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Feb 10 2017

Weekend Culture Fix for February 10-12


Here’s your #weekendculturefix from #OCAC. Don’t miss #2ndFridayArtWalk / #SHIMMER tonight in Chapel Hill/Carrboro, and #LivingHistoryDay tomorrow in Hillsborough! Scroll through the list for all the details.

LIVE MUSIC

Hillsborough
• Americana roots with Juliana Finch Music atMystery Brewing Public House tonight at 8:30pm
• 70’s tunes with 8-Track Minds at Hot Tin Roof tonight at 9:30pm
• Blues with Terry VunCannon, Seth Williams, andRebekah Todd on Pass the Hat on WHUP, tonight at 6pm
• Blues/funk/rock with Junction 57 at Nash St. Tavern, tonight at 8pm
• Songs of Love & Disappointment with Pete Pawsey and Anastasia Maddox at Mystery Brewing Public House tomorrow at 9pm
• Party band The Konnection at Hot Tin Roof tomorrow at 9pm
• Western swing with The Hill Country Cosmopolitans at Nash St. Tavern, tomorrow at 8pm

Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• Words and Music in Two Parts: Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson featuring the Philip Glass Ensemble at Memorial Hall, 8pm. (May be sold out – check before you go!) #glassat80
• Indie Rock with Enenra, Jumba and P3 at Nightlight Bar & Club, tonight at 9pm
• Rock with Airpark, Liz Cooper & The Stampede with Hardworker at Local 506 tonight, 9pm
• Folk/pop with Horizontal Hold, The Good Graces, Jphono1 at the Cave at The Cave, tonight at 9pm
• Rock/Surf with Phatlynx and The Out of Limits Valentine’s Show! at The Kraken, tonight, 9pm
• Psalm 100 presents A Cappella Jam 2017 benefiting Carolina for the Kids at #unc Kenan Music Building at 8pm
• No One Mind, Sunnyslopes, Konvoi at Cat’s Cradle Back Room tonight at 9pm
• Indie string music with Honey Magpie with Jeff Thompson at The Station, tonight at 8pm
• Rock with Triple Fret at The Kraken tomorrow at 8pm
• El Fuego presents Miserable Soul! at The Chapel of the Cross, tomorrow at 7pm
• Soul/funk with Makin’ Ends Meet at The Kraken, Sunday at 6:30pm
• Americana/pop with Sarah Mae Chilton and Fredi Sholtz at Local 506, Sunday at 9pm
• Mary Lattimore – Harpist with Jenks Miller at Cat’s Cradle, Sunday at 8pm
• Guitartown presents Steel String Sessions with Bruce Hazel at Steel String, Sunday at 4pm
• Jazz brunch with Swing Low Jazz at Johnny’s Gone Fishing, Sunday at 11am
• Chapel Hill Philharmonia presents “Inspired by Love” concert at Moeser Auditorium, 3pm

ART

Hillsborough
• A new shop – K’s Closet – Hillsborough – hosts their grand opening tomorrow 10am-4pm, featuring all locally handcrafted gifts and apparel

Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• 2nd Friday ArtWalk tonight from 6-9pm ANDShimmer: The Art of Light! 6-11pm
• “Fever Within: The Art of Ronald Lockett” atAckland Art Museum tonight, 6-9pm
• Opening Reception for Local Color and Disappearning Frogs Project at FRANK, Franklin Street Arts Collective tonight at 6pm
• Opening Reception for artists Jphono1 and Don Rose at The ArtsCenter tonight, 6-8pm
• Opening Reception for artist laura azar at The Beehive tonight 6pm
• Opening Reception for Becky Brown: Yes You at Hanes Art Center John and June Allcott Gallery, tonight 6-8pm
• UNC HARC Collective hosts an Urban Sketching session at 140 West Plaza, Chapel Hill at 3pm
• Travel Journals drawing session with Sudie Rakusin tomorrow at FRANK, 11am

COMEDY/SPOKEN WORD/LECTURE

Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• Ladie’s Night Galentine’s Day at DSI COMEDYtonight at 8:30pm
• Spoken Word/Spoken Justice with Kane Smego,Mohammad Moussa, CJ Suitt, Jamila Reddy and Jaclyn Gilstrap at #UNC Swain Hall, 5pm
• HerbanSOAPbox PT. 1 at Stone Center for Black Culture and History tonight at 6pm
• Me Too Monologues at Kenan Theatre #UNC tonight at 7pm
• Carolina Skies: Valentine’s Day edition at Morehead Planetarium at UNC, tomorrow at 8pm
• Traumedy Show at Imbibe tomorrow 8pm

DANCE

Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• UNC Chapel Hill Chalkaa dance night at The Library tonight at 10pm
• Battle of the Schools: African Dance Competitionat Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at UNC, tomorrow at 7pm
• Big band dance at Valentines Dance and Chocolates at United Church of Chapel Hill tomorrow at 7:30pm

FAMILIES/TEENS

Hillsborough
• Revolutionary War Living History Day hosted by Visit Hillsborough tomorrow 11am-4pm
• Living History Day Colonial Roads Walking Tour with Tom Magnuson tomorrow at 11am at Hillsborough Visitor’s Center
• Revolutionary War in Hillsborough Walking Tourtomorrow at 2pm
• Family Spinning and Weaving Workshop hosted by the Orange County Historical Museum tomorrow at 11am

Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• Spice On The Track Album Release party at The Corner Teen Center tomorrow at 9pm

FILM

Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• Screening of “Little Men” at Unity Center of Peace tomorrow at 5pm

 

Be sure to tag #ocncarts as you’re out and about!

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