Earth Day
Celebrate your mother (Earth)
Saturday. Celebrate Earth Day a day early with a new event or an old favorite. In Boulder,the Children’s Peace Gardenpresents its first-ever Earth Day party. Geared toward ages 4 to 10, the fest features hands-on garden activities, live music, food, art projects, and a kids fun run and obstacle course. Also, Evergreen hoststhe 23rd annual Mountain Area Earth Day Fair.Head to the hills for green ideas from federal and local agencies and businesses, plus animal demonstrations, kids activities and food. Children’s Peace Garden Earth Day: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 1630 Hawthorn Ave., Boulder; . Mountain Area Earth Day Fair: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Evergreen Lake House, 29614 Upper Bear Creek Road . Free shuttle parking at Wulf Recreation Center, 5300 S. Olive Road, Evergreen; . Admission to both events is free.
Kathleen St. John
Dance
Kim Robards and Fiesta Colorado find their soles
Saturday-Sunday. To help wind up its 25th anniversary season, the collaboration-happy folks at Kim Robards Dance are joining forces with Fiesta Colorado for the long-gestating “Bare Feet, Spanish Soles” program. Artistic directors Kim Robards and Jeanette Trujillo-Lucero will perform newly choreographed works that thread together modern and Spanish dance traditions, with a school outreach component that will extend beyond this weekend’s shows. “We have been talking about this collaboration for a long time, and it is exciting that it will finally be happening,” said Fiesta Colorado’s Trujillo-Lucero. 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, The KRD Theater, 1387 S. Santa Fe Drive. $15-$25. Info at 303-825-4847 or kimrobardsdance.org.
John Wenzel
Theater
“Camelot” musical rides again
Through april 29. The drama of King Arthur’s court takes the stage in Performance Now’s production of “Camelot” at the Lakewood Cultural Center. The Tony Award-winning show sets the Arthurian legend to music, complete with romance, swordplay, sorcery and the Knights of the Round Table. Expect to hear plenty of now-classic Broadway tunes, including “Camelot,” “The Lusty Month of May” and “If Ever I Would Leave You.” 7:30 p.m. Fridays; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays. Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway; 303-987-7845. Tickets are $25 for adults; discounts are available for children, seniors and students. To buy tickets in advance, call or visit lakewood .
Kathleen St. John
Visual art
Famous names face art for The Mask Project
Through May 13. Charities have always tapped celebrities to help raise money for their causes, but The Mask Project has refined the tactic, turning it into serious dollars and a lot of fun. Each year, the project asks musicians, athletes and politicians to decorate a mask. The works go on display at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, then find their way to the homes of the highest bidder.Who will fetch more with their mask this year: Ex-Bronco QB John Elway or Ex-Bronco QB Tim Tebow? Other famous names include Keb Mo, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Patti LaBelle, Mike Ditka and Matt Duchene. The mall is at 3000 E. First Ave. For more info, to bid or to get details on the big May 12th Mask Project party, go to .
Ray Mark Rinaldi
Dance
Texting and shopping while … dancing?
Today-Sunday. Injecting the performing arts into everyday situations often gives them the novelty needed to reach broader audiences, and that’s the idea behind “Happenstance” series, where it takes over Lucky’s Market in Boulder by re-imagining everyday experiences such as shopping and dining through dance. 4 p.m. Sunday. Free. 3960 Broadway. Also don’t miss the Pueblo-based Sangre de Cristo Ballet’s new “Contact … ttyl (talk to you later).” Artistic director Stephen Wynne presents dance as a conversation in our text-obsessed world, while Penny Vercelline’s “Sift” and a second act fueled by ’70s tunes look at history and relationships. 7:30 p.m. today; 2 p.m. Saturday, $10. 719-295-7222 or
John Wenzel
