The Arts in Your Back Yard
Wherever you move in Metro Denver, here’s what’s happening near you!

 MUSIC !

Hot Tomatoes Dance Orchestra - Apr. 20 - Ron Cope Fund Raiser with Queen City Jazz Band and Claim Jumpers Band. 2 -5 p.m. 3850 Elk Dr. Westminster. See Hottomatoes.com/performances for tickets and info.

El Chapultepec - Gene Bass Quartet Fridays and Saturdays. Tony Black Group Sunday., Monday and Tuesday. Freddy Rodriguez Jr. and Sr. Wednesday and Thursday. 1962 Market Street, LoDo. Call 295-9126.

El Chapultepec TOO - The newest venue in town! Don't want to park downtown? Go to the HOT Highlands neighborhood at 35th & Perry and get your hot jazz in a cool new place!

Arvada Center - "Music With a View" featuring Jeffrey Siegel Keyboard Conversations - :Austria-Hungary Captivating Continentals" from elegant Strauss to spicy Liszt and Dvorak and Bartok. Apr. 2, 7:30 p.m. 6901 Wadsworth, Arvada. 720-898-7200.

Festival of Faith and the Arts - Apr. 12 & 13- "The Denver Brass" performs History of the BRASS world - Part 1. Apr. 19 - Airs for an April Evening featuring Barb and John Wollen, 7:30 p.m. Apr. 25 - "Hymn Festival Celebration" featuring John Ferguson, professor of Organ at St. Olaf College, along with choir, brass, bells and dialog, 7:30 p.m. 4500 E. Hampden Ave. 758-2820 for info.

Augustana Arts - Apr. 5 - "Kantorei" 7:30 p.m. Apr. 12 - Confluence String Quartet performs Classic to Modern, 7:30 p.m. Apr. 19 - "Flourishes of Organ and Brass" featuring The Denver Brass, 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. May 3 - Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra featuring works by Handel, Vaghn Williams and Higdon. 7:30 p.m. 5000 E. Alameda Ave. 388-4678 for other info.

Dean Bushnell Orchestra - Apr. 12 - Lakewood Elks, 7 - 10 p.m. Members and Guests. Apr. 13 - "Younger Generation Players Fundraiser" 7 - 9 p.m. Call 804-9789 for details.

Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra - "A Night in Old Vienna" Apr. 5, 7:30 p.m. at South Suburban Christian Church, 7275 S. Broadway, Littleton. See Arapahoe-phil.org for tickets and other performances.

Queen City Jazz Band - Apr. 12 - Ascension Lutheran Church, 1701 W. Caley Ave., Littleton. Apr. 13 - Mercury Café, 2199 California St., 8 p.m. Apr. 20 - Ron Cope Foundation Fundraiser, Westminster Elks, 3850 Elk Dr., 2:00 p.m. Apr. 20 - Bull & Bush Pub, 4700 Cherry Creek Dr. south, 6:00 p.m. Call 795-8960

The Robusto Room - Avoid the hassle of LoDo and enjoy local talent nightly in Lone Tree! 9535 Park Meadows Dr. 790-7363 for info.

Denver Concert Band - "Young Artist Concert" Apr. 28, 7:30 p.m. at Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman. Call 83-MUSIC for tickets.

D Note - New venue in Olde Town Arvada featuring Salsa, Blues, Jazz, Zydeco and any other jam-related styles. 7519 Grandview Ave., Arvada. 463-6683 for info.


Do you have a favorite arts organization that we don't advertise? Please call us and we'll include them! Also, please let us know if there is someone

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Theatre!

Town Hall Arts Center - "Nunsense A-MEN! " Regional Premiere! You've never seen anything like this! 5 feisty MALE nuns back in the habit with music and fun! At Littleton Center for Cultural Arts, 2450 W. Main St. 794-2787

Miners Alley Playhouse - "Sherlock Holmes, the Final Adventure" Apr. 25 - June 1. 1224 Washington Ave, Golden.. Call 935-3044 for times and tickets.

West Colfax Event Center - "Good Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet" a play about an academic thrust into Shakespeare's tragedies. 9797 W. Colfax. 717-1238.

Denver Center Theatres - "Manna Mia!" May 27 - June 1. "Doubt" through May 17. Call 893-4100 for times and tickets.

Aurora Fox Arts Center - "Our Town" featuring PHAMALy (Physically Handicapped Artists and Musical Actor League). A talented collection of disabled actors! 7:30 p.m., Thurs. - Sat. 9900 E. Colfax, Aurora 739-1970

Arvada Center - Feb. 19 - May 2 - "Frog and Toad" Based on the award winning books by Arnold Lobel, "A Year With Frog and Toad", the adventures of two best friends, from waking from hibernation planting gardens, meeting new friends, swimming and raking leaves and learning about friendship. 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. 720-898-7200 for times and tickets.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Center - "Four Queens - No Trump" bawdy conversation among four ladies who meet weekly to play cards. Thursdays - Saturdays. 1420 Ogden St.

Lakewood Cultural Center - "Starry Skies" Russian Theatre "Shkidy" brings a mix of Physical theatre, mime, ballet and dance. 470 Allison Pkwy, Lakewood. 987-7845.

Art

Core New Art Space - "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "Dream Machine", "Explorations", "Text Vessels", "The Texture of Space". Works by various artists in varying media. 900 Santa Fe Dr. 720-323-6987

Mizel Center for Arts and Culture - "Nothing is Hiding: Recent Paintings and Drawings" Exhibit of Work by William Stockman. 350 S. Dahlia 333-7830.

Curtis Arts and Humanities Center - "Cherry Creek Schools Excellence in Art Showcase" Apr. 3 -12. "Continental League Art Exhibit" Apr. 17 - 26. 2349 E. Orchard Rd., Greenwood Village. 797-1779.

Denver Botanic Gardens - "Extrordinaire" Experimental and traditional water media. 1005 York St. 979-2066.

Studio Bead - "Beads, Braids, Brows & Bones" Exhibit of crafts, home decorations and more. 3180 Meade. 777-1813.

Limited Addiction Gallery - "Anniversary Group Show" works by many artists. 825 Santa Fe Dr. 893-4234.

Limited Addiction Gallery - "Josh Keyes, Oliver Vernon" 825 Santa Fe. 893-4234.

Radius Gallery - "Parallel Pathways" work by Mark Zamantakis and Rodger Lang. 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood.

Access Gallery - "Remembrance: Visual Expressions of Loss and Love" many artists. 909 Santa Fe Dr. 777-0797

Dance!

All phone numbers are area code 303 unless otherwise noted