‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ plays through June 25

Performance Now eatre Company, which started in Highlands Ranch, will perform “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” at Lakewood Cultural Center through June 25. Performances: Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. 303-987-7845, performancenow.org. Tickets start at $20.

Colorado Book Awards

Colorado Book Award winners will celebrate on June 10 at El Pomar Foundation’s Penrose House Garden Pavilion. Anthology winner: “Denver Noir,” edited by Cynthia Swanson; general ction: “ e Immortal King Rao” by Vaughini Vara; historical ction: “Little Souls” by Sandra Dallas. Livestream on Facebook and You Tube.

Local author

“Trust Yourself to Be All In: Safe to Love and Let Go,” an inspirational memoir by Amanda McKoy Flanagan of Castle Rock, is released on Amazon.

Newman Center

Newman Center Presents has announced its 2023-2024 season, beginning Sept. 8 with “Dog Man: e Musical” followed by the Martha Graham Dance Company on Sept. 22 and 23. 303-871-7720, newmancenterpresents.com.

Colorado Symphony

Colorado Symphony tickets are on sale now, celebrating 100 years of symphonic music in Colorado. See: coloradosymphony.org. Opening Sept. 15-17 with Beethoven’s Fifth, with Peter Oundjian.

Rox Arts e Rox Arts Gallery in Littleton’s Aspen Grove shopping center is relo- cating in early July and will be next to the Tattered Cover.

Performance Now Theater Company performs “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, through June 25.

Kirkland Museum e Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Arts, 1201 Bannock St., Denver, continues to celebrate its 20th anniversary with “Dave Yust — Evidence of Gravity and Other Works” opening June 21. Yust, a good friend of Vance Kirkland, lives in Fort Collins, where he taught for many years.

Wagon tours

Pam Roth O’Mara is o ering wagon tours for artists, some mornings and others at sunset, at the Plains Con- servation Center, in conjunction with Denver Botanic Gardens. Cost: $10. botanicalgardens.org/programs/ wagon-tours-artists. June 14, 8:3010:30 a.m.; July 19, 8-10 a.m.; Aug. 9, 8:30-10:30 a.m.; July 6, 5:30-8:30 p.m; Aug. 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Denver Audubon

Denver Audubon is located at 9308 S. Wadsworth Blvd. and has trails for families to walk, as well as programming for children and adults. On June 24, from 9 a.m. to noon, there will be a “Birds and Blooms Native Plant Garden Fest.” denveraudubon. org

Check out ‘Bugs’

Denver Museum of Nature & Science o ers “Bugs,” created by the Te Pappawa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. $17/$20. See dmns.org.

Littleton Museum concerts

Concert by the 17th Avenue Allstars at the Littleton Museum lawn at 6:30 p.m. on June 28. Free. July 12: After Midnight. July 19: Delta Sonics. July 26: Dakota Blonde. 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton.

Vintage Theatre

Vintage eatre is presenting “Driving Miss Daisy” with Deborah Perso through July 9. 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. See vintagetheatre.org.