Education & Outreach

A Día de Muertos story told through Mexican regional dance, costume, and live music. A girl named Vita helps a charming skeleton called Sugar Skull reach a mysterious train, and learns what the holiday really means along the way.

Falls during Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15).

Colorado Academic Standards: SS.HIST.1-5.1, SS.GEO.1-5.2, TH.RE.1-5.1, DA.CN.1-5.1

National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan, who is Nanai and Chinese American, shares images and field stories from Indigenous communities protecting land and water, from Alaska to Mongolia, and what generations of place-based knowledge can teach modern conservation.

Timed with Indigenous Peoples’ Day (October 12) and National Native American Heritage Month (November). Part of the Vital Impacts Student Speaker Series, presented with Changemaker Talent.

Colorado Academic Standards: 5-ESS3-1, MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-4, MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-4

A musical based on Dav Pilkey’s Cat Kid Comic Club books. Cat Kid and Molly teach a club of young frogs how to make their own comics, with predictably chaotic results. Written by Kevin Del Aguila and Brad Alexander, who also wrote Dog Man: The Musical.

Colorado Academic Standards: MU.RE.PK-3.2, MU.CN.PK-3.2, SS.PK-3.1.1

Emmy-nominated photographer and filmmaker Keith Ladzinski takes students from storm chasing in Tornado Alley to remote polar landscapes, connecting his images of extreme weather and wild places to the science of Earth systems and conservation.

Part of the Vital Impacts Student Speaker Series, presented with Changemaker Talent.

Colorado Academic Standards: 5-LS2-1, 5-ESS2-2, 5-ESS3-1, MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-4, MS-ESS3-2, MS-ESS3-3, MS-ESS3-4, MS-ESS3-5

A live look at technical rehearsal for Take Me Home, DanceAspen’s production set to the music of John Denver. Students watch lighting, projection, sound, and staging come together in real time, before the show reaches the public stage.

Colorado Academic Standards: DA.RE.K.4, DA.RE.1-5.4

A theatrical retelling of the classic fable, for the youngest audiences. A shepherd boy’s false alarms cost him people’s trust, until a real wolf tests what he has learned about honesty and courage.

Colorado Academic Standards: SL.PK-3.2, TH.CN.PK-3.1

Emmy-nominated filmmaker Casey Anderson brings stories from three decades spent tracking and filming wild predators, and what it takes to work safely and ethically around animals whose habitat borders our own.

Timed with animals emerging from hibernation in spring. Part of the Vital Impacts Student Speaker Series, presented with Changemaker Talent.

Biologist turned photographer Anand Varma uses high-speed and macro imaging to reveal what the naked eye misses, from a honeybee’s early life to a hummingbird’s wingbeat, and how photography can be a tool for scientific observation and discovery.

Part of the Vital Impacts Student Speaker Series, presented with Changemaker Talent.

Colorado Academic Standards: 5-LS2-1, 5-ESS2-2, MS-LS1-4, MS-LS1-5, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS4-4, MS-ESS3-3

A high-energy percussion and rhythm show from Aaron Williams and Bronkar Lee, performed on drums, marimba, saxophone, and more, with tap dance, juggling, and plenty of audience participation built in.

Colorado Academic Standards: MU.PR.K.1, MU.RE.K.1, MU.CR.K.1, MU.TH.K.1, MU.PR.1-5.1, MU.RE.1-5.1, MU.CR.1-5.1, MU.TH.1-5.1