Acme Food and Beverage Skylar Gudasz and the Ugly Girls (8/3) Michael Holland (8/10) John Harrison (8/17) The ArtsCenter Trangle Jazz Orchestra (8/4) Peter Case (8/7) Carolina Casbah! (8/21) Beausoleil avec Micael Doucet (8/27) Ye Olde Shoppe (8/31) Barn at Valhalla K. Sridhar (7/31) Blue Bayou The String Machine (8/5) Lee Gildersleeve Bad Dog Blues…
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Theater
theater the artscenter Alice in Wonderland —by Missoula Children’s Theater. July 31, 3pm and 5:30pm. artscenterlive.org Deep Dish Theatre Mi Vida Loca (also known as My Crazy Life) —A family of misfits gather to send their father off to detox. A sharp and savvy comic drama from the creator of the play On the Verge…
Literary Calendar
Carrboro Branch Library Ongoing Events — Storytime, Saturdays, 10:30am; Toddler Time, Thursdays, 4pm; Entertainment Adventures with family fun programs featuring dancing, song, animals and sometimes magic, third Sunday of every month, 3pm Chapel Hill Public Library Ongoing Events — Story Time, for ages 3-6; Junior Book Club, for readers grades 1-3; Time for Toddlers, for…
August Shows & Happenings
7/29 Old Ceremony Wallace Parking Deck The band would like it very much if it doesn’t rain this time. Ryan Gustafson opens. 7 p.m. Free 7/31 K. Sridar The Barn at Valhalla The sarod master performs at 7:30 p.m. $18, $10 students 8/2 Boris Cat’s Cradle Multi-genre rock from Japan. With Russian Circles and SAADE….
Music Calendar
Thursday Aug 13 Blue Bayou: Half Baked Beans. 9:30pm. Free Caffe Driade: Mark Dauman Cats Cradle: Kasey Chambers, Shane Nicholson, Kim Tayor. 8:30pm. $20/23 The Cave: LATE: The Barefoot Movement, Keep Off The Grass. $5 General Store Cafe: J. Freeman. 7-9pm Local 506: The Low Anthem. 8:45pm. $8/10 Nightlight: Embarrassing Fruits, Jason Dove. 9:30pm. $5…
Art Calendar
Carrboro The ArtsCenter Center Gallery: Ginna Diehl “50/50.†East End Gallery: Paperhand Puppet – Donovan Zimmerman. The Beehive Winners of The Beehive Art Challenge. This year’s theme was “Mohawks and Mullets.â€
Community Calendar
Friday, August 14 Contra Dance — Contra dance presented by Triangle Country Dancers with live music by Steam Shovel. Please bring clean soft-soled shoes, no partner needed. Carrboro Century Center. Intro lesson at 7:30pm, dance 8-11pm. Saturday, August 15 A Spell of Cold Weather — play for young audiences by Charles Way. Presented by The…
Music Calendar
Thursday Aug 6 Blue Bayou: Jaafar. 9:30pm. Free The Cave: LATE: The Mumbles, Doc Aquatic. $5 General Store Cafe: JazzBeau. 7-9pm Local 506: The Duke and The King, Ryan Gustafson. 9:30pm. $8/10 Weaver Street Market: The Guilty Pleasures. 6pm
Community Calendar
Thursday, Aug. 6 Literary Open Mic Night — McIntyre’s at Fearrington Village presents a Literary Open Mic Night. Poetry, short stories, chapter from a novel, all are welcome. Call 542-3030 for details or to sign up. 7-9pm Carolina Brewery Anniversary — Carolina Brewery & Grill in Pittsboro will celebrate its second anniversary with a family-friendly…
Community Calendar
Thursday, July 30 Social Networking Workshop — The Chapel Hill Public Library will offer a free workshop on social networking. 8:30 to 9:30am. 968-2780 for more information. Sunday, Aug. 1 Pittsboro’s First Sunday — Monthly open house for shops and galleries in downtown Pittsboro. Music by Joe Woodson. For infomation visit pittsboroshops.com or call 960-5892….
Music Calendar
Thursday July 23 ArtsCenter: 300 East Main Summer Concert Series with Embarrassing Fruits, Free Electric State. 4:30pm Blue Bayou: Strangelets. 9pm, Free Cats Cradle: XX Merge. Sold Out The Cave: LATE: Stars Explode, The Magic Babies General Store Cafe: Marie Vanderbeck Trio. 7-9pm Local 506: Benji Hughes, Simeon. 10pm, $8 Nightlight: MEEBS, War Hands, Yohimbe…
Community Calendar
Friday, July 24 Author Reading — Valarie Schwartz will discuss Remembering Chapel Hill: The Twentieth Century as We Lived It, at William Travis Jewelry, 133 W. Franklin St. at 5pm. Saturday, July 25 Tomato Day — The Carrboro Farmers’ Market will celebrate its annual Tomato Day with tastings, recipes, sample dishes and more. 280-3326 or…
Music Calendar
Thursday July 16 Blue Bayou: David Russell. 9pm. Free The Cave: EARLY: Wannamaker LATE: Futurebirds, The Interns General Store Cafe: Tony Gailani Band. 7pm Local 506: Reeves Gabrels, Benjomatic. 9pm. $10/12
Community Calendar
Thursday, July 16 Author Talk — Author Marisha Pessl and Ackland Educator Leslie Balkany will discuss Special Topics in Calamity Physics. This discussion is a part of the Art and Literature in the Galleries series and will focus on connections between Pessl’s book and the Aldwyth exhibition on display. 3:30-5pm, free for high school and…
Music Calendar
Thursday July 9 Blue Bayou: Skeedaddle. 9pm. Free The Cave: LATE: Aminal, The Dry Heathens, On The Beach. $5 General Store Cafe: JazzBeau. 7-9pm Local 506: Modern Day Escape, Steryle, Cast The First Stone. 9pm. $7 Nighlight: Harmute, Israel Darling. 10pm