Fresh City Life

Fresh City Life is proud to present this very special violin concert: Kailin Yong makes music with the intention of promoting peace and building cultural bridges. Born and raised in Singapore, trained at the Vienna Academy of Music, Kailin has dedicated the last ten years of his life to exploring folk music from around the world and finding commonality amidst cultural differences. He was the recipient of the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin for his work to foster peace and cross-cultural understanding in the world.
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Denver’s loveliest songbird, Marta Burton and her talented musician husband, Jeff Hooton will be bringing the Irish! Our great Schlessman Hall will be filled with the familiar sounds of Irish folk music and a lighthearted ditty or two. All to put you in the spirit of St Patrick’s Day and Erin Go Bragh!
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With a global reputation, Joe Lukasik has created and recorded some of the most interesting music for saxophone in recent history. He’ll bring a set of new music and old favorites to this solo concert for saxophone.
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Come solo or with friends to play word games like Scrabble, Boggle and Balderdash as well as a host of other fun games like Clue, Trivial Pursuit and others. You can even bring your own favorite game to play with other gamers. Enjoy wine, coffee and snacks from our hosts Mad Beans and Wine. It’s F-U-N on every last Wednesday of the month.
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Hip Hop Theatre is an outgrowth of African Orature. Orature is a term that is used to foreground the unique skills and production of the oral artist and to give this work and process equal weight and legitimacy next to written texts. Orature is a means of preserving the history and culture of individual peoples through performance. This art includes storytelling, proverbs, riddles, chants, call-and-response, songs, gesture/mime, as well as other simultaneous presentational techniques. In Orature, important cultural information is passed down from generation to generation.

This exciting workshop will include warm up, exercises with masks, discovering emotions and much more all focused on the themes of Homecoming/Return of the Warrior. Actors from Aquila Theater will show and explore the connections between ancient Greeks and our world. To register for this free event, go to denverlibrary.org/fresh or call 720.865.1206.
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With this workshop, you’ll be ready to explore the subtleties of this ancient craft. Fresh City Life has been creating new knitters since Fall of 2004 with the aid of our expert knitting teachers and the relaxing 3-part classes. Learn the basics and we’ll help you move on to more advanced knitting as your confidence grows. All materials provided; $10 materials fee. To register for beginning knitting, go to denverlibrary.org/fresh or call 720.865.1206.
Wednesdays, March 7, 14, 21, noon-2p, Fresh City Lounge, Level 1
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The ultra portable, easy-to-learn cousin of knitting; our beginning crochet class is a great way to take up this retro hobby. Instructor Christa Rogers will share tips, techniques and her love of this fiber craft in this 3-part workshop. And once you have the basics down, Christa will share a handful of great patterns for you to choose from for your first project. This workshop will also be a great foundation for our advanced class coming up this summer – Hyperbolic Crochet – a fantastic approach to crochet that leads to very sculptural pieces.

Every Monday evening the Fresh City Lounge is open for freestyle stitchers to come in and enjoy the company of other knitters.
Freestyle Knitting, every Monday, 5-7:30p, Fresh City Lounge, no registration required.
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The Joy Luck Club, 1993
Directed by Wayne Wang. Starring Tamlyn Tomita, Rosalind Chao, Kieu Chinh
The intertwined lives of the women of four families spanning multiple generations is told in dramatic vignettes that move through time and from woman to woman, mother to daughter. Based on Amy Tan’s spectacular book of the same name, The Joy Luck Club has inspiration, humor and even some tears. It’s a joyful and complicated story – worth watching and even re-watching.