DURHAM
THE PILLOWMAN
MANBITES DOG THEATERMartin McDonagh is one of the most exciting playwrights alive. A high school dropout, he had four plays showing simultaneously in London when he was 27. Manbites Dog Theater unveils the regional premiere of his latest, The Pillowman, at 8:15 p.m. For ticket info, visit www.manbitesdogtheater.org or call 682-3343. Megan Stein
JOAN DIDION
DUKE CAMPUSLit star Joan Didion will read at 5 p.m. in the Fleischman Commons at the Sanford Institute for Public Policy, as the headliner of the 2007 Archive Literary Festival. Megan Stein
CARRBORO
URBAN RENAISSANCE TOUR
CAT’S CRADLEChapel Hill’s Kaze is an aggressively good emcee, the kind of rap enigma who rhymes about raising himself up by the bootstraps and getting both an education and hip-hop respect. With a Rawkus deal, he may finally get some help. Tickets are $8-$10 for the 9 p.m. show. Grayson Currin
