THURSDAY-SUNDAY

Some people carry protest signs or march about issues. Local creatives express their feelings in one-act plays and powerful song this weekend in Arts Uprise Festival at Millibo Art Theatre. A return of Arts Uprise Resistance Theatre and it could make you cheer or gasp, shake your head or do a major thumbs up. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets $20. themat.org/the-arts-uprise-community-partnership.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

An all-new way of “Defying Gravity” in person. For two nights it’s “Wicked – A Drag Musical,” at The Black Sheep, 2106 E. Platte Ave., 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. As they say, “same magic, different divas.” For ages 18+, $33.72-$35.72, ticketweb.com, limit of four.

THURSDAY

Mountain adventure films from around the world by The North Face are on the big screen at Ivywild School, 1604 S. Cascade Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. “First Descents” is a project of Independent Film Society of Colorado. Food and drink can be purchased on site. For tickets: ifsoc-snow-ice.eventive.org.

FRIDAY

Have some poetry you’ve written or maybe something else literary you’d like to share with others? Friday night is Open Mic for the Literary Arts at Cottonwood Center for the Arts. Part of First Friday downtown. A seven-minute time limit for your presentation with the theme “Last Night I Dreamed About Fish…Again.” Doors at 6:45 p.m. cottonwoodcenterforthearts.com/open-mic-night

SATURDAY

Ladies, if this was one of your New Year’s resolutions, learn how to hit the trails with HERizon Adventures for Women’s Winter Hiking 101, 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday in North Cheyenne Canon Park. Hiking, safety and gear instruction. $30 includes microspikes or traction devices for the hike. Register: herizonadventures.net/product/winter-hiking-101.

SUNDAY-MONDAY

A citywide observance of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day has the theme “Mission Possible II – Building Community, Uniting a Nation the Nonviolent Way” and opens Sunday with a Fireside Chat with MLK granddaughter Yolanda Renee King at Cornerstone Arts Center, Colorado College, 3-5 p.m. Register, free: mlklegacy.org. Community prayer breakfast is 7 a.m. Monday at The Antlers Hotel, program at 8 a.m. Free and followed by Unity March to Acacia Park. Register: mlklegacy.org. The state’s largest celebration is the annual Denver Marade (march and parade) at 10 a.m. Monday, Civic Park down Colfax to the Capitol.