ON STAGE

An R&B legend gets her due in Miss Rhythm: The Legend of Ruth Brown, an “intimate cabaret experience” at the Garner Galleria Theatre exploring the life and times of the groundbreaking artist who left an indelible mark on midcentury popular music and transformed Atlantic Records into “the house that Ruth built.” See listing for details.

On View

Need a little local flavor? You’ll find it at NOW: Colorado Creatives Unleashed, an exhibition of recent works by Centennial State artists at R Gallery + Wine Bar featuring landscape, abstract works, sculpture and more — from the traditional to the avantgarde, and shades in between. (Credit: Sean Gray)

On The Page

As an immersive journalist, Ted Conover’s work has taken him from guard work at Sing Sing prison in New York, to staying with offgridders in the farreaches of the San Luis Valley — that’s the subject of his latest book, Cheap Land Colorado, which he’ll read from next week at Inkberry Books in Niwot. Scan the QR code to read a BW feature on the author. See listing for further details.

IN THE NEXT ROOM: THE VIBRATOR PLAY. Mary Miller Library Theater, 300 E. Simpson St., Lafayette. Through May 20. $25. Story on p. 19

ROPE Louisville Arts Center, 801 Grant St. Through May 20. $28

SCHMALTZY & PRINCIE: DIARY OF A NOT-SO-GREAT DADDY’S GIRL. Grace Gamm Theater at Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. May 19-20. $25

NEWSIES The Unitiive Theatre, 800 S. Hover Road, Suite 30, Longmont. May 19-21. $25

LOVE’S LABOR’S WON Dairy Arts Center, Carsen Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder. Through May 21. $25.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Aug. 19. $75

MISS RHYTHM: THE LEGEND OF RUTH BROWN Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Garner Galleria Theatre), 1101 13th St. Through Oct. 15. $46 BW PICK OF THE WEEK

MADELIFE PRESENTS: ART FOR HOPE 1421 Pearl St., Boulder. Through May 24. Free

JERRIE HURD: BEYOND THE MALE GAZE BMoCA at Macky, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder. Through May 26. $2

LASTING IMPRESSIONS

CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through June 2023. Free

COLORADO CREATIVES

UNLEASHED R Gallery + Wine Bar, 2027 Broadway, Boulder. Through June 4. Free BW PICK OF THE WEEK

REINVENTING SUPERMOM: SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT AND STRATEGIES FOR NEW MOTHERS WHO FEEL LOST BY KATE KRIPKE

6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 18, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. $5

SATURDAY STORYTIME WITH STORYTIME STAR HEATHER PREUSSER. 11-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 20, The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop, 198 Second Ave., Suite 1A, Niwot. Free

ON KEEPING A NOTEBOOK (A WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP A WRITING PRACTICE) 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, May 22, The New Local, 741 Pearl St., Boulder. $55 (Ages 18+, includes all materials)

AUGMENTED ORGANICS:

ELEANOR SABIN, CHERYL COON AND ALEXANDRA CHRISTEN-MUNOZ Firehouse Art Center, 667 Fourth Ave., Longmont. Through June 4. Free

EXPLORATIONS OF RESILIENCE AND RESISTANCE / OUR BACKS HOLD OUR STORIES 4550 Broadway, Suite C-3B2, Boulder. Through June 28. Free (by appointment only)

ONWARD AND UPWARD: SHARK’S INK CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder. Through July 2023. Free

BERLIN BY BEA SETTON 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. $5

CHEAP LAND COLORADO: OFF-GRIDDERS AT AMERICA’S EDGE BY TED CONOVER 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, Inkberry Books, 7960 Niwot Road, Niwot. Free. BW PICK OF THE WEEK

START MORE THAN YOU CAN FINISH: A CREATIVE PERMISSION SLIP TO UNLEASH YOUR BEST IDEAS BY BECKY BLADES 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 24, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. $5