Grateful weekend
Using entire shows from the Grateful Dead’s 30 years of extensive touring as a launching pad, Dark Star Orchestra re-creates the original song- for-song performance for a new generation of Deadheads. Tonight at the Boulder Theater. boulder . $29.50.
Sit down for some stand-up
Beloved NYC cabbie Ben Bailey, above, host of Discovery Channel’s Cash Cab, brings his highly hailed hilarity to Larimer Square’s Comedy Works tonight. comedy . $25.
at the movies
Monster mash
In “Monsters vs. Aliens,” the first movie completely developed for 3-D, a goofy band of “monsters,” including The Missing Link, gelatinous B.O.B. and Insectosaurus, play defense when aliens storm Earth. PG. 1 hour, 34 minutes.
It’s kinda cold in here
Ostensibly based on a true story, “The Haunting in Connecticut” chronicles a family’s move to a charming Victorian house only to be terrorized by otherworldly beings. Can you say creepy? PG-13. 1 hour, 32 minutes.
homebodies
Thunderous belly laughs
“Bolt” is the animated story of a misguided canine TV star who, believing he’s a superhero, escapes the set of his show to save his endangered owner, Penny. With help from a ragtag gang of friends, Bolt realizes his powers are of the more mundane variety. PG, 1 hour, 36 minutes.
Mean green machine
In “Quantum of Solace,” Daniel Craig plays a blonder Bond who’s seeking revenge for the death of his lover. Add an environment-saving plot twist and stir. PG-13. 1 hour, 46 minutes.
