FRIDAY

One of the most unusual events during National Western Stock Show for 78 years: the Grand Champion Steer walks the red carpet through the lobby of Denver’s regal Brown Palace Hotel just in time for high tea. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Reservations for free general admission. A VIP viewing and barbeque luncheon $150. After lunch, the top steer will be sold in the Junior Livestock Auction, money going for youth education. tinyurl.com/5bczzvtr  

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

In honor of founder Spencer Penrose and his wife Julie, it’s Roaring Twenties Weekend Friday-Sunday at The Broadmoor. The food, clothes, dances and entertainment of those fun years and this time no Prohibition, so there’s hard stuff and cocktail tastings, too. Fred Astaire dance lessons. A whole package of festivities including rooms. broadmoor.com

FRIDAY

Nature-themed Board Game Night is a winter night special, 6-8:30 p.m. Friday at Fountain Creek Nature Center. Games and refreshments, $10 registration  at elpasocountynaturecenters.com. Other winter fun: Team Trivia Nights every Monday, register at 5:45 p.m. Poor Richard’s Rico Cafe, 320 N. Tejon St.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

All about fly fishing at the weekend Fly Fishing Show, Friday through Sunday at Gaylord Rockies in Aurora. 300 booths and vendors, 37 free seminars, 27 special classes. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $20, two or three-day passes. Children under age 5 and Boy and Girl Scouts under 16 in uniform free. Children 6-12 $5. flyfishingshow.com/denver-co

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Three sisters, all with life baggage, come back home to care for “Old Granddaddy” and have to deal with each other in the Butte Theater’s “Crimes of the Heart” in Cripple Creek, 7 p.m., $16. Also  matinees. ci.ovationtix.com 

SATURDAY

The city’s young homeless tell their own stories with an opening reception Saturday for the documentary photo project “We Have a Story: Homelessness in Colorado Springs.” Reception with photographers, 10-11:30 a.m. at East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd. Exhibit at East for January, Rockrimmon Library in February, Manitou Library in March. ppld.org/We-Have-a-Story-Reception

SATURDAY

Is that a letter Z on your license plate? Because they like that letter, there’s a free coffee for you as Ziggi’s Drive-Thrus celebrate National Coffee Break Day Saturday with a free 16-ounce cuppa Joe for the driver. Give the barista a photo of your Z license plate when you order, one coffee per license plate. 

SUNDAY

Howl with the wolves at the Colorado Wolf & Wildlife Center Bonfire Bash. Tour the center in Divide to see the wolves during an evening beside the bonfire, eating hot chili. 4-6 p.m. Sunday. Reservations $40, $20 for ages 8-11. wolfeducation.org

SUNDAY

See the classical ballet masterwork “Giselle,” featuring former Bolshoi prima ballerina Olga Smirnova on screen Sunday, or an encore Wednesday, Jan. 24. Filmed at Dutch National Ballet. For tickets, Tinseltown and Regal Interquest: giselleballetcinema.com

Grand Champion Cheer at Brown Palace Hotel. (courtesy photo)