WS Chronicle

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 3-6 

*”Unnecessary Farce,” by Paul Slade Smith, April 3-6, presented by The Little Theatre of W-S at HanesBrand Theatre. In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is scheduled to meet with his female accountant while, in the adjoining room, two undercover police officers are lying in wait. There’s some confusion, however, as to who’s in which room, who’s being videotaped, who’s taken the money, who’s hired a hitman, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes. For tickets, to go www.LTofWS.org. 

*Saturday, April 5, “The Music of Tina Turner,” the rock icon’s songbook reimagined with full, LIVE symphony orchestra. Presented by the Winston-Salem Symphony. For more information and tickets, go to www.wssymphony.org. 

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 11-12 

*RiverRun International Film Festival opens on Friday, April 11, and continues through Saturday, April 19. Over 100 films and shorts will be shown at various venues around Winston-Salem. For a complete schedule and to purchase tickets, go to www.riverrunfilm.com. 

*Green Street Church and its Anti-Racism Team will present folksinger-songwriter Crys Matthews in an evening of music for hope and justice at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at 639 S. Green St., in Winston-Salem. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Matthews sings social justice music right alongside traditional Country and Americana music. A $20 donation is suggested. You can reserve up to four tickets online at http://bit.ly/CrysMatthewsWSNC or make your donation at the door. Matthews will also be joining Green Street’s 11 a.m. worship service on Palm/Passion Sunday, April 13, and weave her music together with Green Street’s observance of the beginning of Holy Week.  

For more about Crys Matthews, visit https://www.crysmatthews.com/. For more about Green Street Church, visit www.greenstreetumc.org.