FRIDAY
Last-chance exhibit
ART|Today is the last day to catch two exhibitions at the CU Art Museum. One features five portfolios of prints and photographs by such notables as Salvador Dali and Alexander Calder; the other highlights artist books from the Polly and Mark Addison Collection.| 10 a.m.-5 p.m. today|CU Art Museum, Sibell-Wolle Fine Arts Building, University of Colorado at Boulder; free; 303-492-8300 or colorado.edu/cuartmuseum.
SATURDAY
“A Fistful of Rock”
ROCK, MULTIMEDIA|The Colorado Springs-based trash-rock group The Mansfields headlines “A Fistful of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” The event’s promoters call it “a spaghetti-Western-inspired evening of music, performance poetry, video art and squinty-eyed extreme close-ups.” It is, they say, a “rock ‘n’ roll cabaret with a vaudeville lining.” Others scheduled to appear include performance poet Lenny Chernila and the bands Get Three Coffins Ready and The StartUps.|8 p.m. Saturday|3 Kings Tavern, 60 S. Broadway; $7; 303-777-7370.
SUNDAY
Spring into couture
FASHION SHOW|More than 30 Denver clothing, handbag, jewelry and accessory designers are taking part in a spring fashion market. Among those scheduled are Grae, RAT Designs,
ExpecTees, Anomaly, Rachel White, RedCamper, LoPresti Design and Rhoda Designs. The event includes three fashion shows. DJs Segue and Japadapta are scheduled to perform.|noon-8 p.m. Sunday| Walnut Foundry, 3002 Walnut St.; $5 to benefit the Denver Rescue Mission; 303-861-4730.
THE WEEKEND
“The Mikado”
OPERETTA|Little in the world of musical theater tops the works of Gilbert and Sullivan for sly wit, clever writing and light entertainment. The Colorado Symphony and Central City Opera team up again to offer one of the team’s most enduringly popular masterpieces: “The Mikado.”|7:30 p.m. today and Saturday|
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets; $15-$65; 303-623-7876 or coloradosymphony.org.
Epps in the house
COMEDY|Comedian Mike Epps is hot. He is developing a half-hour series, “The Unsuccessful Thug,” with HBO. His comedy tour is selling out major comedic venues around the country. And he has been tapped to play Richard Pryor in a biographical film about the late comic legend. Epps most recently appeared in the film “Something New.”| 8 p.m. (nonsmoking) and 10 tonight; 6:30 (nonsmoking), 8:30 (sold out) and 10:30 p.m. Saturday|Comedy Works, 1226 15th St.; $35; 303-595-3637 or comedyworks.com.
Grammy guitarist
FUNK|Leo Nocentelli is known as “the funkiest, fast-fingered guitar player there is.” Nocentelli is leader and founding member of the Meters, who are known as the “pioneers of funk.” The band won the Grammy’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. Nocentelli also is an accomplished songwriter whose hits include “Fire on the Bayou” and “Hey Pocky Way.” His songs have been recorded by such artists as Aaron Neville, Joe Cocker, Robert Palmer, Patti LaBelle and Etta James.| 9 p.m. today and Saturday|Dulcinea’s 100th Monkey, 717 E. Colfax Ave.; $15; 303-832-3601 or quixotes.com.
Jewelry, china, art
ANTIQUES|More than 150 dealers from across the country plan to set up booths at the 45th annual World Wide Antique Spring Show. Antiques on display and for sale range from 19th-century jewelry to rare china to fine art to furniture. Collectibles also will be available, including books, linens, postcards and art glass.|10 a.m.-8 p.m. today, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.|Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 E. 58th Ave.; $8; 303-292-6278 or antiqueshows.com.
Kid-friendly flick
FILM|The Kidtoon family film series continues this month at local theaters with “Tonka Tough Truck Adventures.” The format encourages young children to bring their families to Saturday and Sunday matinees, with safe, G-rated fare. The movies may not be “Schindler’s List,” but it’s still a nice way for tired parents to spend the midday.|11 a.m. and noon Saturday, noon Sunday.|Colorado Cinemas locations in metro Denver; kids $5, parents free; see movie listings for locations and phone numbers.
THE WEEK
Diavolo returns
DANCE|Diavolo, a Los Angeles-based dance company that made a sold-out appearance in Denver in February, returns to Colorado for two performances under the auspices of the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. Using fantastical, often massive sets, the company creates unexpected and sometimes astonishing kinetic images.|7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday|Aspen District Theatre, Aspen Elementary School, Maroon Creek Road, Aspen; $20-$58; 970-925-6098.
