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

WINTER ARTS FESTIVAL: Chapel in the Pines. 314 Great Ridge Parkway. 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. 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. 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. 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.

HILL HALL: UNC campus. Feb. 10: "Making Music, Making a Difference," Women's Choral Showcase. 8 p.m. Free; please bring a donation for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. uncwomensgleeclub.com.

JACK SPRAT: 161 E. Franklin St. Feb. 10: The Art of Cool Jam Session with The Overtone Quartet, Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Jason Moran and Eric Harland. 8 p.m. theartofcoolproject.com.

LOCAL 506: 506 W. Franklin St. Feb. 9: Big Daddy Love, The Real Nastly. Feb. 10: The Jealous Sound, Almost People. Feb. 11: Hidden Cat. Feb. 12: Doomtree. Feb. 13: The World Inferno Friendship Society. Feb. 16: Simplified Of Good Nature. Feb. 18: Fin Fang Foom, Pipe, Ben Davis & The Jets. Feb. 19: David Mayfield Parade. Feb. 21: Islands. Feb. 22: Kevin Kinney Band. Feb . 23: A Haunted Mantra. Feb. 24: Other Lives. Feb. 25: Big Pooh. Feb. 26: Soul Khan. March 1. Tripp, Virgin, Morning Brigade. March 2: Dexter Rombweber Duo, Orbo & The Longshots. March 3: Craig Finn, Marcellus Hall. l ocal506.com, 942-5506.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. 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.

THEATER/DANCE

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

CHAPEL HILL HIGH SCHOOL: High School Road. Feb. 18-19: "Snow White" and "Peter and the Wolf," Chapel Hill Dance Theater. Tickets at Ballet School of Chapel Hill, 1603 E. Franklin St., and Dance Design, 1728 N. Fordham Blvd., and at the door.

CARRBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: 400 Shelton St., Carrboro. Feb. 9-10: "Jungalbook." 6:30 p.m. $1 at the door.

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.

DSI COMEDY THEATER: Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro. Through Feb. 19: N.C. Comedy Arts Festival. 919-338-8150, www.dsicomedy theater.com .

LEVIN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: 1937 W. Cornwallis Road, Durham. Feb. 18, 19, 26: "Desert Stories: Freud at Sinai" and "Poor Timing." OdysseyStage Theatre. 919-354-4936, odysseystage.org.

M EMORIAL 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.