Wednesday Roundup (11/10-11/16): Things are happening! -

Thursday

Eating Animals
Swain Hall, Studio 6
Thursday, Nov. 10 and 17 at 6 p.m., Fri., Nov. 11 and 18 and Sat., Nov. 12 and 19 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for students and $10 for the general public

See Assistant Arts Editor Katherine Proctor in wild make up (which she loves), yelling at a rubber chicken and beating up a stuffed dog as the Performance Collective presents their interpretation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Eating Animals.”

Read Assistant Arts Editor Katherine Proctor’s column in Thursday’s print Daily Tar Heel.

Friday

Potter Palooza
Union Auditorium
6:30 p.m., Midnight
Free admission

CUAB hosts the full Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows experience this weekend, showing Part 1 and Part 2 back to back. If it weren’t the greatest franchise of our generation (maybe ever), Canvas wouldn’t highlight it. Spend Thursday night preparing with trivia and costume contest, plus candy (regular and cotton) and snacks.

Saturday

Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique with Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Memorial Hall
Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 to $59

Playing the complete repertoire of Beethoven’s symphonies that made them one of the world’s most famous orchestras, Orchestre Révolutionnaire will play on archival instruments to preserve the true feel of Beethoven’s work.

Read staff writer Nidhi Singh’s story on the orchestra in Friday’s Daily Tar Heel.

Sunday

The Parchman Hour
Paul Green Theatre
7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 to $45

Last night to see 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 and Arts Editor Katelyn Trela’s review of “The Parchman Hour.”

Monday

“Like Crazy” advance screening
The Chelsea Theater
7:30 p.m.
Admission is free

Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones star in this indie drama about two college-aged students in love and on different continents. Allied Integrated Marketing put together this free advanced screening for UNC students four days before ““Like Crazy”:http://www.likecrazy.com/” is released in the region. It has already won 5 awards at the Sundance film festival, the Hollywood film festival and the Hamptons International film festival.

Read Arts Editor Katelyn Trela’s feature on the event in Monday’s Daily Tar Heel.

Tuesday

Guys and Dolls
Carrboro ArtsCenter
8 p.m., Friday through Tuesday with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday
Tickets are $5 to $12

See Pauper Players’ first performance of the year. In a new location, Pauper is hoping to expand their audience to the Carrboro community. See this classic musical, and “sit down, you’re rocking the boat.”

Read former staff writer Alexis Jordan’s story on Pauper’s move to the ArtsCenter here, and staff writer Mary Stevens’ story “here”:http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/11/pauper_players_open_guys_and_dolls_tonight.