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

FEARRINGTON FOLK ART FESTIVAL: Fearrington Village, U.S. 15-501 S. Feb. 17-19: Folk artists from throughout the Southeast. Collector's Preview, Feb. 17, 7-9 p.m. Folk Art Festival: Feb. 18-19, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 919-542-3030, fearrington.com.

MUSIC

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Feb. 24: John McCutcheon. www.artscenterlive.org, 929-2787.

CAT'S CRADLE: 300 E. Main St., Carrboro. Feb. 16: Emilie Autumn. Feb. 17: The Chris Gethard Show, PT Scarborough Is A Movie, Two Man Movie. Feb. 18: Delta Rae. Feb. 20: The Dean's List, K.O. Kid. Feb. 21: Blind Pilot. Feb. 23: Corey Smith. Feb. 24: Saul Williams. Feb. 25: Martin Sexton. March 1: Heartless Bastards, The Fling, Flesh Wounds. March 3: FUN. March 4: Cults, Mrs. Magician. March 6: Boyce Avenue, Secondhand Serenade. March 9: Fanfarlo, Young Man. March 10: Good Old War, Belle Bridage, Family of the Year. March 13: Club Bellydance. March 14: Yellow Dubmarine. March 15: Gomez, Hey Rosetta. March 16: The Devil Makes Three, Phillip Roebuck. 967-9053, catscradle.com.

THE CAVE: 452 1/2 W. Franklin St. 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. 19: "An Afternoon at the Opera: Diva Fest III," Chapel Hill Philharmonia and UNC vocalists 3 p.m. Free.

LOCAL 506: 506 W. Franklin St. Feb. 16: Simplified Of Good Nature. Feb. 17: Jack the Radio, Saints Apollo, The Bebonzo Brothers. 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, Wim. 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. March 5: Gemma Ray. March 6: Caveman. March 7: Julia Nunes. March 7: Milagres, The Big Sleep. March 9: Tennis, Hospitality. March 10: Born Gold. March 12: Narrows, All Pigs Must Die, Young and In the Way. l ocal506.com, 942-5506.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. 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.

NIGHTLIGHT: 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St. Feb. 15: Noise Showcase. Feb. 16: Lilac Shadows. Airstrip, Heads on Sticks. Feb. 17: Antibubbles, Trepak. Feb. 19: Completely Off Balance, The Shy Guys. Feb. 20: Monday Night Trivia. Feb. 22: Nightlight Salon. Feb. 25: Bitter Resolve, Thorlock, Systems, Groh. Feb. 26: Tristen. Feb. 28: Zee Avi, Curtis Eller. www.nightlightclub.com.

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

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

THEATER/DANCE

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Feb. 25: "Puss in Boots," Rags to Riches Theatre for Young Audiences. 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.

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.

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.