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Join Rep. Joe Neguse — currently serving Boulder as Colorado’s first Black representative in the U.S. House, and the country’s first Eritrean American to hold the office — for a discussion of his new book, Courage in The People’s House: Nine Trailblazing Representatives Who Shaped America, at First United Methodist Church in Boulder. See listing for more details

COAL WARS Junkyard

Social Club, 2525 Frontier Ave., Suite A, Boulder. 7:30-9:30 p.m. July 28-29. $15

ROCK OF AGES. The Arts

HUB, 420 Courtney Way, Lafayette. Through July 30. $28 BW Pick of the Week

WILLY WONKA Jester’s Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. Through Aug. 6. $30

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING & KING LEAR PRESENTED BY COLORADO SHAKESPEARE

FESTIVAL Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, Broadway Street & College Ave., Boulder. Through Aug. 13. $25

THE SOUND OF MUSIC. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Through Aug. 19. $75.

MISS RHYTHM: THE LEGEND OF RUTH BROWN Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Garner Galleria Theatre), 1101 13th St. Through Oct. 15. $46.

TOMBOY AND OLD SALTY: NEW WORK FROM THE STUDIO OF ALLYSON MCDUFFIE Bus Stop Gallery, 4895 Broadway, Boulder. 6-9 p.m. Through July 30. Free

DARCIE SHIVELY: REPLY HAZY, TRY AGAIN The New Local Annex, 713 Pearl St., Boulder. 10 a.m.-noon Tuesdays and Thursdays through Aug. 27.

R GALLERY ART EXHIBIT: ABSTRACT COLORS + FORM. R Gallery + Wine Bar, 2027 Broadway, Boulder. Through September 10. Free

A WARNING ABOUT SWANS BY R.M. ROMERO. 5 p.m. Thursday, July 27, The Wandering Jellyfish Bookshop, 198 2nd Ave., Suite 1A, Niwot. Free

WHAT ONCE WAS AN INSIDE OUT RAINBOW BY AMELIE HONEYSUCKLE

6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 27, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder. $5

STAY SWEET: TALES OF QUIRKY SOUTHERN LOVE BY CHRIS CHANDLER 7-8 p.m. Saturday, July 29, Inkberry Books, Cottonwood Shopping Center 7960, Niwot Road. Free agriCULTURE: ART INSPIRED BY THE LAND BMoCA, 1750 13th St., Boulder; and The Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road. Through Oct. 1 (BMoCA) and Jan. 7 (Longmont Museum). $2 / $8 BW Pick of the Week

NO BOUNDARIES: WOMEN TRANSFORMING THE WORLD Jerry Crail Earth Science & Map Library, 2200 Colorado Ave., Boulder. Through May 2024. Free

THE WORLD SPINS BY: A GIFT OF TIME, LOVE, AND THE LONG BIKE RIDE BACK TO MYSELF BY JERRY KOPACK. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 1, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St. $5

COURAGE IN THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE: NINE TRAILBLAZING REPRESENTATIVES WHO SHAPED AMERICA BY JOE NEGUSE.

6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 2, First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder. $10 BW Pick of the Week