{"id":565,"date":"2008-05-05T06:12:52","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T14:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2008\/05\/05\/may-shows-happenings\/"},"modified":"2008-05-05T06:12:52","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T14:12:52","slug":"may-shows-happenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2008\/05\/may-shows-happenings\/","title":{"rendered":"May Shows &#038; Happenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> 5\/1<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Songwriters Spotlight<br \/>\nThe Cave<br \/>\nwith Brandon Herndon, John Pardue, Taz Halloween, Jesse Wooten, Vince Williams 8:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Acorn &#038; Doom Bunny<br \/>\nNightlight<br \/>\n$7, 9:30pm<br \/>\n <!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>5\/2-30 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Standup Competition<br \/>\nDSI Comedy Theater<br \/>\n32 comedians compete for cash and prizes each Friday at 7:30pm through June. 13, $12, $10 students<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/2 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greek Festival<br \/>\nEast Chapel Hill High<br \/>\nOpa! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the annual Greek<br \/>\nFestival at ECHHS. Food, music and crafts are on hand. All proceeds to the Building Fund and American Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Market Anniversary<br \/>\nTown Commons<br \/>\nThe Carrboro Farmers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is turning 30 with special events, prize drawings and, you know, fresh food and farm goods throughout the market day.<\/p>\n<p><strong> 5\/2<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Arcade Fire, Superchunk<br \/>\nTown Commons<br \/>\nApparently, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a presidential primary around here somewhere because two well-known rock bands are going to play to thousands at an early-voting rally for Barack Obama. 1-4 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/2-3 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pressure Boys<br \/>\nCats Cradle<br \/>\nSneakers, Greg Humphreys, Chris Stamey and others open for the legendary Chapel Hill ska-rockers. Friday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s show is sold out, but there are still tickets for Saturday. Both nights benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/3 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carrboro Day<br \/>\nTown Commons<br \/>\nA full day of fun and festivities in honor of our little boro. See page 10 for details.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Duarte, Hooverville<br \/>\nArtsCenter<br \/>\n8:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/4 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Voices Chorus<br \/>\nUniversity United Methodist<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Songs of Innocence and Dreams\u00e2\u20ac\u009d 4pm, $10, $5 students<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n5\/6 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vote!<br \/>\nThere\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a full ballot awaiting you at your local polling place. Be sure to make your voice heard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/9 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Old Ceremony<br \/>\nCats Cradle<br \/>\nTony Scherr opens. 9:30pm, $10<\/p>\n<p>Community Photography Contest<br \/>\nArtsCenter<br \/>\nThe works of local photographers are on display as the ArtsCenter hosts the opening reception for Community Photography Contest. 6-9pm <\/p>\n<p>Spring Benefit Party<br \/>\nBurwell School Historic Site<br \/>\nLive music, food and silent and live auctions are featured at the eighth annual spring fundraiser for preservation and programming at the Burnwell School site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/13-14 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drive By Truckers<br \/>\nCats Cradle<br \/>\nDexateens open. 10pm, $20 Advance, $22 Day of Show<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/17 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Red Stick Ramblers<br \/>\nArtscenter<br \/>\nThis Baton Rouge quintet plays a mixture of Cajun fiddle tunes, Western Swing and tradition-inspired originals. Part of the American Roots Series. 8:30pm<\/p>\n<p>CD Release Party<br \/>\nLocal 506<br \/>\nFeaturing Red Collar, The Pneurotics, Hammer No More The Fingers, The Proclivities and DJ John Booker. 9pm $7<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/18 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zombie Party<br \/>\nThe Cave<br \/>\nHosted by Ormon Grimsby, this night of the living dead features The Tremors, Dexter Romweber, Killer Filler and special guests Melissa Swingle and Billy Sugarfix.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/25 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THE SAMMIES THE HOUSTONS, THE HUGUENOTS<br \/>\nLocal 506<br \/>\n9pm $6<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/27<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>X, Detroit Cobras<br \/>\nCat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Cradle<br \/>\nThe legendary LA rockers and a much newer but every bit as rocking band from Detriot. 7:30pm, $23<\/p>\n<p><strong>5\/30 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Biscuit Burners<br \/>\nArtsCenter<br \/>\nThis acoustic ensemble gives an Appalachian voice to influences ranging from bluegrass and Americana to jazz and East Indian. 8:30pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5\/1 Songwriters Spotlight The Cave with Brandon Herndon, John Pardue, Taz Halloween, Jesse Wooten, Vince Williams 8:30pm Acorn &#038; Doom Bunny Nightlight $7, 9:30pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}