Friday, March 1
7-8:30pm: Benefit Concert Featuring Look Homeward Local musicians Look Homeward and Priscilla Townsend perform in this concert to raise money for Love Chapel Hill pastor Jason Tuggle, who is undergoing cancer treatment, and his family. All tickets and donations will be matched up to $1,000 by a generous donor. Varsity Theatre, 123 E. Franklin St.; $5; (919) 442-8828
8pm: The Circus of the Possibilitarians The award-winning Bread and Puppet Theater celebrates its 50th anniversary by presenting this satirical horse and butterfly circus that addresses pertinent national and international issues in a clownish fashion. The audience can examine the masks and puppets after the performance, and cheap art will be for sale. The ArtsCenter, 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro; Concert: $12 in advance, $14 day of show; (919) 929-2787
8pm: Next to Normal The Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical tells the story of a suburban woman battling schizophrenia. The show runs March 1-24. Deep Dish Theater, University Mall, 201 S. Estes Dr.; $19-$21; (919) 968-1515
Saturday, March 2
9am-noon: Hoops for Hope Collect pledges and come ready to sink as many baskets as you can in five minutes and enjoy great food, a raffle and music, all to benefit the North Carolina chapter of the Huntington’s Disease Society of America. Prizes will go to the top fundraisers and top shooters. Orange High School, 500 Orange High School Rd., Hillsborough; (336) 684-6391
11am: Heirloom Recipes Join Marilyn Markel, Breana Lai, Caitlin Burke and Gwen Cummings Maller at the Cooking School at Southern Season as they share recipes from their childhoods. Southern Season, 201 S. Estes Dr.; $35; (919) 929-7133
11am-1:30pm: Eye Ears Nose and Paws Fifth Anniversary The Carrboro nonprofit celebrates its anniversary by taking a look back at what it has accomplished in the last five years and a look forward to where it's going in the next five. Meet EENP's dogs, clients, staff and volunteers, and support its programs by bidding in a silent auction. You can even enter the raffle for an opportunity to name one of the next pups-in training. Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St., Carrboro; Free; (919) 408-7292
3pm: East Chapel Hill High Choral Department Concert The concert will feature the curricular choirs at East: Concert Choir, East Ensemble, Treble Ensemble and the East Men, singing a repertoire of songs that select members of the choral department will perform one month later on April 8 in Carnegie Hall. University Baptist Church, 100 S. Columbia St. (enter the church from the front entrance facing Columbia St.); Free, donations accepted
10pm: Haley Dreis and Caleb Caudle Dreis, a North Carolina native and now Nashville-based singer-songwriter, has performed alongside national acts such as We The Kings, Edwin McCain and Toby Lightman. She embarks on her 40-plus city tour with fellow North Carolinian Caudle, whose most recent album, Tobacco Town, was released on Chapel Hill’s own Robust Records. The Cave, 452 1/2 W. Franklin St.; Free (21 and over); (919) 968-9308
Sunday, March 3
2-5pm: Wendell Myers Opening Reception A Winston-Salem resident, Myers is known for his lively colored landscapes. His painterly interpretations of place and moment offer an open, uplifting quality to his landscapes and his liberated sense of color vitalizes each canvas. His work will be shown at the gallery through March 31. Music for the reception will be provided by pianist Pamela Howland. SaxArt Gallery of Fine Arts, 1616 Jordan Dr., Saxapahaw; Free; (336) 525-2394
7:30pm: “Music for a While: Baroque Motet, Verse Anthem and Suite” Cantari, an ensemble of the Voices choral group, performs along with the UNC Baroque Ensemble. Hill Hall Auditorium, UNC campus; $15/adults, $6/students
