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0 Comments | Gazette, The (Colorado Springs), Oct 24, 2003

MUSIC 'Boys of Summer' springs to life for fall show in Boulder

As the temperature drops, the Ataris remain the new "Boys of Summer." Their dead-on cover ofDon Henley's hit gets major play on Top 40stations, including Magic 98.9 FM. The Ataris' show, 9 p.m. Monday at Boulder's Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., will likely attract open minded Descendents and NOFX fans as well as fad-following Blink 182 devotees.

Vendetta Red and Stunt doubles open. Tickets are $15 at 1-303-443- 3399.

If you missed them in Denver on the 19th, Tuesday and Wednesday find New Orleans based Galactic bringing their special brand of jammed-out, horned-up futuristic funk to the Fox. The six-piece group sho'nuff puts on a party of a show. Tickets are $27.50 at 1-303-443- 3399.

In Denver, the BlueBird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax St., hosts three noteworthy shows for the adventurous types. At 1 p.m. Saturday it's Michigan's Mustard Plug for a$10 ska-punk matinee with the River City Rebels. Phunk Junkeez mix punk aggression, hip-hop beats and funk bass lines at 9 p.m. Tuesday for $10. And New York City skankers the Slackers do the two-tone ska revival thing 9 p.m. Wednesday for $9. Tickets are available at local Independent Records, www.ticketweb.com and 1-866-468-7621.

Or if Frank Zappa's bizarre orchestrations are your thing, go to Quixote's True Blue, 7 S. Broadway, at 10 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for Project/Object. More than a tribute act, the band includes three former members of Zappa's own Mothers of Invention - Napoleon Murphy Brock, Ike Willis and Don Preston. Tickets are $10 at 1-303-544- 5875.

ART

Museum gala praises spirit of Frida Kahlo

The Museum of Contemporary Art holds its annual fund-raising gala 6-11 p.m. Thursday at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1245 Champa St.

Tickets, $150, entitle attendees to a gourmet dinner, access to auction items and an evening to remember that will "celebrate the spirit of Frida Kahlo," the noted Mexican artist (1907-54).

Auction items include a Jet Set Tour, A Night on the Town Package and a Cool Cat Cocktail Party.

Tickets are available at and must be reserved by Monday at www.blacktie-colorado.com/boxoffice or 1-303-298-7554

THEATER

Denver 'Picnic' moves indoors

William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Picnic" tells the story of a small Kansas town that is riled by the arrival of a handsome stranger. He takes odd jobs, steals the ladies' hearts and generally instigates change among people who had been content to forget their past. The show at Denver's Stage Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts complex, 1245 Champa St., runs through Nov. 15. Tickets are $27 to $43 and times vary. Check www.denvercenter.org or call 1-800-641-1222 for details.

Every day's like Halloween for the mad metalheads of Mudvayne.

Just never you mind if they revert to their old masks, KISS-ish makeup or otherwise ghoulish behavior.

Either way, Tuesday's performance at the Fillmore Auditorium (1510 Clarkson St., at Colfax) will be full of dark guitar crunching, brutal rhythmic energy and ferocious guttural growling. We'll just call it the squeal-good show of the week. Tickets are $23 from Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster. com or 520-9090.

FOR CHILDREN

Purple not the only color Barney takes on tour

He loves you, you love him.

Backed by Baby Bop and BJ, the big purple one (no, not Prince) jams his greatest hits for Denver with five shows from Friday to Sunday at Magness Arena, 2240 E. Buchtel Blvd.

In Barney's Colorful World, monkeys tap-dance, polar bears ice skate and starfish r-o-c-k. The tour includes an elaborate stage show that swings through the jungle, hits the beach, dives into the sea and skates up to the Arctic.

The shows run 7 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 and 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10-$30 at Ticketmaster, www.ticketmaster.com or 520-9090.

HUMOR

Sedaris show in Boulder sold out

His witty, spot-on and on-the spot perception of his surroundings ceases when David Sedaris steps on stage.

Time stands still as he buries his nose in his notes and reads his painfully funny past observations to a rapt audience.

Monday's show at the Boulder Theater, 1135 13th St., is sold out. But you never know. Call 1-303-786-7030 for a $30 day-of-sale long shot.

For fun in metalhead vein, try Mudvayne

Every day's like Halloween for the mad metalheads of Mudvayne.

Just never you mind if they revert to their old masks, KISS-ish makeup or otherwise ghoulish behavior.

Either way, Tuesday's performance at the Fillmore Auditorium (1510 Clarkson St., at Colfax) will be full of dark guitar crunching, brutal rhythmic energy and ferocious guttural growling.

We'll just call it the squeal-good show of the week.

Tickets are $23 from Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or 520- 9090.

Compiled by Robin A. Rothman