Colorado folklore, fakelore, more at Brown Bag Series
Noon | Fort Morgan | Winfield Delle presents “Colorado Folklore, Folk-Lies and Fakelore” as part of the monthly Brown Bag Lecture Series at the Fort Morgan Museum, 414 Main St. The historian will share various stories about Colorado in connection to weather, crops, animals and more. Lunches are welcome. Call 970-542-4010.
Central City Opera 101 showcases “Moneverdi”
7 p.m. | The final preview in the 2006 Opera 101 Series showcases Central City Opera’s “The Coronation of Poppea” at the Denver Central Library, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway. Pelham Pearce, Central City Opera general/artistic director, will discuss the opera by Monteverdi. The program is free. Call 303-292- 6700 or visit centralcity.org.
Classic Cagney gangster film at Starz Filmcenter
7 p.m. | The Denver Art Museum Cinema’s Spring 2006 Film Series, “Top of the World, Ma!: The Classic Gangster Film,” continues Tuesdays through May 16 at the Starz FilmCenter, 900 Auraria Parkway. Tom Delapa, DAM film curator, will introduce tonight’s film, “The Public Enemy” starring James Cagney. Call 303-820-3456.
