Friday
Ensemble at CU
JAZZ|John Scofield, center, ranks with Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell as one of the jazz guitar greats. He has collaborated with the likes of Miles and Charlie Mingus, and mixes a range of styles. He will join bassist Steve Swallow and drummer Bill Stewart, far right, for an evening of small-ensemble jazz as part of the University of Colorado Artist Series.|7:30 p.m. today|Macky Auditorium, CU-Boulder campus; $10-$50; 303-492-8008 or cuconcerts.org.
Saturday
Tracy Linder
ART|Montana artist Tracy Linder grew up on a farm and experienced the natural cycles of life firsthand. In “Tracy Linder: Bio[logic],” an exhibition continuing through May 19, she draws on this background and explores these cycles in sometimes poetic, unexpected ways. The work, “Beets,” for example, consists of beet plants (re-created from animal collagen and artificial sinew) hung in a solitary row.|Artist talk, 1 p.m. Saturday|Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, 201 S. College Ave.; free; 970-482-2787 or fcmoca.org.
“SEED” show
FASHION|Spring means it’s time to trade the hats and scarfs for shorts and skirts. Fashion Denver celebrates this heartening fact with their spring market, “SEED,” featuring comedy from Adam Cayton-Holland and Ben Kronberg and tunes from Dan Craig, Josh Novak and DJs Eddie B., Japadapta and Iridel. A pair of runway shows and an all-day market will highlight our city’s best original apparel, bags and jewelry. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit Dress for Success.| Saturday, noon-8 p.m.| Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave., $5, 720-266-4418 or fashiondenver.com.
Appalachia Waltz
CROSSOVER CLASSICAL| Mark O’Connor has gained widespread acclaim with his imaginative and always tasteful blends of folk and classical music. His Appalachia Waltz Trio will conclude a regional tour with a concert this weekend in Lakewood. The group was inspired by a compact disc O’Connor recorded in 1996 with bassist Edgar Meyer and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.|7:30 p.m. Saturday|Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway; $26; 303-987-7845 or lakewood.org.
The Weekend
“Lost in Place”
DANCE|”Lost in Place” deals with themes of migration and ethnicity as they relate to spirituality and losing a sense of place. Distinctive choreography from Katie Elliott and eclectic lighting, music and imagery help evoke the show’s timely, universal topics.|8 p.m. tonight-Saturday, April 13-14|Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St. in Boulder, $15-$20, 303- 444-7328 or thedairy.org.
CSU student show
DANCE|Students from Colorado State University’s Dance department continue to celebrate Dance Month with their “Studio Night.” Entirely student-run, the show displays the choreography, performance and production skills of more than 50 Colorado State students.|8 p.m. tonight and 2 p.m. Saturday|Dance Studio on the third floor of the General Services Building on the University campus, $4-$7, 970-491-4TIX or csutix.com.
The Week
Faculty recital
CLASSICAL MUSIC|Most chamber-music concerts focus on trios and quartets. But an upcoming faculty recital at the University of Denver showcases two larger works – Ernst von Dohnányi’s rarely heard Sextet (1935) and Antonín Dvorák’s Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 (1887).|7:30 p.m. Wednesday|Hamilton Recital Hall, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave.; $18; 303-357-2787 or ticketmaster.com.
