Daily Calendar: Last call at the the theater and movie nights for all ages

Two worthwhile local theater productions end their runs this weekend: Paragon Theatre's The Real Thing and Picasso at the Lapin Agile, presented as a benefit for Senior Housing Options in the lobby of the Barth Hotel in LoDo. Paragon's version of Tom Stoppard's comedy begins at 7:30 p.m. nightly through...

By Susan Froyd

August 12, 2010

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Two worthwhile local theater productions end their runs this weekend: Paragon Theatre's The Real Thing and Picasso at the Lapin Agile, presented as a benefit for Senior Housing Options in the lobby of the Barth Hotel in LoDo. Paragon's version of Tom Stoppard's comedy begins at 7:30 p.m. nightly through Saturday at its current digs at 1387 South Sante Fe Drive; tickets are two-for-one tonight and $17 to $21 on the weekend. And Steve Martin's witty Lapin imagines a 1904 meeting between Picasso and Einstein in the accommodating confines of the Barth, 1514 17th Street; admission is $25 to $45.

Or take your movies like a parent or like an adult: As a parent, you can bring a blanket and a picnic to the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road (one quarter-mile south of C-470, off Wadsworth Boulevard in Littleton) for an outdoor screening of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - just the thing for folks of all ages who are pining for the coming big wrapup of the Potter series. Gates open at 7 p.m. and the film starts at dusk; admission is $4 to $5 (children ages three and under admitted free).

And as an adult, you can also head out to the sticks for Movie and a Martini at the Wildlife Experience Museum, 10035 S. Peoria Street (at Lincoln Avenue in Meridian Park, Parker), featuring the classic musical West Side Story and popcorn after a reception where the aforementioned martinis will be served. Tickets range from $20 to $25; call 720-488-3300.

For more recommended events happening today and through the weekend, visit the Night & Day calendar page.

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Susan Froyd started writing for Westword as the "Thrills" editor in 1992 and never quite left the fold. These days she still freelances for the paper in addition to walking her dogs, enjoying cheap ethnic food and reading voraciously. Sometimes she writes poetry.

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