Entertainment

Colorado’s high-altitude gem, the Central City Opera, opened Saturday night ( July 11) with a winning production of Verdi’s La Traviata. The production, under the direction of John Baril and stage direction by Elise Sandell, runs in repertory through Aug. 8...

The Lego Movie being somehow good ruined our ability to completely dismiss a film’s concept upon first hearing it. Who knows, maybe Minions would be infused with the same cleverness, the same all-ages wonder and fun? In the first 10 minutes, a pillshaped living ...

“So you live in the present...

If it doesn’t meet my standards, tear them up,” Ansel Adams tells his chief assistant Mary Alinder...

Reinvention is as American as Edison appropriating Tesla’s work or Donald Trump cloaking himself in the mantle of legitimate presidential candidacy. Hollywood’s current remake/reboot craze illustrates the pivotal place reinvention occupies in the arts, and theatre is...

For most, Taxi Driver is summed up by one of the most famous lines in cinema: “You talking to me?” Conveying masculinity and bravado, it readies angry men for battle. But it is misleading. It is an act, a façade. The truth is found in the line that follows: “Well, I’...

Alec Soth: Colorado Dispatch. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Nov. 29. Ansel Adams: Matsterworks. Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, 303-279-3922. Through Aug. 30. Barbara Bosworth: Quiet Wonder. Denver Art Museum...

Bill Maher Saturday, July 18, 8 p.m., Mackey Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder, 303-492-8423 Political commentator, activist and documentarian Bill Maher knows a thing or two about making his voice heard. As the host of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, Maher ...

Aladdin. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through July 25. Always a Bridesmaid. Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora, 303-856-7830. Through Aug. 30...

Colorado Symphony Orchestra: The Music of Harry Potter Saturday, July 18, 7:30 p.m., Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 14th St., Denver, 303-623-7876 Amid a summer schedule with Mozart-centric performances and Red Rocks gigs with Denver music veterans DeVotchKa, the ...

Heems Thursday, July 16, 8:30 p.m., Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467 He may have only been one half of alternative rap duo Das Racist, but Heems is a 100 percent bona fide rapper of his own regard. Touring in support of his debut solo album, Eat ...

Thursday, July 16 The Astral Imperative Volume 4: Cosmos — Robert Dresner. 7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074. Monday July 20 “So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628...