Po' Boyz, 8-11 p.m. Friday and 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Wanda's Country Kitchen, formerly Sam's Place, Junction City. Cost: $5. Hours: 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday. Information: (859) 854-6480.
Picking and Singing, 2 p.m. second and third Sunday each month, Penn's Store, Gravel Switch. Musicians invited to bring an instrument and participate. Information: (859) 332-7706.
Acoustic Jam, 7 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday, Community Arts Center. Information: John Hughes, (859) 236-6628.
Spanish Brass, one of the world's finest brass quintets, 3 p.m. Oct. 12, Newlin Hall, Norton Center for the Arts. Information and tickets: (859) 236-4692. Web site: www.nortoncenter.com
CL8N8 (Clayt and Nate), alternative bluegrass music, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 11, 4th Street Deli & Tap, Danville. Information: (859) 236-1398.
Rock concert featuring Veritas (punk rock), Avenging the Tragedy (Christian rock) and Where's Karen (heavy metal rock), 8 p.m. Saturday, Constitution Square State Historic Site, Danville. Free. Information: julie@downtowndanville.com or (859) 236-1909.
THEATER
"Hollerwood," a comedy by playwright Liz Orndorff, Friday through Sunday, West T. Hill Community Theatre. Web site: www.westthill.com.
"Smoke on the Mountain," a musical set in 1938 featuring Bluegrass gospel music, 8 p.m. Friday, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Weisiger Theatre, Centre College. Information and tickets: (859) 236-4692.
"The Foreigner," 8 p.m. today through Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Ragged Edge Community Theatre. Information: (859) 734-2389.
"Altar Boyz," Off-Broadway musical comedy about a Christian boy band, 8 p.m. Oct. 14, Newlin Hall, Norton Center for the Arts. Information and tickets: (859) 236-4692. Web site: www.nortoncenter.com.
DANCE
Contra dance, with caller Barbara Ramlow and Contrarians, 8-11 p.m. Saturday, beginner lesson 7:30-8 p.m., ArtsPlace, 161 N. Mill St., Lexington. Cost: $7 adults/$5 students and first-timers. Information: (859) 552-5433. Web site: http://ltda.ws/.
Contra dance, with callers Steve Bennett and Chris Bischoff and band Nora, Ben, and Eli, 8-11 p.m. Oct. 10, beginner lesson 7:30-8 p.m., ArtsPlace, 161 N. Mill St., Lexington. Cost: $6 adults/$4 students and first-timers. Information: (859) 552-5433. Web site: http://ltda.ws/.
OTHER EVENTS
Twilight Thursdays, 6-8 p.m., Talon Winery, 7086 Tates Creek Road, Lexington. Information: (859) 971-9797. Web site: www.talonwine.com.
In the Wind Social Club's Bike Night, 6-8 p.m. Thursdays through October, Sonic of Danville. Ten percent discount given to bikers. Information: Judy Hilpl, (859) 326-0072.
Forkland Community Center Lincoln Museum, with information linking the community to Abraham Lincoln's grandmother, Lucey Hanks, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays, Forkland. Information: (859) 936-2061 or (859) 936-7489.
Rudy Rush, today through Saturday, Comedy Off Broadway, Lexington Green. Show times and prices: 8 and 10:30 p.m. Friday, $14; 8 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday, $16. Box office hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Web site: www.comedyoffbroadway.com.
Donna McCreary, author of "Lincoln's Table: A President's Culinary Journey from Cabin to Cosmopolitan," will sign copies of the book 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the Mary Todd Lincoln House in Lexington during a celebration of the second edition release of the book. Information: (859) 233-9999.
A Halloween Project, a Halloween event with performances, music, costumes and more, presented by Youth Off Broadway, 7 p.m. Oct. 30-Nov. 1, West. T. Hill Community Theatre.
Cheek Education Center Open House, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge, Boyle County. Web site: www.ckwr.org.
Fall Color Hike, 10 a.m. Oct. 11, Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge, Boyle County. Web site: www.ckwr.org.
