Crooning with CSO
POPS|Still nursing a Valentine’s Day hangover? A little crooning ought to cure that. Jack Jones, the silky voice behind songs such as the “Impossible Dream” and “The Love Boat,” will celebrate his golden anniversary by teaming with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, with Tom Garvin conducting.|7:30 p.m. Saturday|
Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis, $15-$67.50, 303-623-7876.
Fine bourbons
TASTING BENEFIT|Who knew drinking could feel so good? Knob Creek will present a free tasting of “rare and special bourbons” from around the country, with a small suggested donation to benefit The Woman’s Bean Project, which helps women break the cycle of poverty and unemployment through job training. The Walnut Room will provide its famous thin- crust pizza and sandwiches at no charge.|6 p.m.
Sunday|3131 Walnut St., free with $5 suggested
donation, 303 295-1868 or thewalnutroom.com.
Chamber works
CHAMBER MUSIC|Under the eye of Catherine Sailer, the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra performs baroque and classical masterworks and explores lesser-
known historic works. This weekend you’ll have a chance to hear their take on Gabriel Faurés’ “Pavane” and “Requiem” and Ottorino Respighi’s “Three Botticelli Pictures,” presented by Augustana Arts.|7:30 p.m
today and Saturday|Tonight at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4500 Wadsworth Blvd. in Wheat Ridge; Saturday at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave.; $5-$15, 303-388-4962 or TicketsWest.com.
Choir weekend
CHORAL MUSIC|This weekend is a bonanza for choral- music fans. Two of the region’s top chamber choirs will perform two very different programs. The Ars Nova Singers will present Spanish composer Tomas Luis de Victoria’s “Tenebrae Responsories” and the women of St. Martin’s Chamber Choir will perform a mixed line-up.|Ars Nova, 7:30 p.m. today, First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder, and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, St. Elizabeth’s Church, Auraria campus; St. Martin’s, 7:30 p.m. today, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, St. Elizabeth’s Church.|
Ars Nova, $20, 303-499-
3165 or arsnovasingers.org; St. Martin’s, $20, 303-298-1970 or
stmartinschamberchoir.org.
Huston classic
FILM|John Huston’s 1964 “Night of the Iguana” is the last in the Denver Public Library’s Tennessee Williams series, “Southern Gothic.” In Puerto Vallarta, Richard Burton’s defrocked man-of- the-cloth tries to keep a flirtatious student at bay. Played by Sue Lyon, she’s touring with a busload of Baptist ladies. Deborah Kerr is a sketch artist traveling with her frail father. And as hotel proprietor Maxine, the growling, galvanizing Ava Gardner frolics in the surf with couple of handsome locals.|6:30-
9 p.m., Tuesday|Central Library, 10 W. Fourteenth Ave. Pkwy, Level B2 Conference Center; free; 720-865-1111
St. Petersburg Ballet
DANCE|The St. Petersburg Classic Ballet Theatre will make a stop in Fort Collins as part of its seventh tour in North America. The 12-member company was founded in 1996 by Marina Medvetskaya, a former prima ballerina with the Tbilisi (Georgia) State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. |7:30 p.m. Wednesday|
Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins; $20 and $22; 970-221-6730 or lctix.com.
Russian American Kids CIRCUS|Although deeply rooted in history, circuses still resonate with contemporary audiences. Trained by veterans of the world-famous Moscow Circus, the Russian American Kids Circus brings a youthful bent to the venerable art form. The group will offer four family performances during a stop in Fort Collins.|5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Feb. 23|Lincoln Center, 417 W. Magnolia St., Fort Collins; $7 and $9; 970-221-6730 or lctix.com.
“Amazing Grace”
FILM|Former slave-ship captain John Newton wrote “Amazing Grace” as an act of deep atonement. In Michael Apted’s movie, Albert Finney plays Newton, friend and moral mentor to William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd), who fought to end Britain’s slave trade. It’s only fitting that a special screening of this drama about faith and social justice aid Denver’s St. Francis Center in its fight against homelessness. |7 p.m., Thursday|Buell Theatre, 950 13th Street; $10-$25; patron tickets for film and pre-screening party $100-$250; Kings Soopers, or through ticketswest at 866-464-2626 or www.ticketswest.com.
Black History Month SONGS AND POEMS|The University of Colorado College of Music will celebrate Black History Month by performing songs and spirituals from black American composers. Students from the College of Arts and Science will provide also read the poetry of the great Langston Hughes.|4:30 p.m. Monday.|Grusin Music Hall, Imig Music Building, University of Colorado at Boulder campus; free
Mardi Gras show
LAUNCH PARTY|As Denver’s indie promoters consolidate under corporate banners, the little guys have no choice but to band together. That’s the idea, anyway, behind the “East Meets West”-style alliance of the Oriental Theater and the Cervantes/Quixote’s/
Dulcinea’s group. They’ll
celebrate their booking and promotions partnership with a Mardi Gras show from The Clumsy Lovers on Fat Tuesday and Shakedown Street on Wednesday.|9 p.m. Tuesday-
Wednesday|Oriental Theater, 4335 West 44th Ave., $12-$15, 303-455-2124 or Virtuous.com.
