Jazz night at R Gallery and other Boulder events for today – Boulder…

Today

Jazz night at R Gallery: Enjoy a night of live jazz with local musicians Ron Jolly on keyboards and jazz singer Jean Marie. Browse artworks by Colorado artists, and sip fine wine, craft beer or a special cocktail; 7 p.m. Thursday, R Gallery + Wine Bar, 2027 Broadway, Boulder; free; rgallery.art.

Rodney Ley at Neptune Mountaineering: Discover how to make the most out of backcountry ski tours at Cameron Pass, sometimes well into June, with Rodney Ley; 7 p.m. Thursday, Neptune Mountaineering, 633 S. Broadway, Boulder; free; eventbrite.com.

‘Go as a River’ book signing: Shelley Read will speak about and sign her new book, “Go as a River,” with Boulder Book Store’s Arsen Kashkashian and KGNU’s Maeve Conran in a live recording of the Boulder Book Store and KGNU Radio book club; 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder; $5; boulderbookstore.net.

‘Tukdam — Between Worlds’ film screening: In what Tibetans call tukdam, deceased meditators show no signs of death for days or weeks. Juxtaposing ground-breaking scientific research and Tibetan perspectives, this creative documentary challenges notions of life and death and where the line is drawn between them; 6 p.m. Thursday, CASE building, Chancellor’s Hall, Fourth floor, Boulder; free; calendar.colorado.edu.

Upcoming

‘Company’ at Charlotte York Ivory Theater: Stephen Sondheim’s iconic hit “Company” searches for answers, revealing why being single, being married or simply being alive can drive a person mad; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Charlotte York Irey Theatre, 261 University of Colorado, Boulder; $26; cupresents.org.

Laser Elton John music show: Celebrate Elton John’s larger than life persona and powerful music in gorgeous laser light at Fiske; 8:30 p.m. Friday, Fiske Planetarium, 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder; $8-$12; calendar.colorado.edu.

Charlie White at BOCO Cider: Boulder-based Charlie White is an avid guitarist and singer-songwriter. His music draws from a wide range of influences like folk, jazz and the blues; 6 p.m. Friday, BOCO Cider, 1501 Lee Hill Drive, Unit 14, Boulder; free; bococider.com.

Speaker series with Donagh Coleman: Film director Donagh Coleman reflects on “A Good Death,” his latest documentary about conscious death; 2 p.m. Friday, The Renée Crown Wellness Institute, Aspen Conference Room 1135 Broadway, Boulder; free; eventbrite.com.

Mara Goldman — ‘Narrating Nature, Decolonizing Conservation’: As the global community grapples with how to improve biodiversity conservation efforts, Indigenous communities around the world are demanding the process of conservation itself be decolonized. In this talk, Mara Goldman asks what this means globally; 3:30 p.m. Friday, Guggenheim Geography, 205, 1475 Central Campus Mall, Boulder; free; calendar.colorado.edu.