Weekend Live!
Lean, green, DIY machine
Eco-smart home upgrades — products and services such as Crawlspace Conversion, a company that finishes existing crawl spaces as opposed to building costly additions, or New Earth Pellets, wood pellets for home heating from beetle-infected lodgepole pines — are a major focus of the Colorado Fall Home Show, happening through Sunday at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St. Hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. today and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $12; $10 for seniors; kids 12 and under are free. Feast on this
The Local Food Festival today and Sunday at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield spotlights all things you can eat locally and the people who make them. A market, resources, workshops and a chili cook-off celebrate the state’s culinary culture. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Admission is free. 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton.
At the Movies
In-your-face gore
Director Paul W.S. Anderson promises “a new dimension in action horror” in “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” starring the eclectic Milla Jovovich. The film, which picks up the story of Alice the zombie killer, capitalizes on 3-D technology to give horror-movie fans a thrilling eyeful. R. 1 hour, 40 minutes
Home Bodies
Flames and feathered hair.
“MacGruber,” the “Saturday Night Live”-rooted action spoof that hit theaters earlier this year, is now on DVD. Will Forte, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe star, and cameos by such action-movie icons as Powers Booth lend this parody of the “MacGyver” TV series an extra giggle. R.
Compiled by Elana Ashanti Jefferson
