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Dec 16 2016

Weekend Culture Fix for December 16-18


Your artsy to-do’s for the weekend…

~~~~LIVE MUSIC~~~~
>>>Hillsborough
• Folk singer/songwriter Eric Scholz at Mystery Brewing Public House tonight at 8:30pm
• Celtic punk-grass with The Tan and Sober Gentlemen at Nash Street Tavern tonight at 8pm
• Bluegrass with Counterclockwise String Band at Mystery Brewing Public House tomorrow at 8:30pm
• Tune into WHUP 104.7FM for Mark Ellsworth & Laura Jane Vincent, Mike Gaffney and Al Simmons tonight from 6-8pm
• Party band Jukebox Revolver plays Hot Tin Roof tonight at 9:30pm
• Party band Jane Doe plays Hot Tin Roof tomorrow at 9:30pm
>>>Chapel Hill
• El Fuego is hosting A New World Christmas! benefit concert for Kidznotes tonight at 7pm at The Chapel of the Cross
• Rock with The Kneads, Long Arms and Cameron Stenger Music at The Cave tonight at 9pm
>>>Carrboro
• Singer/Songwriter Mitch Hayes Music plays Johnny’s Gone Fishing tonight at 7pm
• Brass band funk with Boom Unit Brass Band at The Station tonight at 10pm
• Jazz Saturday tomorrow with The Robert Trowers Project at The Station, 2-4pm
• Bluegrass holiday show with The Barefoot Movement (pictured) tomorrow at The ArtsCenter, 8pm. Tickets $25.
• Johnny’s Gone Fishing hosts Open Mic Night hosted by Annie Conolly tomorrow at 6:30pm
• Jazz/Rock/Old Time/Punk with Elizabeth Haddix and Gurley Flynns tomorrow at Cat’s Cradle, 9pm. Tickets 7pm.

~~~~THEATER~~~~
>>>Chapel Hill
• OCAC grantee One Song Productions presents Hillary: A Modern Greek Tragedy with a (Somewhat) Happy Ending tomorrow at 7:30pm at Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian-Universalist. Admission is a $8-$10 donation.
>>>Carrboro
• No Shame Theatre Carrboro performs tomorrow at The ArtsCenter at 7pm. Tickets $5.

~~~~DANCE~~~~
>>>Chapel Hill
• aPasionada is hosting a Bachata Night at Time Out Restaurant & Bar tonight at 8:30pm
• Nightlight Bar & Club is having a techo/house music fundraiser for the Ghost Ship Fire tonight at 10pm and TOUCH Samadhi tomorrow at 9pm.

~~~~HOLIDAY STUFF~~~~
• Hillsborough Cup-A-Joe is having a Pup Up Market Sunday from 1-4pm with local artists and crafters
• PopUp Chorus is having a Christmas sing-along tonight at 7pm at The ArtsCenter (Stop by the OCAC table and fill out a survey – register to win a gift card to the ArtsCenter!)

~~~~FAMILIES~~~~
• Tomorrow at 12pm Occaneechi Replica Village Dedication Ceremony in Hillsborough.
• Morehead Planetarium hosts Star Families: The Milky Way tomorrow at 3:30pm. Adults $7.68, kids $6.51
• Kidzu Children’s Museum hosts Mix it Up w/ The Helping Hand Project tomorrow at 10:30am. Learn about 3D printing of prosthetic hands withThe Helping Hand Project
• Don’t forget – Hillsborough Arts Council​’s Solstice Lantern Walk has been moved to this Wednesday 12/21/16 due to the weather!

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