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TODAY Deadheads Melvin Seals and JGB keep the Grateful Dead flame alive and the band promises a Halloween light show, too, when they play at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder; $48; axs.com. Stage Longtime Motus Theater Artistic Director Kirsten Wilson performs her one-woman show “No Contract,” a play that asks if there is a way to live with dementia without tragedy at 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, Friday through Nov. 9, at the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $20-$29; thedairy.org. Halloween Indulge in decadence during the Dairy Center’s Vampire Ball, an evening of dance, film, immersive installations and more, at 8 p.m. Friday at the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $52-$83; thedairy.org. WEEKEND Dia de los Muertos Spoken-word artist and Lafayette poet laureate ZBassSpeaks, traditional Aztec dance troupe Grupo Mexicano Tlahuitzcalli and genre-bending rock outfit Izcalli provide the entertainment during the “Noche De Museo: Celebrating Day of the Dead” event at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont; $18-$20; longmontcolorado.gov. Rock-estra Members of The Unfinished Orchestra recreate songs by the likes of Muse, The Pixies, Radiohead and many more as a chamber orchestra, and the group plays at 7 p.m. Sunday at Dickens Opera House, 302 Main St., Longmont; $5; unfinishedorchestra.com. Culture Modeled after traditional Balinese village musical groups, Gamelan Tunas Mekar performs during The La Camera Concert Series at noon Saturday at the Canyon Theater in the Boulder Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder; free; boulderlibrary.org. FUTURE Tunes Colorado musical acts Corsicana and Nina de Freitas join forces for a concert at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Chautauqua Community House, 301 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder; $26; chautauqua.com. FREE Cult classic Oliver Stone’s “Natural Born Killers” (1994) was a bold look at a country seduced by fame and obsessed by crime, and the Boulder Movie Club screens it at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Boulder Library’s Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder; free; boulderlibrary.org. KIDS Trick-or-treat Little ones, ages 5 and younger, and their caregivers, are invited to a Halloween-themed storytime and optional trick-or-treat activity from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Longmont Library, 409 4th Ave., Longmont; free; longmontcolorado.gov. Costume party
