“OKLAHOMA!” The Central City Opera’s first show of the 2012 season is a crowd-pleaser: “Oklahoma!” Drive up for a special matinee show on July Fourth, or take a bus from Glendale or Lakewood on July 8. Several shows through the month of July. For info, call 303-292-6700 or visit
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT Call them progressive bluegrass, call them neo-psychedelic, call them a jam band… but The String Cheese Incident is taking over Red Rocks for three days this week. Some tickets are, remarkably, still available (at press time, anyway). For info:
GREGORY HILL, AUTHOR OF “EAST OF DENVER” The breakout Denver novelist will read from and sign copies of his debut novel, “East of Denver,” at the Tattered Cover Colfax location, 2526 E. Colfax Ave., on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. For info: 303-322-7727, or
