ARVADA CENTER CELEBRATES FEMALE ARTISTS The Arvada Center opens three new art shows this week, putting the spotlight on influential female artists. Among the offerings are a show of several important Colorado artists and a display of one of Denver’s largest private collections of Mexican folk art. Show opens Thursday at 6901 Wadsworth in Arvada.720-898-7200,
ELLEN HOPKINS, AUTHOR OF “TILT” Best-selling young-adult author Ellen Hopkins (“Crank,” “Tricks,” “Perfect”) will speak and read from her latest book, “Tilt,” at the Tattered Cover Highlands Ranch on Thursday at 7 p.m. Hopkins’ groundbreaking writing style combines verse and prose. 303-322-7727,
BOULDER PHILHARMONIC The Boulder Phil’s 2012-13 season opens Saturday with a lineup that includes Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and a work by CU composer Jeffrey Nytch. musical director Michael Butterman calls the shots. At the Mackey Auditorium in Boulder, 7:30 p.m. 303-449-1343 or
