Denver area events for Aug. 6 1%

By Carlotta Olson0%

8/5/2026, 11:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 3 faulty reasoning types, including Loss Aversion and Status Quo Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 19.9% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 94 faulty-reasoning hits from 316 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 0% and a BS Rank of 1% (28,462 of 28,631 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 99.40% of the article peer group.

If you have an event taking place in the Denver area, email information to carlotta.olson@gazette.com at least two weeks in advance. 
All events are listed in the calendar on space availability. 
Movies at McGregor  “10 Things I Hate About You”  6:30 p.m., McGregor Square, 1901 Wazee St., Denver; mcgregorsquare.com/events/movies-at-mcgregor . 
Denver Municipal Band  Jazz Band  6:30-7:45 p.m., Central Park North Conservatory Green, East 49th Place at Valentia Street, Denver; denvermunicipalband.org . 
Summer Concert Series  With Los Mocochetes, 7 p.m., Festival Lawn, 1 E. 
Memorial Parkway, Northglenn; northglennarts.org/upcoming-events . 
5150 Album Release Show  With Indecisive, Diskount Vodka and the Orca, 8 p.m., The Federal Theatre, 3830 N. 
Federal Blvd., Denver, $17.22 and up. 
Tickets: thefederaltheatre.com . 
Fudge  With Big Pinch and Jackson Cloud, 8 p.m., Skylark Lounge, 140 S. 
Broadway, Denver, $18.08. 
Tickets: skylarklounge.com . 
Of Monsters and Men  With Gordi, 8 p.m., Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, $76 and up. 
Tickets: axs.com . 
Canyon Collective & Thunderboogie  With Dr. 
Frogger’s Electric Meatsuit, 8 p.m., Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, $27.28-$29.28. 
Tickets: axs.com . 
Shift Thursdays Featuring DMVU and Luzcid  With Canvas, Mass Relay, Tokiyoh, 8:30 p.m., Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, 2635 Welton St., Denver, $22-$30. 
Tickets: cervantesmasterpiece.com . 
Beth Stelling  7:30 p.m. 
Thursday, 7:15 and 9:30 p.m. 
Friday, 7 and 9:15 p.m. 
Saturday, Comedy Works Downtown in Larimer Square, 1226 15th St., Denver, $33-$42. 
Tickets: comedyworks.com . 
Steve Simeone  7:30 p.m. 
Thursday, 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. 
Friday, 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. 
Saturday, Comedy Works South at the Landmark, 5345 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village, $19-$32. 
Tickets: comedyworks.com . 
“504: The Musical”  Killstrom Theatre, Speer Boulevard & Arapahoe Street, Denver, go online for prices; denvercenter.org/tickets-events . 
“BETC “Witch”  Dairy Arts Center, Carson Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, go online for prices. 
Tickets: thedairy.org . 
CARLOTTA OLSON, The Denver Gazette 
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316 words analyzed.

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8speakers15%attributed speech269writer words
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denvercenter.org

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0%50.0%100.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +92.2 ptsWriter: 7.8%denvercenter.org: 100.0%100.0%

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