Here’s your #weekendculturefix from OCAC!
VISUAL ART
Hillsborough
• It’s Last Friday ArtWalk tonight in Hillsborough! 6-9pm in Downtown Hillsborough.
• Opening reception for “It’s all about the story” at Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, tonight from 6-9pm
• K’s Closet – Hillsborough is hosting a local maker pop-up market today from 4-8pm
Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• #UNC MFA student auction at LIGHT: Art + Design tonight from 6-8pm
• Beatrice Visual Art is hosting a Pop Up Art Class tonight at 7pm for adults and children
• Compass Center for Women and Families presents “Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands” at the Sheraton Chapel Hill, tomorrow at 6pm. Tickets still available.
• Mixed Concrete Art Show presents their 6th Annual Art Auction tomorrow at 6pm, at TRU.
HISTORY
Hillsborough
• Harper’s Ferry Five Talk with Peter H. Wood of Duke tonight at 6pm at the Whitted Building.
• Historic Burwell School presents The Life and Legacy of Elizabeth Hobbs Sunday at 3pm
Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• Race and Waste in an Aluminum Town at #UNC Swain Hall. Today/tomorrow at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm.
THEATER/SPOKEN WORD/COMEDY
Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• Shaina Lynn – Bayou Blues presented by Carolina Performing Arts tonight at 8pm at Historic Playmakers Theatre
• It’s weekend #2 of the NC Comedy Arts Festival. Check out nccomedyarts.com for a full schedule.
• “Home Grown” play presented by The LAB! Theatre at La Residence tonight – Sunday at 7:30pm
• 30 Plays in 60 Minutes presented by The LAB! Theatre at UNC Center for Dramatic Art, tonight at 10:30pm
• Orange County Department on Aging – OCDOA presents Peking Opera Recital tomorrow at 2:30pm at the Seymour Center
• One Song Productions presents FEB 48 XIII at The ArtsCenter Sunday at 7:30pm. Sponsored by the OCAC!
LIVE MUSIC
Hillsborough
• Kirtan with NarayaniShakti at Hillsborough Yoga Company, tonight at 7pm
• Pass the Hat on WHUP has John Saylor -Entertainment Division and Purdy Hölsom tonight at 6pm
• Nash Street Tavern has One Night Stand tonight starting at 8pm
• Party Band Snakewig plays Hot Tin Roof Mardi Gras Party tomorrow at 9:30pm
• Rock & roll with Donna Blue – the band at Nash St. Tavern tomorrow at 8pm
Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• Cat’s Cradle has NRBQ Headquarters tonight at 8pm
• The Station has Jim Roberts, Chip Newton and Robbie Link for Jazz Saturdays, tomorrow 2-4pm
•David Prather and Friends play a benefit for TABLE food bank at Open Eye Cafe tomorrow from 8-11pm
• The UNC Dpt of Music presents Scolarship Series: Spectrum Concert in conjunction with the grand opening of Moeser Auditorium at #UNC. Tomorrow at 7:30pm
• NC Symphony presents Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade tomorrow at 7:30pm at Memorial Hall
• Polyphia plays Local 506 tomorrow at 6:30pm
• The American Legion Chapel Hill Post 6 is hosting a Marathon Jam (bluegrass, country and more) tomorrow and Sunday to benefit Fisher Houses in NC.
• Acoustic pop with Troy Batey at Johnny’s Gone Fishing tomorrow at 7pm.
• Country with Blue Cactus at Cat’s Cradle, tomorrow at 9pm, followed by The Vegabonds, Left on Franklin Will Overman Band and others late night
• Metal with American Empire at The Station tomorrow at 7:30
• World music with Tim Smith Band at 2nd Wind tomorrow at 10:30pm
• Silent Planet, Hail the Sun and others at Local 506, Sunday at 6:30pm
• Country with Nikki Lane at Cat’s Cradle Sunday 8-11pm (pictured)
DANCE
Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• Triangle Vintage Dance present their 14th Annual Victorian Ball at Carrboro Century Center tomorrow at 8pm
KIDS/FAMILIES
Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• Sisters’ Voices presents Glee Weekend choral workshop open to girls in 3rd – 8th grade
• Family and Friends Sunday at Ackland Art Museum featuring collage making, scavenger hunt and games
• Free family art workshop with artist Fred Good at the Carrboro Branch Library for children Sunday from 2-4. Call 919-969-3006 to sign up.
FILM
Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• Go see a movie tonight at Silverspot Cinema Chapel Hill and support their fundraiser for Carolina for the Kids
• Oasis at Carr Mill presents the film “Bolin Creek Unpaved” and discussion with Charlie Morris tonight at 7pm
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