Denver Arts Events July 27-August 2

This week’s list reminds us that art can convey cultural histories or simply fill the audience with whimsy and laughter (and sometimes, a little bit of both). If I could enjoy seven shows, performances, events, or exhibitions this week, this is what I’d do. Enjoy.

✺ July 28 Watch 12 artists vie for the prize in Love, Death & Roses: A Performance Slam at The Bug Theatre. 7 p.m. More info and tickets.

✺ July 29 Catch the freshest names in Colorado comedy at the New Faces Contest at Comedy Works. 7:30 p.m.More info and tickets.

✺ July 30 Learn about Denver’s Chicano movement in an interactive, improvisational performance with Motus Theater at ConnectArte: Living Stories of Denver’s Chicano Movement at Museo de Las Americas. 6 p.m. More info.

✺ July 31 Watch local and visiting artists toy with gravity at Frequent Flyers Aerial Dance Festival Showcase Performance at Dairy Arts Center. 8 p.m. More info and tickets.

✺ July 31 Craig Robb’s exhibition Suspended Beliefs‍ ‍and Amanda Stavast’s exhibition At Face Value open at Pirate: Contemporary Arts. More info.

✺ July 31 Attend the Opening Reception for Tatyana Hope’s Folklorica at Next Gallery. 5 p.m. More info.

✺ August 1 Peruse the estate collection of lyrical abstract painter John R. Anderson with 73 Art Agency 3989 S. Lipan St. More info.

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