Six degrees of rock with Kevin
Sunday. Famous-faced rock ‘n’ roll. You know actor Kevin Bacon from films, celeb mags and the six-degrees game. But do you know him as a rock star? Kevin Bacon and his brother Michael (a composer for film and TV) are the Bacon Brothers, a rock outfit that just released its sixth album, “New Year’s Day,” last week. (Yep, we said “sixth.” The BBs have been playing together for nearly 15 years, making them veterans of a few different industries.) The band will close its current tour with a show at the Hard Rock Cafe Denver (500 16th Street Mall, Suite 120) at 10 p.m. Sunday. Tickets, $25-$100 ( the costlier VIP tickets include a meet-and- greet), are available via . The show is for those 21 and older. Ricardo Baca
Classical music
Saturday. Classical guitar. The Italian guitar virtuosos Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli have gained widespread critical attention for their sensitive, technically sophisticated playing. The two, who bill themselves as SoloDuo, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday under the auspices of the Denver Classical Guitar Society. The program, which will take place at the South Broadway Christian Church, 23 Lincoln St., will include works by such composers as Mario Castelnuovo- Tedesco and Gioacchino Rossini. $20. . Kyle MacMillan
Wednesday and Thursday. Piano music. In December 2007, keyboardist Ingrid Fliter wowed Colorado Symphony audiences with a solo turn in Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, proving her to be an artist of uncommon depth and substance. The Gilmore Artist Award winner will return to the region with concerts at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the University of Denver’s Newman Center for the Performing Arts, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., and 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the University of Wyoming ($18, $15 students and seniors; 307-766-6666 and .). Wednesday’s concert will take place under the auspices of Friends of Chamber Music. $30. 303-388-9839 or friendsofchamber . Kyle MacMillan
Sunday. Choral music. It’s no accident that the Colorado Symphony Chorus is regularly invited to perform at the prestigious Aspen Music Festival and elsewhere in the region. The chorus has developed into a first-rate ensemble that can masterfully handle virtually any kind of repertoire. It will mark its 25th anniversary with a concert led by its founder and director, Duain Wolfe. The program of choral masterworks will take place at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Boettcher Concert Hall. $35, $17.50 students and children. 303-623-7876 or coloradosymphony . Kyle MacMillan
Music and dance
Saturday. Choral music and dance. There was confusion last week over the date, but “Musica Fiesta” will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave. The Colorado Women’s Chorale, Fiesta Colorado Dance Company and Mariachi Sol de Mi Tierra will team for the collaborative celebration of Latin music and dance. $10, $5 students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door. Kyle MacMillan.
Visual arts
Thursday. Art. Colorado State University will celebrate the opening of its University Art Museum with a free ribbon-cutting and reception from to 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. The 4,000-square- foot space is part of the new University Center for the Arts, which is located in what was formerly Fort Collins High School, 1400 Remington St. With a year-round schedule of rotating exhibitions, the museum will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. The opening offerings include “Reflection, Refraction, Reconfiguration: Images From the Collection of Polly and Mark Addison,” which will be on view through June 13. 970-491-1989 or artmuseum . Kyle MacMillan
Theater
Through April 6. Psychology staged.Take Sigmund Freud and God as a dandy in a tuxedo, put them in a French play, and you have the makings for the unlikeliest hit of the theater season. Eric Emmanuel-Schmitt’s “The Visitor” peeks in on Freud (Rick Bernstein) as he ponders signing a Gestapo-penned paper that would allow him and his daughter, Anna, to flee the Nazis. The visitor of the title (Eric Mather) is a patient who claims to be God. This sets off the philosophical and spiritual debate of a lifetime — at least that’s how Kurt Brighton called it in his review (denverpost.com/ theater). 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays through (except 2 p.m. closing day, April 5), at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden. $20 (303-935-3044 or .). John Moore
Family fun
Wednesday. Food and art. Snow White meets a new group of friends in the Boulder Dinner Theatre’s latest kids production, “Snow White and the Dwarves of Dweedlebury.” Audience interaction is part of the “Kids Kabaret” show, where Snow White learns not to “judge a dwarf by his manners.” 10 a.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays through May 15, and 11 a.m. Saturdays through April 25. Tickets are $7. Buy tickets in advance by calling 303-449-6000 or visit . Kathleen St. John
Thursday-April 5. Classic, class act. The Harlem Globetrotters bring their high-flying hoops skills to the Front Range starting Thursday in Loveland, continuing on to Colorado Springs and Denver. Now in their 82nd year, the Globetrotters are still wowing crowds worldwide with their amazing stunts and tricky gameplay with some laughs thrown in, too. 7 p.m. Thursday and 2 p.m. April 5 at Budweiser Events Center, 5290 Arena Circle, Loveland; 970-619-4100. Tickets are $15-$90, available by calling 877-544-8499. At 7 p.m. April 3, The action moves to World Arena, 3185 Venetucci Blvd., Colorado Springs. Tickets are $20-$75, available at 866-464-2626 and at King Soopers locations. Things wrap up at 1 p.m. April 4 at Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle; 303-405-1100. Tickets are $24-$150, 303-830-TIXS or at . Kathleen St. John
Dance
Today-Sunday. 21st-century dance. Cellphone and YouTube voting? This is the new face of dance. The region’s most exciting dance competition returns with Ballet Nouveau Colorado’s Dancemakers 2.0, which features new pieces from its trio of finalists. Your “American Idol”-style votes — and a prestigious panel of judges — singled out Jon Sloven, Jennifer Hart and Joshua Blake Carter from video submissions on the Web. Now the young choreographers will battle it out in a show that also includes a new work from BNC artistic director Garrett Ammon. Today-Sunday. Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway; also April 3-5 at the Pinnacle Events Center. $22-$26. 303-466-5685 or . John Wenzel
