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| Bubs Avenue Theater |
Every week Thursday, Friday from Thu., September 4 until Sat., September 20, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Central | |
As an actor, Erik Sandvolds been around the block: A regularly seen face in productions at some of Denvers upper-echelon troupes, from the Denver Center to Curious Theatre, hes taken on more than a few challenging roles, including a turn two years ago as German transvestite... More >> |
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| The Archive & We Are! We Are! hi-dive | Fri., September 5 | South | |
We Are! We Are! is a slippery beast. Slithering free of instrumental-rock pitfalls and cliches, the trio handily weaves together tropes from surf rock, math rock, hardcore and even funk, creating thoroughly unique, dizzyingly deft compositions. North Carolina transplants Jim Sutton, Sam Gault... More >> |
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| Fear Before the March Of Flames Marquis Theater | Fri., September 5, 7:30pm | Downtown | |
Four years ago, when we last checked in with the members of Fear Before the March of Flames, arguably one of Colorado's most compelling bands, they were just a few years out of high school and all still staying with their folks. The guys eventually moved into a six-bedroom house of their own in... More >> |
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| The Republic of Thoronia Artifact Exhibit The Skinny Squirrel | Fri., September 5 | Downtown | |
Its not every day that I can talk to a god even a made-up one. But the Republic of Thoronia is a strange and ironic place. Heres what Im sure I know: King Thor chills in a scarf, old sneakers and boxers. He carries around a tote bag filled with important stuff that fell... More >> |
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| STS9 Red Rocks Amphitheatre | Fri., September 5, 7:00pm | West Suburbs | |
Sound Tribe Sector 9 isn't a group that embraces conventional wisdom. The act has built an expanding audience by specializing in instrumentals a format most popularizers reject out of hand. Moreover, STS9 appeals to fans of improvisational music played on traditional gear (guitar, bass,... More >> |
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| The Swayback & Hawks of Paradise Larimer Lounge | Fri., September 5 | Downtown | |
With the recent spate of poseurs copping classic-rock poses, its easy to dismiss anyone even remotely following those musical instincts as an artistic reactionary. However, when an acts songs are as great as anything from times past but informed by contemporary aesthetics and... More >> |
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| Michael Mountain Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch | Fri., September 5 | Southeast Suburbs | |
If youre an animal lover, then you might wonder what happened to the dogs from Michael Vicks dog-fighting ring. Although not all of the animals found a happy ending, the cloud Vick cast over their lives had a silver lining for 22 of the pit bulls rescued: They ended up at... More >> |
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| Politics and Art in America Art Students League of Denver | Daily from Fri., July 25 until Wed., September 10 | Central | |
I think the world is going to shit. And not in that new-age, Nostradamus, Mayan-calendar doomsday-silliness sense in the we fucked-ourselves-and-were-not-doing-anything-about-it sense. What pisses me off the most is that we had to sit back and watch eight years of a belligerent... More >> |
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| Urban Nature Denver Botanic Gardens | Daily from Sat., April 19 until Sun., November 30 | Central | |
"Brian Vogt had a dream," says Denver Botanic Gardens spokesman Will Jones. "He was thinking about how our gardens are so unique because of the way they're situated right in the middle of the city. There's all this greenery at the center of so much concrete and steel." So Gardens CEO Vogt and... More >> |
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| Jump-Street Jump-Street | Daily | North | |
It takes me less than five minutes to soak through the front of my T-shirt, but I can't stop. With my hair clumped together and plastered to my forehead, I jump, jump, jump, bounce, roll, drop, fall, jump, jump. Sometimes I bound straight up and down ten or twelve times in a row to see how high... More >> |
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| ArtWear Fashion Week Lincoln Center | Daily from Fri., September 5 until Fri., September 12 | Northern Colorado | |
The art of one-of-a-kind style has no better ally than the fiber artisan, who knits, weaves, dyes, quilts, appliqués or paints designs on fabric to create one unique wearable work after another. If youre looking to wrap yourself in something quite unlike anything anyone else is... More >> |
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| Lipgloss La Rumba | Every week Friday | Central | |
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 >> |
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| Lyons Classic Video Oskar Blues | Daily | Northern Colorado | |
Dale Katechis, owner of Oskar Blues, gave up his office to provide a home for Lyons Classic Video in the lower level of his restaurant but it was worth the sacrifice to save a life. Kevin Carroll, owner of Lyons Classic Pinball (located next to Oskar Blues), "has this illness," Katechis... More >> |
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| Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical Boulder's Dinner Theater |
Every week Sunday from Sun., September 7 until Sat., November 8, 6:15pm more dates/times |
Boulder | |
Receding hairlines, kids that wont leave home, trophy wives and other expensive indulgences to recapture youth are just a few of the foibles of mid-life crises examined in Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical, opening tonight at Boulders Dinner Theatre. Artistic director and producer... More >> |
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| Paper or Plastic? Nine10Arts | Daily from Fri., August 1 until Sat., October 11 | Central | |
Despite recent efforts to curb usage of disposable bags, Paper or plastic? continues to be a question that echoes across grocery-store checkout lanes. Rik Sargent, curator of the new Paper or Plastic? exhibition at gallery910Arts, hopes to turn the query into a call for change by... More >> |
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| Zachary S. Malham Photographers' Gallery | Daily | Central | |
Were celebrating the 75th anniversary of something that is as American as baseball, and thats the drive-in movie theater, says photographer Zachary S. Malham. I personally got on this drive-in mission thats what I call it about 25 years ago here... More >> |
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| Summer Season Rio Grande Scenic Railway | Daily from Sat., May 24 until Sun., October 19 | Southern Colorado | |
All aboard for the Rio Grande Scenic Railroad, dubbed the "scenic line of the world" in the 1870s, about eighty years before the route took a fifty-year hiatus. But the line has been back on track since 2006 and is introducing some innovations in its third season, which starts today. "We have... More >> |
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| Mark Travis: A Memorial Exhibit Space Gallery | Daily from Fri., August 22 until Sat., October 11 | Central | |
Mark Travis blazed onto the Denver art scene in the 1980s, and he exemplified the lifestyle of the classic artist-persona as made famous in fiction: He drank, smoked, did drugs and chased women while banging out one great painting after another. Although Travis first made a name for himself... More >> |
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| More Events | |||
| American Vernacular Dance American Vernacular Dance | Daily | Boulder | |
| Friday Night Chess Club Glendale Library | Every week Friday, 6:30pm | Southeast | |
| Storytime Barnes & Noble Littleton | Every week Friday, Saturday, 10:00am | Southwest Suburbs | |
| Battle of the Corporate Bands, Season Two Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites | Every week Friday, 7:30pm-10:00pm | Boulder | |
| Boulder International Dancers Pearl Street Studio | Every week Friday, 7:30pm-11:30pm | Boulder | |
| Daily Meditation Practice Boulder Shambhala Meditation Center |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 7:30pm-8:30pm more dates/times |
Boulder | |
| Cleo Parker Robinson Dance School Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Theatre | Daily | Downtown | |