They twist, they leap … they even juggle. Nearly three millennia of Chinese cultural tradition take the stage next Friday when the Golden Dragon Acrobats present "Cirque D'Or." It's the second time the 27-member troupe from Cangzhou in China's Hebei province appears in Greeley, after they brought a packed house to their feet in 2006.
It's a movie! It's an opera! It's a movie of an opera! The Kress Cinema & Lounge continues its Opera in Cinema series Saturday afternoon, with German director Claus Guth's stunning high-def conclusion of his Mozart/Da Ponte cycle, Mozart's "Cosi fan Tutte," as performed at the 2009 Salzburg Festival in Austria. Leading the way are soprano Miah Persson and a rising star, mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard.
WHERE: Kress Cinema & Lounge, 817 8th Ave., Greeley.
It's the season of lights, and the Greeley Chamber of Commerce and the Greeley Jaycees will officially welcome the holidays with the annual Greeley Lights the Night ceremony and Jaycees parade at Lincoln Park. The parade proceeds along 9th Avenue from 15th Street north to Lincoln Park beginning at 5:30 p.m. Lights come on at about 6:30, and there's a rumor a jolly old elf might be stopping by.
Get into the holiday spirit with a wild ride on the open range. Western Music Hall of Fame inductee Michael Martin Murphey is one of the world's most respected singer-songwriters in pop and country Western music. On Nov. 28, he'll ride back into Greeley to host his legendary Cowboy Christmas Ball.
Greeley's own reggae rhythm masters, Trichome, have a sound they describe as "distinctively northern Colorado." With a small, yet adoring fan base that's been growing exponentially – and a debut full-length album nearing completion – there is little doubt that Trichome is a Front Range favorite. Get out and see Trichome next Friday as they smoke one of Fort Collins' premiere concert venues, the Aggie Theatre.