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-- The P7_initTBM function was originally called via the body tag, but since we cannot use the body tag in a freeform, we need to use an image tag instead. Randy Newman means different things to different people, and it all depends on when you were born. To baby boomers he's an acerbic social observer and fluke pop star, best known for bluesy, piano-driven '70s albums that featured wry songs like "Short People" and "Sail Away." To Generation X he's a film composer, responsible for the sweeping grandeur of "The Natural" and sentimental pap like "I Love to See You Smile.
" To the youngest set, he's an entrenched fixture of Disney- Pixar soundtracks. Ultimately, the man is simply a singer-songwriter with longevity. The 62-year-old has perpetually had his finger on the nation's pulse, and it seems only retirement or death will pry it away.
Tickets for his Jan. 8-9 and 12-13 stints at the Lincoln Center in Fort Collins went on sale Wednesday. ($38-$40, 970-221-6730 or LCTIX.
com) Denver Museum of Nature Science will not technically offer tickets to its free day on Wednesday, but the events are hot nonetheless. Kids can interact more than ever with self- guided scavenger hunts through the museum's colorful dioramas, while the Engineer It exhibition lets them design and build boats, buildings, airplanes and robots and test them in water tanks and wind tunnels. (800-925-2250 or dmns.
org) Tom Kimmel is an equal-opportunity songwriter, contributing his work to shows like "Captain Kangaroo," "Miami Vice" and "Party of Five," and musicians like Johnny Cash and Linda Ronstadt. The versatile artist is promoting a new book of poetry, "The Sweetest the Meanest." Tickets for his Nov.
17 show at Swallow Hill are on sale now. ($10-$12, events.swal lowhill.
com) Ten Tenors return to Fort Collins for the third time in five years for a special holiday show. The popular Australian singers visit the Lincoln Center Nov. 28-Dec.
2. Tickets are on sale now. ($30-$38, LCTIX.
com) Rose Hill Drive's previously announced New Year's shows in its hometown of Boulder were recently sweetened. The addition of powerhouse bassist Mike Watt and his Missing Men as an opening act is enticement enough, but now Rose Hill Drive will perform "Band of Gypsys," inspired by Jimi Hendrix's famed New Year's Eve show at the Fillmore East, in its entirety followed by a set of originals. Boulder Theater, Dec.
30-31. Tickets are on sale now. ($18-$40, bouldertheater.
com)
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