Be Be
2024-09-22 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-27 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-24 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-12-22 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver)
Be Be, a Colorado song writer / musician, performs at the Arvada coffee shop La Dolche Vita on the 4th Sunday of each month. Whereas, she used to play the Banjo with Moses Walker in this time slot, she now gets to play guitar and sing a myriad of songs she’s written over the past several decades. “I get to play my favorite songs from 10 am till 1 pm, and when that time is up I still haven’t played all the songs I’ve written.”
If you were to take the following songwriters and blend them all together you would get to hear the type of music that Be writes. James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Justin Hayward, Dolly Parton, Paul McCartney, Jessie Colin Young, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot and many more. These are songs that never have been produced and are for a future generation.
Periodically Be also integrates her sets with recordings of Moses and plays Banjo in memory of him. Although an accomplished musician she is also the author of, The Be Attitudes, A Woman’s View of The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran and her latest book called The Great Urantia Agreement which highlights an important quote from the URANTIA Book.
Be, a Vietnam Navy Veteran is also a Doctor of Divinity is and an ordained minister through the Church of the Universal Light. She has read the URANTIA Book page by page and cover to cover 10 times and if you know anything about the URANTIA Book you’ll know that is quite an amazing feat.
Be Be is the inventor and manufacturer of the Suspendulum®, an Aerial Dance Tripod which affords aerial dancers all over the world to perform their silk dancing while hanging from the Suspendulum®. The rig is in over 22 countries.
Please come out to enjoy some very beautiful and meaningful songs as well as musical poetry which stimulate the imagination.

Robert Marcson and Michelle Castillo
2024-09-28 19:00 - 22:00
Singer-Songwriter Robert Marcson comes from a musical family. He has performed extensively as a classical musician on violin and now also as a singer-songwriter. He has recorded four albums since 2014 (all available of Spotify and other music platforms), and continues to write and perform his songs with their unique blend of jazz-folk elements. His emotional songs are crafted with lyrics full of insight and poignancy. In his shows, he accompanies himself on guitar, piano and violin. In 2019, one of his songs was selected out of 18,000 entries to become a semi-finalist in the International Song Competition. A versatile performer, he appears as a solo act but also with his band (Mod Robert) and as an electric violinist with other artists including Big Seasons and Greg J. More information can be found at his website: mod robert.com.
Michelle is a guitarist, singer, songwriter from Denver, Colorado. She grew up listening to the classic rock bands of the 60’s and 70’s as well as the latin rhythms from her home environment. She was turned on to the blues in her early 20’s after hearing Bonnie Raitt’s debut album from 1971. Like peeling back the layers of an onion, Michelle started listening to the music of those who influenced Bonnie, the great Freddie McDowell, Sippie Wallace, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters. The blues spoke to Michelle’s soul, she picked up a guitar and taught herself how to play from a Hal Leonard book. She has since continued a dedicated practice of studying the blues and can be found performing as a solo artist and with her band at venues throughout Colorado.

Ted Ciszek
2024-09-29 10:00 - 13:00
Ted Ciszek retired in 2003 from the National Renewable Energy laboratory where he was Principal Scientist and a physicist since its inception in 1978. Music has been a major sideline interest for him going back to the 1960’s. He has performed as a guitarist/vocalist at a number of venues in the foothills around Evergreen, both solo and in several groups. His unique vocal and guitar repertoire is an eclectic mix of your favorite songs from classic rock, pop, old favorites, folk, country as well as originals. A partial play list and some sound clips can be found on the music page of
http://ted-ciszek.com/ .

Open Mic
2024-10-05 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-10-19 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-11-02 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-11-16 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-12-07 19:00 - 22:00, 2024-12-21 19:00
Become part of the the La Dolce Vita performing community! Join us for an open mic. on the first and third Saturday of the month between 7:00 and 10:00 PM. Bring your instrument, voice, your poetry or comedy routine (keep it clean) and we’ll provide the PA, a very welcoming and supportive audience and of course, great coffee, teas, pastries and sandwiches. This is a also great way to audition for future bookings. Signup at 6:00 PM. If you have a mic please bring that.
Don’t play? Bring your friends and hang out. We can promise great music, great food and a great time

Blue Cana Roberta Holbrook
2024-10-06 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-11-03 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-12-01 10:00 - 13:00
Roberta Holbrook followed her music dream early with a successful career on the road singing and playing in clubs. She is pleased once again to be focusing on playing music full-time. Together with sweet harmonies, guitars, and keyboards. Roberta keeps the audience engaged as she performs a variety of songs that include Americana, Blues, Folk, Classic Rock and more. Roberta agrees that the Denver area has a strong family of welcoming, generous, supportive and talented musicians and is grateful for the sense of community she has found here.

