AURORA | In a world often fraught with division, the famous story of a spider and and pig is a welcome respite. Pack up the kids and head to the Mizel for fun and inspiration.

If that’s not your thing, you can sing along, in your head, to earworm Broadway musical songs or try your luck with the Irish.

Scroll down for ideas near and around Aurora.

Pig and web

The Mizel Arts and Culture Center’s Denver Children’s Theatre presents “Charlotte’s Web,” offering both in-theatre and in-school performances.  

School group performances will take place at the Mizel Arts and Culture Center at the 

Based on E.B. White’s beloved story, “Charlotte’s Web” follows the friendship between Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider, celebrating kindness and sacrifice. As Wilbur faces the fate of the farm, Charlotte weaves her magic to save him, proving that love, friendship, and sacrifice can create the most miraculous changes. The play is suitable for kids ages 4 and up.

IF YOU GO

Date: 10 a.m. March 9, March 16

Venue: Mizel Arts and Culture Center 350 S. Dahlia St.

Tickets: $13-$16

Details: 303-399-2660 and jccdenver.org

Guys and Dolls

Back from the past, some of the most memorable favorites of the stage will run through March 23 at the Vintage Theatre in Aurora.

Guys and Dolls and all the favorites, including “Adelaide’s Lament,” “I’ve Never Been in Love Before,” “If I Were a Bell,” and “Luck Be a Lady,” and all the classic characters from the legendary Broadway musical are on tap.

IF YOU GO

Dates: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through March 23. Evening curtains at 7:30 p.m. and matinees at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets: $20-$39

Venue: Vintage Theatre,

1468 Dayton St.

Details: vintagetheatre.org and 303-856-7830

St Paddy’s Day Celebration at the Town Center mall

The luck and pluck of the Irish is slated for the Aurora Town Center mall just a day late, but not short of fun and festivities.

The lower-level court will the stage for a variety of family-friendly shows and events, including Irish step dancers, crafts for the kids. “Whether you’re here for the dancing, the music, or just a good time with family and friends, there’s something for everyone to enjoy, said mall marketing manager Chelsea Thatcher.

IF YOU GO

When: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. March 15

Where: Town Center at Aurora mall, 14200 E. Alameda Ave.

Tickets: Free, and free beer from Helga’s Haus during for adults.

Details: towncenterataurora.com/

MAD LIBrarians Improv Show

No beige sweaters with this book-ish cast. “Whenever this team of buttoned-up librarians hears about a fantastic new book, they go wild,” Arapahoe Library District officials said in a statement. “In each show, buttons go flying as the MAD LIBrarians craft a new book title based on your suggestions and then — right before your very eyes — they act, sing and shout that book out full-blast.” Improv-bookings? “Come visit the library that can’t ever keep quiet …no matter how hard its terribly serious and wonderfully silly librarians may try, presented by Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company.” Suggested for kids of all ages, even old ones.

IF YOU GO

When: 1 p.m. March 15

Where: Smoky Hill Library, 5430 S Biscay Circle

Details: arapahoelibraries.org

Tickets: Free. Reserve your spot: arap.li/41ioB9c

The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama

The Life and Art of Tokio Ueyama features more than 40 paintings loaned to the museum by the Japanese American National Museum and Ueyama’s family, whose combined efforts to preserve his work have allowed the story of this accomplished and cosmopolitan artist to be told at the Denver Art Museum for the first time.

Born in Japan, Tokio Ueyama moved to the United States in 1908 at age 18, where he made a home until his death in 1954. This exhibition tells the story of Ueyama’s life, including his early days as an art student in San Francisco, Southern California, and Philadelphia; his travels abroad in Europe and Mexico; his role as artist and community member in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles; and his unconstitutional incarceration during World War II at the Granada Relocation Center, now the Amache National Historic Site, in southeast Colorado.

IF YOU GO

Through June 1

Where: Denver Art Museum,
100 W 14th Ave Pkwy Tickets:
 Included in general admission, which is free for members and for
all visitors 18 and under.

Details: 

www.denverartmuseum.org

St. Patrick’s Day at Sheabeen’s

The Sheabeen parking lot has long offered the “Colorado Irish Festival” on Saint Patrick’s Day, begin after the closing of historical Duffy’s in Downtown Denver.

It’s made Sheabeen Pub the oldest Irish Pub in the metro area, Schmidt says.

Irish pipe bands and more are a staple here when everyone becomes Irish in the area.

This year, the pub opens early for the holiday, 9 a.m., There will be the annual showing of “The Quiet Man” with John Wayne at 10 a.m. and then a day and night filled with festivities, including Irish step dancing, Michael Collins Pipes and Drums, assorted Irish originals and regional names and, you know it, corned beef and cabbage.

IF YOU GO

Where; Sheabeen Irish Pub, 2300 S. Chambers Road

Details: www.sheabeenirishpub.com.

When: March 17, 9 a.m. to close. Small cover after 3 p.m. Showing of “The Quiet Man” at 10 a.m.

Highlights: Irish step dancing, Michael Collins Pipes and Drums and lots of corned beef and cabbage