FRIDAY
“Generation Gap”
ART|Masonville artist Amanda Marie’s iconic imagery draws on a range of influences, including coloring books. She uses stencils and sewing patterns in her work, which incorporates media such as spray paint and acrylic. She will be featured in “Generation Gap,” a solo show running Aug. 31 through Oct. 20. |Opening reception, 7 p.m. today|Andenken Gallery, 2110 Market St.; free; 303-292-3281 or andenken
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Boulder Stampede
MARCHING BAND|Get into the spirit of Saturday’s highly anticipated CU-CSU football rivalry by checking out the CU-Boulder marching band’s Pearl Street Stampede. The free performances – which start today and continue every Friday before home games – feature 200 band members in a pregame show of hometown pride on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall.|7 p.m. today-Nov. 2.|1300 Pearl St. in Boulder, free, 303-
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The Weekend
Denverfest rocks
ROCK|Bringing together a potent slate of artists – from Denver and beyond – Denverfest takes over area rock clubs this weekend. The unquestionable highlight of the weekend is Saturday’s show at the Marquis Theatre, which features three reunited Denver bands – Christie Front Drive, the Volts and Crestfallen – with a local band on the verge of breaking up, Planes Mistaken for Stars. For more on Denverfest, read The Denver Post’s interview with The Volts’ J.R. Spiegel online at . |8 p.m.-2 a.m., today-Sunday.|Locations and ticket prices vary; see website for details; .
Mountain music
FOLK, BLUEGRASS|This year’s Four Corners Folk Festival has an impressive lineup, making the 5 1/2-hour drive from Denver to Pagosa Springs worth the effort. The festival gets a soft start today with the Wilders headlining, but things heat up on Saturday with Nickel Creek and the Darrell Scott Band, and on Sunday with the Jerry Douglas Band and the Subdudes. |2-10 p.m., today-Sunday.|Reservoir Hill Park, Pagosa Springs; ticket prices vary; 877-472-4672 or
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A little Aspen music
JAM, R&B, ROCK|Labor Day means it’s Jazz Aspen Snowmass time. The performers at this year’s eclectic gathering of music under the sun and stars in Snowmass Village include the Allman Brothers Band, Derek Trucks, Joss Stone, John Legend, Michael Franti, Ben Harper, Nickel Creek and others. |1-10 p.m., today-Monday.|Snowmass Town Park, Snowmass Village; prices vary, see website for details;
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Double the fun
COMEDY|Two improv comedy companies join forces this weekend when The Rodents of Unusual Size and Monkey’s Uncle Comedy Improv present back-to-back shows at the Avenue Theater. The evening, billed “When Animals Improv II,” will be filled with games, skits, musical numbers and character pieces, both scripted and improvised. |7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday|417 E. 17th Ave., $12 for one show, $20 for both, 303-321-5925 or
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The Week
Urban green spaces
ART|Two local photographers did not have to go far to find the subject matter for their latest bodies of work. Kevin O’Connell and Richard Van Pelt explored easy-to-overlook urban green spaces. The resulting images are shown in an exhibition running through Oct. 5.|Reception 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday|O’Sullivan Art Gallery, Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd., free, 303-964-3634 or
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Hitchcock’s lens
FILM|Local film critic Walter Chaw’s latest series at the Denver Public Library’s main branch, “Reel Genuis – Great Cinematographers,” celebrates film’s most elemental power. Alfred Hitchcock’s “Shadow of a Doubt” kicks off the five-week series. Shot by Joseph Valentine, who worked with Hitch on “Rope” and “Saboteur,” this classic (reportedly the director’s fave) brings menace, shadow and a murderer to a small American town. Joseph Cotten plays Uncle Charlie. Teresa Wright is his increasingly suspicious niece and namesake. |6:30 p.m. Tuesday|Central Library, Level B2 Conference Center, 10 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, free; 720-865-1111
So-Cal laughfest
STAND-UP COMEDY|If all the grilling, wrangling of kids and picnic table-cleaning gets you down this weekend, step inside the Soiled Dove Underground for a spirit lift. Its Labor Day Comedy Jam features a stylistically, ethnically diverse slate of Southern California comedians, including Loni Love, pictured above, (U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch”), Eric Blake (HBO’s “War on Comedy,” BET’s “Best of Comic View”) and Joey Medina (A&E’s “Evening at the Improv”)|8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., Monday|7401 E. First Ave., $25-$37.50, 303-366-0007 or tavern
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It’s Toofy time
FILM FESTIVAL|Independent film, music and fashion will get its Boulder due at this year’s Toofy Film Festival. The event kicks off Thursday with a fine-art opening at JoyEngine, a designer toy store, clothing boutique and art gallery on 13th Street, and continues through the weekend with music and eight short and full-length film events.|Various times Thursday-Sept. 9|Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St. in Boulder, $7-$32.50, 303-786-7030 or .
