Award-winning pianist Aristo Sham, who hails from Hong Kong, plays pieces by J.S. Bach, Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms and Frederic Chopin in a solo concert sure to dazzle and inspire at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Macky Auditorium, 1595 Pleasant St., Boulder; $22-$83; cupresents.org.

Songs about bank robbers, Irish party tunes and more are mixed with more traditional bluegrass when Stomp Street Heist takes the stage at 8 p.m. Friday at the Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Gold Hill: $15; goldhillinn.com.

Standup comedian, actor, podcaster Mark Normand does his thing for three shows, 7 p.m. Friday, and 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, at the Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder; $70-$125; axs.com.

Former labor secretary in the Clinton Administration, Robert Reich, is a longtime impassioned educator, and

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