Elegant evening
WINE TASTING|While wine consumption falls in France, it just keeps climbing in the United States. One of Denver’s biggest and best-attended wine-tasting events is DAM Uncorked, which benefits the Denver Art Museum. It returns for its fifth year with vintages from more than 100 domestic and international wineries plus music by the Hank Troy Jazz Quartet and hors d’oeuvres by the Bistro Boys.|6 to 9 tonight |Grand ballroom, Belmar Center Event Complex, 405 S. Teller St., Lakewood; $75 general public, $60 museum members and $30 designated drivers; 720-913-0039 or www.denverartmuseum.org/uncorked.
“Latinologues”
COMEDY|Satirical monologues about Latino life narrated by a cast of Latino entertainers punctuates this one-night show starring acclaimed comedy writer Rick Najera (“Mad TV,” “In Living Color”), Mexican comedian Eugenio Derbez and Cuban actor Rene Lavan.|8 tonight|Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, $30-$42, Ticketmaster.
“Confluence” exhibit
ART|Dale Chisman, one of Denver’s top abstractionists, has juried an exhibition by students of the Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design. On view will be paintings by Theresa Drafts, Rock Fritz, Penney Garrett, Gregory Hayes, Abigail Hays, Matt Larson, Wil Mitchell, Hannah Muench and Steven Read. Titled “Confluence,” the show runs through May 28.|Opening reception, 7 to 11 tonight|Pod & Capsule Gallery, 554 Santa Fe Drive; free; 303-623-3460.
“5 Points Jazz”
MUSIC|The city of Denver continues its annual summer free concert series with “5 Points Jazz,” featuring the Ken Walker Quintet, the Fred Hess Quartet, Joe Keel and His Action Orchestra, Jakarta, the Revelation Quintet, Wende Harston with a Touch of Blue, the Tom Tilton Jazz Ensemble, plus a tribute to Denver jazz legends Ted Alexander, Charles Burrell and Joe Keel.|1-5 p.m Saturday|Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, 2401 Welton St., no cover, 720-865-2401.
Lei Day luau
FAMILY|Celebrated throughout Hawaii, Lei Day celebrates the cultural significance of the “giving of the lei” in Pacific Islander culture. This event sponsored by the Polynesia-Pacifica Foundation of Colorado includes food, dancing and a Cirque du Soleil fire performer.|5-10 p.m. Saturday|Radisson Hotel Grand Ballroom, 3200 S. Parker Road, $15-$25, 303-337-9165.
Latin passion
BENEFIT|Peruvian-born Latin jazz musician Manuel Molina and his 15-piece international orchestra headline this carnival and silent auction benefiting Garden of Hope, a nonprofit that aids low-income people in need of lifesaving medical care.|5:30 p.m. Saturday|Holiday Inn Denver International Airport, 15500 E. 40th Ave., $50, 303-477-6626 or 303-921-3300.
Out of this world
ART|Debra Sanders is one of the Denver’s unsung talents. She has shown little outside of Pirate, which has hurt her visibility, but what she has done at the alternative space always has been engaging. Her latest offering is a group of translucent, molded silicone sculptures in an array of biomorphic forms. She lights them from underneath and displays them in the dark, creating an otherworldly effect. |Through Sunday; 7-10 tonight, noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday|Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis, 3659 Navajo St.; free; 303-458-6058 orwww.pirateart.org.
“Hunchback”
BALLET|Ballets often offer pageantry, elegance and beauty, but sometimes they can be theatrically stilted and clumsy. That is anything but the case with Colorado Ballet’s new production of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” a dark, disturbing and utterly gripping adaptation of Victor Hugo’s famous 19th-century novel.|7:30 tonight and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, 7:30 p.m. May 6, 2 and 7:30 p.m. May 7, 2 p.m. May 8|Buell Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets; $24-$85; 303-837-8888 or www.coloradoballet.com.
“Voice for Silenced”
RADIO|No one has been a bigger champion of composers harmed by the Nazis than conductor James Conlon. He will join host Monika Vischer for a five-day Colorado Public Radio series on these composers and their works, titled “A Voice for the Silenced.” It is timed to mark the 60th anniversary of the final liberation of the concentration camps.|8-9 p.m. Monday through Friday|Colorado Public Radio: KVOD 90.1-FM in Denver, KCFP 91.9-FM in Pueblo, KPRE 89.9-FM in Vail and KPRU 103.3-FM in Delta; free; www.cpr.org.
