ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. March 15: Scythian. March 16: The Boxcars. March 17: Mountain Heart. March 23: Lunasa. March 27: Leo Kottke. March 31: Darrell Scott. www.artscenterlive.org, 929-2787.

CAT'S CRADLE: 300 E. Main St., 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. 29: George Washington's House. March 1: Brandon Herndon & John Pardue's Songslingers Showcase, Drunken Prayer, Turchi. March 2: Turntable Graveyard, Twilighter, New Town Drunks. March 4: Old Lady Bowers. March 6: Songwriters Open Mic. March 7: Comedy with Michelle Maclay. caverntavern.com, 968-9308.

LOCAL 506: 506 W. Franklin St. March 1: Tripp, Virgins, Morning Brigade. March 2: Dexter Rombweber Duo, Orbo & The Longshots. March 3: Craig Finn, Marcellus Hall & The Hostages. March 5: Gemma Ray, Paper Cup Sounds. March 6: Caveman, Quilt. March 7: Julia Nunes. March 7: Milagres, The Big Sleep. March 9: Tennis, Hospitality. March 10: Born Gold, Kuhrye-Oo. March 12: Narrows, All Pigs Must Die. March 13: Leslie & The Ly's, Pennyhawk, Ramona & The Swimsuits. March 15: The Dirty Guv'nahs, Crowfield. March 16: Kenny Roby, Gasoline Stove, Jule Brown. March 18: David Choi, Russell Howard. March 19: Housse De Racket. March 20: The Business, The Downtown Struts, Bad Idea. March 22: Polica. March 24: John Howie Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff, The Bayonets, Sarah Shook & The Devil. March 25: Frontier Ruckus, Hoots and Hellmouth. l ocal506.com, 942-5506.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. March 13-14: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir. March 15: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. March 22: Herbie Hancock. 843-3333, www.carolinaperformingarts. org.

NIGHTLIGHT: 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St. Feb. 29: Lil Iffy, Rockin Ammonia Karaoke. March 1: Allies Emerge, Black Ashleys. March 2: Amalgam Release Show with Butterflies, Vibrant Green, Phil Cook & His Feat. March 3: Unholy Tongues, Monoslang. March 6: Dustin Wong, Dope Body. March 7: Open Old Time Jam. March 7: J Phono, Cousins, Christopher Paul Stelling. March 8: Monsonia, Me You Us Them. March 9: Fan-Tan, Dead Leaf Echo, White Cascade. March 10: Lonnie Walker, Daytona. Joe Norkus. March 11: The Fooligans, Absent Center, Those Manic Seas. March 13: Carolina Creates Music Showcase. March 14: 919 Noise Showcase. March 16: Corn and the Colonels, The Lucky Strikes, Steve Kruger. www.nightlightclub.com.

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. March 2-20: "Acts of Witness: Blood Knot and Poetic Portraits of a Revolution." March 23: "Spring Fling," Transactors Improv. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org.

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

DSI COMEDY THEATER: Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro. March 1: Student Showcase, Carolina's Funniest Comic. March 2: Improv Slam, Carolina's Funniest Comic, Mister Diplomat. March 3: Improv Slam, Harold Night. March 8: Carolina's Funniest Comic. March 9: Improv Slam, Carolina's Funniest Comic, Mister Diplomat. March 10: Improv Slam, CageMatch. March 15: Carolina's Funniest Comic. March 16: Improv Slam, Carolina's Funniest Comic, Mister Diplomat. March 17: Improv Slam, CageMatch. 919-338-8150, www.dsicomedy theater.com .

M EMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. March 20-21: Circa. March 27-28: "Whispering Pines," Shana Moulton and Nick Hallett. 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.

FOR KIDS

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. March 31: "Animalia," Hoby Ford's Golden Rod Puppets. April 28: Farmer Jason. 929-2787, artscenterlive.org.

JOYFUL JEWEL: 44-A Hillsborough St., Pittsboro. March 4: Poetry and Art Just For Kids: Forrest Greenslade reads from "Haicooo: Little Poems for Children" and helps kids create their own haiku. 919-883-2775, joyfuljewel.com.