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- Hi Denver, here is my list of things to do this weekend. [May 10th - 12th]
Hi Denver, here is my list of things to do this weekend. [May 10th - 12th]



Good afternoon, Denver!
Don’t forget your mom! Have a wonderful weekend!
Cheers!
James 🫡


Rockies vs Rangers @ Coors Field @ 6:40PM Promotion: Healthcare & Teacher Appreciation Series
Mother’s Day Artisan Market @ Santa Fe Arts District @ 11AM Shop from small, women-owned businesses for all your Mother’s Day presents
‘Samson and Delilah’ Opera @ Ellie Caulkins Opera House @ 7:30PM Opera Colorado closes the season with Saint-Saëns’s operatic take on the biblical story of ‘Samson and Delilah.’
Candlelight: A Tribute to Coldplay @ Kirk of Highland @ 6:30PM / 8:45PM Kirk of Highland is bathed in lush, floral displays for an evening of Coldplay performed in classical rendition.
Turnpike Troubadours @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 6:30PM With Wyatt Flores & Sierra Hull
J Boog @ Mission Ballroom @ 7PM With Iam Tongi & L.A.B
Malcolm Todd @ Gothic Theatre @ 7PM With Charlie Addis


Rockies vs Rangers @ Coors Field @ 6:10PM Promotion: Healthcare & Teacher Appreciation Series, City Connect Days
Hangin N’ Slangin’ Pop-Up Market @ RiNo @ 11AM Thrift unique and special vintage pieces from local vendors.
Cockpit Demo Day @ Wings Museum @ 10AM
Get an up close look inside select aircrafts and learn all about their history, instruments, and controls!
Candlelight: A Tribute to Adele @ Kirk of Highland @ 6:30PM / 8:45PM Listen to Adele’s best and biggest hits at Kirk of Highland as it transforms into a lush, floral landscape dedicated to spring.
Black Coffee @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 6PM With LP Giobbi, Themba, & DJ Holographic
Head for the Hills @ Mishawaka @ 7PM With Pick & Howl and Friendly Reminders
The Teskey Brothers @ Mission Ballroom @ 8PM With Jaime Wyatt
Royel Otis @ Meow Wolf @ 8PM With Girl and Girl
POND @ Ogden Theatre @ 9PM With 26fix
Donny Benét @ Gothic Theatre @ 9PM With Otnes
Dustin Kensrue @ Bluebird Theater @ 8PM With The Brevet & Brother Bird


Rockies vs Rangers @ Coors Field @ 1:10PM Promotion: Mother’s Day Belt Bag, Autograph Sunday, Healthcare & Teacher Appreciation Series
‘Samson and Delilah’ Opera @ Ellie Caulkins Opera House @ 2PM Opera Colorado closes the season with Saint-Saëns’s operatic take on the biblical story of ‘Samson and Delilah.’
Sleep Token @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre @ 7:50PM With Empire State Bastard
Yellow Days @ Bluebird Theater @ 8PM With The Jack Moves

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Bluey’s Big Play Show @ Buell Theatre ‘Bluey’s Big Play’ is a brand-new theatrical adaptation of the Emmy award-winning children’s television series featuring new music and new character adventures.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Spring Bazaar @ Sloan’s Lake @ 11AM Shop from 80+ local makers, enjoy food trucks and street food, craft beers, and live music at this Mother’s Day edition of Denver BAZAAR.
All weekend - Prokofiev and Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 in Concert @ Boettcher Concert Hall Colorado Symphony masterfully performs Brahms’ richly romantic and stirring third symphony as well as Prokofiev’s lively Violin Concerto No. 2.
All weekend - ‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ Family-Friendly Musical @ Arvada Center Arnold Lobel's treasured characters hop from page to stage in a story of friendship and adventure.
All weekend - ‘Where Did We Sit On The Bus’ Play @ Singleton Theatre Through live music and storytelling, this one-person show immerses the audience in elaborate, layered soundscapes by fusing Latin rhythms, hip-hop, and spoken word poetry.
All weekend - ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ Play @ Kilstrom Theatre ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ is an epic and timely story of family, ambition, and risk, sprawling across 163 years of history of the Lehman Brothers.
All weekend - ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ Play @ Vintage Theatre In this original Broadway production, an eclectic group of teenagers vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime.

Ongoing - ‘The Berlin Airlift: Supplies from the Sky’ Exhibition @ Wings Museum The exhibit shares the lessons of courage, perseverance, and the triumph of the human spirit and pays tribute to the brave citizens who risked their lives to bring hope to a divided city.
Ongoing - ‘Biophilia: Nature Reimagined’ Exhibition @ DAM NEW - The exhibition brings together more than 80 imaginative works, including architectural models and photographs, digital installations, and immersive art that collectively highlight the transformative power of nature.
Ongoing - ‘Fazal Sheikh: Thirst | Exposure | In Place’ Exhibition @ DAM Capturing the Colorado Plateau, Sheikh’s portraits and landscapes shed light on the far-reaching consequences of extractive industry and climate change.
Ongoing - ‘The Russells in Denver, 1921’ Exhibition @ DAM Charles M. Russel’s works capture the vast landscapes, mountain ranges, and peoples of the American West of the 1880s, thus leaving a valuable chronicle of the West that once was.
Ongoing - ‘Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: The Awake Volcanoes’ Exhibition @ DAM The exhibition highlights paintings, drawings, and prints by award-winning artist Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, who explores the notions of fantasy, desire, fear, and pleasure and its relationship to the human body.
Ongoing - Spring Exhibition Series @ MCA MCA’s Spring series includes solo exhibitions of three contemporary artists whose multidisciplinary works focus on the exploration of the natural phenomena, landscapes, and human interactions with the natural world.
Ongoing - ‘Performing Self’ Exhibition @ Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
This exhibition provides a look into how seven multidisciplinary artists celebrate the mutability of self-identity through the embodiment of alter egos or personae.

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