COMMON GROUND THEATRE: 4815-B Hillsborough Road. Nov. 6-8: Curtain Calls Productions presents "The Laramie Project." $5. 616-1304. Nov. 13: Transactors Improv presents "City of Medicine: Season Three.." $12, $10 students and seniors. 698-3870. Nov. 20-21: Anima Dance and Common Grount Theatre present "My Patriot Act," by Rachel Brooker. $12, $10 students and seniors. 698-3870. www.cgtheatre.com

CAROLINA THEATRE: 309 W. Morgan St. Nov. 14: Bellan Contemporary Dance Theatre, 8 p.m. $27-$50. www.carolinatheatre.org

DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: 123 Vivian St. Nov. 26-Dec. 20: "Phantom of the Opera." $25-$82. www.dpacnc.org

MANBITES DOG: 703 Foster St. Through Nov. 14: "Caleb Calypso and the Midnight Marauders." 682-3343, www.manbitesdogtheater.org.

Music

BETHESDA RURITAN: 1714 S. Miami Blvd. Nov. 9: Monday Night Music. 271-7594.

THE BROAD STREET CAFE: 1116 Broad St. Nov. 4: Open Mic Night. Nov. 5: Troika Music Festival: Regina Hexaphone, Pink Flag, The Dry Heathens, The Moaners. Nov. 6: Troika Music Festival: Jews and Catholics, Whatever Brains, The Dirty Little Heaters, Pipe. Nov. 7: Troika Music Festival: Dynamite Brothers, Rat Jackson, The Loners, The Love Language. Nov. 8: Aaron Mills Project, Sunday Night Jazz Jam. 7:30 p.m.; Open Jam at 9 p.m. 416-9707, www.thebroadstreetcafe.com

CAROLINA THEATRE: 309 W. Morgan St. Nov. 6-7: SoJam 2009 Festival, presented by the Contemporary A Cappella Society of America. Nov. 15: Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, 3 p.m. $20. Nov. 21: Jennifer Holliday, 8 p.m. $30-$38. 560-3030, www.carolinatheatre.org

DUKE COFFEEHOUSE: Crowell Building, East Campus. Nov. 6: Troika Mussic Festival: Dex Romweber Duo. 7 p.m. One-day pass $8; 3-day pass, $20.

DUKE UNIVERSITY: Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building. Nov. 5: Guest Recital with Sheila Browne, viola, and Allison Gagnon, piano. 8 p.m. Free. Biddle Music Building, East Campus. Nov. 6: Duke New Music Ensemble presents "The Eternal Interlock," 8 p.m. Free.

DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: 123 Vivian St. Nov. 6: Will Downing, Najee and Maysa. Nov. 11: Jackson Browne. Nov. 13: Steve Miller Band. www.dpacnc.org

THE KNOW BOOKSTORE: 2520 Fayetteville St. Nov. 6: Jazz Jam, 8 to 11 p.m. $7; free for participating musicians. 682-7223.

PAPA MOJO'S ROADHOUSE: 5410-Y N.C. 55. All of the 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. Nov. 6: Teresa James with Dick 50. Nov. 7: Zydecopious. www.papamojosroadhouse.com

THE PINHOOK: 117 W. Main St. Nov. 4: The New Familiars, Red City Radio, Jay Heart Montreal. Nov. 5: Troika Music Festival: Max Indian, Aminal, House of Fools, The Desmonds. Nov. 6: Troika Music Festival: Bellefea, Caltrop, Grappling Hook, Scientific Superstar. Nov. 7: Troika Music Festival: Gray Young, Citified, Veronique Diabolique, LA Tool & Die. 667-1100, www.thepinhook.com

SACRED GROUNDS COFFEEHOUSE: 2700 N. Roxboro Road. All shows at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7: Linda Metz. Nov. 14: Don Smith & Eric Thomas. Nov. 21: Ted Fillhart & Unsung Heroes. 220-2458.

SOMERHILL GALLERY: The Venable Center, 303 S. Roxboro St. Nov. 5: Lightnin' Wells, 6-8 p.m. $10. 688-8868, www.somerhill.com.

ST. PHILIP'S: 403 E. Main at Queen St. Nov. 6: John Wesley Harding, 7 p.m. $15 advance, $20 day of show, $8 ages 12-and-under. 682-5708, www.stphilipsdurham.org.

Art

SOMERHILL GALLERY: The Venable Center, 303 S. Roxboro St. Through Nov. 6: Paintings by Edward Kellogg. Nov. 22-Jan. 1: 32nd Annual Holiday Art Exhibition, featuring new works by gallery artists. 688-8868, www.somerhill.com.

THROUGH THIS LENS: 303 E. Chapel Hill St. Through Nov. 14: "Fading Hutongs," photographs by Julio De Matos. Through Nov. 13: "To Have and to Hold: Formal Studies of Found Objects," by Joanne Urban. www.throughthislens.com, 687-0250.

THE BROAD STREET CAFE: 1116 Broad St. Opening Nov. 4: Works by Amanda LaFrance.

CRAVEN ALLEN GALLERY: 1106 1/2 Broad St. Through Nov. 7: "Sizable Thoughts," new works by Kathryn DeMarco with prints and books by Dave Wofford. 286-4837, www.cravenallengallery.com

DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL: 120 Morris St. Nov. 6-Jan. 10: "Deep Sleep," new paintings by Maria Britton; "Nourishment: Sustaining the Body and Soul, mixed media works by Lori Easterlin; "Out of the Blue," mixed media works by Joyce Watkins King. 560-2787, www.durhamarts.org