MOVIES
Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland and their cast of relative unknowns pulled off a coup at Sundance when “Quinceañera” won both the juried and audience prizes. The title comes from the Latino celebration marking the transit of a 14-year-old girl into womanhood. Before her 15th birthday, Magdalena (Emily Rios) learns she’s pregnant. Exiled from her parents’ home, she finds a haven with her great uncle Tio Thomas (Chalo Gonzalez) and her cholo cousin Carlos (Jesse Garcia). Set in Los Angeles’ Echo Park district, the movie is keenly observant about a neighborhood in economic and racial transition.|Lisa Kennedy
STAGE
This week is all about the Boulder International Fringe Festival, which is offering hundreds of theater, dance, film and music performances all over Boulder through Aug. 28. Picking a show blind is a bit of a crapshoot, but the performances, ranging from avant-garde to frivolous to brutally serious, are generally short enough to be worth the try. If you have to pick just one, try “Sex Lives of Teenage Girls,” uniquely staged in a real women’s bathroom. It tells actual teen stories that look at age-old issues every woman can relate to. It plays at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday and then daily (at varying times) through Aug. 27 at the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St. For a full schedule, prices and info, call 720-563-9950 or go to boulderfringe.org | John Moore
TELEVISION
As we near the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it brought to the Gulf Coast region, Spike Lee’s “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts” tries to make sense of it all. We’re sure there will be a lot of finger- pointing, but there are plenty of reasons to keep asking why. The first two parts air at 7 p.m. Monday on HBO; the final two at 7 p.m. Tuesday. All four acts will reair Aug. 29, one year after the hurricane hit. | Greg Henry
POPULAR MUSIC
It’s summertime, so of course there are a host of ’80s tours crossing the country. We just said goodbye to Rick Springfield and Loverboy on Friday, but fret not, kids. Those leg warmers will get even more use on Saturday when Devo, The Psychedelic Furs and When in Rome take over the City-Lights Pavilion. It’s a strong bill of ’80s stars, although it’s more subtle than most shows of this type, which is nice. |Ricardo Baca
NIGHT LIFE
The lion’s share of hip nightspots in Denver tend to exist downtown, where the intersection of beautiful people and money births neon-lit martini bars and flashy dance floors. The Robusto Room, a sleek jazz-and-cigars club, proudly exists outside that sphere in the suburb of Lone Tree. Its Fly Wednesdays, sponsored by JFly Presents, will make you think you’re smack dab in the center of LoDo with hip-hop and ’80s hits from DJ Petey and other artists from Don’t Sleep Entertainment, free drinks for the ladies from 9 p.m. to midnight, and free entry for all. OK, so maybe the “free” part isn’t much like LoDo. … 9535 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. 303-790-7363, therobustoroom.com.| John Wenzel
CLASSICAL MUSIC
The Aspen Music Festival always ends with a massive, culminating work, and this year is no exception. As the final event, conductor David Zinman and the Aspen Festival Orchestra will present Benjamin Britten’s towering “War Requiem,” Op. 66, which was written for the reconsecration of the rebuilt Coventry Cathedral and first performed there in 1962. The performance will take place at 4 p.m. today in the Benedict Music Tent. Tickets are $66. 970-925-9042 or aspenmusicfestival.com. | Kyle MacMillan
VISUAL ARTS
One of the 20th century’s most original artists, Fred Sandback stretched lengths of yarn, often from floor to ceiling or floor to wall, to create the illusion of three-dimensional forms. The University of Wyoming Art Museum in Laramie is presenting an exhibition devoted to his yarn sculptures and works on paper through Nov. 19. The show premiered at the Sioux City (Iowa) Art Center and has been expanded for this showing. Admission is free. 307-766-6622 or uwyo.edu/artmuseum.| Kyle MacMillan
