Tue., May 28, 8 p.m.

Ovens Auditorium  - East Charlotte

Price: $49.55-$71.15

March 15-May 31

Hidell Brooks Gallery  - South End

Price: Free admission

April 5-May 31

Lark & Key Gallery and Boutique  - South End

Price: Free admission Lark & Key Gallery and Boutique presents Wit & Whimsy featuring artwork by Vicki Sawyer and pottery by Paula Smith. Both have a playful, light-hearted quality to their work, with references to the natural world.

Fri., May 17, 8 p.m., Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., Sun., May 19, 2:30 p.m., Wed., May 22, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 23, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 24, 7:30 & 11 p.m., Sat., May 25, 8 p.m., Sun., May 26, 2:30 p.m., Wed., May 29, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 30, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 31, 8 p.m., Sat., June 1, 8 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 2:30 p.m.

Theatre Charlotte  - Elizabeth

Price: $25-$27 The part-puppet, part-human comedic musical follows college grad Princeton to his new shabby N.Y.C. apartment in Avenue Q, where he and his new friends struggle to find dates, jobs and purpose in life.

Thu., May 9, 8 p.m., Fri., May 10, 8 p.m., Sat., May 11, 8 p.m., Thu., May 16, 8 p.m., Fri., May 17, 8 p.m., Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., Thu., May 23, 8 p.m., Fri., May 24, 8 p.m., Sat., May 25, 8 p.m., Sun., May 26, 2:30 p.m., Thu., May 30, 8 p.m., Fri., May 31, 8 p.m., Sat., June 1, 8 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 2:30 p.m.

Carolina Actors Studio Theatre (CAST)  - NoDa

Price: $18-$28 Playwright David Auburn’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play about a troubled you woman who must balance the tasks of taking care of her ailing father, a brilliant mathematician. Upon her father’s death she faces the task of being confronted by her father’s former student and an estranged sister that causes her to question her own sanity.

Tue., May 28, 8 p.m., Wed., May 29, 7:30 p.m., Thu., May 30, 7:30 p.m., Fri., May 31, 8 p.m., Sat., June 1, 2 & 8 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 1:30 & 7 p.m.

Belk Theater  - Uptown

Price: $20 and up The musical drama with impressive life-sized and human operated puppet horses. It follows a storyline about a boy who embarks on a quest to bring his beloved horse back from the frontline of war.

April 26-June 15

McColl Center for Visual Art  - Uptown

Price: Free admission

March 30-June 15

Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture  - Uptown

Price: $5-$8; Free for members and children 2 years old and under

May 17-June 15

New Gallery of Modern Art  - Uptown

Price: Free admission

Feb. 23-June 16

Mint Museum Uptown  - Uptown

Price: $5-$10 The modern Colombian artist's paintings feature political and social context about the non-official civil war of the 1940s and 1950s, la época de La Violencia (1946-1963).

March 22-July 1

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art  - Uptown

Price: $4-$8 (free for members and children ages 10 and under)

March 2-July 7

Mint Museum Uptown  - Uptown

Price: $5-$10 The exhibit provides a thematic look at inventive objects, both handmade and mass produced, that have one of three objectives: to prepare, to cook, or to present food.

May 3-July 27

Elder Gallery  - South End

Price: Free admission

May 18-July 27

Jerald Melberg Gallery  - South Charlotte

Price: Free admission A solo exhibit of paintings, prints and small sculptures by New Orleans native Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer (1912-1997).

Feb. 16-July 29

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art  - Uptown

Price: $4-$8