Denver Arts Week:
Night On The Red Carpet
When: Saturday, November 15
Where: The Ellie Caulkins Opera House and other venues throughout Denver
More Info: www.DenverArtsWeek.com
Get a taste of Hollywood glamour at venues all over the city, starting with the Starz Denver Film Festival’s Big Night at the Denver Performing Arts Complex! The Night On The Red Carpet focuses on Denver’s wide array of performing arts options, and you can get a number of incredible deals on plays, ballet, opera and more during this evening, as well as throughout Denver Arts Week. Get creative, wear red and join the fun!
Big Night
Ellie Caulkins Opera House
Speer Blvd. and Arapahoe St., Denver
Starz Denver Film Festival hosts its glitzy red carpet event with stars, filmmakers and an exciting new feature film at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. The featured film this evening is Slumdog Millionaire, directed by British auteur Danny Boyle, best know for his groundbreaking Trainspotting and 28 Days Later. The film follows the adventures of Jamal (Dev Patel), a teenager who was orphaned as a young boy and left to fend for himself in the slums of Mumbai. He has become a celebrity by competing on the Indian equivalent of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, where his ace performance has earned him the passionate devotion of the audience—and the suspicion of the authorities. Get more information and tickets at http://www.denverfilm.org/.
Tom Noel Book Signing
Ellie Caulkins Opera House
Speer Blvd. and Arapahoe St., Denver
Also at the Ellie Caulkins (in the lobby), don’t miss a book signing by Tom Noel, a Mile High City historian better know as Dr. Colorado. From 6:30 to 8 p.m., you can meet Tom and hear about his new book, Showtime, which traces Denver’s love affair with theatre, dance, opera, music and conventions back to its gold-rush origins. This historical account details the events that transformed a rough-and-tumble Western town into one of the nation’s foremost performing arts destinations. With five-hundred illustrations and a sweeping narrative, Showtime chronicles the first 150 years of Colorado’s cultural landscape.
Denver Brass Does Bach
Bethany Lutheran Church
4500 E. Hampton, Cherry Hills Village
Head "Bach to the Future" at Bethany Lutheran Church for Genius, Emotion and Invention – The Denver Brass explores Bach’s stunning influence on all of our music: Jazz, Classics, Rock or Fugue. You'll hear Bach originals - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Bach transformed - “Jazzy Little Fugue” and “Very New Air on a G String,” and Bach’s legacy heard in the sound phenomena that is today’s Denver Brass – gospel, rock, Broadway and more! Performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Ticket Discount: 4 tickets for $52.80. Get more info on the Denver Brass at www.DenverBrass.org.
Bovine Metropolis Theatre Improv Comedy
Bovine Metropolis Theatre
1527 Champa St., Denver
A favorite among comedy/improv fans, The Bovine Metropolis Theatre’s name is a play on Denver's old reputation as a "cowtown." The Theater is offering 2-for-1 tickets for Friday and Saturday improv comedy shows, November 14-15, 21-22. Get more info at www.BovineMetropolis.com.
Shakespeare Set to Music
Broomfield Auditorium
3 Community Park Rd., Broomfield
ASTER Women's Chamber Choir presents Shakespeare: Songs, Sonnets, and Soliloquies at 7:30 pm in the Broomfield Auditorium (3 Community Park Rd). ASTER singers will present choral and solo settings of Shakespeare’s greatest texts by composers Amy Beach, John Govedas, Clifton Noble, Jr., Roger Quilter, William Walton and others. Admission is $12 adults, $8 seniors and tickets may be purchased at the door. For additional information, please visit http://www.asterchoir.org/
Free Public Art Tours
The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs is offering two free public art tours on Saturday, November 15. One starts from the Colorado Convention Center at 14th & California at 11 am. The second tour takes off from the Denver Performing Arts Complex at 14th & Curtis at 1 pm. Don’t miss this eye-opening look at Denver’s amazing public art!
More Theater Offerings
The Buntport Theatre – 2-for-1 tickets for innovative theatrical performances, November 14-19.
Denver Center Theatre Company – Two tickets for $52.80 for GIRLS ONLY, November 14-22.
Limelight Supper Club and Lounge – Complimentary glass of wine with purchase of an entrée and theater ticket stub, November 14-22.
Boulder Dinner Theatre – $35 tickets to the Mel Brooks' The Producers, November 14-22 ONLY!
D.L. Parsons Theatre – The musical spoof, Wagon Wheels West, performed by youth, $6 admission. November 15.
Kim Olson/Sweet Edge – Free dance performance of world premiere of Thin Water blue ice at Bluestone Gallery in the RiNo Art District. November 15.
Danse Etoile – Buy one, get one FREE for its world-premiere contemporary ballet of MATILDA by Roald Dahl. November 15.
Keep an eye on www.DenverArtsWeek.com for more great Red Carpet events!