Festive food
Arvada’s Chocolate Affair
Saturday. Sweet! Attention chocoholics, cocoa cuckoos and dessert die-hards: The 10th annual Chocolate Affair is here. Olde Town Arvada will be taken over by chocolate of all kinds — it’s up to you where to begin. The “Taste of Chocolate” event presents treats created by restaurants, bakeries and chocolatiers, with bites available for sampling. Work off some calories by participating in the Chocolate Treasure Hunt, searching for clues around Olde Town’s businesses. Amateur bakers can join in the chocolate-cookie contest, too, and kids can catch balloon artists, face painters and storytelling between sugar highs. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Taste of Chocolate: The DNote, 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada. Other activities take place throughout Olde Town Arvada. Admission is free; Taste of Chocolate sample tickets are six for $5. For more information, call 720-898-7400 or visit . Kathleen St. John
Family fun
Make the sound of music
Tonight. Audience sing-along. Don’t worry about keeping quiet at tonight’s Colorado Symphony Orchestra concert. They want you to sing along, loudly, when they play the score from “The Sound of Music.” The show starts with a 30-minute vocal warm-up — they are serious about this — and then the movie, complete with subtitled lyrics. Heckling is encouraged: Conductor Scott O’Neil will lead the audience in booing the Baroness and cheering for Maria. 7:30 p.m. Boettcher Concert Hall at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 14th and Curtis streets. Tickets are $19-$85. Buy tickets and learn more at or call 303-MAESTRO. Kathleen St. John
Working the Disney magic
Through Saturday. Illusion. Appearing in a puff of smoke, it’s “Disney Live! Mickey’s Magic Show” at the Wells Fargo Theatre. Starring Master Magician Mickey, Minnie and pro illusionist Brad Ross, the show features live renditions of some of Disney’s more famous magic tricks. 6 p.m. today, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. Wells Fargo Theatre at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St.; 303-228-8000. Tickets are $15-$67. Buy tickets in advance at or call 800-745-3000. Learn more at . Kathleen St. John
Kids Bowl V
Saturday. Pregame warm-up. Kids get a taste of Super Bowl excitement — and some pregame exercise — at Kids Bowl V at The Wildlife Experience Museum. Sports-themed games will be scattered around to get hearts thumping, plus activities like a scavenger hunt, make-your-own trail mix and crafting. Take a break from the action by touring the Wildlife Experience collection, including “Frogs! A Chorus of Colors,” the museum’s latest exhibit. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Wildlife Experience, 10035 S. Peoria St., Parker; 720-488-3300. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors age 65 and older, $6 for children ages 3 to 12. Kids younger than 3 are admitted free. For information, visit . Kathleen St. John
Back-to-back Bach
Sunday. Youth concert. Give young musicians a little inspiration at “Kids for Bach” at the Boulder Public Library’s main branch. Part of the Boulder Bach Festival, the concert presents elementary- and high-school-age music students performing a variety of works by Bach. Free. 2 p.m. Canyon Theater at the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave.; 303-441-3100. Admission is free. Visit or call 303-776-9666 to learn more. Kathleen St. John
Visual art
Domesticity on display
Today. Ceramic sculpture. Playful yet gently pointed, Shalene Valenzuela’s appealing clay works draw on the world of 1950s domesticity. They take the form of everyday objects like pencil sharpeners and kitchen mixers and are illustrated with related, period imagery. A solo exhibition of her sculptures opens at Plinth Gallery, 3520 Brighton Blvd., with a public reception from 6 to 9 p.m. The show continues through Feb. 26. Free. 303-295-0717 or . Kyle MacMillan
The detritus of life
Today. Mixed media. No area artist is more enterprising and energetic than Katie Caron, a member of the faculty at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. She has curated “Displaced,” an ambitious exhibition featuring 11 artists from as far away as Detroit and Philadelphia. The show, which explores the overlooked detritus of everyday life, begins with a reception from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Ice Cube Gallery, 3320 Walnut St. It runs through Feb. 26. Free. 303-292-1822 or . Kyle MacMillan
Classical music
Four hands, 12 strings
Saturday. Classical guitar. The Denver Classical Guitar Society hopes to double the musical pleasure with its presentation of two of the area’s top exponents of the instrument — Alex Komodore and Jeff LaQuatra. The duo, which made its debut in 2008, will perform at 7:30 p.m. at South Broadway Christian Church, 23 Lincoln St. Its diverse program will range from works by J.S. Bach to Denver’s own Ricardo Iznaola. $20. . Kyle MacMillan
Theater
Who are you?
Today and Saturday. Existential query. Eric Davis, a veteran performer with Cirque du Soleil and self-described as “America’s premier bouffon,” is is not here to please you. His mission: to disarm, shock and seduce you. In “Red Bastard,” Davis leads his audience through a no-holds- barred theatrical master class — demanding nothing less than the existential query, “Who the hell do you think you are?” Presented by Gemma Wilcox Productions at Naropa University, 2130 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder, 800-838-3006 or brownpaper . John Moore
