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5280.com | Best Bets Our picks for arts, entertainment, and more. Tonight’s Best BetMonday, February 8, 2010Béla Fleck and the Africa Project, Boulder Theater Banjo master Béla Fleck explores his instrument’s African roots in the documentary film and soundtrack Throw Down Your Heart. Witness Fleck continue his musical journey onstage as he picks along with some of Africa’s finest musicians.
Posted at 9:30 am by Elliott Johnston 4 Films to See This WeekendFriday, February 5, 2010Denver Union Station: Portal to Progress, Hyatt Regency Denver In the midst of the 2010 Colorado Preservation Inc. Saving Places Conference, and on the brink of the 207th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase, celebrate the legacy of Denver and the past and future of Union Station as a transit hub with the premiere of Jim Havey’s Denver Union Station: Portal to Progress. Proceeds will be used to distribute the film to public schools and libraries across Colorado. More: Mine | North Face | Storm Denver Union Station: Portal to Progress – USA Trailer from Havey Productions on Vimeo.
Posted at 9:30 am by Emily Dougherty This Week’s Best Theater BetsThursday, February 4, 2010Conviction Benefit Performance, Theatre O, Boulder Madrid, 1960s. An Israeli scholar is interrogated by a Spanish officer for pinching a confidential Inquisition file. But both are drawn to the tale they discover inside: A doomed romance between a converted Spanish priest and his Jewish wife. This play about history, love, religion, and identity is brought to life by Boulder’s newest theater. Help them raise needed funds while enjoying wine, dessert, and a talk-back. More: The Barber of Seville | The Foreigner | The King and I | Special Performance: Colorado Ballet’s Beauty & the Beast
Posted at 9:45 am by Daliah Singer A Look at Colorado’s Proud Oscar NomineesWednesday, February 3, 2010Come Oscar night (March 7), Colorado—”Holy cow, Colorado!” as producer Sarah Siegel-Magness tells The Denver Post—will have a stake in several awards. Siegel-Magness and her husband, Gary Magness, will lead the way with their powerful effort, Precious, which has nabbed several Academy Award nominations, including one for best picture. A similar sentiment was expressed by Denver filmmaker Daniel Junge after learning he and former Just Media partner Henry Ansbacher have been nominated for their documentary short The Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner. In an e-mail Junge sent me yesterday, he simply writes, “It’s truly surreal.” Documentary director Louie Psihoyos of Boulder is also nominated for The Cove (trailer below). The locals are in good company amid names like George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, James Cameron, and Kathryn Bigelow. Precious—the story of a girl facing abuse at the hands of her parents as she struggles with illiteracy—is leading the charge for Colorado-based artists. It was not filmed in the state, but the film has also received notable nominations for best actress (Gabourey Sidibe), best supporting actress (Mo’Nique), directing (Lee Daniels), and adapted screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher), notes the Denver Business Journal.
Posted at 10:30 am by Michael de Yoanna 7 Performances to See This WeekendFriday, January 29, 2010Eventide, Stage Theatre This sequel to Plainsong—the popular play based on Kent Haruf’s novel about intersecting lives in small-town Holt, Colorado—continues the story several years later. Life on the Eastern Plains comes vividly alive as both familiar and new characters weave in and out of each others’ narratives. More: A Man for All Seasons | MOMIX | Legally Blonde | The World Is Mine | Barefoot in the Park | A Picasso
Posted at 9:30 am by Daliah Singer This Week’s Best Outdoors BetsThursday, January 28, 2010
