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Mar 16 2018

This Week in the Arts: March 9-15, 2018


#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS

March 9-15, 2018

  • The Magic of a Local Bookshop | Our State Magazine
  • Chapel Hill Honoring First Openly Gay Town Council Member with Public Art Dedication | chapelboro.com
  • Hillsborough’s Community through Art | southernneighbor.com
  • PlayMakers Presents World Premiere Of Leaving Eden, 4/4 | broadwayworld.com
  • Ackland ArtWalk celebrates International Women’s Day through an artistic lens | The Daily Tar Heel

YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR

ART
  • Artist Talk with Jennifer Miller Tonight, 6:30pm | Eno Gallery, Hillsborough
DANCE
  • Triangle Youth Ballet presents Les Sylphides Tomorrow, 7pm | East Chapel Hill School
HISTORY
  • Historic Hillsborough Saturday Walking Tour Tomorrow, 11am | Hillsborough Visitor’s Center

THEATRE

  • Transactors Improv for Families presents The Green Show Tomorrow, 6pm | The ArtsCenter, Carrboro
  • One Song Productions presents Five Women Wearing the Same Dress Tonight and Tomorrow, 7:30pm, Sunday, 3pm | The ArtsCenter

KIDS & FAMILIES

  • Flip4Kids presents Ferdinand in Spanish Tomorrow, 2pm | Varsity Theatre, Chapel Hill
  • School of Rock Chapel Hill Mid-Season Show Sunday, 1pm | School of Rock Chapel Hill

COMEDY

  • March Laughness Tonight, 7:30pm | The PIT Chapel Hill
  • Improv for Customer Service Tomorrow, 10am | The PIT Chapel Hill
  • Saturday Night Laughs Tomorrow, 9pm | The PIT Chapel Hill
  • Erin Go Bragh Ha Ha Tomorrow, 9:30pm | Varsity Theare
  • Krish Mohan & Andrew Frank’s Comedy Takeover Tomorrow, 11pm | The PIT Chapel Hill
  • The Sunday Show – Standup Comedy Featuring Brian Herberger Sunday, 7:30pm | Mystery Brewing Public House

LITERARY ARTS & STORYTELLING

  • Chapel Hill Historical Society presents Dromgoole, Twice-Murdered: Unraveling a Southern LegendSunday, 3pm | Chapel Hill Public Library
  • Poetry Reading Featuring Beth Copeland, Terri Greco, and Pam Baggett Sunday, 4pm | Orange County Main Library, Hillsborough

EVENTS

  • The Art Therapy Institute’s 8th Annual I Heart Art Community Fundraiser Sunday, 1pm | The Great Room, Chapel Hill

LIVE MUSIC

CHAPEL HILL

  • Irish music with Fiddlin’ Al McCanless, Bob Vasile, and James Leva Tonight, 8pm |  Nighlight Bar & Club
  • Metal with Weedeater Tonight, 8:30pm | Local 506
  • Rock with Karol Peril with Continuous Wave and Joe Romeo Tonight, 9pm | The Cave
  • St. Patrick’s Dead with Loose Lucies Tomorrow, 8pm | Imbibe
  • Irish music with Paddy-Meb in the Roadhouse Tomorrow, 9pm | The Kraken
  • Singer/Songwriter with Trippers & Askers Tomorrow, 9pm | The Cave
  • Roseclouds Music Video Shoot & Goth Night Sunday, 5pm | Local 506

CARRBORO

  • Indie with Heavensend, Jackson Honeycutt, and Earther Tonight, 9pm | The Station
  • Acoustic with Kyle Petty and David Childers Tonight, 9pm | Cat’s Cradle Back Room
  • Jazz with Tim Smith Trio Tonight, 9:30pm | 2nd Wind
  • IB Cedar Ridge Battle of the Bands Tomorrow, 7pm | Cat’s Cradle
  • Kirtan with Samadhi Tomorrow, 7:30pm | Oasis at Carr Mill
  • Rock with The Bad Checks and Dex Romweber Tomorrow, 8pm | Cat’s Cradle
  • Funk with The Sunday Special St. Patty’s Day Tomorrow, 9pm | The Station
  • Indie with Men I Trust Sunday, 8pm | Cat’s Cradle

HILLSBOROUGH 

  • An Evening of History Song featuring Mary D. Williams Tonight, 7pm | The Whitted Building
  • Irish music with Curtis Eller & Lynda Cullen Tonight, 8pm | Mystery Brewing Public House
  • Rock with 19 Miles From Davis Tonight, 6pm | Hot Tin Roof
  • Irish music with Nee Ningy Tomorrow, 8pm | Mystery Brewing Public House
  • Acoustic with Ellerbe Creek Band Tomorrow, 8pm | Nash St. Tavern
  • Sacred Sound Meditation with Garth Robertson Sunday 2pm | Cedar Walk Wellness Center

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