Friday, May 4, 2012

Entertainment headlines from The Denver Post

Today's Fitness

Sarah Byrne opens Byrne Exercises in Longmont
After each of her four pregnancies, Sarah Quinlan Byrne faced the challenge of losing 70 pounds. The 5-foot-6-inch woman tried running, walking, spinning, swimming, yoga and lifting weights to get back to her ideal 135-pound body weight.  


Moms - Parenting

Becoming Mothers: Our One and Only
My husband and I never wanted to have children. It's true. We were happy being childfree. We loved the life we had, and we didn't want to change it. Our Family of Two was perfect. For years we followed This Plan, and it wasn't until the year I turned 30 that my mind started to open  


Today's Movies

Movie review: "Marvel's the Avengers" earns a superhero welcome
As titles go, "Marvel's The Avengers" is as unwieldy as Thor's hammer would be for mere mortals. Even so, director Joss Whedon's take on the superhero hookup - which brings together franchises "Iron Man," "Hulk," "Thor" and "Captain America"as well as "Black Widow" and "Hawkeye" - brilliantly exceeds the sum of its parts.  


Music - Classical

Best Bets: Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado makes it easy to attend Bach concerts in the Denver metro area
Classical music: Bach made easy Through May 12. The Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado makes beautiful music. Even better, the period instrument ensemble makes it easy to attend its concerts. Pick the speed, style and sound you like from the venues set for the upcoming program of Brandenburg Concertos:  


Theater

Theater review: "The Joy Luck Club" christens Vintage Theatre's Aurora home
An amusing moment comes early in Vintage Theatre's solid staging of "The Joy Luck Club" at the their new digs off of Colfax Avenue in Aurora. Jing-Mei Woo's mother, Suyuan, has died. An aneurysm, though Jin-Mei's father believes his wife was felled by an idea that had grown too big and was left unexpressed.  


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