Cellist Monica Sales Council
2024-10-13 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-11-10 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-12-08 10:00 - 13:00

Soda Blue
2024-10-20 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-11-17 10:00 - 13:00, 2024-12-15 10:00 - 13:00
Soda Blue is a dynamic duet comprised of partners Alice Frish and David Fermanich. Friends for over 30 years, Alice and Dave share a chemistry that comes across well on stage. Technically a ‘cover’ musical act with a focus on high energy pop and smokey R&B, their joking and overall sense of fun turns their show into something more than just music.

EndsNOdds
2024-10-26 19:00 - 22:00
If this band were to choose a different name that was equally as fitting, it would have been It’s Been a Long Time Coming. But that’s too long. The Long Run? Taken. EndsNOdds came together slowly and in an unexpected way which is exactly how they arrange their favorite R&B, Americana, Rock, and Pop covers; with thought and creativity, adding unexpected elements in each song making them their own.

Bakin Bits
2024-11-09 19:00 - 22:00
Bakin Bits is an indie pop-n-rock band based out of Denver and Boulder, CO, featuring Andrew Baker on vocals and guitar with Joel Shumake on drums. Started in April 2022 as a solo project under Baker, the project grew to include Shumake in January 2024. They bring a high energy to all of their shows with their playstyle and original tunes, showcasing a love of the indie genre and emulating the high energy aura of the bands that influence their style of sound. Their songwriting is grounded in accessibility, taking you through easy-to-follow journeys against the back beat of pop-rock progressions.
Inspirations for the band, which serve as recommended artists as well, include: Big Thief, Christian Lee Hutson, Cloud Nothings, Death Cab for Cutie, Futurebirds, Hovvdy, Kishi Bashi, Led Zeppelin, Phoebe Bridgers, Slow Pulp, The Doors, The Guess Who, The Nude Party, The Shins, and Waxahatchee.

Death Cafe
2024-11-16 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-12-14 11:00 - 13:00
Death Cafe creates a safe space for people to explore personal thoughts and feelings about mortality, death, the dying process, near death experiences, the afterlife, spirits, or whatever the thoughts of death may be and how we and our culture deals with death.

Robert Marcson and Jason Kent
2024-11-23 19:00 - 22:00
Robert Marcson is a writer who crafts richly detailed emotional songs full of insight and poignancy in a style infused with jazz, folk and rock elements. During his shows he performs songs with guitar and piano but also includes violin improvisation through looping. He has four albums to his credit. One of his songs was selected out of 18,000 entries to become a semi-finalist in the 2019 International Song Competition. This show will feature Jason Kent, also a singer-writer. They will present their own material both separately and together.

Book Signing
2024-11-30 09:00 - 13:00
Flying creepy crawlies are everywhere
Creeping on the ground and flying in the air.
Discover some of the good they do,
And how Samara, You, and Breeze can help them, too!
Samara and the Flying Creepy Crawlies is the third book in the Samara series.
Books are for children early preschool through age 7.
Paperback $12.95 Hardcover $19.95
Like La Dolce Vita Coffee Shop, Aurilla Woodburn is an Arvada local and grew up in Arvada having attended Arvada schools from Lawrence Elementary to Arvada High School.
Aurilla Woodburn is a retired early childhood teacher and grandmother to an energetic 7-year-old. Aurilla believes reading opens the door to a larger world and that music, movement, and being outdoors enhances the love of reading. Her family, gardening, and travelling are some of her greatest loves.
Samara and the Flying Creepy Crawlies is the third book in the Samara series.
In poetic, lighthearted verse, the author shows the importance of pollinators to our everyday lives.

Patty Jackson
2024-12-14 19:00 - 22:00
Patty Jackson’s angelic voice, her stunning finger style guitar licks, the sweet sound of her ukulele, and the funked-up chords of her minty green baritone guitar. Patty’s musical style is a unique fusion of folk, rock, and country with a touch of jazz. Born in central New York, Patty was given some Joan Baez tickets when she was 15 years old, and that changed the trajectory of her life. She was bitten by the music bug and over the years she formed several bands, cutting her teeth on bar gigs. She soon started playing the college circuit, folk clubs, and coffeehouses in New England and New York with her band, Wildfire. In addition to performing around town, the band also played for Hillary Clinton during her run for senator from New York. In 2004, Patty moved to Colorado and joined Resonance, The Women’s Chorus of Boulder. There she met bandmates who formed the group,

Ted Ciszek
2024-12-28 07:00 - 22:00
Ted Ciszek retired in 2003 from the National Renewable Energy laboratory where he was Principal Scientist and a physicist since its inception in 1978. Music has been a major sideline interest for him going back to the 1960’s. He has performed as a guitarist/vocalist at a number of venues in the foothills around Evergreen, both solo and in several groups. His unique vocal and guitar repertoire is an eclectic mix of your favorite songs from classic rock, pop, old favorites, folk, country as well as originals. A partial play list and some sound clips can be found on the music page of
http://ted-ciszek.com/

Spirit Ridge
2024-12-29 10:00 - 13:00
SPIRIT RIDGE is: JJ and MIKEY. Melodic songs. Strong vocal harmonies. Rhythmic interplay. Unique. Enjoyable. Memorable. And darn cute, too!
