Wailin' Jennys at Chautauqua and other Boulder events for today

Sep. 30—The Wailin' Jennys at Chautauqua: Beloved Canadian folk act, that frequently appears on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion," returns to Boulder to thrill audiences with its renowned live performance; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Chautauqua Auditorium, 198 Morning Glory Drive, Boulder; $30-$48; z2ent.com.

Family Pride Night at WOW: The children's museum is hosting an inclusive evening to celebrate to the diverse families in the community. The night's festivities will include Drag Queen Story Hour with Shirley Delta Blow at 6:15 p.m., a DIY face-painting station, make your own pronoun buttons, a "What am I proud of" activity, community resources and information for queer families and allies; 5:30 p.m. Friday, WOW! Children's Museum, 110 N. Harrison Ave., Lafayette; $1; wowchildrensmuseum.org.

Fruition at Boulder Theater: From former buskers on the streets of Portland, Ore., to touring headliners, Fruition plays, along with Heavy Diamond Ring, at 8 p.m. Friday at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder; $25-$30; bouldertheater.com.

FreeForm Dance Festival: Formerly Boulder Contemporary Dance Festival (by Cindy Brandle), this rebranded event highlights Colorado's best choreographers and companies in an all-style dance festival, curated by Boulder's VisKosity Dance Collective; 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dairy Arts Center, Gordon Gamm Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder; $10-$25; thedairy.org.

Strangebyrds at BoCo Cider: This local band brings the blue-collar folk to town from the songwriting duo of Cari Minor and Ray Smith; 6 p.m. Friday, BoCo Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder; Free; bococider.com.

ATL BDR Comedy Mashup: Atlanta's finest standup comedy show comes to the Boulder for an epic mashup featuring Boulderites and ex-Boulderites who now live in Atlanta; 7 p.m. Friday, DV8 Distillery, 2480 49th St., Boulder; $10; dv8.fun.

Life Among the Stars: While there are eight planets orbiting our sun, astronomers have found that most stars have their own planetary systems, too. There are hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy, and hundreds of billions of galaxies in our universe — each filled with stars that could be hosting their own planets. Join us as we go on a deep dive and investigate whether there might be life among the stars; 7 p.m. Friday, Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder; $8-$12; colorado.edu/fiske.

'The Dean's List,' a ski film screening: Cedar Palmer Films spent the past season capturing the skiing, traveling and lifestyle of a diverse group of local skiers — some who are students and bartenders, others engineers or carpenters, but all of them would give up anything just to ski. The one-hour film will be followed by an after party hosted by DJ Elevation; 8 p.m. Friday, The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder; $20-$25; z2ent.com.