This story has been updated to omit an Art on the Streets program planned for Saturday in Colorado Springs that has been canceled due to weather.

Here’s a look at some of your best bets for fun and entertainment around Colorado Springs in the coming week:

FRIDAY

– Learn all about the art of woodturning at the Pikes Peak Woodturners’ open house in its new home at Bemis School of Art, 818 Pelham Place, at the Fine Arts Center. It’s “Back to School” night starting at 5:30 p.m. Friday and featuring the National Woods Manufacturing program for high school students, now in its first year with Peyton schools, which prepares young people for careers in the wood manufacturing industry. There’s time to tour Bemis and the Fine Arts Center. Regular meetings start in February. ppwoodturners.org.

– It has moved a week later because of New Year’s Eve, so head on down for First Friday Downtown this Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. Restaurants and stores will be open and the free artist/curator-led tour leaves at 6 p.m. from Boulder Street Gallery and Framing, 206 N. Tejon St. downtowncs.com.

– Wear your glowing colors for Friday night’s Neon Skate Night at Skate in the Park in Acacia Park downtown. The rink is open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., but Neon Skate with a DJ is 4-8 p.m. You’ll get your own free glow necklace. Also this week, first responders will be honored during Hero Skate at Skate in the Park on Wednesday and they’ll get a special take-to-the-ice discount. This season’s Skate in the Park has drawn more than 10,000 enthusiasts and goes through Jan. 18. $10 admission includes skates, ages 4 and under free with paying adult, downtowncs.com.

– They have the blues and it’s a free night of music by local musicians. Blues Showcase featuring Jesse Cotton Stone and Grant Sabin is on stage at 8 p.m. Friday at Stargazers Theatre, 10 Parkside Drive. No reservations needed, no tickets, just come and enjoy. stargazerstheatre.com.

STARTING FRIDAY

– Pottery buyers and bargain shoppers would love for this to be a secret, so keep it quiet. Not! Time for the popular Commonwheel Artists’ Pottery by the Pound sale when artists clear out their inventory for the new year. And there are pottery seconds to be sold as well. Commonwheel members and guest artists participate and there are sales galore. Between Friday and Jan. 31 visit the co-op at 102 Cañon Ave. in Manitou, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. The selection changes during the month so check back. commonwheel.com, 685-1008.

SATURDAY

– Shake it up at the Space Foundation Discovery Center, 4425 Arrowswest Drive, and learn all about what causes earthquakes at “Earth Plate Tectonics,” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. During Star Days, participants will build an earthquake-proof structure, learn earthquake safety, “play with volcanoes” and hear Science On a Sphere presentations about our changing world. Other science programs are Saturdays during the month. The last day for Clifford The Big Red Dog is Jan. 16. Discovery Center admission: $10, $4.50 for children 4-17, $1 for children 2-3, kids under 2 are free. spacefoundation.org/museum.

STARTING SATURDAY

– Cowboy boots and Stetsons, rodeos and horses, shirts with snaps, fiddles, “Farmyard Follies” and Western everything. Time for the 110th annual National Western Stock Show, through Jan. 24 in Denver. For ticket information and a long, long list of events: nationalwestern.com.

SUNDAY

– Jazz it up and swing along with The Broadmoor All-Stars at the Pikes Peak Jazz and Swing Society’s 2nd Sunday Jazz Affair from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Olympian Plaza Reception & Events Center, 975 S. Union Blvd. Featured: Lewis Mock, leader of The Tavern Orchestra, guitar and vocals; and from The Penrose Room Trio, Lila Mori, vocalist; Bruce Pennington, pianist; Scott Barbier and John Flores, drums and bass. $10 at the door. ppjass.org, 685-9451.

– The usually staid City Auditorium will be filled with pounding energy during Sunday’s Zumba Fundraiser, 3 to 5 p.m., as Zumba dancers will be raising money for the historic auditorium at 231 E. Kiowa St. “We’ve all been blessed to be able to use the Historic City Auditorium to host our events in the past years. Let’s show them some love and give something back,” says the Facebook invitation. Minimum donation suggestion $5. No advance reservations.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13

– Alexander Hamilton, in the person of Hal Bidlack, charts his role as one of this country’s Founding Fathers in a special Pillar Institute for Lifelong Learning benefit from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday. Among other presentations, Bidlack has been in a TV debate with Clay S. Jenkinson as Thomas Jefferson. Be a part of living history at the Tim Gill Center, 315 E. Costilla St., $30, $20 for Pillar members, registration required, visitpillar.org.

– Time to sign off on the Empty Stocking Fund campaign with a Holiday Hangover Party. Just $10 at the door at the Mining Exchange, 7 S. Nevada Ave., and wear a party outfit if you’d like. There’s dancing to Martini Shot, hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar as the holiday nonprofit fundraising season ends. Party time 6 p.m. fillanemptystocking.org.

ONGOING

– Daily entertainment calendar for music, arts and other fun around the region.