Weekly Itinerary

march 16-22

Cucalorus Kids! Film Festival

Wednesday-Saturday, Wilmington

Young filmmakers and movie buffs can indulge their fancy with workshops, screenings and movie-themed activities. Among the events: showings of "Elmo in Grouchland" and "Muppets in Space," which were made in Wilmington, with cast and crew members there to discuss their work. Events at Jengo's Playhouse and Screen Gems Studios. (910) 343-5995, www.cucalorus.org.

Facing South: Portraits by North Carolina Artists

Friday-June 1, Greensboro

More than 20 portrait artists from across the state are contributing works in a range of media -- paint, sculpture, photography, textiles, clay, collage and more. Among the participants are Beverly McIver, Louis St. Lewis, Vita Plume and Richard Fennell. The exhibition features other special portraits, including . Lee Waters' 1939 documentary of Greensboro, now celebrating its bicentennial, and "Viewing Glass," a new film installation Waters inspired. (336) 333-7460, www.greenhillcenter.org.

Easter Hat Parade

Saturday, Dillsboro

If this were just any Easter hat parade, it would be one thing. But Dillsboro is sending out an invitation not just to ladies and gentlemen of all ages but also for canines in their chapeaux. And best hat wins a prize. www.visitdillsboro.org.

Victorian Easter Celebration

Asheville, through March 31

The Biltmore House is more famous, but the Smith-McDowell House has a longer history. Built about 1840 by James McConnell Smith, the four-story brick home is now a museum that revels in Victorian traditions during the holidays. For Easter that means baskets, old-fashioned bunnies and chicks, hand-painted eggs, flowers and period-inspired decorations. (828) 253-9231, www.wnchistory.org.

'Ancestry and Innovation'

Winston-Salem, Through April 13

Paintings, quilts and sculpture by Clementine Hunter, Thornton Dial and other self-taught African-American artists come to the Reynolda House Museum of American Art. Winston-Salem is the first stop for this touring exhibition from the American Folk Art Museum in New York. (888) 663-1149, www.reynoldahouse.org.

'White Light'

Charlotte, through May 25

The Mint Museum of Craft + Design has showcased Dale Chihuly's vibrantly colored blown glass and Murano art glass from Venice. Now on view are Daniel Clayman's opaque sculptures, minimalist in style and monumental in size, which he created to explore the subtlety and drama of form and movement. Also on view: "The Brilliant Period of American Cut Glass," works from 1876 to 1916. (704) 337-2000, www.mintmuseums.org.

'ReVisions: The Appropriated Image'

Greensboro, through May 4

Marcel Duchamp called them "readymades"; Robert Rauschenberg, "combines." The terms refer to existing objects that the artists used in their own works. See for yourself what it means at the Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC-Greensboro. (336) 334-5770, weatherspoon.uncg.edu.