Thursday
Carolina Creates Pop Up Art Show
The Pit
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Free admission
Free hot chocolate! Also, art and video work projected onto Davis Library. The show is in conjunction with Career Services’ Arts Networking Night.
Ackland Film Forum: “Show Boat”
Ackland Art Museum
6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Free for students with ID, $4 for others
This film will be shown as the first of three in a series exploring the changing demographics of the South. A panel discussion will follow the film.
Friday
Gil Shaham
Memorial Hall
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tickets are $10 to $69.
A solo concert by Grammy-Award winning violinist Gil Shaham.
Look for Jenna Stout’s preview of the concert in tomorrow’s print edition.
Saturday
The Parchman Hour
Paul Green Theatre
7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Tickets are $10 to $45
Official opening night of the world premiere of “The Parchman Hour” at PlayMakers Repertory Company. Written and directed by Mike Wiley, the play is set during the American civil rights movement and features the songs and stories of the 1961 Freedom Riders.
Read staff writer Nidhi Singh’s profile of Wiley.
Sunday
An Afternoon of Opera
Hill Hall
3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Free admission
The concert will feature the operatic talents of UNC professors and guests.
Visit music.unc.edu for more information.
Monday
Halloween
Everywhere
12 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Free admission, but costumes encouraged
A day at the end of every October encouraging increased levels of candy consumption and costumed revelry.
Tuesday
Beyond Blackface
Wilson Library, Louis Round
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Free admission
Before you head to Franklin Street and show off your costume, check out this lecture discussing the predicament of black performers and consumers at the turn of the 20th century.
Wednesday
Samuel Beckett’s “Watt”
Historic Playmakers Theatre
7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 to $39
Gate Theatre Dublin will perform this work by the absurdist playwright Samuel Beckett. The play is adapted from Beckett’s autobiographical novel.
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