Sculpting the perfect powder
Monday-Jan. 31. If you’ve ever seen one of the 12-foot-tall, 25-ton blocks of snow before they’re turned into works of art at the International Snow Sculpture Championships, you can appreciate the work the 12, globe-spanning teams of artists put into their hand-carved pieces. If not, this year’s 33rd international competition is your best and latest chance to do so.
Rooted in downtown Breckenridge, the event returns Monday, Jan. 22-Jan. 31, with carvings through Jan. 26 and the public viewing Jan. 26-31. It’s free, but timed reservations are required on Saturday, Jan. 27. Spectators can sign up for a Saturday sculpture viewing at 10 a.m., noon or 2 p.m. online at . Visit bit.ly/3O6JVY7 for more things to do this winter in the high country.
Denver Travel & Adventure Show
Sunday-Monday. Join 20,000 kindred, outdoorsy spirits at this year’s Denver Travel & Adventure Show at Colorado Convention Center, Sunday, Jan. 20, and Monday, Jan. 21. “Learn the latest travel tips, trends and advice on four theaters located right on the show floor, and get the chance to meet your favorite travel celebrities including Peter Greenberg, Andrew McCarthy and Pauline Frommer,” organizers wrote.
You can also just peruse the booths and goods, plan your next trip, and get a few deals along the way. Advance tickets to the all-ages event are $13 per person online (and $20 to pick up at will call, unless you use the mobile app) via . Doors open at 10 a.m. daily at 700 14th St. in Denver.
Mining towns, meet Molly’s Brown art dreams
Wednesday-March 24. Unless you’re a diehard Colorado historian, you likely didn’t know the legendary, Denver-based Titanic survivor and her husband were “avid art collectors and it was Margaretap dream to turn her Denver home into an art institute,” according to the historic Molly Brown House Museum.
Now there’s an exhibit at the Capitol Hill museum, “The Rise and Fall of Mining Towns in Colorado,” that presents a unique collection of western art through “a new lens — mining towns as cultural and social centers of the West,” curators wrote. See works by Paul Kauver Smith, Charles Bunnell, Frank “Pancho” Gates, Eve Drewelowe, the iconic Vance Kirkland, and more, ranging from lithographs to watercolors to oils and span from the 1920s to 1970, and courtesy of the Robert G. Lewis, Esq. collection.
The exhibition, which runs Wednesday, Jan. 24-March 24, is included with general admission. Visitors can download the free Bloomberg Connects mobile app () to learn about each painting and get behind the scenes content. $11-$22 at 1340 Pennsylvania St. in Denver. 303-832-4092 or .
Harland Williams at Comedy Works South
Friday-Saturday. If you haven’t checked in on ’90s go-to character actor Harland Williams in awhile, you might be pleasantly surprised. A familiar and expressive face from “Dumb and Dumber” and “Half Baked,” the 61-year-old is also now a Disney Junior producer and creator (the 5-season “Puppy Dog Pals”), podcaster (“The Harland Highway”), author (“Journeys”), musician (rock band The Cousins) and T-shirt designer.
He’s also, at heart, a touring stand-up who will visit Comedy Works South in Greenwood Village for a quartet of shows on Friday, Jan. 19, and Saturday, Jan. 20. Tickets for the 21-and-up sets, at 5345 Landmark Place, are $30 via .
