Tall Tales & Cheap Ales: free songwriters panel (Carrboro Songwriters Festival)

Tall Tales & Cheap Ales. Sat., Oct. 17, 2–3:30 p.m., Speakeasy Theatre, 100 E. Main St., Carrboro. Free. A panel of highly suspicious local songwriters trades the stories behind their songs, the true ones and the ones that got better with every telling, moderated by Bridget Dean. Part of the Carrboro Songwriters Festival, Oct. 16–18. carrborosongs.com