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Tesla Motors and the Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Group are hosting an exhibit of sculptor Marina Nash’s abstract works. The show, organized by Denver’s Walker Fine Art Gallery, is at Tesla Motors’ Boulder electric-car showroom, which it also calls a “gallery.” Why do we mention this on Mile High on the Cheap, when there’s nothing [...]
This year’s production of the Boulder Ballet’s annual Storybook Ballet, danced by the ballet-school students, is “Pepito’s Story.” It is set in a colorful Spanish seaside village headed by a pompous mayor. The story is a tale of friendship between the mayor’s beautiful daughter and a boy who loves to dance. Performances are Friday, March [...]
If you belong to the Denver Art Museum, order your tickets for the blockbuster “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs” exhibition opening this summer. The touring exhibition features 50 objects from Tut’s tomb among the treasures from ancient Egyptian sites. If you aren’t yet a member, join now to enjoy deeply discounted early-bird tickets [...]
Join internationally recognized artist Beverly McIver for a FREE talk on “Face to Face,” the current exhibition of her work at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Thursday, Mar. 11, 6:30 p.m. McIver, a renowned African-American painter, will give a presentation about her fascinating artwork and also discuss her personal history, family heritage and varied influences. The museum [...]
Apparently Crown Publishing’s Read It Forward program was a little too popular. In the beginning readers could request copies of any of three soon-to-be-published new books each month for FREE, read the book when it comes (via mail) and then generate some buzz for the title by passing it on to a friend or chatting [...]
While music-school opera is not sung by current stars, audiences might hear a futue sensation without spending a lot. CU Presents puts on staged performances of Mozart’s Don Giovanni on Friday, Mar. 12 and Saturday, Mar. 13 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Mar. 14 at 2 p.m. at Macky Auditorium on the Boulder campus. Enhance your enjoyment with a half-hour, pre-curtain [...]
Here’s a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious deal on the musical Mary Poppins coming to the Buell Theatre for a five week run. Get your tickets here and use the promo code CHIMNEYSWEEP for 30% 0ff tickets to select performances. Laura saw this show in London and it’s terrific. It retains all the charm and music of the Julie [...]
Step back in time anytime at the Byers-Evans House, with added FREE events in March. On Mar. 5, during the First Friday Art Walk the Byers-Evans House Gallery hosts a reception with Civil War era re-entactors and FREE refreshments, 5-9 p.m. The next day, Saturday, Mar. 6, the FREE Children’s Activity Day, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. is [...]
Purchase tickets to Opera Colorado’s production of Tosca, playing Apr. 24, 27, 30 and May 2 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, before Mar. 15 and get $10 off each. Buy online and enter the code SPRING to nab the savings, or call 800-982-ARTS. The story, which has been called an “operative thriller,” involves a ruthless police [...]
This just in…a new deal has been added to the Downtown Denver Deal Card a cooperative venture between The Downtown Denver Partnership and the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District. Use your Deal Card for $1 off admission at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (1485 Delgany St) or $2 Well Drinks at Coyote Ugly Saloon (500 [...]
Highlights from the Banff Mountain Film Festival comprise the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour that is coming to Colorado. Two programs of international outdoor films are shown for two nights in Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver and one in Fort Collins and Colorado Springs. Tonight and tomorrow, Friday Feb. 26 and 27, it will be [...]
A preview of the Central City Opera’s 2010 season with a “Teaser” evening of music and a meal is set for Friday, Mar. 12, beginning with cocktails at 6 p.m. at the Denver Country Club. The festive evening will feature selections from ”Madama Butterfly,” “Orpheus in the Underworld” and “Three Decembers.” Cost is $55 per person ($50 [...]
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