Music
Tonight. Popular music. Thought you’d never live to see the day David Lee Roth took the stage with Eddie Van Halen at his side? Think again. The two are reunited for the first time in decades for a Van Halen tour that brings them to the Pepsi Center tonight. (See story on page 1F.) Ky-Mani Marley opens the show, and tickets, $49.50-$149.50, are still available via or 303-830-8497.
Ricardo Baca
Tonight. Popular music. The Living Room Series might as well be called A Moveable Feast Jr. The presenters behind the all-songwriter Feast present the Living Room Series to get us through the lean months. Whereas the Feast gives us an entire day of singer-songwriters, the series gives us four acts in one night. Tonight’s show at the Meadowlark will feature Achille Lauro, Joe Sampson (of A Dog, Paloma), Jason Cain (of Astrophagus) and Matt Boyer (formerly of Walking Into Drawings) with Dave Devine. 2701 Larimer St. 8 p.m. $5. , 303-293-0251.
Ricardo Baca
Friday and Saturday. Symphonic music. This weekend’s Colorado Symphony program includes Richard Strauss’ infrequently heard Oboe Concerto, with principal oboist Peter Cooper as the soloist. Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday in Boettcher Concert Hall. $15-$69.50. 303-623-7876 or coloradosymphony .
Kyle MacMillan
Saturday.International music. Argentina, Mexico, Brazil: The music of these countries and more will be showcased in “It Takes Two — From Blues to Tango,” with pianist Nancy Roldán and violinist Jose Cueto. The performance will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the King Center, Auraria Campus. $21. 303-556-2296 or .
Kyle MacMillan
Visual Art
Through the week.Ceramics. Just opened is “Colorado Clay,” a biennial showcase of some of the state’s best ceramicists. Juror Richard Notkin of Helena, Mont., selected 12 artists who are each represented with as many as 10 pieces. The show runs through March 9 at the Foothills Art Center in Golden. 303-279-3922 or .
Kyle MacMillan
Through the week. Photography. As China undergoes its massive transformation into modernity, industrialism inevitably comes into conflict with traditional rural lifestyles. “Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change,” a touring show from the Smithsonian Institution, examines this clash. It runs through Feb. 18 at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. 970-351-2184 or .
Kyle MacMillan
Movies
Tuesday. Documentaries. Talk about timing. The Denver Public Library kicks off its month-long documentary series “African-Americans in Politics: Film from then to now!” Tuesday with journalist Juan Williams’ historical documentary about black politicians who reached out to the mainstream from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights movement. “The New Black Power” screens Tuesday at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, 2401 Welton St. 720-865-2401, 6:30. Free.
Lisa Kennedy
Thursday-Feb. 16. Festival. The Colorado premiere of the recently Oscar- nominated Israeli film “Beaufort” is just one of the many fine reasons to attend the 12th Denver Jewish Film Festival.
Lisa Kennedy
Dining
Through the week.Italian. Larimer Square gets a shot of cool with Osteria Marco, a new wine-pizza-salumi bar in a cavernous brick-lined basement. House-made cheeses and meats make a great supporting cast, but it’s the creative, all-Italian wine roster that stars. Come on Sunday for the slow-roasted suckling pig special.
Tucker Shaw
Theater
Ongoing. When is another production of “Little Shop of Horrors” noteworthy? When it’s being staged by Boulder’s Dinner Theatre, with the estimable Joanie Brosseau-Beyette as Audrey and Brandon Dill as Seymour. The plant’s still gonna eat the world, but it’ll be fun watching it happen while we get to chow down on some of that succulent chicken cordon bleu. Plays through May 3. Call 303-449-6000 or go to . $35.
John Moore
Today-Feb. 17. It was “Loud” at Heritage Square last summer” and it’s “Loud” again this winter as the Music Hall remounts its runaway hit, “Too Old to Be Loud,” for a limited engagement in Golden. In this installment of the venerable pop-music review, ringleader T.J. Mullin takes on Buddy Holly, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Elton John and even . . . Baby Spice. Plays through Feb. 17. 303-279-7800 or . $25.50-$38.50.
John Moore
Television
Sunday. Sports. Apparently, there’s some sort of game played Sunday afternoon between the commercials. Super Bowl XLII: New England Patriots vs. New York Giants gets under way at 4 p.m. on KDVR-Channel 31 after hours of pre-game ramp-up by Fox. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers entertain at halftime. With some 90 million viewers, it’s still the biggest advertising venue in television.
Joanne Ostrow
Comedy
Friday and Saturday. Stand-up. If you’ve ever fallen on hard romantic times — and who hasn’t? — you can relate to the directness of “He’s Just Not That Into You.” The New York Times bestseller, co-written by stand-up comedian and talk show host Greg Behrendt, cuts through the haze of most advice tomes, spawning sequels like “It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken” and the forthcoming “It’s Just a Bleeping Date.” Beh rendt brings his no-nonsense humor to Comedy Works tonight and Saturday, with tonight’s late show benefitting SafeHouse Denver. Various times. 303-595-3637 or . $25.
John Wenzel
Stunning wildlife images captured in large format
Thursday.Photography. Kate Breakey creates large-format, hand-colored photographs of birds, flowers and reptiles that manage to be both documentary and other-worldly at the same time. An exhibition of these stunning images opens Thursday at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History in Boulder with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. and an artist lecture at 7 p.m. 303-492-6892 or . To see nearly 15,000 additional listings for music, movies, theater, comedy, museums, art shows and more, go to .
Kyle MacMillan
