Informed Pulse

What to do in Denver: Comedy, a Nina Simone tribute and more

By John Wenzel

What to do in Denver: Comedy, a Nina Simone tribute and more

The all-ages show, which starts at 6:30 p.m., takes place at Dazzle Jazz at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1080 14th St. in Denver. Find tickets, $15-$20, at dazzledenver.com.

Thursday-Jan. 4, 2025. If you're up for some laughs after New Year's, Comedy Works has a pair of absolute crushers on tap. New York-based and Denver-beloved stand-up, actor and writer Sean Patton, a veteran of the High Plains Comedy Festival, is back at Comedy Works in downtown Denver for multiple shows Thursday, Jan. 2-Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Tickets are $17-$25.

Comedy Works South is hosting the talented "blue-eyed Mexican" Shane Torres, who's also well-known for his hilariously skilled, room-flattening headlining sets. Tickets are $15-$28, with multiple shows also running through Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. comedyworks.com

Through Jan. 25. One of the best-looking 2025 repertory series from Denver Film kicks off this weekend with January Giallo, which fêtes the Italian horror genre exemplified in films such as Dario Argento's "Suspiria." The series, which begins Thursday, Jan. 9 with "Torso," continues through Jan. 25 with "Valentine," "Blood and Black Lace" and "Knife+Heart".

Also at Denver Film: next month's Janus for January, with all-new 4K restorations of "Le Samouraï," "Seven Samurai," "Basquiat" (black and white version), "Querelle," "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," "The Time Masters," "Pressure" and more.

All screenings are at the Sie FilmCenter, 2510 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver. Various times. Tickets: $16.79 via denverfilm.eventive.org/films

Thursday. Denver's MAS Events had a busy 2024 after a pandemic-prompted hiatus, with shows from Denver-based artist and Beat legend David Amram, as well the acclaimed Arc Iris, Robert Mirabal and Chris Thomas King.

MAS's spring offerings, which are already booked through May, start Thursday, Jan. 9, with Grande Orquesta Navarre with Nadya Hill, which producers call "a local supergroup featuring DeVotchKa's Tom Hagerman that blends tango, classical, and original compositions."

7 p.m. doors and cocktails, 8 p.m. show. All events at the Savoy Denver, 2700 Arapahoe St. in Denver. Tickets: $20-$55 at maspresents.org

Previous articleNext article

POPULAR CATEGORY

corporate

7453

miscellaneous

9588

wellbeing

7238

fitness

9715