Catch exceptional snowboarders, skiers, and snowmobilers as they throw their biggest tricks, attend mad parties, and have a grand time in this run-up event to the Vancouver Olympics. Can Shaun White defend his historic, back-to-back superpipe golds? Be sure to hoot and holler for hometown heroes like JJ Thomas and Gretchen Bleiler (right). More: Vail Gay Ski Week | Full Moon Snowshoe Tour | Governor’s Cup | Burton AM Series and Super Demo Tour
Posted at 9:30 am by Daliah Singer 6 Stage Performances to See NowTuesday, January 26, 2010Pilobolus, Newman Center for the Performing Arts Bodies merge then detach. Shapes develop then break apart. The athletic, über-flexible dancers of this Connecticut-based group promise a mind-bending show that’s sure to transform your ideas of what dance is—and what it can be. More: Sweeney Todd | The Phantom Tollbooth | New Shanghai Circus | When Tang Met Laika | Legends
Posted at 9:30 am by Daliah Singer Four Films to See This WeekFriday, January 22, 2010American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi, Starz FilmCenter For this critical assessment of former Secretary of State and University of Denver alumna Condoleezza Rice, documentarian Sebastian Doggart interviewed supporters and critics alike. Stick around after Friday’s evening showing for a question-and-answer session with international studies professor Alan Gilbert, one of Rice’s former DU instructors. More: Fresh | Into Temptation | Skin
Posted at 9:30 am by Daliah Singer Are Outdoor Films Good or Bad for Denver?Thursday, January 21, 2010This summer, Denver’s Civic Center will feature 30 days of film. But they won’t be like the free jazz and classical concerts at City Park, which are patronized by listeners toting blankets, picnic baskets, and boxes of wine. Instead, each attendee will pay $15 in advance or $20 at the park for the first-run shows, put on by Massachusetts-based U.S. Open Air LLC, and concessionaires will sell the liquor and food. City Council has voted 8-4 to approve the plan, which is slated to expand to City Park in 2012. Supporters tell The Denver Post the plan will help Denver’s sagging budget, while detractors see profiteering. Carolyn Etter, former manager of the Department of Parks and Recreation under former Mayor Federico Peña, is against the idea. “The public parks should be free and open to all,” she says. “This is bad public policy, a bad precedent for the commercialization of public parks.” (more…)
Posted at 1:00 pm by Michael de Yoanna How Charlie Daniels Is Holding Up After His StrokeThursday, January 21, 2010
He “is doing well and looking forward” to starting a tour with The Charlie Daniels Band in late February in Florida, according to a statement on his Web site. Daniels, 73, is best known for his 1979 Grammy-winning hit, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” and recent commercials for Geico Insurance. He says he was snowmobiling when he noticed his left hand getting numb. He figured he’d been gripping the handlebars too long. “But then I felt the left side of my mouth growing numb and my left foot started getting hard to control, and I knew something was happening to me. I knew I’d better get back down the mountain and get some help,” he writes (via the Associated Press). (more…)
Posted at 10:00 am by Michael de Yoanna This Week’s Best Outdoors BetsThursday, January 21, 2010Winter Carnival, Winter Park Winter Park may be 70 years old this year, but it’s certainly not slowing down. Take your pick of ways to celebrate: pancake breakfast, snow sculpture contest, dog-sled racing, live music, a parade, even human bowling. Or simply ride and get discounts on rentals and gear, as well as free tips from the pros. More: Gatorade Free Flow Tour | Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships
Posted at 9:30 am by Daliah Singer Tonight’s Best BetTuesday, January 19, 2010The Great Debate: Vampires or Wizards?, Buntport Theater Vampires and wizards are all the rage right now. But who would win in a fight, Edward Cullen or Harry Potter? Two teams of four will take on this weighty (and timely) issue during Buntport’s Great Debate, a monthly event in which so-called local experts argue the “inconsequential” to varying degrees of humor.
