
**ATLAS is just north of Euclid Parking Garage: http://atlas.colorado.edu
Info: 303-245-4660; adelichats@gmail.com
**Show contains some violence but is appropriate for teen audiences and up.
See what community members are saying about Rocks Karma Arrows!
“Kirsten Wilson’s production of Rocks Karma Arrow provides a critically needed perspective to any conversation or consideration of local history, including the City of Boulder. The history of indigenous and oppressed people are much too often excluded in favor of the popular notion that the “west was won” and that “progress” was achieved only through the sacrifice of the Euro-American settlers and their descendants. It is essential that community histories be inclusive of the contributions, sacrifices and suffering of the non-dominant communities. Rocks Karma Arrow provides a sobering glimpse into the other often ignored “other” history of our community. I highly recommend it!” – Pete Salas (Diversity Liaison, Boulder County)
Have you ever wondered why so many major streets in Boulder are named after Native Americans? Or asked if the “Curse of Chief Niwot” is truth or myth? I have always wondered about how Boulder got to be the place it is today. As a teacher, I appreciate the true value of knowing one’s history to better assess the present and determine the future. Rocks Karma and Arrows takes us on a journey into the history of Boulder and surrounding counties. It is an excellent work of art that fulfills a mandate long ignored in this city, to know how we came to be. It is an valuable resource one can use as a base for growth and transformation of a community. – Malaika Pettigrew(Institute for African American Leadership)
I attended an advanced showing of Rocks Karma Arrows and was awed by it. Knowing some of the sad history of Colorado, I was anxious to learn more, hopefully, on a deeper level. I was not disappointed. I did learn a lot, and I was totally captivated throughout the entire piece. It is difficult to present such sad and horifying truths in a manner that deeply touches people and motivates them into action, rather than overwhelming them and making them want to close down and not hear or see any more. Kirsten has accomplished that superbly. I strongly recommend Rocks Karma Arrows to anyone wanting a clearer understandingBoulder’s roots and how it came to be like it is. – Betty Ball (Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice)
Boulder’s histories often avoid or minimize the role of discrimination, elitism and racism. This unique theatrical production brings forward these issues in a manner one won’t soon forget. – Dan Corson, (Boulder Historian and former Boulder City Council Rep.)
Contact Carly Hare, carly@commfound.org, to reserve tickets by July 1.
