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American Music Club Larimer Lounge	Fri., May 9, 8:00pm	Downtown
American Music Club should have self-destructed long ago. Formed in 1982, the band released its first album in 1985 and has since seen more than its share of personality conflicts and personnel changes, to say nothing of the very public and much-publicized alcohol-induced tantrums of frontman and songwriter... More>>

Kathleen Edwards Fox Theatre	Fri., May 9, 9:00pm	Boulder
“Oh Canada,” a song from Anything for Flowers , the new CD by Kathleen Edwards (joined live by the Last Town Chorus), won’t be mistaken for the national anthem of the singer-songwriter’s native country. The track is a gritty attack on a society whose media shifts into overdrive when a... More>>

Murder By Death Bluebird Theater	Fri., May 9, 9:00pm	Central
If the Art Institute of Colorado is looking for a house band, it might want to think about doing some recruiting at the Bluebird this Friday. As art rock as art rock gets, Murder by Death has often been compared to Johnny Cash and Tom Waits. Really, though, the act sounds like a more thoughtful Pixies with... More>>

Naughty Mambo Mother's Day Pin-Up Contest 3 Kings Tavern	Fri., May 9	South	On the Town, Fashion/Beauty, Call for Entries
Tonight's Naughty Mambo Pin-Up Party is a celebration of mothers — albeit an unusual, racy celebration. Paper Dolls and Westword contributing photographer Jim J. Narcy have been shooting sexy frames of contestants for several weeks; tonight's bash will crown the winners of Paper Dolls' Mother's Day... More>>

[Tattered Cover Book Events/Highlands Ranch] Lauren Allison and Lisa Perry Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch	Fri., May 9	Southeast Suburbs	Literary Events
I'm far from being the perfect mom. I work full-time, I no longer love to cook, and my house looks like Ground Zero, only worse. Clearly, a new book called The Woman Who Is Always Tan and Has a Flat Stomach (and Other Annoying People) was written just for me and my ilk. Compiled and written by... More>>

Otis Taylor D Note	Fri., May 9, 8:00pm	Northwest Suburbs
Never ceasing to till the soil in search of roots, Otis Taylor rolls up his sleeves and digs down to the origins of the banjo on his latest effort, Recapturing the Banjo . Not one to recycle popularly accepted notions of a genre or instrument (previous outtings include a critically acclaimed re-examination... More>>

That 1 Guy Hodi's Half Note	Fri., May 9	Northern Colorado
It's hard to avoid sexual innuendos when discussing That 1 Guy, the alter ego of Mike Silverman. For starters, he calls his instrument his Magic Pipe, which is made up of two six-foot steel pipes (dude's seriously packing) wired with a single bass string. The thing looks like a Blade Runner version of the... More>>

Laura Veirs & Liam Finn The Walnut Room	Fri., May 9, 8:30pm	Downtown
Rolling Stone recently reduced New Zealand-based singer-songwriter Liam Finn to a simple formula: He equals Elliott Smith minus the despair plus a leprechaun. The Smith thing might have some validity, and Finn may have a beard, but there’s a whole lot more to the guy. The son of Neil Finn, from... More>>

Colorado Chocolate Festival Denver Merchandise Mart	Fri., May 9, 7:00pm-10:00pm (more dates/times)	North	Festivals/Fairs, Culinary
Reaction to the first-ever Colorado Chocolate Festival has been so over-the-top that event organizer Dana Cain has already booked the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, through 2011. Starting tonight at 7 p.m. and continuing tomorrow at 10 a.m., the fest includes all things sweet and sinful... More>>

Hearse Con 2008 Red & Jerry's	Daily from Fri., May 9 until Sun., May 11	Southwest Suburbs	On the Town, Off the Wall, Motor Madness, Conferences/Expos
Are you in the market for an automobile with plenty of room for kids as well as cadavers? Need a comfortable sedan that will strike terror in the hearts of elderly neighbors? Are you tired of that new-car smell because you'd really rather impress friends with the old-corpse smell? Does your therapist find... More>>

Ordinary Alchemy Translations Gallery	Daily from Fri., May 9 until Sat., May 31	Central	Art Galleries
Judy Hagler's Translations Gallery is turning a corner — literally — by swapping locations within the ArtDistrict on Santa Fe. Troubled by the lackluster exterior of her old spot, Hagler opted for a venue with an artsier urban façade and showroom, at 855 Inca Street; she’ll celebrate... More>>

