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Backyard Bang Rail Jam Art Institute of Colorado	Sat., November 21, 11:00am-5:00pm	Central	Free Events Off the Wall Outdoors Recreation
Forget about that bumper-to-bumper winter-weekend drive to and from the high country. Today, Rocky Mountain region pro-am boarders will be riding the rails right here in the heart of Denver — in the street, no less — as part of the Backyard Bang Rail Jam, hosted by the Art Institute... More >>

Savoy Bluebird Theater	Sat., November 21, 9:00pm	Central	Music
So what are they putting in the water up in Boulder these days? First 3OH!3 takes its ridiculous electro-hop shtick and turns into one of the biggest bands in America. Now Savoy is emerging as the kind of body-rocking electro act that goes down easy with the rock kids but can still set an... More >>

Ameriville Curious Theatre	Every week Sunday from Sun., November 15 until Sat., December 5, 2:00pm 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 >>

Hatebreed and Cannibal Corpse Ogden Theatre	Mon., November 23, 6:30pm	Central	Music
Cannibal Corpse didn't invent death metal, but it has become one of the genre's definitive bands. Forming in Buffalo, New York in 1988, Cannibal Corpse quickly came to prominence due to its decidedly brutal music and horrifically detailed lyrics to match. From the beginning, Cannibal's album... 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 >>

Riverdance Temple Buell Theatre	Daily from Tue., November 24 until Sun., November 29	Central	Dance Theater
I first saw Riverdance more than ten years ago on the other side of the planet, in Perth, Western Australia. That just goes to show you how far the phenomenal Irish music, song and dance performance has come from its humble beginnings. “It's interesting to know that this show started as a... More >>

Snuggle! The Blast-O-Mat	Tue., November 24, 8:00pm	Central	Music
With pop punk having pretty much become a parody of itself these days, it’s difficult to be surprised by anything that anyone playing that kind of music has to offer. So how is it that a bunch of kids from Seattle got together to form a melodic, poppy punk band without sounding hopelessly... More >>

Canvas and Cocktails Canvas and Cocktails	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 6:30pm	Central	Classes & Seminars DIY Home & Garden Nightlife
Everybody wants to be an artist, but most people are afraid to try. That’s one reason local artist Brittney Wilson opened Canvas and Cocktails at 249 Clayton Street in Cherry Creek North. (Another reason: to show her dad that an art degree does count for something.) Offering a new, more... More >>

The Yes Men Fix the World Starz FilmCenter	Daily from Wed., November 25 until Thu., December 3	Central	Film - Repertory & Special Screenings
In Jonathan Swift's classic "A Modest Proposal" (circa 1729), the narrator suggests that the Irish sell their poor children as food for the rich. "A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food," Swift writes. It was an absurd solution to... More >>

Nitzer Ebb Bluebird Theater	Wed., November 25, 9:00pm	Central	Music
Nitzer Ebb, from Essex, England, helped to define the musical style called EBM with its heavy industrial rhythms and stark vocals. As with emo, another much-maligned genre, EBM started out as a vital and relevant music whose pioneers never chose to name with a blanket term to encompass a music... 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 >>

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 >>

Santa's Big Red Sack Avenue Theater	Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 27 until Fri., December 18, 7:30pm	Central	Comedy Holiday
Tired of those overhyped “family” Christmas shows? The Avenue Theater’s Santa's Big Red Sack is an opportunity for you to enjoy some adult holiday fun, and for Santa to stop taking himself so seriously. "We like to call it the 'Holiday Show You Shouldn't Take Your Kids To,’"... More >>

Turkey Shoot Starz FilmCenter	Fri., November 27, 10:00pm more dates/times	Central	Film - Picks Film - Repertory & Special Screenings
In the early to mid-’80s, Australian exploitation cinema produced some of the finest, most insanely excessive movies ever to grace the Grindhouse and cheap VHS tapes. They starred people you never heard of, were shot in fantastically exotic Australian locales, and packed in more blood,... More >>

Lipgloss La Rumba	Every week Friday, 9:00pm	Central	Music
In the restaurant world, you're considered a success if you still have a standing wait after being in business for a certain amount of time. That said, Lipgloss is the club equivalent of the French Laundry. Founded in 2001 by the Denver 3 (now the Denver 2 since Tim Cook has parted ways with... More >>

Blind Pilot Bluebird Theater	Sat., November 28, 9:00pm	Central	Music
Israel Nebeker and Ryan Dobrowski know something about getting back to basics. Before they put together their brilliant debut full-length, 3 Rounds and a Sound, the two men who make up Portland-based Blind Pilot conducted a strictly human-powered tour of their home coast. The same austere... More >>

Dave Seaman The Church	Sat., November 28, 9:00pm	Central	Music
From co-writing hit songs for Kylie Minogue to playing the biggest dance-music festivals in the world, Dave Seaman (due on Saturday, November 28 at the Church) has done it all. His mainstay is pumping, progressive house with a healthy tech influence that’s underground but easily accessible... More >>

The Swell Season and Rachael Yamagata Ogden Theatre	Sun., November 29, 8:00pm	Central	Music
Rachael Yamagata released her critically acclaimed debut disc, Happenstance, in 2004, only to be dumped by her record label, RCA, shortly thereafter. Last year the singer-songwriter and pianist finally resurfaced, on Warner Bros., with the wonderfully ambitious double album Elephants…Teeth... More >>

Brett Dennen and Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Ogden Theatre	Thu., December 3, 8:00pm	Central	Music
Grace Potter and her band hail from Vermont, a state with a musically Phishy image, and Nothing but the Water, the title of the Nocturnals' first CD, does nothing to dispel this reputation. But if some of the picking and playing showcased on the album draws from the same well Trey Anastasio... More >>

Lola Black Bender's Tavern	Sat., December 5, 9:00pm	Central	Music
The members of Lola Black don't consider themselves a supergroup. It's easy, however, to argue that the band boasts the credentials for such a designation. The sextet's resumé includes stints in groups like Blister 66, Snapstick Dynomite and the Eight Bucks Experiment, each of which made... 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 >>

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