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. 18: John Jorgenson Quintet. Sept. 21: Jolie Holland. Sept. 25: The Kickin Grass Band. Oct. 2: Masters of the Irish Harp: Grainne Hambly and William Jackson. Oct. 2: Great Lake Swimmers with Wooden Birds and Sharon Van Etten. Oct. 4: Colin Hay. Oct. 8-9: Cowboy Junkies with Lee Harvey Osmond. 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. 18: Catbird Seat CD Release Party. Sept. 19: Eric Thomas and Helen Wolfson. Sept. 25: Crys Mathews. Sept. 26: Road Home Band. www.caffedriade.com.

CAROLINA BREWERY: Bellemont Station Hwy. 64, Pittsboro. All music starts at 7 p.m. Free. Sept. 19: Near Blind James and Harmonica Bob. Sept. 26: Mark Holland's Rhythm Force. Oct. 3: Haw River Rounders. Oct. 10: Oktoberfest Celebration, 5-9 p.m.

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

CAT'S CRADLE: 300 East Main St., Carrboro. Sept. 16: James McMurtry, Jonny Burke. Sept. 17: Margaret Cho. Sept. 18: Who's Bad (A Tribute to Michael Jackson). Sept. 19: Arrogance @ 40. Sept. 20: Carrboro Music Festival. Sept. 21: Ingrid Michaelson, Greg Holden, Johnny Marnell. Sept. 22: The 3rd World Tour with Immortal Technique, Diabolic, Poison Pen, J Arch. Sept. 24: Mae, Locksley, Deas Vail, Flowers for Faye. Sept. 25: Needtobreathe, Crowfield, Green River Ordinance. Sept. 26: An Evening With The Minus 5, The Baseball Project and the Steve Wynn IV. Sept. 30: Ra Ra Riot, Maps & Atlases, Princeton. 967-9053, www.catscradle.com.

THE CAVE: 452 1/2 W. Franklin St. Early shows, 7:30 p.m.; late shows, 10 p.m. Sept. 16: Tauri Wind with Lafcadio, late. Sept. 17: Dustin Edge, early; A Rooster for the Masses, Velvet, Crash, late. Sept. 18: Old 86, early; Joe Bell & the Stinging Blades, late. Sept. 19: DTL Trio, early.; Jo Gore & The Alternatives with Bull City, late. Sept. 20: Calico Haunts with Smoke & Feathers. Sept. 21: Trivia host by Misty, early. Sept. 23: Aminal with Low Red Land, late. Sept. 24: Curtis Peoples, Ernie Halter, Keaton Simon, Andrew Hoover, early. The Fuse band, late. Sept. 25: Nikki Meets the Hibacho, early; John Howie Jr. & The Rosewood Bluff, late. Sept. 26: Brit Price, early; Danny's Night featuring The Josh Drye Band, late. www.caverntavern.com, 968-9308.

LOCAL 506: 506 W. Franklin St. Sept. 16: Sleepless Nights, James Scott Bullard & The Late Night Sweethearts. Sept. 17: Telefon Tel Aviv. Sept. 18: The Pneurotics CD Release Show with The Travesties. Rat Jackson. Sept. 19: Dead Meadow, Fun, Miniature Tigers. Sept. 20: Datarock, Esser. Sept. 21: Busdriver, Abstract Rude. Sept. 22: Still Flyin', Air Waves, The Beets. Sept. 23: Asobi Seksu. Sept. 24: Island, Chain & The Gang. Sept. 25: Mono, Maserati. Sept. 26: Black Skies, The Curtains of Night, Make. Sept. 27: The Coathangers, Pink Flag. Sept. 28: School of Seven Bells, Magic Wands. Sept. 29: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Depreciation Guild, Cymbals Eat Guitars. Sept. 30: These Arms Are Snakes, DD/MM/YYYY, Fin Fang Foom. www.local506.com. 942-5506.

MEMORIAL HALL: Cameron Ave., UNC campus. Sept. 22: Sonny Rollins. Oct. 2: Rha Goddess. Oct. 6: Ravi and Anoushka Shankar. Oct. 11: Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer. 843-3333.

