Cleo Parker Robinson leaps into "Dreamcatchers"
Through the weekend. Drawing on her experience of growing up in a mixed-race family in Denver, choreographer Cleo Parker Robinson has created a new cross-cultural work that explores "historic visionaries" of North and South America. Made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Art, "Dreamcatchers: The Untold Stories of the Americas," incorporates dance, storytelling and music. Performances of the premiere by the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble continue this weekend at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the company's home, 119 Park Avenue West. $35, $25 students, children and seniors. Also on tap is the company's 41st-anniversary gala, "Dancing with the Denver Stars," at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Renaissance Hotel, 3801 Quebec St. $150 and $250. 303-295-1759, ext. 13, or cleoparkerdance.org.
Young chefs can stir it up at Vail Family Week
Through Sunday. Kids can try their hands at the culinary arts during the Family Week portion of Vail Restaurant Month. For the final days of Family Week, young gastronomes can sign up for kids-only cooking classes at real Vail restaurants. On Saturday, the whole family can gather At Blue Moose Pizza while little pizza chefs learn the ancient secrets of making and tossing pizza dough. Various locations, Vail. Registration prices vary. Details at vailrestaurantmonth.com
X marks the punk at Summit Music Hall
Saturday. L.A. punk band X will turn 35 next year — not that we need a reason to celebrate Billy Zoom's soaring, country-inspired guitars, Exene Cervenka's sweet-natured punk yalps and John Doe's detached back-up vocals. The band's Saturday show at the Summit Music Hall is reason enough for a party, and surely the soundtrack will include some of the band's greatest hits: "White Girl," "Los Angeles," "Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not," "Johny Hit and Run Paulene" and more. Tickets are $29.50 atdenvermusicvenues.com. Doors open at 8 p.m.; 1902 Blake St.
"Ragtime" production moves to Lone Tree
Through Oct. 16. The Arvada Center's four-star production of "Ragtime" moves south to the new Lone Tree Arts Center, launching a new presenting partnership that will continue next year with "Chess." "Ragtime," based on E.L. Doctorow's novel, has been transformed into one of the great American musicals. It follows a Harlem musician, a WASP matriarch and a Jewish immigrant father in 1904 New York. 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 1:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays; 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9; 1:30 p.m. Oct. 16. $58-$72. At 10075 Commons St., just west of Interstate 25 and Lincoln Avenue. 720-509-1000 or lonetreeartscenter.org.
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