Art Deco! Aurora History Museum	Daily from Tue., February 26 until Sun., June 1	Aurora	Museums
Art Deco was a product of the opulent Jazz Age, a time when technological advances, relative financial stability and modern thinking encouraged the integration of imagery borrowed from both primitive and futuristic fine-art influences, man-made materials and an elegant, streamlined symmetry into a variety... More>>

Western Style: A Convergency of Cultures Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum	Daily from Sun., October 14 until Sun., September 14	West Suburbs	Museums
Sure, the taming of the West was filled with bloody shootouts, senseless massacres and tragic mass exoduses. But as illustrated in Western Style: A Convergence of Cultures , an exhibit at the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, 987½ Lookout Mountain Road in Golden, it also entailed a fascinating... More>>

[Cinema Q] Shelter Starz FilmCenter	Daily from Fri., May 2 until Thu., May 15	Central	Gay & Lesbian, Film/Events/Series
Shelter bides its time with innocuous snapshots of local SoCal color — crashing waves, crystal blue skies, natives who pronounce the "r" in Louvre — before writer-director Jonah Markowitz allows Zach (Trevor Wright), a full-time burger-flipper and nanny to his nephew, to get his queer on.... More>>

Contested Lands: Photographs around the Picket Wire Colorado History Museum	Daily from Mon., October 1 until Sun., June 1	Central	Museums
Last week, state representative and rancher Wes McKinley took Governor Bill Ritter on a two-hour ride through a portion of his district that's threatened by plans for the Army's expanded Piñon Canyon Maneuver site, which one day could stretch "from Pueblo to the New Mexico border east to Kansas,"... More>>

Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt Denver Art Museum	Daily from Sun., April 13 until Sun., July 6	Central	Art Museums
Gee's Bend is an isolated Alabaman African-American community known for debilitating poverty, lingering scars of the Jim Crow South â€” and some of the most celebrated artistic creations in recent history. When an exhibit of the residents' homemade quilts â€” featuring... More>>

Urban Nature Denver Botanic Gardens	Daily from Sat., April 19 until Sun., November 30	Central	Home/Garden, Attractions
"Brian Vogt had a dream," says Denver Botanic Gardens spokesman Will Jones. "He was thinking about how our gardens are so unique because of the way they're situated right in the middle of the city. There's all this greenery at the center of so much concrete and steel." So Gardens CEO Vogt and exhibitions... More>>

Lipgloss La Rumba	Every week Friday	Central
In the restaurant world, you're considered a success if you still have a standing wait after being in business for a certain amount of time. That said, Lipgloss is the club equivalent of the French Laundry. Founded in 2001 by the Denver 3 (now the Denver 2 since Tim Cook has parted ways with Lipgloss... More>>

Lyons Classic Video Oskar Blues	Daily	Northern Colorado	Recreation
Dale Katechis, owner of Oskar Blues, gave up his office to provide a home for Lyons Classic Video in the lower level of his restaurant — but it was worth the sacrifice to save a life. Kevin Carroll, owner of Lyons Classic Pinball (located next to Oskar Blues), "has this illness," Katechis explains.... More>>

[Starz First-Run Films] The Duchess of Langeais Starz FilmCenter	Daily from Fri., May 9 until Thu., May 15	Central	Film/Events/Series
Having returned from Africa, "held prisoner by savages for two years before fleeing," the Marquis de Montriveau (Guillaume Depardieu) is the talk of Paris society. "How very amusing," deadpans the unflappable Duchess of Langeais (Jeanne Balibar). "None is more dull or somber," a friend sighs before... More>>

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Almost Denver: The Songs and Failures of Jim Aurora Avenue Theater	Sun., May 18, 2:00pm (more dates/times)	Central	Comedy/Cabaret

The Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum American Mountaineering Center	Daily	West Suburbs	Museums

Art From the People: A Mural Beautification Project Artdistrict on Santa Fe	Daily	Central	Art Galleries

Battle of the Corporate Bands, Season Two Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites	Every week Friday, 7:30pm-10:00pm	Boulder	On the Town, Call for Entries

Return of the Corn Mothers: A 30-Year Celebration of CHAC Chicano Humanities and Arts Council	Daily from Fri., May 2 until Sat., May 31	Central	Art Galleries