Best Bets this week  An "Idol" viewing plan, Yak demos, "Enchanted" operas and more An "idol" viewing plan SUNDAY. Season 11 of "American Idol" gets a post-football push at 8 p.m. on KDVR-Channel 31 as the third night of auditions gets underway. Auditions, which this year included a stop in Aspen, continue through Feb. 8. Plan your viewing accordingly. Next come the Hollywood Rounds, Feb. 9, 15 and 16. The Feb. 22 and Feb. 23 episodes will feature "Performance Challenge" episodes, culminating in the semifinalists announcement. The semifinals will be reduced to a single week. On Feb. 28, which will mark the show's 400th episode, the first group of semifinalists will perform. A second group will perform the following night. Then, on March 1, the season's "Idol" finalists will be revealed. Finalists perform March 7; the first elimination is March 8. Those of us who like to skip the early, padded humiliation rounds will wait for March 7-8. Buckaroo breakfast revisits the old west Saturday. Grab your lassos, grandparents — it's time for the Buckaroo Breakfast at theChildren's Museum of Denver. Round up the grandkids for a tasty catered breakfast and an Old West-themed morning play session at the museum. Listen to stories around the campfire and gather a posse for a photo session to create a Wild West wanted poster. The museum opens after breakfast — stick around to visit the revamped "Fire Station No. 1" exhibit, newly outfitted with a firefighter bunk, pole, dispatch station and additional bells and whistles on the truck. 8-10 a.m. Saturday. Children's Museum of Denver, 2121 Children's Museum Drive; 303-433-7444. Breakfast is $20 and includes admission to the museum. Make a reservation by calling 303-561-0110 or log onto mychildsmuseum.org. "Enchanted" operas in movie houses thrive SATURDAY. The live Metropolitan Opera broadcasts beamed into local movie houses have turned into an international sensation, popular enough to play regularly at 1,600 theaters in 54 countries. This Saturday's production, one of the series' most anticipated, features the surprise hit of the Met's new season, "The Enchanted Island." The opera combines story lines from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Tempest" and sets them to music by Vivaldi, Handel and other Baroque composers. This production has big stars: Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels and Plácido Domingo. The opera plays at 24 theaters in Colorado, including the Denver Pavilions 15 downtown. Check out the complete list, and get more info at metoperafamily.org. Pricing varies by location (it's $24 at the Pavilions), and the show starts at 10:55 a.m. Don't be late — it's live. . More Best Bets >> |
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