This Week in the Arts: February 16-22, 2018

• Mixed Concrete Art Show Tonight 5:30pm | Top of the Hill
• Lean In: Hidden Tales in Trees Reception Tonight 6pm | Hillsborough Arts Council
• It’s All About the Story Opening Reception Tonight 6pm | Hillsborough Gallery of Arts
• Artist Opening: Elijah Pruitt’s Works in Mixed Media Tonight 6pm | Gallery 71, Hillsborough
• Opening Reception for Gnarly Old Trees Tonight 6pm | Margaret Lane Gallery and Studio, Hillsborough
• Showcase for a Cause: To Benefit Gigi’s Playhouse Tonight 6pm | Extraordinary Ventures, Chapel Hill
• Generations Art Show Tonight 7pm | Hillsborough Artist Cooperative and Skylight Gallery
• “These animals just showed up” Art Walk feature by Steve Emery Tonight 7pm | K’s Closet, Hillsborough
• Family and Friends Sunday: Celebrating “Becoming a Woman” Sunday 2pm | Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill

• Gob Squad: Revolution Now! Tonight and Tomorrow at 8pm | Current ArtSpace + Studio, Chapel Hill
• Playmakers Repertory Company  presents The Christians Tonight, 7:30pm and Tomorrow, 2:00pm | Paul Green Theatre, Chapel Hill
• Peking Opera Group Tomorrow 2:30pm | Seymour Center, Chapel Hill
• Frederick Douglass at 200: Jeghetto Puppet Show Tomorrow, 3:30pm | Chapel Hill Public Library
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tomorrow, 6:30pm | The ArtsCenter
• Playmakers Repertory Company presents Molière’s Tartuffe  Tomorrow, 7:30pm and Sunday, 2pm | Paul Green Theatre, Chapel Hill

COMEDY

•  Trifecta Improv Tonight 7pm | The PIT Chapel Hill
• Gold Medal Comedy Tonight 9pm and Tomorrow 7pm | The PIT Chapel Hill
• The PIT Presents: Mary Mack Sunday, 6pm | The PIT Chapel Hill

LITERARY ARTS & STORYTELLING

• March Madness Book Drive ongoing at Ben &  Jerry’s, Chapel Hill
• Orange County Arts Commission Artist Project Grant Recipient >> Skin! A Poetry Workshop Led by Pam Baggett Tomorrow 1pm | Orange County Main Library, Hillsborough
• Ira Knight Presents: The Man’s Guide to Writing Love Letters Tomorrow, 8pm | The ArtsCenter, Carrboro
• Social Justice Storytime Sunday 4pm | Orange County Main Library

FILM

• Film Screening: The Unmistaken Child Tonight, 9pm | The Oasis, Carrboro
• Film Screening: Chasing Coral Screening and Panel Discussion Sunday, 1pm  | The Lumina Theater, Chapel Hill

SPECIAL EVENTS

• Last Fridays ArtWalk Tonight, 6-9 | Hillsborough
• UNC Asain Student Association Presents: Journey Into Asia Tonight, 6:30 | Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill
• Drag Queens Live! Tonight, 10pm | Cat’s Cradle
• 15th Annual Victorian Ball Tomorrow, 6:30pm | Carrboro Century Center

LIVE MUSIC

CHAPEL HILL

• Indie Rock with Dylan Gilbert, Knurr & Spell, and The Born Agains Tonight, 9pm | The Cave
• Celebrate The Nightlight’s 15th Anniversary Tonight, 9pm | The Nightlight
• Hardcore with Harms Way Tomorrow, 6:30pm | Local 506
• Blues with The River Otters and Barrett Brooks Tomorrow, 9pm | The Kraken
• Singer/Songwriter with Joe Cat, Juliana Finch, and Eric Scholz Tomorrow, 9pm | The Cave
• Post-rock with  Oak house with Noise Lights and Secretary Pool Sunday, 8pm | The Local 506

CARRBORO

• Indie-folk with Love and Valor with Saint BearTonight, 8:30pm | The Station
• Rock with Waking Up Moe Tonight, 9:30pm | 2nd Wind
• Spoken Word with Andrea Gibson with Chastity Brown Tomorrow, 8pm | Cat’s Cradle
• Singer/Songwriter with Caleb Caudle Album Release Show Tomorrow, 8:30pm | Cat’s Cradle
• At the movies with Russ Corvey Tomorrow, 7:30pm | Oasis in Carr Mill
• Electronic music with XTALS with Lavier, Mister, Antihero, and Dylux Tomorrow, 9pm | The Station

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