Your guide to Saturday’s entertainment in Charlotte
Beer
Battle of the Brews
3-6 p.m. Parking lot at 100 W. Park Ave. $40. www.charlottebattleofthebrews.com.
This friendly competition pits local breweries against each other for the title of best beer in town. A ticket gets you a 5-ounce tasting glass and a chance to vote. The winning brewery gets $1,000 and a title belt for its tap room.
Movie
‘The Lesson’
7:30 p.m. Theatre Charlotte, 501 Queens Road. $5-$10. www.charlottefilmsociety.org.
In this 2014 Bulgarian film, an elementary school teacher struggles, amid various financial and emotional crises, to keep her world from falling apart.
Theater
‘The Fantasticks’
8 p.m. (also Friday and April 24-25). Duke Energy Theater, Spirit Square, 345 N. College St. $20 ($15 students). www.eveningstarpro.com.
Evening Star Productions presents the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt musical about neighbors who decide to cultivate a romance between their children by keeping the kids apart.
Sports
Charlotte Roller Girls
6 p.m. Grady Cole Center, 310 N. Kings Drive. $12 advance tickets, $16 at the door ($7/$9 for kids). www.charlotterollergirls.com.
The club’s home opener will be a doubleheader: The Roller Girls All-Stars will play first, against the Gate City Roller Girls All-Stars; then the B-Dazzlers take on the Greensboro Counterstrike. Fans are encouraged to wear purple.
This story was originally published April 15, 2015 at 11:05 AM with the headline "Your guide to Saturday’s entertainment in Charlotte."