Weekend Live!
Your ticket to ride
Elitch Gardens opens today at 10 a.m., marking its 120th season. This is also Joining Forces Day, a military-appreciation event noted by the Air Force Academy Drum and Bugle Corps at 9:45 a.m. Admission is $24.99 and $40.99; kids 3 and under get in free. 2000 Elitch Circle. or 303-595-4386
Spring is in the air
Get outside for the third annual Boulder Home & Garden Fair at Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street Retail District, today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local home and garden companies will demonstrate their products and services, and spring plants will be available for purchase. Free. Between 28th and 30th streets along Canyon Boulevard in Boulder. or 303-443-0600 ext. 109
At the Movies
Freddy’s baaaaaack
The remake of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” brings back Freddy Krueger, the disfigured, brown-fedora-and- striped-shirt-wearing villain who kills his prey in their dreams, only to have the terror relived when they awake. R. 1 hour 42 minutes.
Mother Nature bites back
A planned subdivision makes some local and vocal enemies of the furry variety. The ultimate animal-rights group — bears, raccoons, mice and other critters — gives “environmental protest” a whole new meaning in “Furry Vengeance.” Starring Brendan Fraser and Brooke Shields. PG. 1 hour, 32 minutes.
Homebodies
The devil’s playground
Terry Gilliam directed the colorful and bizarrely imaginative “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” a modern-day morality tale. The film, which was Heath Ledger’s last, is now out on DVD. PG-13. 2 hours, 3 minutes.
An affair to remember
Also on DVD, “It’s Complicated” is the story of a divorced couple who have a fling at their son’s graduation, only to set off a series of events that range from sad and silly to absurd and shocking. R. 2 hours.
