This Week In Denver: April 14-20

This Week In Denver :: April 14-20 2008

In Denver, every day of the week has a little something up it’s sleeve. The following are some hand-picked moments taking place this week that may wet your cultural pallet. Pick a medium, any medium, and walk around in it.

Monday April 14th

*Fleet Foxes- 7pm @ Hi Dive, Denver, CO
“If they ever found the lost tapes of The Bands The Last Waltz and slipped in the Fleet Foxes, I don’t think anyone would blink an eye. The sweet harmonious lullaby poem-core would put any babe at ease. It seems like their music came from small hidden town deep with in the woods of Washington, but are yet another Seattle based band to be proud of.”

*Ballroom Dancing Practice- 7pm to 10pm @ Denver Turnverein Ballroom, Denver, CO
Ballroom practice every Monday, $5 for members, $8 non-members.

*2008 Fly Fishing Film Tour – 6pm to 9pm @ The Oriental Theater
The Fly Fishing Film Tour™ is a year round organization dedicated to bringing a new face-vision and scene to the fly-fishing entertainment world. Our goal is to inspire fly fishers and film makers to make new, innovative, entertaining and cutting edge films. Fly-fishing media has been dominated by "How to" or "instructional" programs.

Tuesday April 15th

*Tax Relief 2008 – 6pm @ Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
Doors open at 10:00 AM, show begins at 6:00 PM.. LIVE NATION PRESENTS “TAX RELIEF 2008” Live Nation is pleased to announce that for ONE DAY ONLY – Tuesday, April 15 – Denver music fans can purchase concert tickets without service charges.

Wednesday April 16th

*Rally for Peace: 7:30am/FREE
@ Colorado State Capitol Building - West Steps - 200 E Colfax Ave - Denver - 800-811-7647
Ongoing rally for peace in Iraq and Afghanistan and for preventing war in Iran. Bring a placard and walk with us any or every Wednesday morning between 7:30 and 8am. Takes place on the sidewalk between 14th and Colfax on Lincoln.

*Life Drawing Class: 7pm/$8 @ Core New Art Space, Denver
Bring your pad or easel and drawing supplies to Core New Art Space to draw with other artists in a relaxed non-judgmental atmosphere.

Thursday April 17th

*Denver Art Museum- 6pm-9pm / Tickets Vary
8th annual DAM Uncorked Wine Tasting. Call 720-913-2763

*Gregory Alan Isakov, Bella Karoli, Paper Bird, & The Wheel
Live at the Boulder Theater- 8pm Sharp/Tickets on BoulderTheater.com
These are 4 of Denver's favorite mellow-eccentric, songwriter-meets-chamber-pop bands.
Get a dose of some of the best singers and music this town has to offer. Why not take a
sweet excursion to Boulder for the day before the show!

*Emerging Filmmakers Project- 8pm/$5 @ Bug Theatre, Denver
Presumably founded on the third Thursday of May of 2002, The Emerging Filmmakers Project offers subsidized workshops and a monthly Screening Night featuring films and talkback by regional filmmakers.

*'Dinner with Friends' - 7:30pm @ Vintage Theatre, Denver
An apparently simple story of one couple’s breakup and its effect on their closest friends, it evolves into an examination of the nature of friendship itself.

Friday April 18th

*Landscape Design for Colorado- 6:30pm @ 910 Arts on Santa Fe Drive
Presented by DesignscapesColorado in recognition of Earth Day (April 22nd).

*'The Last Five Years' - 7:30pm @ The Garner Galleria Theatre, Denver
The five-year relationship between two New Yorkers from their first meeting to their last goodbye. Days and times vary for evening and matinee peformances.

*An Evening With Crispin Glover- $20
The Denver Film Society proudly welcomes cult actor/filmmaker/artist Crispin Glover to the Starz Film Center for April 18, 19 at 8:00pm and April 20 at 7:00pm. Tickets include admission to the "Big Slide Show" presentation, the film What Is It?, the Q&A and book signing.

*Still: 11am/FREE @ MSCD Center For the Visual Arts, Denver
The photography of Sally Mann, Slater Bradley, and Nigel Poor. Throughout the history of photography the issue of mortality has been a very present spectre in both photographic theories and practices. Early daguerreotypes of American soldiers about to leave for the Civil War were witness to their impending death.

Saturday April 19th

*Defending the Caveman- 5pm-7pm @ Denver Civic Theatre, Denver
Written by comedian Rob Becker, Defending the Caveman is a hilariously funny play about the ways men and women relate. Includes wonderful insights on contemporary feminism, masculine sensitivity and the erogenous zone. Longest running solo play in Broadway's history.

*'Strange Cages - The Human Zoo'- 8pm @ The Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO
Vox Feminista presents its new spring show that says it "busts us out of the cages of technology, gender, prison, war, revolution, silence and the spectacle surrounding our lives." The play is presented on various dates and times in three different locations, always at 8 p.m.

*Bad Weather California- 8pm @ The Larimer Lounge, Denver
At this moment Bad Weather California are probably one of the best bands playing in Denver, and worth seeing any chance you get." –Westword

*Fried Nothing TV Comedy Night- 9pm/$7 @ Benders Tavern, Denver, CO
Fried Nothing TV Comedy Night, featuring live stand-up comedy, original sketch comedy videos, contests/giveaways & more! Performing live: Chris Fonseca, Donna Ayers, Dmitri Davelle, Jake Sharon, Jordan Zuckerman, Jordan Wieleba, Aubrie Allen, Brock Baker, C.T. Polson, & Tom Van Meel.

*'tRUNKs' – 1pm @ Buntport Theater, Denver, CO
Billed as a “live comic book,” the three superheroes and their giant parrot friend are back for
another season. 1 and 3 p.m. every other Saturday.

Sunday April 20th

*Free Day @ DMNS: All Day
Denver Museum of Nature and Science - 2001 Colorado Blvd - Denver - 303-322-7009
Colorado residents can enjoy a special free day at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science,
thanks to funding from the SCFD. Hours are 9am to 5pm.

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