La Paloma’s Nina Simone tribute
Thursday. If you’re hankering for more than the occasional Nina Simone cover, immerse yourself in the legendary jazz singer’s work with Dazzle’s Thursday, Jan 2, Nina Simone tribute. Singer and multi-instrumentalist La Paloma presents a musical homage that spans Simone’s discography and her work as an “activist, an artist (and) a dreamer,” Paloma wrote.
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.
Sean Patton, Shane Torres at Comedy Works
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
January Giallo
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
Savoy Denver’s music lineup
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
