It's time to hippety-hop around the melting pot block as In The Heights springs its New York-flavored love on the Q.C. The latest in Blumenthal's Broadway Light Series, this Tony award-winning musical tells the emotionally inspiring tale of two families — residents of Manhattan's ethnic Washington Heights community — struggling, but damned and determined to fulfill their ideals of the American dream. $20 and up. Feb. 16-17, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 18, 8 p.m.; Feb. 19, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.; Feb. 20, 1:30 p.m. & 7 p.m. Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon St. 704-372-1000. www.blumenthalcenter.org.