Four More Things to Do in Denver Today

After the deep, deep freeze of this past week, there are plenty of hot times ahead, with special film festivals, new theater productions, and outdoor adventures, including the annual Cupid’s Undie Run!

See our list of new art shows here, as well as a roster of eight things to do for free here. Now keep reading for four events worth the price of admission today:

Colorado Environmental Film Festival
Through Sunday, February 26
American Mountaineering Center, Golden
The Colorado Environmental Film Festival returns to the American Mountaineering Center with a variety of independent films that celebrate the beauty of the planet while also showing how you can make a difference. Programs run $12 each, and festival passes are available. Virtual screenings start February 27; get full details here.

47th Annual Wells Fargo Ski Cup
Through Sunday, February 26
Winter Park
The National Sports Center for the Disabled, one of the nation’s leading providers of adaptive outdoor recreation, is hosting the annual Wells Fargo Ski Cup, an annual fundraiser that supports therapeutic recreation summer and winter programs for children and adults living with physical, intellectual, emotional and behavioral disabilities. The activities include four races over the three-day weekend, with divisions ranging from corporate to kids; the action is capped by a championship competition with disabled athletes. Get the full details here.

The Belle of Amherst
Sunday, 2 p.m.; continuing through March 12
Buntport Theater, 717 Lipan Street
Clover & Bee Productions, co-founded by actors Jessica Robblee and Mark Ragan, will take the stage at Buntport Theater for a three-weekend run of The Belle of Amherst, William Luce’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated one-woman portrait of poet Emily Dickinson and her world. The biographical drama, made famous by actress Julie Harris, who performed fifteen characters on Broadway for 116 performances, will look different – in a good way – when Robblee revisits those roles in a smaller, more intimate space. Tickets range from free to $20; call 773-456-1376 for reservations.

Colorado New Play Summit 2023
Sunday, February 26
Denver Performing Arts Complex
The DCPA Theatre Company’s Colorado New Play Summit gives audiences a front-row seat into the process of bringing a play to fruition in an exciting atmosphere augmented by the presence of playwrights, directors, actors, dramaturges, artistic directors, literary managers, casting directors, managers, agents and other representatives from theater companies. This year’s testing ground includes readings of four nascent plays, as well optional seats to the company’s fully produced plays Hotter Than Egypt and Laughs in Spanish, with a playwright slam and a wrap party for socializing. All ticket packages are sold out; choose individual events by Á  la carte pricing here.

Do you know of a great event in Denver? We’ll update this list through the weekend; send information to editorial@westword.com.