WEEKEND LIVE!
Got pumpkin?
The pumpkins are prime for picking at the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield, 8500 Deer Creek Canyon Road in Jefferson County. Amusement- park rides and face painting also are part of this weekend’s Pumpkin Festival, happening today and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $4-$6; kids 3 and under admitted free. Details at botanicgardens .
Autumn eclectics
The Hannah Kahn Dance company mounts “The Last Go- Round,” a layered performance that includes the world premiere of “Knoxville: Summer of 1915.” Tonight at 8 at the Dairy Center for the Arts, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Tickets, $18-$22, are available by calling 303-444-7328.
AT THE MOVIES
A housewife with chutzpah
Disney’s inspiring new film, “Secretariat,” tells the unlikely triumphant tale of Boulderite Penny Chenery, owner of the horse that the 1973 Triple Crown. Off to the races! PG.
And baby makes “we”
In “Life As We Know It,” Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel star as bickering acquaintances who become legal guardians of an orphaned infant. Is love on the rocks or on the horizon? PG-13.
HOMEBODIES
The old ball game
Ken Burns is back with “Baseball: The Tenth Inning.” His latest documentary, now available on DVD, picks up where his 1994 series “Baseball” ended, and chronicles baseball from 1992 through 2009, steroid scandals and all.
Kickin’ up their heels
Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan star in “The Karate Kid.” In this remake, now on DVD, China is the backdrop. PG.
