Dogsledding 101, the Boulder Film Fest and more things to do in Denver this weekend

International focus, Colorado love

Thursday-March 5. The nineteenth Boulder Worldwide Movie Pageant will roar to life throughout its official opening social gathering on Friday, March 3 (which can set you again a cool $95), however screenings technically start on Thursday, March 2.

Why not peruse the schedule now? This 12 months’s 66 movies, spanning 20 international locations, and with 45 filmmakers and topics in attendance, are joined by the Journey Movie Pavilion, the CineCHEF meals competitors, and a reside recording of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast with Scott Feinberg. Just a few of the docs, narrative options, shorts and different choices can even be obtainable to stream by way of “BIFF at Dwelling” from March 6 to 19.

Numerous screenings — and a quartet of contemporary Sundance titles, plus 13 Colorado movies — are on the Century Boulder, Boulder Theater, Commons Church and different venues in Boulder and Longmont. Tickets: $16-$18 per common screening; $25 for closing evening screening and awards ceremony (March 5). See biff1.com for the total schedule, reside music, events and others particular occasions.

Additionally this weekend: The Colorado Environmental Movie Pageant, by way of Sunday, Feb. 26 on the American Mountaineering Heart, 710 tenth St. in Golden. See the schedule and extra particulars at ceff.internet. — John Wenzel

Planes, Trains and Canine Sleds

Saturday-Sunday. The Denver Journey & Journey Present lands on the Colorado Conference Heart Saturday, Feb. 25, and Sunday, Feb. 26, with greater than 250 locations from all over the world represented. Effectively-known journey specialists Pauline Frommer, Brian Kelly and Peter Greenberg headline a protracted checklist of audio system.

A “Planes, Trains and Canine Sleds” presentation about Alaska journey seems to be particularly intriguing. Hours are 10 a.m. to five p.m. on Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. 700 14th St. in downtown Denver. Grownup tickets are $12.10 on-line by way of axs.com. Attendees 16 and beneath are free however have to be accompanied by an grownup. — John Meyer

The Thriller Dance

Via March 12. Though it’s near promoting out, Wonderbound’s “Reckoning on the Crimson Herring Tavern” run doesn’t start till Thursday, March 2, which provides time to search for tickets to those intimate performances at Wonderbound’s short-term, Northeast Denver efficiency area.

As with most of their items, it’s a world premiere modern ballet and rating, with choreography by creative director Garrett Ammon and “cinematic chamber people” by Tom Hagerman, of Denver’s hypnotic and Grammy-nominated DeVotchKa. “Nothing is at is appears,” as you may guess from the title of the corporate’s third ballet of the season. Go on now.

Numerous performances by way of Sunday, March 12, at 3865 Grape St, Unit #2. Tickets for the 50-minute performances are $65 every. Name 303-292-4700 or go to wonderbound.com. — John Wenzel

Small exhibits, large sounds

Friday. Denver’s music scene continues to supply small, reasonably priced exhibits that distinction with the ridiculously costly tickets at mid-to-large sized venues. This weekend provides too many to depend, however we just like the Coastless Creatives present on the Roxy on Broadway, which options the musically numerous Nicki Walters and Mates (together with Winston Williams, iies) in an all-ages live performance on Friday, Feb. 24. 554 S. Broadway in Denver. Doorways at 9 p.m. $15-$18. broadwayroxy.com

Hyperpop — a maximalist musical scavenger hunt — continues to say itself in Denver with the debut of the brand new Hyperpop Night time from file label Stoner Pop. Founder Sam Bart has curated the DIY label’s candy-colored live performance with Abrii, F1 Shifty, Melvin, Destino, and Joshua Day. It takes place Thursday, March 2, at Your Mother’s Home, 608 E. thirteenth Ave. in Denver. $20. yourmomshousedenver.com — John Wenzel

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