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Apr 20 2018

This Week in the Arts: April 13-20, 2018


#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS

April 13-20, 2018

  • RiverRun 2018: Double Take: The Art of Elizabeth King | Triad CityBeat
  • 5 Local April Events You Won’t Want To Miss | Chapelboro
  • PLASTICON: The Trouble With Plastic | The State of Things on WUNC
  • The Rebirth Of Frederick Douglass | The State of Things on WUNC
  • Join the discussion on social justice with Art&Life and the CEF | The Daily Tar Heel
  • MFA class of 2018 debuts final work with “Versus” | The Daily Tar Heel
  • The Varsity Theatre lays out the red carpet for student-run Swain Lot Film Festival | The Daily Tar Heel

YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR

 ART
  • The Clay Centre’s Spring Sale Tomorrow, 10am-6pm | Clay Centre Gallery
  • CEF Art Show and Art&Life Social Justice Tour Tomorrow, 11am-2pm | Ackland Museum
  • Family and Friends Sunday: Exploring Nature Through Art Sunday, 2pm | Ackland Museum
FILM
  • The Sacred Science Tonghit, &pm | The Oasis
  • Swain Lot Film Festival 2018 Tomorrow, 6:30pm | The Varsity
  • The Manhattan Front Tomorrow, 7pm | The Varsity
  • Climate Destabilization Sunday, 6:30pm | The Oasis
LITERARY ARTS
  • Poetry Readings Tomorrow, 2pm | Chapel Hill Public Library
  • Meg Wolitzer: The Female Persuasion Sunday, 2pm | Flyleaf Books

HISTORY

  • Historic Hillsborough Saturday Walking Tour Tomorrow, 11am | Hillsborough Visitor’s Center
  • The Cloudbuster Nine Sunday, 3pm | Chapel Hill Public Library

COMEDY

  • Laugh Out Loud with the Rat Pack: Comedy Show & Dinner Tonight, 6pm | Seymour Center
  • Improv Percolator- April Showers Show Tonight, 8pm | The ArtsCenter
  • Past Present Tomorrow, 8pm | The ArtsCenter

THEATER 

  • LAB! Theatre Presents: 30 Plays in 60 Minutes Tonight, 9pm | UNC Center for Dramatic Arts
  • Leaving Eden Tonight, 7:30pm; Tomorrow, 7:30pm; Sunday, 2pm | Playmakers

DANCE

  • MX 2018 Spring Performance Tomorrow, 5pm and Sunday, 4pm | East Chapel Hill High School
  • Blank Canvas Dance Co. Spring Showcase Tomorrow, 7:30pm | Memorial Hall

EVENTS

  • Kids Earth Day Celebration Tomorrow, 8am-12pm | Hillsborough Farmer’s Market
  • Art in the Heart of Hillsborough Art Show Tomorrow, 9am-4pm | Downtown Hillsborough
  • Plasticon: A Sustainability Festival Tomorrow, 2pm | Current ArtSpace + Studio
  • Record Store Day Tomorrow, all day | SchoolKids Records and All Day Records
  • Rodeo on Rosemary Sunday, 12pm | E. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill
  • Arts On Market Grand Opening Sunday, 2pm | Southern Village

LIVE MUSIC

CHAPEL HILL

  • Americana with Tift Merritt Tonight, 7pm | Memorial Hall
  • The Garden with Tijuana Panthers, Cowgirl Clue Tonight, 7pm | Local 506
  • String music with Neville’s Quater Tonight, 7pm | Vimilia’s Cherryblossom Cafe
  • Folk with Hooverville and Zoltar’s Fortune Tonight, 9pm | The Kraken
  • Indie with Annie Stokes, Honey Magpie, and Eden Falling Tonight, 9pm | The Cave
  • Cajun music with Savoy Family Cajun Band Tonight, 8:45pm | The Cave
  • Rock with Loose Lucies Tomorrow, 3pm | Honeysuckle Tea House
  • Chuck Fest Tomorrow, 6:45pm | The Kraken
  • J.S. Bach Magnificat: Carolina Choir & Chamber Singers Tomorrow, 8pm | UNC Hill Hall
  • Bluegrass with Wood & Wire Tomorrow, 9pm | Local 506
  • Electronic with Rheji Burrell Tomorrow, 10pm | Nightlight
  • Electronic with Mr Molly, Acid, Fun Gize Tomorrow, 10pm | The Cave
  • Outdoor Concert on the Village Green – Laura Ridgeway Trio Sunday, 6pm | Southern Village
  • Indie with The Brummies Sunday, 7pm | Local 506
  • UNC Glee Clubs Spring 2018 Concert Sunday, 3pm | UNC Hill Hall
  • Singer/Songwriter with Asher Skeen with The Ghost + Bones and Savage  Sunday, 9pm | The Cave

CARRBORO

  • Experimental with Tegham/Brutal Jr/Kosmonauta/Distributed Systems Tonight, 9pm | The Station
  • Folk with Greg Brown Tonight, 8pm | Cat’s Cradle
  • Alternative with Susto with She Returns from War & The Roman Spring Tonight, 8:30pm | Cat’s Cradle Backroom
  • Rock at the 420 jam with Mr. Peabody Tonight, 10pm | 2nd Wind
  • Covers with The Whom, The Spressials & Sweet N Sour Tonight, 8:30pm | cat’s Cradle Backroom
  • Traditional Kirtan music with Samadhi Tomorrow, 7:30pm | The Oasis
  • Blues with Jimi King Trio + The One Offs Tomorrow, 9pm | 2nd Wind
  • Get Your Be Loud! On Showcase Sunday, 1pm | Cat’s Cradle
  • Americana with Reed Turchi & the Kudzu Trio with JB Boxter Sunday, 8:30pm | Cat’s Cradle Backroom

HILLSBOROUGH 

  • Rock with The Hillacasters Tonight, 6pm | Hot Tin Roof
  • American at Curtis Eller’s American Circus Tonight, 9pm | Mystery Brewing
  • Rock with The Switch Tomorrow, 9pm | Hot Tin Roof
  • Soul with Ally J Tomorrow, 8:30pm | Mystery Brewing Company

 

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