TODAY
A Joring Experience
The annual Crystal Carnival and Ski Joring Festival wraps up today in Leadville, a spectacle more than worth the gas required for the drive. A skier towed by a teammate on horseback navigates jumps and spears rings in a timed competition. Teams compete for sizable cash rewards. Don’t miss the broomball games, which give ski joring stiff competition in the odd-sports category. So does the snowshoe race for teens, which requires competitors to run while holding a full cup of water. 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. today, Harrison Avenue in downtown Leadville.
MORE FOR THE WEEK
THURSDAY — SATURDAY
The Motet Classic with drummer Dave Watts revives the old-school Afro-Cuban world music at venues in Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver. Motet vocalist Jans Ingber joins the reunion. Hodi’s Half Note in Fort Collins on Thursday; Boulder Theater in Boulder on Friday; and Cervantes’ in Denver on Saturday;
THURSDAY — FRIDAY
Tailgate Party and TV auditions for Teens — celebrates the Colorado high school basketball semifinal competition. “Keeping It Real,” a show on KWHD and KWHS, sponsors the party and will host its show here, along with tryouts for potential co-hosts for its show. 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., Denver Coliseum, 4500 Humboldt St., Denver
SATURDAY
Personal stories of Holocaust survivors — a presentation by Colorado residents once incarcerated in Nazi death camps, plus “Varian Fry: Assignment Rescue,” a guided tour of an exhibit on loan from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2:30 to 4 p.m., Aurora History Museum, 15051 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora; 303-739-6666 or