NIGHTLIGHT: 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St. Sept. 16: Keegan DeWitt, Parachute Musical, Wakey Wakey. Sept. 18: Spider Bags CD Release Party. Sept. 19: Le Weekend, Summertime Whiskey Band, Inspector 22. Sept. 22: A Hawk and a Hack Saw. Sept. 23: Yuxtapongo presents Body Electric, Alexis Gideon, Shelly Short. www.nightlightclub.com.

OPEN EYE CAFE: 100-C E Main St., Carrboro. All shows at 8 p.m. Sept. 18: Saludos Compay. Sept. 19: Gray Bird. Sept. 25: Janet Robin. Sept. 26: Quest for Shade. 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. 18: Children of the Horn. Sept. 19: Rebecca & the HiTones. Sept. 20: The Bobs. Sept. 25: Too Much Fun. Sept. 26: Mel & the Wicked Mojos. www.papamojosroadhouse.com, 361-2222.

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. 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. Through Oct. 8: Dali. 968-8008, www.animationandfineart.com.

ART & SOUL STUDIOS GALLERY: 122 W. Clay St., Mebane. 563-2300, www.artandsoulmebane.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.

CHAPEL HILL TOWN HALL: L405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Through Oct. 29: Works by Constance Humphries, Fabrizio Bianchi and Leigh Anne Bianchi.

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. 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. Through 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. www.womancraftgifts.com, 469-3741.

THEATER

ARTSCENTER: 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro. Sept. 16, 17: Readers Theatre at Lunch presents "Mourning Glory," 12:30 p.m. Sept. 19: "The Monti," 8 p.m. Oct. 10: 7th Annual PlaySlam, 8 p.m. Oct. 13, 14, 21, 22: Readers Theatre at Lunch presents "Paddy and the Mermaid," 12:30 p.m. $5. Oct. 18: Playwright's Roundtable, 3 p.m. Oct. 30: Transactors Improv presents "Suspense," featuring Killer Filler, 8 p.m. Nov. 10, 11, 18, 19: Readers Theatre at Lunch presents "Victory," 12:30 p.m. Nov. 13-14: "Intimacies," 8 p.m. 929-2787, www.artscenterlive.org.

DEEP DISH THEATER COMPANY: University Mall, 201 S. Estes Dr. Through Sept. 19: "Summer and Smoke." Oct. 23-Nov. 14: "Glengarry Glen Ross." Feb. 12-March 6, 2010: "An Ideal Husband." April 30-May 22, 2010: "Body Awareness." 968-1515, www.deepdishtheater.org.

DSI COMEDY THEATER: Carr Mill Mall, Carrboro. Sept. 18: 5 Dollar Preview, 7:30 p.m. Mister Diplomat, 9:30 p.m. Standup Comedy, 11 p.m. Sept. 19: Improv Slam, 7:30 p.m. Best Show Ever, 9:30 p.m. Sept. 25: Special Showcase with Double True, 7:30 p.m. Mister Diplomat, 9:30 p.m. Standup Comedy, 11 p.m. Sept. 26: Improv Slam, 7:30 p.m. Dual Duel, 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." Nov. 11-Dec. 20: "Nicholas Nickleby." Jan. 13-17: "The Big Bang." Jan. 27-Feb. 14: "All My Sons." March 3-21: "The Importance of Being Earnest." March 24-28: "I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document, Given to Me by a Young Lady From Rwanda." 962-PLAY, www.playmakersrep.org.

PRIME TIME PLAYERS: Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road. Oct. 2: "The Curious Savage." 7 p.m. $5. 968-2080.

MOVIES

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY

ADAM (PG-13) Chelsea: 7:20.

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

COLD SOULS (PG-13) Chelsea: 7, 9:20.

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

EXTRACT (R) Regal Timberlyne: 2:25, 4:335, 7:15.

GAMER (R) Regal Timberlyne: 2:20, 4:50, 7:20.

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (R) Lumina: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 10. Regal Timberlyne: 3:45, 7.

JULIE AND JULIA (PG-13) Lumina: 1:15, 4, 7:15, 9:45. Regal Timberlyne: 2:05, 4:45, 7:30.

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

SOUL POWER (PG-13) Chelsea: 7:10, 9:30.

TAKING WOODSTOCK (R) Chelsea: 9:15.

TYLER PERRY'S I CAN DO BAD ALL BY MYSELF (PG-13) Regal Timberlyne: 2, 4:30, 7:10.

WHITEOUT (R) Regal Timberlyne:0 2:10, 4:40, 7:25.

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