Posted at 9:30 am by Daliah Singer This Week’s Best Art BetsFriday, January 15, 2010The Icebreaker Show, Ice Cube Gallery The temps may be warm enough for spring, but that’s not stopping this cool new contemporary-art co-op from breaking ground—and ice. During this opening reception, meet the RiNo (Denver’s River North Art District) artists featured in the juried exhibit on display, which includes the top works from various mediums. More: Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School | Andrea Modica | Spittin’ Image: Ten Artists Consider their Children | Colin Livingston: The Big Idea
Posted at 9:30 am by Emily Dougherty This Week’s Best Music BetsThursday, January 14, 2010Charlie Hunter, Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge A guitarist of superhuman ability, Charlie Hunter has stood high in the jazz and jam worlds for years with his custom, eight-string instrument, on which he plays bass and lead lines simultaneously. Accomplished Denver trumpeter Ron Miles joins Hunter’s group for this intimate two-night run. More: Wailers | Anti-Flag | Split Lip Rayfield
Posted at 9:48 am by Elliott Johnston Could Denver Host the 2022 Winter Olympics or Men’s World Cup?Wednesday, January 13, 2010The 2010 Winter Olympics haven’t even started and there’s already buzz about the 2022 Games, with Denver as a possible host. According to the Associated Press, Denver and Reno-Tahoe have expressed interest in hosting the Winter Olympics, and the conversation is occurring in the context of the United States’ failed attempt to land the 2016 games. The Winter Olympics aren’t as popular with bid cities as the Summer Games, and hosting the Winter Games is apparently a step toward eventually landing the Summer Games in the 2020s. Let’s not forget that Colorado was awarded the Winter Games of 1976 and rejected them, fearing the costs and consequences of hosting (from the Rocky Mountain News archive). Colorado has the distinction of being the only state to reject the Games, a decision that supposedly cost us any opportunity to bid for the 2018 Winter Games, The Colorado Independent wrote last year. Denver was one of three cities that considered submitting a bid for those games. Meanwhile, Denver is also in the running to host the 2018 or 2022 men’s World Cup, one of 12 cities that would ultimately host international soccer games if the U.S. bid is successful. Little additional infrastructure would be required, since most games would be played at Invesco Field, according to The Denver Post. Denver beat out cities like Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit, St. Louis, and Orlando, Florida, for the bid. I suspect the World Cup games would be much easier and cheaper to host—overall a more likely scenario than hosting the Winter Olympics. Even though it’s been more than 30 years since we dissed the International Olympic Committee, it’s doubtful we’ll be in the running to get another shot anytime soon.
Posted at 9:00 am by AJ Vicens Tonight’s Best Culinary BetsTuesday, January 12, 2010Females on Fire, Jax Fish House Come support the women heating up the local restaurant scene. Join top female chefs, mixologists, and wine makers as they create an impressive dinner for a great cause. All proceeds benefit the “Females on Fire” scholarship, which provides area women with culinary-education opportunities.
Posted at 9:30 am by Emily Dougherty 6 Performances to See This WeekendFriday, January 8, 2010
Leap into a new season with the National Ballet of Denver by taking in this ode to some of the most renowned ballets of all time. The entire company will perform climactic excerpts from 10 ballets, including Giselle and the Black Swan. Plus, catch the world premiere of Fallen Angel. More: The Glass Menagerie | Cats | Home by Dark | Cirque du Swing | Voices in the Dark
Posted at 11:30 am by Daliah Singer Why Denver Theater Companies Want to Alter the Smoking BanThursday, December 31, 2009Denver’s Curious Theatre has never argued for the right to smoke tobacco in places where it is not allowed, such as inside restaurants and even in theaters. But the company, joined by co-plaintiffs Paragon Theatre and the now-defunct Theatre 13, are challenging the law. After all, sometimes a play requires a character to light up (and when they do, they’re apt to smoke noncarcinogenic herbs that also fall under the ban). Earlier this month, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled 6-1 against allowing a smoking exemption for the theaters, saying the promotion of public health supersedes the right to free speech (via the Associated Press). Now Curious plans to petition the highest court in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court, for the right to allow actors to smoke non-tobacco products as part of performances, artistic director Chip Walton tells The Denver Post. There’s no guarantee the court will take up the matter, but Walton notes that of the 24 states with indoor smoking bans, half allow exemptions for theatrical performances, an indication that perhaps justices ought to clarify.
Posted at 12:00 pm by Michael de Yoanna 10 Ways to Ring in the New YearThursday, December 31, 2009Music More: Dovekins | The Greyboy Allstars Special Events More: Noon Year’s Eve | Reach Across America Fundraiser | 25th Anniversary Resolution 5K Food and Drink More: Howl New Year’s Eve Gala | Toast to 2010 Titanic Style
Posted at 9:30 am by Staff 4 Performances to See This WeekWednesday, December 30, 2009
Being an odd duck just got cooler. The classic children’s story The Ugly Duckling gets a makeover in this musical version about Ugly, a duckling who doesn’t look quite like the rest of the brood. Sure, it’s comical, but you’ll also learn some valuable lessons. More: Midnite Martini’s Winter Burlescapades | A Christmas Cactus | Santaland Diaries
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Winter X Games, Aspen/Snowmass 
Legendary country singer/songwriter/fiddle player Charlie Daniels, of Tennessee, suffered a mild stroke while snowmobiling at his Colorado vacation home late last week. Daniels was airlifted from the Durango area to Denver and released from Swedish Medical Center on Sunday.
An Evening of Stars, Ellie Caulkins Opera House 
Honk!, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities 