Saturday
Flying solo
ART|Two of Denver’s most talked-about young artists – Jenny Morgan (artwork at right) and Colin Livingston (artwork below) – will be featured in solo exhibitions opening Saturday. The two graduated from the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in 2003 and 2001 respectively, but they take quite different approaches to their work. Morgan reinterprets the figure and Livingston draws on mass media and popular culture.|Saturday through Oct. 7, opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday|Plus Gallery, 2350 Lawrence St.; free; 303-296-0927 or plusgallery.com.
“Our Daily Bread”
FILM|The free-movie collaboration between public radio KCFR and the Tattered Cover book store continues this weekend with a showing of “Our Daily Bread” from 1934. The King Vidor film follows the trials of a young couple left at an abandoned farm by their uncle; they hire a variety of workers who must join together to make the place run. The free showing features a restored 35 mm print and a filmed interview with Vidor. |7 p.m., Saturday, free tickets available at 6 p.m.|Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli, 900 Auraria Parkway, Denver; 303-820-3456
Sunday
Castle concert
CLASSICAL MUSIC|The Cherokee Ranch & Castle is offering a fresh way to enjoy classical music – a concert in a spectacular setting with an accompanying supper and supplementary events. The Denver-based Aries Brass Quintet will perform on the castle’s veranda following a wine tasting and supper and then take part in a post-performance discussion over dessert.|5:30 p.m. Sunday|Cherokee Ranch & Castle, Sedalia; $75; 303-688-4600 or cherokeeranch.org.
The Weekend
Joe’s amazing coat
THEATER|Backstage Theatre presents an outdoor concert version of the Biblical rock romp “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” |7:30 p.m. today through Sunday|Riverwalk Center, 150 Adams Ave., Breckenridge; $18-$22 (970-547-3100, ext. 8).
The Week
Western lit
READINGS|The West boasts one of the richest literary legacies of any region in the country. The University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center of the American West will celebrate that heritage with “Words to Stir the Soul: Readings from the American West.” A dozen faculty members and community members will read excerpts – none more than five minutes in length – from their favorite Western-related literature.|7 p.m. Tuesday|Old Main Chapel, CU-Boulder campus; free; 303-492-4879 or centerwest.org.
American Idols Live!
TV-MADE POP|Yes, the most recent “American Idol” winner, Taylor Hicks (below), will perform at this live presentation of the hit TV show at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday. And yes, Pop Tarts really is the presenting sponsor. (Fitting, right?) Also scheduled to perform at the big pop concert: Katharine McPhee, Elliott Yamin, local crooner Ace Young, Bucky Covington, Kellie Pickler, Lisa Tucker, Chris Daughtry, Paris Bennett and Mandisa.|7 p.m., Tuesday.|Pepsi Center; $34.50-$64.50; ticketmaster.com, 303-830-8497
Dance … and then Gossip!
DANCE-ROCK|It’s impossible to capture the excitement of a Gossip show in words, because it’s the kind of experience that has to be sweated out. The Portland band is touring with Erase Errata (whose new album is tremendously cool) and they’ll play Rock Island on Tuesday in a special all-ages show with Mika Miko opening. |8:30 p.m., Tuesday.|Rock Island; $12; larimerlounge.com
His brother’s keeper
FILM|The Denver Public Library continues its Truth & Lives series with “Brother’s Keeper,” directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofky, the insightful duo that made “Metallica: Some Kind of Monster” and “Paradise Lost: The Child Murders of Robin Hood Hills.” In this 1992, documentary, they turned their attention to the Ward brothers of upstate New York. The insular world of the dairy-farming “Ward Boys” was pried open when Delbert, 59, was charged with the murder of brother Bill, 64. “Brother’s Keeper” remains a powerfully tender film about family, community and miscarriages of justice.|6:30 p.m., Tuesday.| Central Library, 10 W. 14th Avenue Pkwy, Level B2 Conference Center; free; 720-865-1111
Claws out
THEATER|The 25th anniversary tour of the feline musical “Cats” returns to the Buell Theatre for five days beginning Tuesday. The world’s first mega-musical is based on T.S. Eliot’s “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” set to the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.|8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Sept. 9 and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sept, 10|Denver Performing Arts Complex; $25-$62; 303-893-4100 or 866-464-2626, denvercenter.org or at all TicketsWest outlets, the Cherry Creek Shopping Center or all King Soopers stores.
