#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS
- ‘I’m the same person I was before.’ Michelle Obama’s portrait artist is a star. | News and Observer
- Michelle Obama Painter Amy Sherald Visits Chapel Hill for a Portrait Exhibit that Looks Refreshingly Like America Today | The Indy
- Carrboro Kicking Off Pride Month with ‘Pride Piper Walk’ | WCHL
- Rainbow flags all around: Carrboro Pride Walk honors LGBT pioneer Joe Herzenberg | The Daily Tar Heel
- Local organizations and businesses recognized in The Indy’s 2018 Best of the Triangle Awards
YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR
ART
- 2nd Friday Opening Reception featuring Keith Allen, Carroll Lassiter, Linda Prager and John Rosenthal Tonight, 6pm | FRANK Gallery
- 2nd Friday ArtWalk Tonight, 6pm | Ackland Art Museum
- Opening Reception for “Layered Lives” featuring Shark Quest and the Art Therapy Institute Tonight, 6pm | The ArtsCenter
- 2nd Friday ArtWalk Tonight, 6pm | This and That Gallery
- artist UNITED The Walls We Build: A Tribute to the LGBTQ Community | Carrboro Century Center
- artist UNITED The Walls We Build: Photography Exhibit | Framer’s Corner
HISTORY
- Historic Hillsborough Saturday Walking Tours Tomorrow, 11am | Downtown Hillsborough
- Summer Vintage Movie Series Tonight, 7pm | Hillsborough Presbyterian Church
COMEDY
- Meme Team! Tonight, 9:30pm | PIT Chapel Hill
- Trifecta Improv Tomorrow, 7pm | PIT Chapel Hill
LITERATURE
- “My Typewriter and I Write a Book” Panel Discussion Tomorrow, 4pm | Orange County Historical Museum
EVENTS
- Summer Blast Kickoff Party Today, 2-6pm | Chapel Hill Public Library
- Puppet Show: Libraries Rock! Tomorrow, 10:30am | Carrboro Branch Library
- Just Another Lynching Tomorrow, 8pm | The ArtsCenter
LIVE MUSIC
CHAPEL HILL
- African Folk with Gabriel Pelli and Will Ridenour Tonight, 8pm | Caffe Driade
- Fridays on the Front Porch Tonight, 5pm | The Carolina Inn
- Blues-rock with The Night Shades with Radio Blues Tonight, 8pm | The Kraken
- Singer/songwriter with William Hinson with Sonny Miles Tonight, 9pm | Local 506
- Singer/songwriter with DownTown Abby and the Echoes Tomorrow, 4pm | Honeysuckle Tea House
- Singer/songwriter with Neville’s Quater Tomorrow, 5pm | The Breakaway Cafe
- Funk with Fatback Tomorrow, 8pm | Imbibe
CARRBORO
- Freight Train Blues Tonight, 6:30pm | Carrboro Town Commons
- An Acoustic Evening with Hugh Willard Tonight, 8pm | Open Eye Cafe
- Rock with Billy Sugarfix and the Early Girls, Brice Randall Brickford, and Server Tonight, 9pm | The Station
- Hip-hop with Shredders (of Doomtree) and Astronautalis Tonight, 8:30pm | Cat’s Cradle
- Electronic music with The Grid featuring Son!, Disqo, Volante, Kosmonauta, and Gordy40Tonight, 8:30pm | Cat’s Cradle Back Room
- Folk with Songs from the Circle 9 Tonight, 8pm | The ArtsCenter
- Rock with Pretend I’m a Genius Tonight, 10pm | 2nd Wind
- Country rock with The Yardarm and Patrick Turner Tomorrow, 9pm | 2nd Wind
- At the Movies with Russ Corvey Tomorrow, 7:30pm | Oasis
- Rock with Wand and Itasca Sunday, 8pm | Cat’s Cradle Back Room
HILLSBOROUGH
- Alternative Rock with H3llions Tonight, 8:30pm | Nsah Street Tavern
- Folk-rock with Juliana Finch Tonight, 8pm | Mystery Brewing Public House
- Blues-rock with The OC Project Tonight, 9pm | Mystery Brewing Public House
- Country-rock with Red Dirt Revival Tomorrow, 9pm | Hot Tin Roof
- Talking Heads covers with LL Orchestra, Curtis Eller, and LGP Tomorrow, 8pm | Mystery Brewing Public House
- Jazz Brunch Sunday, 11am | Weaver Street Market
