TODAY
Music, art and cinema
Spanning multiple genres and eras, Mile High Soul Collective’s music has one thing in common: it gets you moving, and the group plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Nissi’s, 1455 Coal Creek Dr., Lafayette; $20-$25; nissis.com.
If you haven’t had enough holiday stories yet, Jesters Dinner Theatre reprises its annual version of the Charles Dickens classic with “Scrooge” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, at 214 Main St., Longmont; $19-$55; jesterstheatre.com.
Enjoy the original work of others, and bring your own original pieces to read during Firehouse Art Center’s Poetry Night from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the center located at 667 4th Ave., Longmont; free (donations accepted); downtownlongmont.com.
Imagine raising an angsty and troubled teen who also happens to be the son of God, and you get a sense of what Nicolas Cage, as Joseph, is up against in the Biblical horror flick “The Carpenter’s Son,” screened at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Boedecker in the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $11-$14; thedairy.org.
WEEKEND
Magic and music
Boulder’s Braden Carlisle is back with his family-friendly magic and comedy show at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $29-$40; thedairy.org.
Shake off the holiday blues with the horn-driven, blues, roots and soul music of Deborah Stafford and the Night Stalkers when the 8-piece outfit plays at 6 p.m. Saturday at Bricks on Main, 471 Main St., Longmont. Visit bricksretail.com for more info.
FUTURE
Music
The King Penny Radio Show bring an improvised radio show in the style of the airwaves Golden Era, plus live music, during a special New Year’s Eve event from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $17-$46; thedairy.org.
Clay Rose is joined by band members Taylor Sims, Jeb Bows, Scott Coulter, Adam Perry, as well as the Poudre Valley Playboys for a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Gold Hill. Visit goldhillinn.com for more info.
FREE
Bingo
Work with staff members and others to create a list of promises to yourself you just might be able to keep during the New Year’s Resolution Bingo Card event from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Reynolds Library, 3595 Table Mesa Dr., Boulder; free (18 and older); boulderlibrary.org.
KIDS
Movement class
Youngsters can join others and get some of that energy out of their systems during the Kids Creative Movement Class from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Longmont Library, 409 4th Ave., Longmont; free; longmontcolorado.gov.