KUNC Entertainment Report

Music, great ballet and theatre and more along Colorado's Front Range this weekend.

Kathryn Mostow will release her new CD, Rich Girl, with a full band show at Denver's Walnut Room tonight  Come find out why Scene Magazine just voted Rich Girl as one of the best local CDs of 2011!
 303-295-1868

The Colorado Ballet brings the dazzling adventure and flight of Peter Pan to the Ellie Caukins Opera House, opening next Friday night (2/24) and running weekends till March 4th in evening and matinee performances.

Boulder Symphony presents The Playground Ensemble, Artists-in-Residence at DU’s Lamont School of Music and exciting new music chamber ensemble tonight at First Presbyterian Church  at 7pm . 

Iris DeMent w/ Stephanie Bettman & Luke Halpin  have an 8:00 show at Denver’s Swallow Hill Music Hall tonight.

Puppet theatre Productions presents The Odyssey by Homer tomorrow afternoon at 2pm at the Boulder Public Lbrary includes techniques developed in ancient Greek theatre - use of masks and chorus - as well as actors, puppets, shadows and video sequences with live music and sound. 303-441-3196

Matt Flinner Trio and Grant Gordy Quartet bring their tasty mix of Bluegrass, Jazz and Celtic flavors to Swallow Hill in Denver tomorrow night (2/25) at 8:00pm

 Enjoy the Jazz, Big Band Boogie Bash tomorrow night (2/25) at Denver’s Mercury Café, starting at  4pm 351-2200

Tomorrow night, and every third Saturday of the month Friends of Traditional Dance present Contra Dancing at Club Tico at city Park in Ft. Collin.  Contra Dancing is fun, aerobic, easy-to-learn dancing.  Come on your own or bring a partner. 970-493-8277

The Upstart Crow presents Harvey by Mary Chase. Exploring the nature of reality, as the mild-mannered Elwood P. Dowd negotiates society with an invisible 6-foot rabbit. Plays at the Dairy Center for the Arts till March 3rd.

Bas Bleu’s Trying runs in weekend evening and matinee performances till March 4th. www.basbleu.org

Ft. Collins Openstage Theatre continues its production of  William Shakespeare’s Othello in Friday and Saturday performances at 8:00 and Sunday matinees at 2pm till March 18th
http://openstage.com/productions/piece.php

and Colorado, now Nashville, singer/songwriter Katie Herzig has an 8:30 show at Boulder’s Fox theatre on Wednesday (2/29) 

More fun to be found under the Events section of www.kunc.org