Taste the town

Rock Hill’s downtown restaurants spread the table with tasty temptations for the Taste of Downtown &Silent Auction from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. It’s at 140 E. Main St. and cost is $10 advance or $15 at the door. Foods will be featured from Cakeman, City Club of Rock Hill, Old Town Bistro, The Station, Kinch’s and Thi’s Place on Main. Proceeds benefit Keystone’s youth and adolescent programs.

Friday, May 16

EVENT

Comedy in Charlotte

Charlotte’s premiere sketch comedy troupe Robot Johnson Show makes its uptown debut in the Queen City with a limited run of 12 performances, led by Sean Keenan (MTV’s “Talking Baby”) and Blaine Miller (”The Perch Sketch Comedy Group”). The show will be May 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 and 31 at Duke Energy Theatre at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 345 N. College St. Shows will be presented at 8 and 10 nightly. Tickets are $15, available through carolinatix.org or the Blumenthal box office, (704) 372-1000. Warning: The show contains adult language and content.

MOVIES

Opening today

n “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” (Disney): The Pevensie siblings are transported from England to Narnia again, where they fall in with young Prince Caspian and do battle with the evil King Miraz in this sequel to the C.S. Lewis blockbuster.

n “Son of Rambow” (Paramount Vantage): Little British boys—one a punk, the other part of a religious group that eschews popular culture and cinema — resolve to make their own “Rambo” film and are pestered by everybody they meet to be in it.

Saturday, May 17

EVENTS

A day for a powwow

Dancing, singing and drumming. It’s all part of the Catawba Indian Nation Powwow Saturday at the Green Earth ballfield, 2900 E. Sturgis Road, Rock Hill. The event, presented by the Catawba Indian Nation Senior Center, will feature a grand entry parade of dancing, singing and drumming by the Thunder Elk Singers. It also will include Native American arts and crafts, jewelry, baskets and pottery. Details, 328-2208.

Bluegrass and BBQ

The Arts Council of York County will present Bluejeans, Bluegrass & BBQ from 4 to 7 p.m. May 17 in the Cotton Alley, outside the Center for the Arts at 121 E. Main St., downtown Rock Hill. The event will feature Ken Scoggins and Miller’s Creek with barbecue ribs, grilled corn on the cob and other sides by columnist Dan Huntley. Complimentary cocktails will be offered the first hour. Tickets are $15, or $10 for Art After Hours members, and must be purchased in advance from the arts council at 328-2787. Proceeds will go to programming for the 2008-09 arts season.