NORTH CAROLINA LITERARY FESTIVAL: UNC campus. Sept. 10-13. A celebration of reading and writing featuring more than 100 authors. www.ncliteraryfestival.org.

LONG STORY SHORT: The Barn at Fearrington Village. Sept. 13, 6 p.m. A 50th anniversary celebration of the Chapel Hill Public Library. Live music by the Carolina Chocolate Drops and Midtown Dickens. Readings by authors including Smith, Daniel Wallace, Michael Malone, Jill McCorkle and more from the new book "Long Story Short." Tickets $75.929-1666, www.chplfoundation.org.

CARRBORO MUSIC FESTIVAL: Downtown Carrboro. Sept. 20, 1 p.m.-midnight. More than 160 performing acts on 24 stages. Free. carrboromusicfestival.com.

MUSIC

300 E. MAIN ST.: Carrboro. All shows at 5 p.m. in the parking lot. Sept. 24: Great Big Gone. Free. 918-7828.

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Sept. 11: Lucy Wainwright Roche with Jocelyn Arem. Sept. 15: Missing Cats featuring John "JoJo" Hermann and Sherman Ewing. www.artscenterlive.org, 929-2787.

BLUE BAYOU : 106 Churton St., Hillsborough. 732-2555. bluebayouclub.com.

CAFFE DRIADE: 1215-A E. Franklin St. All shows at 8 p.m. Sept. 12: Gilbert Neal. www.caffedriade.com.

CAROLINA BREWERY: Bellemont Station Hwy. 64, Pittsboro. All music starts at 7 p.m. Free. Sept. 12: The Bad Mothers.

CAROLINA INN: 211 Pittsboro St. Fridays on the Front Porch. All shows at 5 p.m. and free. Sept. 11: Cadillac Stepbacks. Sept. 18: Big Fat Gap. Sept. 25: Gravy Boys. Oct. 2: Big Fat Gap. Oct. 9: Down River. 962-8519. www.carolinainn.com.

CAT'S CRADLE: 300 East Main St., Carrboro. Sept. 11: Owl City, Kate Havnevik, Unicorn Kid. Sept. 12: Billy Sugarfix CD Release Party, with Schooner, Birds & Arrows. Sept. 13: Son Volt, Sera Cahoone. Sept. 15: ...And You Will Know Us by Trail of Dead, Secret Machines. Sept. 16: James McMurtry, Jonny Burke. Sept. 17: Margaret Cho. Sept. 18: Who's Bad (A Tribute to Michael Jackson). Sept. 19: Arrogance @ 40. 967-9053, www.catscradle.com.

THE CAVE: 452 1/2 W. Franklin St. Early shows, 7:30 p.m.; late shows, 10 p.m. www.caverntavern.com, 968-9308.

LOCAL 506: 506 W. Franklin St. Sept. 9: Paul Burch. Sept. 10: Fruit bats, Pronto. Sept. 11: Ryan Gustafson CD Release Party, Mt. Moriah, Mandolin Orange. Sept. 12: New Town Drunks CD Release Party with John Howie & The Sweethearts, Taz Halloween. Sept. 13: John Ralston, Mike Dunn & The Kings of New England. Sept. 14: Call the Cops, What Happened in Vegas. Sept. 15: A.A. Bondy, Sean Bones, Marmoset. Sept. 16: Sleepless Nights, James Scott Bullard & The Late Night Sweethearts. www.local506.com. 942-5506.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. Sept. 9: Choir of King's College London. $15 public, $10 UNC faculty, students and staff. 843-3333.

NIGHTLIGHT: 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St. Sept. 9: Graveyard Fields. Sept. 10: Acheronian, Yohimbe. Sept. 11: Stronghold Crusader, Projexorcism, Nations, Superbowl, Battle Beast. Sept. 12: God's Pottery. Sept. 16: Keegan DeWitt, Parachute Musical, Wakey Wakey. www.nightlightclub.com.

OPEN EYE CAFE: 100-C E Main St., Carrboro. All shows at 8 p.m. Sept. 11: The Road Home Band. Sept. 12: Sawyer-Goldberg Ensemble. 968-9410, www.openeyecafe.com.

PAPA MOJO'S ROADHOUSE: 5410-Y Highway 55, Durham. Weekend shows at 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays: Party-Gras Jazz Nights with Brevan Hampden, Al Strong and Mark Wells, 8 p.m. Wednesdays: Open Mic with Brett Chambers & the Usual Suspects, 8 p.m. Sept. 11: Wheels of Fire. Sept. 12: Harmonica Showdown X 4,. Sept. 18: Children of the Horn. Sept www.papamojosroadhouse.com, 361-2222.

SOUTHERN VILLAGE: Summer Music Series. All shows are at 7 p.m. and are free unless otherwise noted. Sept. 13: Annual Russian Baby Benefit with Armand Lenchek and Friends.

THE STATION @ SOUTHERN RAIL: 201 East Main St., Carrboro. Free. Tuesdays: Robert Griffin and Friends. Wednesdays: "Trivia from Hell" with host Mark Dorosin. 967-1967. www.sr-nc.com.

ART

ACKLAND ART MUSEUM: Corner of South Columbia and East Franklin streets in Chapel Hill. Through Sept. 13: "Aldwyth: Work v./Work n. -- Collage and Assemblage 1991-2009." Through Sept. 20: "Sage in the Bamboo Grove: The Legacy of Sherman E. Lee." 966-5736, www.ackland.org.

