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Wicked Temple Buell Theatre	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Wed., October 7 until Sun., November 15, 8:00pm more dates/times	Central	Theater
Novelist Gregory Maguire tells familiar stories from an unfamiliar perspective, be it that of the ugly stepsister or the cowardly lion. But before Maguire delved into the lion’s psyche, he examined another character from Oz — the Wicked Witch of the West — and gave the witch,... More >>

Paramore Fillmore Auditorium	Sun., November 8, 7:30pm	Central	Music
Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams needn't wonder if she's having an impact on her audience. Odds are good that every time she looks into the crowd at a concert, she'll see a veritable ocean of tween and teen girls wearing her hair color of the moment and their best approximation of her... More >>

Dirty Projectors Bluebird Theater	Sun., November 8, 8:00pm	Central	Music
After paying tribute in record to both Don Henley and Black Flag — not to mention collaborating with both David Byrne and Björk — over the past few years, it’s hard to pin down on paper what Dirty Projectors is all about. A listen to the group’s acclaimed 2009 album,... More >>

Wicked Rocks! Bluebird Theater	Mon., November 9, 8:00pm	Central	Cabaret Charity Events Music Nightlife
Are you one of the half-billion locals who didn’t nab a ticket to Wicked? Oh, stop crying in your witch’s brew! Here’s a chance to watch the Wicked cast work in a different light and a cozier venue than the Buell: Wicked Rocks!, a one-night-only, cast-produced Project Angel Heart... More >>

Streams of Modernism Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art	Daily from Thu., September 24 until Sun., January 3	Central	Art - Museums
One of the city’s great cultural treasures, the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art is the brainchild of founder Hugh Grant, who started it a few years ago to display the work of one of the state’s greatest modern artists, Vance Kirkland. But Grant quickly expanded its mandate to... More >>

Gypsy Swing Revue Irish Snug	Every week Wednesday, 8:00pm	Central	Music
One of Denver's finest gypsy jazz ensembles, this quartet beautifully captures the spirit of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Whether they're burning through up-tempo cuts like Reinhardt's "Minor Swing" or slowing it down on ballads, these cats always come out swinging. Catch them every... More >>

Minx, Martinis and Manicures: A Girls' Happy Hour Party File-n-Style	Thu., November 12, 5:00pm	Central	Fashion & Style Women's Events
When I first heard about the new rage in manicures — Minx — I was a little skeptical, even though it’s all the rage in Hollywood. I didn’t know what to think, because I have lovely natural nails, and I don’t like what artificial nails do to the real thing. But once I... More >>

Starz Denver Film Festival Starz FilmCenter	Daily from Thu., November 12 until Sun., November 22	Central	Film - Festivals Film - Picks
This year’s Starz Denver Film Festival, subtitled “Destination: Anywhere,” promises to generate the usual high level of excitement, from this evening’s opening-night red-carpet screening of Precious to official closing festivities with The Young Victoria on November 21, both... More >>

SDFF Flick Picks Starz FilmCenter	Daily from Thu., November 12 until Sun., November 22	Central	Film - Picks
Tickets for Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, the critically acclaimed, buzz-generating film that opens the Denver Film Festival on November 12, sold out a while ago; in fact, it was the fastest opening-night sellout in film-festival history (Westword will run a full review of... More >>

Ghostland Observatory Ogden Theatre	Thu., November 12, 9:00pm	Central	Music
Austin's Ghostland Observatory is more than just another pair of sweaty dudes making party music. Aaron Behrens and Thomas Turner crank up the heat on this formula by combining filthy French electro with '60s soul and plenty of '80s synth pop. While Turner churns out beats that butts can't... More >>

Moonwalk \| mother & father Walker Fine Art	Daily from Fri., November 13 until Sat., January 2	Central	Art - Galleries
Austrian-born photographer Sabin Aell settled in Denver, which she calls “the Wild West,” just a few years ago. But she began making art long before that as a child in the town of Linz. In the ’90s, Aell documented the alternative music scene in Europe — think Rob Zombie in... More >>

Denver Botanic Gardens 2009 Holiday Gift and Garden Market Denver Botanic Gardens	Fri., November 13, 5:00pm-8:30pm more dates/times	Central	Community Events Holiday Home & Garden Shopping
Although I like to shop, I’m not sure I can say I like shopping for the holidays, when that uncomfortable sense of urgency takes over, casting its ugly commercial pall over everything. But my advice is this: Don’t let it get to you. Make a detailed list. Smile in the face of the hoi... More >>

Ameriville Curious Theatre	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., November 12 until Sat., December 5, 8:00pm more dates/times	Central	Theater
In 2008, the Bronx-based Universes ensemble came to town as part of the National Performing Arts Convention, offering a reading of Ameriville, a new kind of performance work in progress, at Curious Theatre, a longtime supporter of new and exciting works. “They blew the roof off this... More >>

Embrace! Denver Art Museum	Daily from Sat., November 14 until Sun., April 4	Central	Art - Museums
Christoph Heinrich, the curator of modern and contemporary art at the Denver Art Museum, has been on a remarkable roll since coming here from Hamburg a couple of years ago. For starters, he reconceived the permanent collection and mounted a major solo dedicated to Daniel Richter. Then, a couple... More >>

John Fogerty Temple Buell Theatre	Mon., November 16, 8:00pm	Central	Music
To many, Creedence Clearwater Revival founder John Fogerty is second only to Bruce Springsteen when it comes to roots-fueled Americana. Those folks got a real treat this August when Fogerty released The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, an album of cover songs that included a duet between him and... More >>

Ted Gioia Tattered Cover Colfax Avenue	Tue., November 17, 7:30pm	Central	Book Events
Are you cool? Or, more important, do you want to be cool? Author Ted Gioia (author of The History of Jazz and other music-related tomes) thinks maybe you don’t, at least not in the smoldering, back-turned mold of Miles Davis, Bob Dylan or James Dean. Strung throughout with his own... More >>

Buntport Third Tuesdays Buntport Theater	Third Tuesday of every month from Tue., February 17 until Tue., December 15	Central	Community Events Nightlife Off the Wall
Buntport has done it again. The little theater company that could has come up with another unique programming concept to bring people in the door at 717 Lipan Street on the third Tuesday of each month. If you’re a fan of Pecha Kucha Night or Teacher’s Pet, then you’ll love the... More >>

Anthony Bourdain Temple Buell Theatre	Wed., November 18	Central	Book Events Food & Drink
The other night at a wedding reception, this guy asks me if I have a reservation. I'm with the wedding party, I say. “So you have no reservations,” he says. I look confused. “No reservations,” he repeats. Huh? “You look like a young Anthony Bourdain,” he says. When... More >>

PeaceJam Inaugural Hero Awards Luncheon Seawell Ballroom	Wed., November 18, 11:30am-1:30pm	Central	Charity Events Community Events
The Colorado-based PeaceJam Foundation has been inspiring youth with the help of a global enclave of Nobel Peace Laureates since 1996, but the nonprofit is also always on the lookout for kids too good to be true, especially those doing good deeds in our own back yard. And that’s exactly... More >>

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