Thursday, March 23, 2006
Think inner-city high school students can’t do the un-doable?
Mayor Hickenlooper says they can.
He and wife Helen Thorpe will be hosting the Fringe Fest or Bust, a benefit for North High School’s outstanding drama department who hope to take their Black Masque Theater Company to Edinburgh, Scotland for the prestigious international Fringe Festival.
Discouraged by some that raising the money they need is just something that doesn’t happen anymore, the group’s disparities have been picked up by the community, and Nobody In Particular Presents and our own mayoral royal family are in, too, to help these students raise $60,000 to get them on the other side of the Atlantic.
Silent auctions, free beer and wine, and performances are some of the softer benefits of the event.
The mayor? The look on those kids faces when they actually get to go.
What: Fringe Fest or Bust
Where: Ogden Theater, 935 East Colfax, 6:30
Cost: $40
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There comes a time in every woman’s life…
…when she’s forced to decide: Shall I leave my husband locked in the meat freezer, or walk away and let the chill work its wonders?
That’s the decision on the kitchen chopping block in “The Smell of the Kill,” now showing at the Avenue Theater.
Three women begin to understand each other through tales of their disastrous marriages.
They also take their tops off.
Maybe.
What: The Smell of the Kill
Where: The Avenue Theater, 417 East 17th Street, 7:30
Cost: $20
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Those big eyes.
Those proportions.
That blue hair.
That way that…their mouths move…and they talk, but somehow, it never matches up.
If you’re a fan of Japanese anime, join Production IG president Ishikawa Mitsuhisa to talk (with the words in synch) about how anime came about, and its recent spread in popularity throughout the world.
What: Japanese Anime talkback
Where: Starz FilmCenter, 9th & Auraria, 6:45
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