ANIMATION AND FINE ART GALLERIES: University Mall, 201 S. Estes Dr. Sept. 11-Oct. 8: Dali. Reception Sept, 11, 6-9 p.m. 968-8008, www.animationandfineart.com.

CAFFE DRIADE GALLERY: 1215-A E. Franklin St. Through September: Photographs by Katie Martin. www.cafedriade.com.

CHAPEL HILL MUSEUM: 523 E. Franklin St. Sept. 16-Nov. 1: "Pastel Creations," paintings by members of the Pastel Society of North Carolina. Reception Sept. 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 967-1400, www.chapelhillmusuem.org.

CHAPEL HILL PUBLIC LIBRARY: 100 Library Drive. Through Sept. 29: Works by Linda Carmel. Free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. www.chapelhillarts.org. 968-2749.

COMMUNITY CHURCH OF CHAPEL HILL: 106 Purefoy Road. Through Oct. 25: "Regeneration,," fabric works by Nancy Cook. 942-2050.

HILLSBOROUGH GALLERY OF ARTS: 121 N. Churton St. Through Sept. 19: "Exploring Color and Light: Recent Paintings by Lolette Guthrie and Peg Bachenheimer." 732-5001, www.hillsboroughgallery.com.

NC CRAFTS GALLERY: 212 W. Main St., Carrboro. Through Sept. 30: Pit-fired, hand-burnished pots by Jim Whalen; acrlic and wax on wood paintings by Sarah Faulkner. Reception Sept. 11, 6-9 p.m. www.nccraftsgallery.com, 942-4048.

OPEN EYE GALLERY: 101 S. Greensboro St., Carrboro. Through September: Collages by Alex Whittington. www.openeyecafe.com.

TURNING POINT GALLERY: University Mall, 201 S. Estes Dr. Sept. 11-Oct. 5: Chinese paper sculpture. 967-0402, www.harmonyfineart.com.

TYNDALL GALLERIES: University Mall, 201 S. Estes Dr. Through Oct. 3: New works by gallery artists www.tyndallgalleries.com.

WOMANCRAFT: Shops at Eastgate, 1800 E. Franklin St. Through Sept. 15: "Woodland Fantasy," works by various artists. www.womancraftgifts.com, 469-3741.

THEATER

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Sept. 9, 16, 17: Readers Theatre at Lunch presents "Mourning Glory," 12:30 p.m. Sept. 12: Rags to Riches Theater presents "Old Aesop's Tales," 11 a.m. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org.

DEEP DISH THEATER COMPANY: University Mall, 201 S. Estes Dr. Through Sept. 19: "Summer and Smoke." 968-1515, www.deepdishtheater.org.

DSI COMEDY THEATER: Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro. Sept. 11: Improv Slam, 7:30 p.m. Mister Diplomat, 9:30 p.m. Standup Comedy, 11 p.m. Sept. 12: Y Laugh, 5 p.m. Improv Slam, 7:30 p.m. Best Show Ever, 9:30 p.m. 338-8150, www.dsicomedytheater.com.

PLAYMAKERS: Center for Dramatic Art, UNC campus. Sept. 16-20: "The Last Cargo Cult." Sept. 23-Oct. 11: "Opus." 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org.

MOVIES

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY

ADAM (PG-13) Chelsea: 7:20, 9:15.

ALL ABOUT STEVE (PG-13) Lumina: 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:40.

DISTRICT 9 (R) Lumina: 1, 4, 7:10, 9:40.

EXTRACT (R) Regal Timberlyne: 2:05, 4:20, 7:15.

THE FINAL DESTINATION (R) Regal Timberlyne: 2:25, 4:35, 7:35.

GAMER (R) Regal Timberlyne: 2:10, 4:25, 7:20.

HALLOWEEN II (R) Regal Timberlyne: 2:15, 7:25.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (R) Lumina: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10. Regal Timberlyne: 2:20, 7:10.

IN THE LOOP (NR) Chelsea: 7:10, 9:20.

JULIE AND JULIA (PG-13) Lumina: 1:15, 4, 7:15, 9:45. Regal Timberlyne: 2, 4:40, 7:30.

SHORTS (PG) Lumina: 12:45, 2:50.

TAKING WOODSTOCK (R) Chelsea: 7, 9:30.

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE (PG-13) Lumina: 5, 7:20, 9:45.

FRIDAY-TUESDAY

ADAM (PG-13) Chelsea: 7:20. Sat-Sun matinees at 2:20.

ALL ABOUT STEVE (PG-13) Lumina: 12:50, 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:40.

COLD SOULS (PG-13) Chelsea: 7, 9:20. Sat-Sun matinees at 2, 4:20.

DISTRICT 9 (R) Lumina: 1, 4, 7:10, 9:40.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (R) Lumina: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10.

JULIE AND JULIA (PG-13) Lumina: 1:15, 4, 7:15, 9:45

SORORITY ROW (R) Lumina: 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:25, 9:40.

SOUL POWER (PG-13) Chelsea: 7:10, 9:30. Sat-Sum matinees at 2:10, 4:30.

TAKING WOODSTOCK (R) Chelsea: 9:15. Sat-Sun matinees at 4:40.

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