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Nikki Glaser’s naughty NYE laughs
Saturday-sunday: Comic, writer and podcast/reality TV host Nikki Glaser isn’t just a sex-positive anthropologist — although she’s most certainly that — she’s also a veteran of Comedy Central’s Celebrity Roasts. That makes her a perfectly acerbic voice to close out another difficult year, which she’ll do at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 30, and Sunday, Dec. 31. The Good Girl Tour shows are at 7 p.m. both nights at 1621 Glenarm Place in downtown Denver. Tickets for the anything- goes (and very 21-and-up) shows are $45-$69.50 at paramountdenver.com or ticketmaster. com.
For more things New Year’s
Eve parties, fireworks, and all-ages activities, check out our roundup at denverpost.com/things-to- do.
Journey back to Middle- earth
Monday-jan. 10: If the rolling hills and hobbits of Middle- earth sound more inviting than reality, check out Cinemark’s revival of director Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. The screenings, which begin Monday, Jan. 1, include the extended (3 1/2 hours!) version of “The Fellowship of the Ring” on Jan. 1 and 8, followed by the even longer extended cuts of “The Two Towers” (Jan. 2 and 9), and “The Return of the King” (Jan. 3 and 10).
For you bingers, there’s also marathon screenings of the whole trilogy on Jan. 6 and 7, with intermissions between titles. At Cinemark locations in Boulder, Lakewood, Aurora and Fort Collins. Screenings at 6 p.m., with the marathons starting at 10 a.m. Tickets: $5.50-$30. Visit cinemark. com for passes and more information.
Arvada Center’s “Cinderella” closes soon
Through Sunday: This weekend is your last chance to see Arvada Center’s charming, holiday season production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella,” which opened on Nov. 24 and features a new book by Douglas Carter Beane and direction by Kenny Moten — along with the original music and lyrics.
The modern production, which first hit the stage in 1957, is set to close Sunday, Dec. 31, at the center’s Main Stage Theatre, so don’t dally. Tickets are $56-$93, with 50% off related purchases for kids 4-12. Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. in Arvada. arvadacenter.org
Wright Bros. soar higher at Wings
Open now: There’s never a bad time to visit Lowry’s Wings Over the Rockies
Air & Space Museum, but a newly updated Wright Bros. exhibit offers even more lift for fans of flight history, timed to the 120th anniversary of humanity’s first powered flight. Notably, it introduces their sister Katharine, sometimes called “the third Wright brother” because of her unwavering support and contribution, officials wrote.
Unique artifacts from the birthplace of flight are also on display, including historical memorabilia such as the Wright Model K Propeller signed by Orville Wright at his home in Dayton, Ohio, in 1944. Denver’s nonprofit Pop Culture Classroom has also produced a new Wright Flyer comic book, with activities such as a coloring station, discovery carts, paper airplane building, and more.
The exhibit is included with the price of admission ($12-$19, with $1 SNAP tickets) and runs 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily at 7711 E. Academy Blvd. in Denver. wingsmuseum.org