Opening night includes two pre-film parties at the Hotel Boulderado and Rembrandt Yard. Attendees will enjoy delicious food, live music, wine, local craft beers and hard seltzer from Upslope Brewing, and specialty cocktails from WhistlePig. Long-time Boulder favorite Pasta Jay’s will provide Italian signature dishes and house-made specialties, while My Neighbor Felix will serve their tasty Mexican regional cuisine. The parties will also feature inspired selections prepared by the chef instructors and students of the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts. Live music at the parties by Riley J Trio and Dechen Hawk. Then Guerilla Fanfare Brass Band will lead attendees and revelers “second-line” style to the Boulder Theater for the screening of The Friend.