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Mar 02 2018

This Week in the Arts: February 23 – March 1


#OCNCARTS IN THE NEWS

February 23-March 1, 2018

  • The Chelsea Gets a New Owner | Chapelboro
  • Cosmic Rays Film Festival celebrates the art of filmmaking | The Daily Tar Heel
  • Celebrate Native American culture at the 31st Carolina Indian Circle | The Daily Tar Heel
  • African students stand and rise in solidarity for OASIS Africa Night | The Daily Tar Heel
  • Column: Get lit with UNC’s literary arts | The Daily Tar Heel

YOUR WEEKEND CALENDAR

ART
  • Best Buddies Art Gallery Opening Tonight, 6pm | UNC Student Union Art Gallery
  • Bead Show! Tomorrow, 1pm | The PIT, Chapel Hill
  • Music in the Galleries: UNC Barque Ensemble Sunday, 2pm | Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill
THEATRE
  • 30 Plays in 60 Minutes presented by the Cedar Ridge Theatre Company Tonight and Tomorrow, 7pm | Cedar Ridge High School
  • Playmakers Repertory Company presents Molière’s Tartuffe  Tonight, 7:30pm | Paul Green Theatre, Chapel Hill
  • The Sound of Music Tonight and Tomorrow, 7:30pm | East Chapel Hill High School
  • Kenan Theatre Company Presents: The Importance of Being Earnest Tonight 8pm, Tomorrow 8pm, Sunday 2pm and 8pm | Center for Dramatic Arts, Kenan Theatre
  • LAB! Theatre Presents: 30 Plays in 60 Minutes Tomorrow, 10pm | UNC’s Center for Dramatic Arts 103
  • Playmakers Repertory Company  presents The Christians Tomorrow, 7:30pm and Sunday, 2:00pm | Paul Green Theatre, Chapel Hill
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream Sunday, 7:30pm | Playmakers Repertory Company

COMEDY

  •  Trifecta Improv Tonight, 7pm | The PIT Chapel Hill
  • March Laughness Tonight, 7:30pm | The PIT Chapel Hill
  • Pitches Be Crazy: An Evening of Musical Comedy Tonight, 9pm | The PIT Chapel Hill
  • Teacher’s Pet Tomorrow, 7pm | The PIT Chapel Hill

LITERARY ARTS & STORYTELLING

  • March Madness Book Drive ongoing at Ben &  Jerry’s, Chapel Hill
  • The Collection: Flash Friction for flash Memory Book Release Tonight, 6pm | Orange County Main Library
  • Feminist Story Time Tomorrow, 11am | Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill
  • Social Justice Story Time Tomorrow, 3pm | Carrboro Town Commons

FILM

  • Film Screening: Timofey Kuleyabin’s “Three Sisters” Tomorrow, 10am | Silverspot Cinema, Chapel Hill

SPECIAL EVENTS

  • UNC OASIS African Night: Back to the Future- Reclaiming the Throne Tomorrow, 6:30pm | Hill Hall, Chapel Hill
  • Carolina Indian Circle’s 31st Annual Powwow Tomorrow, 12pm | UNC’s Fetzer Gym
  • Kidzu’s 12th Birthday Sunday, 1pm | Kidzu, Carrboro

LIVE MUSIC

CHAPEL HILL

  • Folk with Cheryl Wheeler Tonight, 8pm | Community Church Concerts
  • Indie with Kevin Devine with The Old Sioux Summer Tonight, 9pm | Local 506
  • Celebrate The Nightlight’s 15th Anniversary Tonight, 8:30pm and tomorrow at 9pm| The Nightlight
  • Indie Pop with Arlie with Coco Amino Tomorrow, 9pm | Local 506
  • Orchestral Pop with Ani DiFranco and Gracie & Rachel Tomorrow, 7pm | The Varisty Theatre
  • Rock with Dex Romweber, Ghostwriter, Liberty Van Zandt, Deadly Lo-Fi Sunday, 7pm | The Cave

CARRBORO

  • Indie with Joywave with Sasha Sloan & Kopps Tonight, 7pm | Cat’s Cradle
  • Rock with People of Earth & Local Flora with Cosmic Punk Tonight, 7pm | Cat’s Cradle Back Room
  • Art Rock with Kaki Kaing: The Neck is a Bridge to the Body Tonight, 7pm | The ArtsCenter
  • Grateful Dead Tribute with Shakedown Station Tonight, 7pm | The Station
  • Skinny Bag of Sugar Tonight, 9:30pm | 2nd Wind
  • Beatles covers for all ages with Abby Roda LIVE! Tomorrow, 4pm | Cat’s Cradle
  • String Music with Far From Done Tomorrow, 4pm | Steel String
  • Rock with Jethorse Tomorrow, 9:30pm | 2nd Wind
  • Funk with Boom Unit Brass Band with Funkton Tomorrow, 9pm | The Station

HILLSBOROUGH 

  • Southern Rock with The Mason Lovette Band Tonight, 8:30pm | Hot Tin Roof
  • Jazz with Katharine Whalen’s Jazz Squad Tonight, 8pm | Mystery Brewing
  • Singer/Songwriter with Scott Barkan Tomorrow, 8:30pm | Mystery Brewing
  • Bluegrass with Circus Mutt Tomorrow, 8pm | Nash St. Tavern

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