NORTH CAROLINA COMEDY ARTS FESTIVAL: Feb. 1-19. Various venues. Feb. 1-4: Standup Week. Feb. 8-11: Sketch Week. Feb. 14-19: Improv Week. nccomedyarts.com.

WINTER ARTS FESTIVAL: Chapel in the Pines. 314 Great Ridge Parkway. Feb. 5: Adam Lefever Hughes. Feb. 12: Sara Womble. Feb. 19: "The Gospel of Matthew," Kevin Shaw. Feb. 26: Avante. citppc.org.

MUSIC

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Feb. 1: Triangle Jazz Orchestra Open Rehearsal. Feb. 10: Wanda Jackson. Feb. 12: Extreme Guitar Duo. Feb. 24: John McCutcheon. www.artscenterlive.org, 929-2787.

BEAN & BARREL: 50100 Governors Drive. Feb. 11: be the moon. 919-967-9990.

CAT'S CRADLE: 300 E. Main St., Carrboro. Feb. 1: Tycho, Beacon. Feb. 3: Who's Bad. Feb. 4: Theophilus London, Phony Ppl, A Rooster For the Masses. Feb. 5: Bob Marley Birthday Celebration with Spiritual Foundation, dub Addis, DJ Ras J. Feb. 9: Marc Bousard, Sugar & The Hi-Lows. Feb. 10: Pajama Ja, Rave. Feb. 11: Fountains of Wayne. Feb. 12: Sharon Van Etten. Feb. 16: Emilie Autumn. Feb. 17: The Chris Gethard Show, PT Scarborough Is A Movie, Two Man Movie. Feb. 18: Delta Rae. Feb. 21: Blind Pilot. Feb. 23: Corey Smith. Feb. 24: Saul Williams. Feb. 25: Martin Sexton. 967-9053, catscradle.com.

THE CAVE: 452 1/2 W. Franklin St. Feb. 1: Comedy with Michelle Maclay. Feb. 2: Brandon Herndon & John Pardue's Songslingers Showcase, The Hissy Fits, Instead of Sleeping. Feb. 3: Red Threads, Jeff Hart & The Ruins, Sea Cow. Feb. 4: Magnolia Klezmer Band, Burke & The Vice Grips. Phil Venable. Feb. 5: Old Lady Bowers, Rickolus. Feb. 7: Songwriters Open Mic. Feb. 8: Blackwood annd Wormy's Open Jam for the Peeps. Feb. 9: Quiet the Voices, Pierce Edens and the Dirty Work. Feb. 10: P-90s, The Raging Nipple. Feb. 11: Tonk, Mac Mcaughan. Feb. 14: Old North State, Jamie Purnell, Cole Roe. Feb. 16: Jphono1 Album/Book Release Show. Feb. 17: Johnny Cook, Honychile, Junko, Fujiyama. Feb. 18: NC Sax Ensemble, Killer Filler, The Small Ponds. Feb. 19: Old Lady Bowers, Ariel Rubin. Feb. 22: Jurassic Heat, Radar's Clowns of Sedation. Feb. 23: Jonny Gilmore, Magosteen, Mandy & the Bandits. Feb. 24: Fairest Flower, Some Clowns, LUD, Midway Charmers. Feb. 25: Too Much Fun, Climb Jacob's Ladder. Feb. 26: Gina Holsapple, Leland Sundries. Feb. 28: Blackfoot Gypsies. caverntavern.com, 968-9308.

HAW RIVER BALLROOM: Saxapahaw. Feb. 4: The Mountain Goats. 919-542-1746, hawriverballroom.com.

LOCAL 506: 506 W. Franklin St. Feb. 2: Big Something, The Family. Feb. 3: Dark Water Rising, Jim Avett. Feb. 4: The Popes. Feb. 7: Samantha Crain, American Aquarium. l ocal506.com, 942-5506.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. Feb. 3: Carolina Chocolate Drops. Feb. 10: Overtone Quartet. Feb. 16: "Dvorak and America," North Carolina Symphony. Feb. 17: Leif Ove Andsnes. Feb. 24: Christian McBride & Inside Straight. March 15: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. 843-3333, www.carolinaperformingarts. org.

PIOLA: 54 East. First and third Tuesdays: Chris Reynolds Swing 'N' Jazz Trio. 7:30 p.m. 537-8488.

ART

ACKLAND ART MUSEUM: UNC campus. South Columbia and East Franklin streets. Through March 18: "The Spectacular of Vernacular." 966-5736, www.ackland.org.

