Ongoing. Mixed media. In her tiny, fastidiously realized intaglio prints, Tonia Bonnell expresses a great deal with seemingly very little. That, in a nutshell, is what minimalism is all about. Bonnell and two other area artists, Kim Harrell (jewelry and silver tableware) and Lynda Ladwig (porcelain tableware and sculpture), are showcased in “Untitled,” which is billed as an “intimate exhibition . . . inspired by the principles of minimalism.” It continues through April 26 at East End Fine Arts, 1556 Florence St., in Aurora. Free. 720-203-3575 or . Kyle MacMillan
Through March 30. Installations. The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6091 Wadsworth Blvd., has reasserted its place on the local art scene with a soon-to-close offering in its main lower gallery, “More Big Beautiful Things.” The exhibition, which continues through March 30, brings together installations by five of Colorado’s most inventive sculptors, several of whom are probably not as well recognized locally as they deserve to be. Few if any other area galleries would have the capacity to accommodate all these large-scale works at once. Free. 720-898-7200 or . Kyle MacMillan
Music
Today and Saturday. Classical music. With the help, among other things, of the movie, “Shine,” Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 has gained even more popularity than it already had. It will be the centerpiece of a Colorado Symphony program this weekend with conductor laureate Marin Alsop and Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero as guest soloist. Also on the program is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral.” Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday in Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. $15-$69.50. 303-623-7876 or . Kyle MacMillan
Television
Tonight. News magazine. ABC’s “2 0/20” cashes in on and takes off from the scandal involving former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer with a two-part special anchored by Diane Sawyer, “Prostitution in America: Working Girls Speak,” 8-10 p.m. tonight on KMGH-Channel 7. Hint: They’re not all working for high-end prostitution rings at thousands of dollars per client. Joanne Ostrow
Movies
Tonight. Documentary. It’s still wowing ’em in Columbia, Mo. It has screened at the Lyric Cinema Cafe in Fort Collins. Now Todd Sklar’s 20- something college comedy “Box Elder” is headed to the Starz FilmCenter for a one-night showing. The theme of buddies making their clumsy way through the last years of college is hardly new. They slack. They nap. They eat an inordinate amount of sandwiches. But the way Sklar and his indie filmmaking cohort are attempting new distribution channels is heartening. Come hear them expound. 8 tonight, Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli, 9th and Auraria Parkway. $7. 303-820-3456. Lisa Kennedy
Thursday. Documentary. Tireless media activist Jason Bosch and ArgusFest have held screenings of human rights-oriented films for the past seven years. See the fine work they do Thursday “The Other Side of the Country” screens at alt-culture hub the Mercury Cafe. Canadian Catherine Hebert’s ruminative beauty about the 20-year conflict in Uganda is told from the perspective of five inhabitants of ravaged northern region. March 27, 7 p.m. the Mercury Cafe, 2199 California St., suggested donation, for more info go to . Lisa Kennedy
Theater
Tuesday. Play reading. Local playwright Steve Hunter’s “Mutiny of Desire” will be the featured staged reading Tuesday as part of the Colorado Theatre Guild’s New Venture Series. Set on a British warship isolated in the vast Indian Ocean, six men are about to hang for committing crimes considered so unspeakable that all traces of their existence will disappear for 150 years. A story of nonconformity and betrayal. 7:30 p.m. at Theatre Off Broadway, 1124 Santa Fe Drive. Free. . John Moore
Comedy
Today-Thursday. Stand-up. It’s going to be a funny week in Denver, and not just because of the schizophrenic March weather. The Improv will host veteran Eddie Griffin (“Norbit,” “Date Movie”) today and Saturday and Steve Trevino (“Comics Unleashed”) Wednesday-March 30. Comedy Works will also feature the Denver debuts of the U.K.’s John Oliver (“The Daily Show”), today and Saturday, and fresh face Anjelah Johnson (“Mad TV”), above, Thursday and March 28. Visit and for times and prices. John Wenzel
Dance
Saturday. Dance/Music. Respected contemporary ballet company Lemon Sponge Cake and the Boulder Philharmonic will join forces at Mackey Auditorium this weekend for “Choreographic Fusion,” part of a clever interdisciplinary series that includes titles like “Cinematic Fusion” and “Shakespearean Fusion.” 7:30 p.m. CU-Boulder campus, $10-$65, 303-449-1343 ext. 2 or . John Wenzel
