Things to do in Denver today, March 22: Comedy, hip hop and basketball

Ashley Dean

Mar. 22, 2017, 11:59 a.m.

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It’s time again for The Doom Room at Ratio Beerworks, 2920 Larimer St., where comedians perform and the Screen of Doom tries to throw them for a loop.

Tonight’s lineup: Chance Moreland, Kira MagCalen, Katie Bowman, Mitch Jones, Adrian P. Mesa, Corey Rhoads and Andres Becerril.

The show starts at 8 p.m. As always, it’s free.

Test Kitchen is back again tonight at the Black Box, 314 E. 13th Ave. Up this week, MCs Dante Dixon, King Pruvn, Black 21, Flawless Money, Jay Smooth, Mike D Music and Dro Raps.

It’s a free show with a dash of “American Idol,” so check it out if you haven’t already. Doors open at 9 p.m.

The Nuggets play the Cavaliers at home tonight at 7 p.m. This is one of your last handful of chances to catch a game (if they don’t make the playoffs, which is not unlikely).

I asked Denverite Sports Expert Christian Clark if they were going to lose tonight and he said “probably.” But hey, basketball! LeBron!

Tickets start at $39.

Nick Mitchell, Denver's independent monitor, sits in front of Denver Department of Public Safety Executive Director Troy Riggs and Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen. Denver City Council's Safety, Housing, Education, & Homelessness Committee meets to discuss expanded powers for the Office of the Independent Monitor, Jan. 16, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

The watchdog that oversees Denver’s police and sheriff departments might get sharper teeth

"Denver police and sheriff are the only agencies in the city that are allowed to kill people in the course of their normal work."

Experimental musician Cecilia McKinnon, AKA Star Canyon, plays to a growing crowd under a plush set. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Let’s watch “Goodnight Brooklyn” and talk Denver DIY

The Loretto Heights campus on a snowy day, Jan. 12, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

With Loretto Heights redevelopment, southwest Denver residents may finally get a “gathering spot”

Maybe a historic theater will anchor the new district. The question is what type of housing, and how much, will rise on the hilltop campus. Not everyone agrees.

Newly inaugurated Governor Jared Polis speaks to the press in his office, Jan. 8, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Full-day kindergarten by fall 2019 gets $227 million in Polis budget proposal

The new governor shared an early look at his budget proposal, which includes funding totals for one of his signature goals.

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette meets with Araceli Velasquez, her family and supporters at Park Hill United Methodist Church and Temple Micah, where she's lived in sanctuary to avoid deportation for nearly 10 months. May 29, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Rep. DeGette plans on using new position to investigate the Trump administration’s family separation policy

The Denver congresswoman was named chair of a panel with investigative authority.

Two projections in the 2018 Side Stories exhibition. (Ashley Dean)

Denver’s getting 8 weird animated art walls again

Side Stories is bringing eight new artists and eight new film loops to light up the walls of the RiNo Art District.

Denver City Coincil District 11 candidate Christine Alonzo poses for a portrait during a League of Women Voters meeting on the 2020 census, Jan. 15, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Montbello resident Christine Alonzo wants to bring her labor organizing experience to the City Council

The former labor union director left her job to run for Denver City Council's District 11 seat.

Some Denver teachers are wearing these buttons, provided by the union, at the teacher pay negotiations. (Chalkbeat)

Denver teachers union poll shows strong support for a strike, even among parents

The telephone survey of 600 randomly selected Denver voters found that 82 percent of respondents side with the teachers over the school board.

5800 W. Alameda Ave. Oct. 10, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Lakewood Strategic Growth Initiative is ‘back in court’

A grassroots effort to limit growth is staled again.

Denver Museum of Nature and Science. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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A City Park playground will soon become a “nature play” space

The playground is to be replaced under the new City Park Master Plan.

The Denver Family Crisis Center in Sun Valley, May 2, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

A mental health center is coming to Sun Valley and some residents are wincing at patients sharing a neighborhood with lots of kids

Some think a school with a strong mental health component would better serve the neighborhood.

Stapleton residences under downtown Denver's skyline. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver offering mortgage assistance to those hit by the government shutdown

This city is offering up to two months or $5,000 in grants to help homeowners facing hardship pay their mortgages.

The Denver Art Museum's north building is under construction, Dec. 5, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver Art Museum’s construction plans include a fancy rooftop and possibly more shared space with the library

Let's take a look.

Mayor Michael Hancock makes his State of the City address at the Carla Madison Recreation Center, July 16, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Denver is suing drug companies to help pay for the effects of the opioid crisis

Between 2008 and 2017, opioid-related overdoses killed 870 Denverites. The city blames big drug companies for flooding the streets with pharmaceuticals.

Tampons for sale by a local purveyor, Jan. 11, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Women pay a sexist tax on health products, and the Denver City Council could change that

Sales taxes on menstruation products disproportionately impact low-income women and women experiencing homelessness.

SUV parked on Denver City and County Building plaza draws police presence, bomb investigator, but everyone’s fine

There's no danger to the public. Police are in contact with the driver.

An oil rig in Commerce City, March 9, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Colorado Supreme Court rebuffs health, safety groups on oil-gas

The ruling says state law does not allow regulators to make public health and the environment their top priority when setting rules for oil and gas drilling.

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (center) during a press conference on the government shutdown on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, at DIA. Behind him (from left): U.S. Reps. Joe Neguse and Diana DeGette, and local air traffic union president Joshua Waggener. (Esteban L. Hernandez/Denverite)

As Dems call on President Trump to end the federal shutdown, employees in Colorado consider their future

The lawmakers met with federal workers during a press conference at DIA.

National Education Association Vice President Becky Pringle speaks to protesters crowded beneath the State House in protest of a lack of funding for schools, April 27, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

3 Denver teachers on why they’re ready to strike

Accessory Dwelling Units in Denver, from 2010 to 2018.

Even a Denver real estate agent can’t get a granny flat built (but she wants to help you with yours)

Her site includes a database of for-sale Denver properties that allow ADUs.

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Test Kitchen at Black Box, Feb. 8, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)