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Cultural events are sprouting all over Denver, starting with Earth Day celebrations and moving into burlesque bashes and operatic extravaganzas.
We’ve already published our list of free events and art openings this weekend. Now keep reading for ticketed events worth the price of admission today:
Local Theater Company: Spring Lab New Play Festival
Through Sunday, April 24
Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut Street
Boulder’s Local Theater Company is back to doing what it does best: giving life to young plays through readings and workshops while gifting audiences with a view of the process — live and in person. This season’s Local Lab has been divided into chunks; this one includes four new-play readings over three days, along with workshops and parties. Admission is $159 for a full festival pass ($111 members), or $30 per reading ($15 members); find a complete schedule here and reserve tickets here.
The 8th Ever WordFest
Through May 15
Promise on the Hill, Sunday, April 24, 1 p.m.
Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive
Su Teatro’s eighth annual WordFest unfolds over three weeks with numerous theater-based shows aimed at the Chicano culture and community — and everyone else, too. The fest kicks off with a series of staged play readings, beginning with Su Teatro artistic director Tony Garcia’s Little Hands Hold the Wind; today you can hear Garcia’s Promise on the Hill. Go here for information and tickets: $30 for a festival pass, $17 to $20 for main-stage performances and $7 to $10 for readings.
DCPA Theatre Company, Choir Boy
Through May 29, daily except Mondays
Kilstrom Theatre, Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex, Denver Performing Arts Complex
The DCPA Theatre Company brings Choir Boy, the story of Pharus, a student at a prep school for young Black men, to the Kilstrom for a spring run that also sends a timely message. Pharus has all the makings of an outstanding addition in the Charles R. Drew Prep mold, but has trouble fitting in because he’s gay. How he overcomes the social obstacles comprises Choir Boy‘s feel-good theme, delivered with an inspirational barrage of music and dance. Tickets range from $35 to $80; learn more and reserve a seat here.
ThriftCon
Sunday, April 24, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt Street
The founders of Station, a ground-breaking store on Welton Street, created ThriftCon in 2018; since then, it’s spread around the country. But now it’s back in Denver for a one-day vintage extravaganza, with dozens of vendors. Admission is $10 for general admission, $30 for early entry. Learn more here.
plan ahead:
Visit Golden
Taste of Golden
Monday, April 25, 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Avenue, Golden
Golden eateries, breweries and distilleries will shack up together under one roof for the Taste of Golden, a chance to taste, drink and shmooze with participating restaurateurs, chefs, brewers and distillers — at least while your mouth isn’t full. This year’s event offers a limited $60 VIP ticket option that includes early admission and a swag bag; the rest of the hoi polloi pay $40 (free to $15 for children twelve and under). There’s also an extra perk — a drawing ticket for a free giveaway —if you bring a sack of canned goods along for Hunger Free Golden. Learn more and grab tickets here.
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