#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS
February 17-23, 2018
- PRC’s Tartuffe Proffers Extravagant Entertainment | Triangle Arts and Entertainment
- Chapel Hill lights up for annual Chinese New Year festival | The Daily Tar Heel
- These students are organizing an art show to give back to the community | The Daily Tar Heel
- This art lets you choose your own adventure. Get your cell phones ready. | The News and Observer
- Fate of Chapel Hill’s Chelsea Theater decided. Here’s what’s next for the indie cinema | The News and Observer
- ‘RISING’ tells the stories of Outer Banks through photography | The Daily Tar Heel
YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR
ART
- 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
THEATRE
- 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
HILLSBOROUGH
- Bluegrass with The Still Shakers Tonight, 9pm | Hot Tin Roof
- Lounge Music with Curtis Eller and Drowning Lovers Tonight, 8pm | Mystery Brewing
- Blues Rock with Ron Wayne Tomorrow, 8pm | Nash St. Tavern
- Beach Rock with The Castaways Tomorrow, 8pm | Hot Tin Roof