Alamo Drafthouse? No, Pam Grier Cinema
Friday. Colorado’s own Pam Grier — she of legendary titles such as the Blaxploitation classic “Coffy” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown” — is getting her due this weekend as Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s Littleton location renames itself in her honor.
The Pam Grier Cinema, as it will now be known, joins other filmmakers and performers “whose names adorn Alamo Drafthouse locations, a group that includes Spike Lee, John Hughes, Ivan Reitman and Bong Joon Ho,” according to the Austin, Texas-based chain. The opening event on Friday, May 15, features a rare 35mm double feature of 1974’s “Foxy Brown” and 1997’s “Jackie Brown,” with East High School graduate Grier in person talking about her career.
It’s sold out, but you can but check out the theater any time at 7301 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. Call 720-588-4107 or visit for showtimes and more details.
Food truck carnival
Friday-Sunday. A tasty merry-go-round of flavors will set up at Northglenn’s Food Truck Carnival from Friday, May 15, through Sunday, May 17, with more than 20 food trucks, a Friday celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander cuisine, Sunday’s Kids Market — “where young entrepreneurs create and sell their own goods,” organizers said — live music and craft pours from Prost Brewing Co., Satire Brewing Co. and Bruz Beers. Oh, and carnival rides! Because it wouldn’t be one without them.
The showcase of BBQ, tacos, global street food and treats (as organizers put it) takes place 4-9 p.m. Friday, noon-9 p.m. on Saturday, and noon-5 p.m. on Sunday at E.B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park at 11701 Community Center Drive in Northglenn. Admission is free and all ages. Visit for more details.
The Denver Brass + America’s birthday
Sunday. Amid so many America’s 250th-birthday events this season, The Denver Brass arrives with a universally relatable show that just happens to be told through a highly personal voice. Stirring emotions in its Sunday, May 17, “Pulse of America” show is the piece “Sketches of Courage” — “a symphonic poem created by Denver-based composer Sean Shaffer Hennessy inspired by the WWII sketchbook full of drawings by his grandfather, Francis Xavier Hennessy II,” organizers wrote.
The respected ensemble’s show closes out its 2025-2026 season, and tickets are on sale now for $47.73 via . Kids 12 and under are free. It takes place 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4500 E. Hampden Ave. in Cherry Hills Village. With host Kabin Thomas of CPR Classical. Visit for more details.
PlatteForum’s big moves
Opens Friday. The excellent, nonprofit gallery and incubator known as PlatteForum has moved around a bit over the years, and will reopen in the Art District on Santa Fe starting June 5. Just before then, you can see artist-in-residence Drew Austin’s “Make Yourself, At Home” exhibition, which opens on Friday, May 15, at PlatteForum’s A.I.R. Annex Gallery, at 3575 Ringsby Court in Denver. (All future exhibits, beginning June 5, will be held in the new space at 910 Galapago St. in Denver.)
The interdisciplinary exhibition, which also includes the work of PlatteForum’s ArtLab interns, presents bold silhouettes and slices of organic shapes (in nature, physiology and elsewhere) that contrast with the colors and environments around them, challenging the distinction between natural and artificial. The artists will be on hand for the free reception starting at 6 p.m. Friday, with remarks at 7. Regular gallery hours are 3-6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, through June 4. Visit for more details.