ANIMATION AND FINE ART GALLERIES: University Mall, 201 S. Estes Drive. Feb. 7-29: "Robert Indiana - Love." 968-8008, www.animationandfineart.com.

CARRBORO BRANCH LIBRARY: 900 Old Fayetteville Road. Through March 27: "In the Spirit," Sheldon Becker and David Otto. 969-3006.

COMMUNITY CHURCH OF CHAPEL HILL: 106 Purefoy Road. Through Feb. 26: Paintings and drawings by James C. McMillan. 942-2050.

ENO GALLERY: 100 S. Churton St., Hillsborough. Through Feb. 21: "Steel Canvas," Robert Gardner. 919-883-1415, enogallery.net.

FEARRINGTON VILLAGE: Pittsboro. Feb. 12: Fearrington Visual Artists Guild exhibit. Feception, Feb. 12, 3-5 p.m.

FOCAL POINT GALLERY: 1215 E. Franklin St. Through Feb. 5: Photographs by John Horwitz. Through Feb. 29: "Muhammad Ali: The Photographs of Sonia Katchian." 919-636-4557, www.ChapelHillFocalPoint.com.

FRANK: 109 E. Franklin St. Through March 4: "Body & Soul." Thursday Night Salons: Feb. 2: Peter Filene, "The Ghost in the Camera." Feb. 9:" Charron Andrews, "The Transforming Power of Art." Feb. 16: "Engaging With Body & Soul." Feb. 23: Alex Harris and Paula Erlich, "The Time of Our Lives: Living With Brain Cancer." 919-636-4135, www.frankis art.com.

HILLSBOROUGH GALLERY OF ARTS: 121 N. Churton St. Through Feb. 19: "Finding LIght," group show. Feb. 20-March 25: "Ebb & Flow," group show. Reception, Feb. 24, 6-9 p.m. 732-5001, www. hillsboroughgallery.com.

HORACE WILLIAMS HOUSE: 610 E. Rosemary St. Feb. 5-25: "Recollections: Trees, Sea and Me," Francis Katz. Reception, Feb. 5, 2-4 p.m. 919-942-7818, www.chapelhillpreservation.com.

JOHN AND JUNE ALCOTT GALLERY: Hanes Art Center, UNC campus. Through Feb. 7: "Built Forged Faked," UNC first-year MFA students. Feb. 14-March 6: "E.A.R. to the Ground," Becca Albee. Lecture and reception, Feb. 14, 6 p.m. a rt.unc.edu.

LIGHT Art+Design: 601 W. Rosemary St. Through March 17: "Illume." Reception, Feb. 4, 6-9 p.m. 919-942-7707, www.LIGHTartDESIGN.com

MAIN STREET GALLERY: 405 E. Main St., Carrboro. Through Feb. 9: "Oblivion in Colors," Jackie Tiryakian. 967-7005.

N.C. BOTANICAL GARDEN: Off Old Mason Farm Road. Through Feb. 27: "Seed Play," Nancy G. Cook. ncbg.unc.edu.

SONJA HAYNES STONE CENTER: 150 South Road. Feb. 9-April 30: "Dry Run: Defining Determination, Testing Reconstruction," Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier. Reception, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. sonjahaynesstonectr.unc.edu.

STUDIO 16: Ongoing: "Fabulous Females," Vincent Daddiego, Gloria Roberts. By appointment. 919-490-6098.

WOMANCRAFT: Eastgate Shopping Center. Ongoing: "Collection of Winter Wear in Full Bloom." 919-929-8362, Womancraftgifts.com.

THEATER/DANCE

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Feb. 4: "Transactors for Families," Transactors Improv. Feb. 4: Eddie Brill. Feb. 11: "The Love Show," Transactors Improv. Feb. 25: N.C. Percussive Dance Revue. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org.

DEEP DISH THEATER COMPANY: University Mall, 201 S. Estes Dr. Feb. 24-March 17: "The Baltimore Waltz." April 27-May 19; "Henceforward." 968-1515, www.deepdishtheater.org.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. Feb. 9: "Four Electric Ghosts," Mendi + Keith Obadike. Feb. 13-14: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. 919-843-3333, www.carolinaperforming arts.com.

PLAYMAKERS: Center for Dramatic Art, UNC campus. Through March 4: "The Making of a King: Henry IV and Henry V." April 4-22: "Noises Off," 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org.

PRC2: Center for Dramatic Art, UNC campus. April 25-29: "Penelope." 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org.

TOP OF THE HILL: 100 E. Franklin St. Feb. 7: Back Bar Comedy.