Slither into snakes, lizards
Saturday-Sunday. If you watched any recent seasons of “Love Island,” or this year’s wildly popular “The Traitors,” you know that the hot Southerner known as Rob Rausch is a snake lover and expert. That may well drive new interest in reptiles and exotic animals, particularly as Repticon returns to Aurora, Saturday, March 21-Sunday, March 22. (Rausch won’t be there, unfortunately.)
The family-friendly show features a mixture of vendors and breeders with an array of animals “not normally seen in local pet stores,” (think snakes, lizards, turtles, spiders, scorpions and more). The show runs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday at Arapahoe County Fairgrounds, 25690 E. Quincy Ave. in Aurora. Tickets range in price by day, or are $15 for adults and $6 for kids (ages 5-12) for the whole weekend, with ages 4 and under. Visit for more details. — John Wenzel
Sunday shimmy
Sunday. Prepare to be tantalized and titillated at A Cause for Applause, a burlesque show coming to Lot 46 Music Bar in Edgewater on Sunday, March 22. The event acts as both a fundraiser and a preview for this summer’s Colorado Burlesque Festival, which takes place July 16-18. Performers include Cherry Pop Pop Poppins, Kitty Crimson, Betty Bootknocker and more. Expect sultry routines, sparkly costumes and sips for those 21-plus.
A Cause for Applause comes to Lot 46 Music Bar, 5302 W. 25th Ave. in Edgewater, 6-8:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $25.03 to $48.08 at . — Tiney Ricciardi
Even bigger dinosaurs
Opens Friday. Part of the attraction to dinosaurs is their towering stature, and Denver Museum of Nature & Science is doubling down on that with its newest exhibit, “The World’s Largest Dinosaurs,” running Friday, March 20-Sept. 7.
“Presented in the Phipps Gallery on the Museum’s third floor, the family-friendly exhibition takes visitors inside the colossal bodies of sauropod — the long-necked, long-tailed, plant-eating dinosaurs that ranged from 15 to 150 feet long and weighed an average of 12 tons,” organizers wrote. Check out interactive, kid-friendly features and watch a sauropod’s beating heart projected onto a 60-foot model.
The exhibition requires an extra ticket, $7-$9, in addition to museum general admission ($26 for adults, $21 for kids). 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. daily at 2001 Colorado Blvd. in Denver. Call 303-370-6000 or visit for more details. — John Wenzel
“Bad,” and very funny, Indians
Saturday. Taking the stuffing out of racist stereotypes is one of stand-up’s most excellent features, and so it is with “Bad Indian: A Native American Comedy Showcase.” Created and hosted by Joshua Emerson, a Denver-based Diné (Navajo) comedian, writer, and producer, “Bad Indian” is “an Indigenous comedy showcase dedicated to uplifting Native talent and expanding mainstream recognition of Native humor and storytelling.”
Shows at 7 and 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, at the Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St. in Denver. Tickets: $9.85 at . Visit for more details. — John Wenzel
