TODAY
Listen closely
Veronika String Quartet
2:30 p.m., Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, 210 N. Santa Fe Ave., Pueblo. $15 at the door. 719-295-7200 or sdc-arts.org.
Pueblo’s best-kept secret may be the Russian-rooted Veronika String Quartet, in residence at Colorado State University-Pueblo since 1999. The group of four female performers has won top prizes all over the world, but members are loyal to the hometown crowd, offering regular performances as part of their Chamber Music with the Veronika String Quartet series. Today they play “The Russian Soul: Shostakovich,” including works of Shostakovich, Turina and Hayden.
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MONDAY Long ago and today | Earth and planetary sciences Prof. James Zachos discusses what an episode of global warming that occurred millions of years ago says about what is happening on Earth today. 7 p.m. $15; $12 for Denver Museum of Nature & Science members. | Ricketson Auditorium, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver | dmns.org or 303-322-7009.
TUESDAY “The Man, the Mayor and the Making of Modern Denver” | Former Mayor Wellington Webb lectures and signs copies of his new book at 7 p.m. Free, sponsored by the Black American West Museum and History Colorado. | Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway, Denver | 303-344-9411 or blackamericanwestmuseum.com
THURSDAY Blood Diamonds Gala | “Blood Diamonds” author Greg Campbell, the World View Book Club and the Chapungu Gallery partner in a gala event to raise money for UNICEF and to aid children soldiers in Africa. 5:30 p.m. Author talk at 6:15 p.m. Silent auction closes at 8 p.m. Free. | Chapungu Gallery, 5971 Sky Pond Drive, Unit C-100, Centerra Shopping Center, Loveland | RSVP to 970-461-8020
SATURDAY “I learned about flying from that!” | Illustrator and pilot Barry Ross talks at the opening of an exhibit of 25 years of his watercolor work for Flying magazine. 9 a.m. Free with admission to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. Exhibit hangs through June. | 7711 E. Academy Blvd., Denver | 303-360-5360 or wingsmuseum.org.
