Denver, here is my list of things to do this weekend [May 2nd - 5th]

Good evening, Denver!

Apologies for the late dispatch! I hope you Star Wars nerds have a very geeky May the 4th! If you’re celebrating Cinco De Mayo with a few cervezas and frosty margs try not to overdo it, you have work on Monday.
James 🫡

SATURDAY & SUNDAY - Denver Cinco de Mayo Festival @ Civic Center Park @ 10AM Immerse yourself in the vibrant spirit of Mexican culture with a weekend full of exciting events, contests, and non-stop entertainment.

All weekend - Jordan Jensen Stand Up @ Comedy Works Downtown

All weekend - Jamie Lissow Stand Up @ Comedy Works South

All weekend - Music & Blossom Fest @ Canon City The Blossom Festival is the largest community run school music competition in the state.

All weekend - ‘The Cher Show’ Musical @ Buell Theatre ‘The Cher Show’ is 35 smash hits, six decades of stardom, two rock-star husbands, and countless EGOT awards, all in one unabashedly fabulous new musical that will have audiences dancing in the aisles!

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 - ‘Emma’ Play @ Wolf Theatre LAST CHANCE - In a new adaptation that’s a bit zany and refreshingly contemporary, playwright Kate Hamill infuses the language and perspectives of today into Austen’s beloved characters.

All weekend - ‘Noises Off’ Play @ Arvada Center LAST CHANCE - A play withing a play, this relentless, high-energy farce is filled with embarrassing moments, behind-the-scenes kerfuffles, physical comedy hijinks, and even flying sardines.

Ongoing - ‘Space Explorers: The Infinite’ Immersive Experience @ Stanley Marketplace LAST CHANCE - Embark on an immersive excursion through new breathtaking videos that reveal the many wonders of space exploration.

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 - 'Spookadelia' Immersive Show @ Spectra Art Space LAST CHANCE - 'Spookadelia: Doubt’s Echo' is an all-ages narrative-driven psychedelic immersive art, theatrical, and highly interactive experience.

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 ArtThis exhibition provides a look into how seven multidisciplinary artists celebrate the mutability of self-identity through the embodiment of alter egos or personae.