Weekend Live!
A Christmas classic
Rocky Mountain Conservatory Theatre presents “Miracle on 34th Street,” a story about Kris Kringle overcoming detractors so that he can personify good will and holiday spirit. Tickets: $12-$14. Runs today at 2 and 7 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.; Rocky Mountain Conservatory Theatre at the University of Denver, 2306 E. Evans Ave. Info: 303-476-0222 or
Hot stuff for the holidays
Classical meets gospel and Handel meets the groove factor in “Too Hot to Handel,” a holiday tradition courtesy of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35-$95. Boettcher Concert Hall, 14th and Curtis streets. 303-623-7876 or .
At the Movies
Divorce courting?
In “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” starring Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker, an estranged big city couple is put in the witness-protection program and relocated to a small town in Wyoming. PG-13. 1 hour, 43 minutes.
Otherworldly special effects
In the highly anticipated new movie “Avatar,” directed by James Cameron, former Marine Jake Sully is selected to participate in a space program that will enable him to walk again after being paralyzed. But things get complicated when his new extraterrestrial friends must contend with predatory hunters. PG-13. 2 hours, 42 minutes.
Homebodies
Yasgur’s farm will never be the same
A young guy working at his parents’ motel in upstate New York inadvertently sets up the generation-defining concert in the summer of ’69 in “Taking Woodstock,” now on DVD. Based on a true story and directed by Ang Lee. R. 1 hour, 50 minutes.
When (guinea) pigs fly
In “G-Force,” Producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s first 3-D film, a covertly trained team of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a nefarious gazillionaire from taking over the world. PG. 1 hour, 28 minutes.
