Friday
Civic Center film
FILM!|Even with DVDs, you can find a reason to skip the comfort of your couch for the open air and chuckling camaraderie of Civic Center park. Tonight, as part of the ongoing Great American Comedy series, watch “Airplane!” Starring Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays, this movie remains the best example of what happens when good comedy happens to bad disaster movies. |8 p.m.|Friday|Civic Center Park Greek Amphitheatre, near 14th Avenue Parkway and Bannock Street; free; call 303-312-4286 or visit civiccenterconservancy @yahoo.com.
Lost voice saluted
SYMPHONIC MUSIC|Ervin Schulhoff, who died in a concentration camp in 1942, was one of many Jewish composers whose lives were ended or careers were destroyed by the Nazis. Famed conductor James Conlon (pictured), who long has crusaded on behalf of these often-forgotten talents, will present the American premiere of Schulhoff’s ballet, “Ogelala.” The work will be part of an Aspen Chamber Symphony program that will also include pianist Lang Lang as soloist in Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17.|6 p.m.|today|Benedict Music Tent, Aspen Music Festival; $64; 970-925-9042 or aspenmusicfestival.com.
A Surls showcase
ART|James Surls, one of Colorado’s most acclaimed artists, will be showcased in one of three exhibitions opening today. Surls’ work, which ranges from the menacing to the whimsical, draws heavily on nature and incorporates a range of archetypal imagery. The shows, which also will feature video works by Ligia Bouton and woodblock prints from Shark’s Ink, will run through Oct. 14.|Opening reception, 6:30 to 8 p.m. today|Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St.; free; 303-443-2122 or bmoca.org.
Saturday
Have fun for charity
GAMES FOR GROWN-UPS|In an effort to raise money, Denver’s Multiple Sclerosis Young Professionals Network and PlayCoed.com are hosting the first Adult Field Day fundraiser. The event will include dodgeball, wiffleball, kickball, capture the flag, obstacle courses and local comedians offering commentary throughout the day. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Prizes will be given to the top teams. Money raised goes toward the Rocky Mountain MS Center, which provides medical care and research for MS.|10 to 1 p.m. Saturday|Greenwood Athletic Club, 5801 S. Quebec St.; $200 per 10-person team or $20 per person; 303-477-PLAY or denver.playcoed.com.
The Weekend
Dancers’ flight
DANCE|Frequent Flyers Productions presents The Aerial Dance Festival 2006, a show that takes dancing to the air. FFP often adapts shows to specific sites, such as a park, a drive-in theater, a church, galleries and traditional theater spaces. Collaborations have involved heavy-equipment operators, snakes, composers, computer graphics, children and visual artists, as well as a variety of environments such as a graveyard, a meat locker, a junkyard and abandoned greenhouses.|8 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday|Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $22-$32; call 303-444-SEAT or visit thedairy.org.
Sculpture show
ART|Marking its 15th anniversary, the Loveland Sculpture Invitational Show & Sale has become one of the largest such events in the country. This year’s edition of the outdoor show near Lake Loveland will feature more than 3,500 works by 340 artists from the across the country.|10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday|Taft Avenue and 29th Street, Loveland; $3 today, $5 Saturday and Sunday, children 14 and younger free every day; 970-663-7467 or loveland sculpturegroup.org.
Laughs with Jake
COMEDY|Jake Johannsen has appeared more than 30 times on “The Late Show with David Letterman” and was featured in the movie “The Aristocrats,” and this weekend he performs at Comedy Works. Johannsen’s comedy often revolves around mundane, everyday things – a toaster, for instance, or his belief that extraterrestrials live among us. Johannsen performed in his own Comedy Central special in 2003 and continues to headline across the country.|8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday; 6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Saturday|Comedy Works, 1226 15th St.; $25; Through Comedy Works at 303-595-3637 or through comedyworks.com.
The Week
That’s a lotta cash
SHOW AND SALE|The U.S. Treasury Department will display $1 billion in rare bills and valuable coins at the World’s Fair of Money next weekend. Exhibits include a Bureau of Engraving and Printing display of genuine $100,000 bills, America’s first gold coin and first silver coin from two centuries ago, a rare $20 coin (valued today at $2 million) and others. About 1,000 professional numismatists will attend, and some will provide free appraisals of old coins and paper money.|10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday through Aug. 18, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Aug. 19|Colorado Convention Center, Hall C at 700 14th St.; free; 719-499-3591 or money.org.
