Big event
Running together
Sunday. Community fundraiser. Join thousands of runners and walkers — of all ages — at the Komen Denver Race for the Cure. Choose your own adventure: a 5K run/walk, 5K walk or a 1-mile family walk. Entertainment will keep spirits high along the course as it wends around the west side of town. Both courses end near the Auraria campus, where a closing ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. Nancy G. Brinker, founder and CEO of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, is the featured speaker. 6-10:30 a.m. Sunday. 5Ks start at Water Street and Speer Boulevard; family walk starts on the southeast side of the Pepsi Center. Day-of-race registration is $40 for adults, $30 for kids age 18 and younger and seniors age 65 and older. For more information and a full schedule of events, visit . Kathleen St. John
Classical music
Notre Dame organist to play French works
Notre Dame Cathedral — Paris’ great Gothic landmark — has long held an exalted place in French organ music.
“You can trace the whole history of the development of the organ through people either at (Église) St. Sulpice or Notre Dame or people who have been at both places,” said Colorado College organist Frank Shelton.
By coincidence, Shelton will perform at Notre Dame on Sunday — the same day that Olivier Latry, above right, one of the cathdral’s three titular organists, is set to appear in Denver.
Latry, who has gained international acclaim for his artistry, will present a program titled “A French Extravaganza” at 4 p.m. at Augustana Luthern Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave.
It will feature works by some of the most notable organists and composers in French music history, including Alexandre Pierre Francois Boëly, Cesar Franck, Charles-Marie Widor and Maurice Durufle.
According to Michael Friesen, dean of the Denver Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, this concert will be the first time an organist from Notre Dame has performed in Denver.
The event is co-sponsored by the guild along with Augustana Arts and the Alliance Francaise de Denver, which is hosting a reception afterward.
Prior to the performance at 3 p.m., Joseph Galema, professor of organ at the University of Denver and organist at the Air Force Academy, will present a lecture on French organ history.
Tickets are $12-$18, including the lecture and reception. 303-388-4962 or . Kyle MacMillan
Brahams rarity
Today and Sunday. Choral music. St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, one of Denver’s most respected vocal ensembles, presents the virtually unknown four-hand piano arrangement of Brahms’ famed “German Requiem.” The work will be the centerpiece of performances at 7:30 p.m. today at St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1350 Washington St., and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St. $22 and $30, $5 students. 303-298-1970 or stmartinschamber . Kyle MacMillan
Family fun
A classic returns
Through Oct. 10. Circus. The Denver Coliseum becomes a mighty big big-top when the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus present “Funundrum,” the latest offering from “The Greatest Show on Earth.” The show features all sorts of amazing acts: contortionists, trapeze artists, a strongman and, of course, lots of exotic animals. Ticketholders can see the performing animals 90 minutes before showtime at an open house, then meet the human performers at an “all-access” preshow. 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Denver Coliseum, 4600 Humboldt St.; 720-865-2475. Tickets are $22.45-$95.60 for adults, $16.85-$95.60 for kids age 12 and younger. Ticket prices include fees. Buy seats in advance at , or call 303-831-TIXS. Learn more at . Kathleen St. John
It starts with pumpkins
Saturday-Sunday. Fall fest. Celebrate the season at Four Mile Historic Park’s Pumpkin Harvest Festival. It’s a classic fall fest, with pumpkins to pick out, scarecrows waiting to be built and, naturally, plenty of caramel apples for snacks. The Four Mile House, will be open for tours as well. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S. Forest St.; 720-865-0800. Admission is free. Visit for more information. Kathleen St. John
Celebrating cider
Saturday-Sunday. Putting the squeeze on. Fall means apples are officially in season, and Lakewood is getting in the spirit at Cider Days. Booths will sell cider by the glass or the gallon, Buy a bunch of apples, or bring your own, and use the festival’s cider presses to make a take-home batch. The fall fun continues with hayrides, live music, a vintage tractor pull and more. Tour the grounds of Lakewood’s Heritage Center too, and explore historic buildings from Lakewood’s past. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Lakewood’s Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St.; 303-987-7850. Admission is $6 for adults, $3 for kids ages 3 to 12. Learn more at . Kathleen St. John
Kids concert
Monday-Tuesday. Putting the squeeze on.Youngsters get an up-close introduction to classical music at the Colorado Symphony Orchestra’s “Petite Musique” series. Each program includes a performance by a 16-piece chamber orchestra and a narrator telling an age-appropriate story. Then it’s time to sing and dance along. The series continues Oct. 11-12, traveling to two new venues. 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Monday and Tuesday. Monday’s performance is at the Colorado Mountain Club, 710 10th St., Golden; 303-279-3080. Tuesday’s show is at Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape St., Denver; 303-388-4013. Registration is $5 for children, $7 for adults; register online or call 303-308-2466 or 303-308-2467. Visit colorado for more information, including times and locations of future Petite Musique events. Kathleen St. John
Theater
Large play, tiny stage
Through Nov. 6. Contemporary epic. Through Nov. 6: Denver’s little Vintage Theatre — capacity 63 — is taking on one of the most sweeping plays: Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” the two-part, six-hour treatise on life and death in the 1980s. The story follows two couples: Louis Ironson, who is living with his AIDS-stricken lover, Prior Walter; and Joe Pitt, a Republican law clerk living with his Valium-addicted, agoraphobic wife, Harper. Part 1, “Millennium Approaches,” plays 7:30 p.m. Fridays and 2:30 p.m. Saturdays, starting tonight. Part 2, “Perestroika,” plays 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays beginning Oct. 9. Starring Haley Johnson, Kurt Brighton, James O’Hagan-Murphy and Vintage artistic director Craig Bond. $18-$23 ($30 for both when purchased together). 2119 E. 17th Ave., 303-839-1361 . John Moore
“Dead” goes live
Through Oct. 31. High-tech camp. Flesh-eating zombies return to the Bug Theatre for a third consecutive Halloween season as George Romero’s 1968 classic film “The Night of the Living Dead” is told like it was never meant to be seen: live and on stage. Seven people find themselves trapped in a farmhouse surrounded by flesh-eating ghouls. A unique aspect of the live staging is that all the action taking place inside the farmhouse is on the stage, while the action outside the house is projected onto an overhead screen. 8 p.m. Fridays through Sundays at 3654 Navajo St. $12-$15. $3 off if dressed in full zombie makeup and costume. 303-477-9984 or . John Moore
Film
Scary, and funny
Friday. Event and screening. Tonight, you have a chance to do the monster mash, the graveyard smash. Only you don’t have to head for a cemetery, just the cinema to get your freak on. Like a fiendish Doc Frankenstein, the Watching Hours series is reviving the 1987 horror-comedy “Monster Squad” to kick off a month of Halloween fare. Marquee horror names descend with only a gang of kids, lead by Sean (Andre Gower) to thwart them. Gower — all grown up and looking like he’d be a fine fit for Team Jacob — will be at tonight’s pre-screening party. Starz FilmCenter at the Tivoli, Ninth Street and Auraria Parkway. Party, free with ticket purchase, 8:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday screenings, 10 p.m.; $7-$9.75. Information: 303-820-FILM or . Lisa Kennedy
