Enjoy an evening with Santas family and friends at Castle Mc- Cullochs Winter Wonderland holiday trail. Ice skaters, elves and carolers perform throughout the indoor/outdoor Christmas trail. Grab a hot chocolate to keep you warm. Shows start every 10 minutes.

Holiday fun with moustache-soaking foamy pints, at least one banjo and two bearded ladies. Music by the Radials, Lake Isle and Milltown. Admission is free, but donations for Angel Tree Kids will be accepted.

Waste Land is an award-winning documentary that follows renowned contemporary artist Vik Muniz as he journeys from his home in Brooklyn to his native Brazil and the world’s largest garbage dump located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. The film is followed by a post-screening discussion with local experts.

Stick it to the man on Black Friday by hitting the Really Really Free Market, a sort of swap meet that turns the notion of holiday consumption on its ear. Bring all the crap in your house you don't want; leave with someone else's crap. You know what they say, friends: One man's trash.

WINSTON-SALEM LIGHT PROJECT Downtown Winston-Salem; 336.287.7126; lightproject.org; 7 p.m.; FREE

Sat., Nov 13 Flaming Guns of the Purple Sage Theatre Alliance Playhouse; 1047 Northwest Blvd., Winston-Salem; 336.723.7777; www.wstheatreallliance.org; 8 p.m.; $12 ($10 students and seniors) The rodeo star Big 8 has had her Wyoming ranch foreclosed upon, and now she must tangle with a mysterious woman named Shedevil and a one-eyed Ukrainian biker named Black Dog. This is one of the final showings of Flaming Guns, which also runs Thursday, Friday and Sunday nights.

Kit Rodenbough’s little thrift shop busts out some high fashion tonight at Artistika, with designs from her store on Tate Street. Music by Holy Ghost Tent Revival and the Beard.

Lisa Loomers play, directed by John Gulley is a dark comedy about three women from different centuries who meet in a doctors office waiting room in modern times suffering from bound feet, hysteria and painful breast implants. Tickets are sold one hour prior to performance, and the play runs through Oct.

Hickory native Jon Reep made his name as the winner of Last Comic Standing's Season 5, but after his one-man special on Comedy Central he's better known to his fans as "Metro Jethro." Reep, who now calls LA home, will make a one-night stand at High Point Theatre.

Tonight Piedmont Land Conservancy is hosting Land Jam 2010 at the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro. Steep Canyon Rangers, Amelias Mechanics and Laurelyn Dossett will perform. Tickets are $18.50 and are available by calling the number listed above. Dont miss this unique celebration of 20 years of land conservation! The show begins at 8 p.

Tonight the Camel City Thrashers roller derby girls are back! Theyll take on Virginias Charlottesville Derby Dames at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. and tickets will be sold at the door. Its $10 for adults, $5 for kids 8 to 12 and free for ages 7 and under.

Fall is here and its time to celebrate Octobers First Friday! Hop around Greensboro and Winston-Salems galleries to support local art. Check out www.downtownfridays.com.

Smash Wake Forest University Mainstage Theatre, Scales Fine Arts Center; 1834 Wake Forest Road, Winston-Salem; 336.758.5295; www.wfu.edu/ theatre; 7:30 p.m.; $5 to $12 Tonight at Wake Forest University, catch Smash, a play based on the George Bernard Shaw novel The Unsocial Socialist.

Downtown Winston-Salem; 4th, 5th & Marshall St., Winston-Salem; 336.747.7361; www.rocktheblockws.com; 11 a.m.; FREE

Light Up the Arts Gala marks the opening of the new Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem. The party starts at 6 p.m. and lasts until midnight. The highlight of the evening will come at 8 p.m. with a Tony Bennett performance. The Womble Carlyle Gallery will feature work by Piedmont Craftsmen.

Tonight on the Wake Forest tailgate block (the old Ziggys lot) Corey Smith and Blue Dogs are live in concert! The show starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $15 in advance or $20 the day of the show. Its an outdoor concert so bring your lawn chairs. The rain site will be LJVMs Education Building.

Tanglewood Park; 4061 Clemmons Rd., Clemmons; 336.721.0064; www.greatncbeerfestival.com; 1 p.m.; $25 to $50

The RockN High Point series continues today with the Tams. The beach music band will perform from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $7 at the gate and parking is free. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. All proceeds benefit the United Way's Children's Initiatives, which provide childcare, food and scholarships to children of low-income parents.

Big time golf is hitting the Triad beginning today for the Wyndham Championship! Sedgefield Country Club once again hosts this exciting event. Tickets are $15 daily, today through Wednesday for the practice rounds, then $25 per day, Thursday through Sunday.

It's First Friday time again! Come out to Center City Park tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. for Friday Night Live. Local Indie favorites Filthybird, Come Hell or High Water and Citified will perform. You'll also have a chance to experience the Mischief Makers Handmade Market.