Things to do in Denver today, Sept. 20: Tove Lo, dinner and movie, the Doom Room and cookies
Have a weird Wednesday.
Tove Lo. (Courtesy High Rise PR)
If you’re in the mood for some dark Swede pop — a somewhat specific mood to be in — look no further than the Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., where Tove Lo plays tonight.
Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. with Daye Jack. Tickets are $35.
It’s Dine-In Movie night at Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St., and they’re toeing the line of what kind of movie goes well with food.
“Fight Club” shows at 9 p.m.
Ratio Comedy’s The Doom Room and its set-disrupting Screen of Doom are back, and tonight they’ll be testing comedians Ian Douglas Terry, Sara Hake, Anthony Siraguse, Jose Macall, Matt Cobos and Kacy Dahl.
It starts at 8 p.m. at Ratio Beerworks, 2920 Larimer St., and admission is free.
And Wednesday night is beer and cookie pairing night at Zuni Street Brewing Company, 2355 W. 29th Ave.
They’ll be pairing four beers with four cookies from Good Sugar Baking from 6 to 8 p.m. It costs $10.
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