The short and long of indigenous film
Through Sunday. At a time when resource anxiety is beginning to infuse all manner of movies — from eco-documentaries to horror flicks — the eighth Indigenous Film & Arts Festival offers visions of cultural awareness and sustainablity. And it does it for free. The festival's goings-on, which began Wednesday, continue through the weekend. Catch "Little Thunder," a beguiling animated short of the Mi'kmaq Stone Canoe legend (7 p.m. Saturday). Sunday, the festival ends at the Museum of Nature & Science with "Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change" (at right) at 6 p.m. After the screening, co-directors Ian Mauro and Zacharias Kunuk ("The Fast Runner") will participate in a discussion on the cultural impact of climate change. Complete schedule: iiirm.org or 303-744-9686.
Get the Dickens scared into you at Arvada show
Through Oct. 30. Experience the eerie side of Charles Dickens in Arvada at the Festival Playhouse's "Charles Dickens' Ghost Stories." It explores Dickens' fascination with the weirder things in life — and death — in stories like "The Signalman," "The Bagman's Uncle" and "The Queer Chair." The show focuses on the supernatural and strange, not the gross-out, so it's appropriate for families. On Saturday, the Festival of Scarecrows makes its second attempt after last week's weather postponement. The festival fills Olde Town Arvada with Halloween happenings, from a kids' costume parade and scarecrow contest to vendor booths and a pumpkin patch. Dickens: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, The Festival Playhouse, 5665 Old Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada; 303-422-4090. Tickets are $16 on Fridays and Saturdays, $14 on Sundays. festivalplayhouse.com. Festival of Scarecrows: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. West 57th Avenue and Olde Wadsworth Boulevard, Arvada. Free. arvadafestivals.com
Zombies return to get their burlesque on
Wednesdays. Popular burlesque diva Cora Vette and her BurlyCuties are moving into swank new digs at Bar Standard for a new weekly Wednesday night party. The next two 8:30 p.m. shows will feature "The Return of Zombielesque," a Halloween-themed soiree complete with stripping zombies, witches and everything in-between. There is also a separate, 11 p.m. cabaret every Wednesday called called "Cora Vette's Naughty Bits," featuring vintage dirty ditties from the 1900s through 1950s about sex, drugs and drinking. That's followed by DJ Chris Fish spinning dance music until closing time. $10. 1037 Broadway, 303-295-1883 orburlycute.com.
Waste away with Buffett and fans in Pepsi Center
Tuesday. Many a Parrothead has already requested the day off on Wednesday — because on Tuesday night they will be wastin' away again in Margaritaville with their hapless hero, Jimmy Buffett. In this case, Margaritaville is actually the Pepsi Center, but Buffett fans will surely bring enough of a vibe with them — think Hawaiian shirts and high-tipped ballcaps — that the Can will feel like . . . a basketball arena in the tropics? The singer-songwriter-merchandiser is still touring in support of his latest effort, the double-disc "Encores," but the release on everybody's mind will be the monolithic 1985 CD "Songs You Know by Heart," the most aptly named greatest-hits collection ever released. Tickets, $39-$139, are still available via tickethorse.com.
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