Entertainment

As Violet from Willy Wonka or someone who just saw a spider will tell you, bigger isn’t necessarily better. An afterthought for most normals until Oscar night, short films are often bite-sized bits of delightful wonder. Heck, sometimes they even grow up to be feature...

Thursday, August 28...

Amy Kress with AMZY and Leigh West...

Second Annual Pete Seeger Birthday Commemoration Concert...

Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through March 15...

Annie Jr. Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont, 303-682-9980. Through Feb. 8...

Annie. Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865- 4239, Through May 10...

Shrek the Musical. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Sept. 6...

Candy Lee...

Shrek the Musical. Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303- 449-6000. Through Sept. 6...

Rising from the Ashes...

BIFF Shorts 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St., Boulder, 303- 443-8696. The Boulder International Film Festival won’t be fully taking over downtown again until March 5, but that doesn’t mean you have to go BIFF-less until then. On Thursday, Nov...