Triangle Area Events

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2008 Summer Festivals - ongoing:
Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival (Brevard) through August 10;
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Fest. (Highlands/Cashiers) through Aug. 10;
Music for the Lunch Bunch (Smithfield & Clayton) through August 14;
Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre (Snow Camp) through August 30;
Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy (Raleigh) through August 31;
Outdoor Dramas through September 28; &
Flat Rock Playhouse (Flat Rock) through November 9
2008 Summer Festivals - by starting date:
Carolina Summer Music Festival (Winston-Salem) August 14-31; &
Carolina Chamber Music Festival (New Bern) September 6-13

• Through Saturday September 13 - webcasts
  BBC Proms Concerts - carried live on the web & available "on demand" for 7 days following the initial webcasts. (There's a 5-hour time differential, so concerts that are at 7:30 p.m. in London may be heard here at 2:30 p.m....)
  Free. http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/

• Resumes Saturday August 9, & Wednesday August 13 - rebroadcasts/webcasts
  Bayreuth Festival 2008: Rebroadcasts of this year's performances*
  Bayreuth, Germany. See below for specific dates & times.... http://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/Anfangsseite/Deutsch.htm. The best US source for ... specific links, dates, & times is http://www.operacast.com/bayreuth08.htm.
  *These are the... rebroadcasts/webcasts: 8/9 @ 1:30 p.m. EDT: Siegfried (performance of 7/31); & 8/9 @ 2:03 p.m. EDT: Gotterdämmerung: Acts II & III (performance of 8/2); & 8/13 @ 2:03 p.m. EDT: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (performance of 7/27).

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• Sunday August 10 - film
  Cinema, Inc.
  Program: Memento (U.S., 2001, Color, Rated R, 113 Minutes. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano.)
  Rialto Theatre, 1620 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m.
  Admission by season ticket ($20) only. 919/787-7611 or http://www.cinema-inc.org/

• Thursday-Sunday August 14-17
  Carolina Theatre: 13th annual North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
  Program: See presenter's site for complete schedule of screenings*
  Carolina Theatre, Durham. Begins 8/14 @ 7p
  10 pass advanced sales $65; 10 pass on/after 8/14 $70; single tickets $8. 919/560-3030, http://www.carolinatheatre.org/, or http://festivals.carolinatheatre.org/ncglff/
  *Among the offerings are: Saturday August 16 @ 2:30 p.m.: Pageant, directed by Ron Davis & Stewart Halpern (documentary) (http://www.pageantmovie.com/)
  Related event: 8/9 @ 7p: Screening of "What Love Means" to benefit the NCGLFF - Carolina Theatre. $. Reception & silent auction.

• Saturday August 16 - Garner
  PineCone & the Town of Garner: The Gibson Brothers (Eric & Leigh Gibson, with Mike Barber, bass, Clayton Campbell, fiddle, * Rick Hayes, mandolin) (bluegrass) (http://www.gibsonbrothers.com/)
  Lake Benson Park, Garner. 6:00 p.m. rain or shine - if rain, the show moves underneath the shelter
  Free. 919/664-8333 or http://www.pinecone.org/
  Related events: 8/16 @ 3-7p: Silent auction, & 3-6p: bluegrass jamming: "Prior to the Gibson Brothers concert..., PineCone will host its first ever Bluegrass Blast and Silent Auction. Activities begin at 3:00p.m. and include a silent auction, informal jam sessions, and a potluck-style dinner. All proceeds from this event will benefit PineCone, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music. The goal[s] of the Bluegrass Blast and Silent Auction [are] twofold: (1) to provide an opportunity for those who share a passion for traditional music to gather, socialize, make music, and build community; and (2) to raise additional funds for PineCone to help offset steadily rising costs of producing quality music programs. Volunteers and donated items for the auction are needed! To register as a volunteer, please contact Pat at 919/854-1925. Donation forms are available online at http://www.pinecone.org/."

• Saturday August 16
  Summerglen Music Student Trombone Choirs with the Ascension Trombone Choir of Cary
  Program: A Journey Through Trombone History - featuring selections from the Renaissance period to the Jazz Age
  Loco Lu's Coffeehouse, 5210 Holly Ridge Drive, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m.
  Free. 919/395-7605 or http://www.summerglen-music.com/august16.html

• Sunday August 17
  Raleigh Jazz Orchestra, Neal Finn, director
  McIver Amphitheatre, Meredith College, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m. Picnics welcome. (Rainsite: Carswell Auditorium, Meredith College)
  Free. 919/546-9755

• Saturday August 23
  ICMDS: Rajan & Sajan Mishra, vocals, with Subhen Chatterjee, tabla, & Sanatan Goswami, harmonium
  Program: Hindustani Vocal concert
  Green Hope High School, Cary. 7:00 p.m.
  Premium $40, adult $30, senior $20, student $10. 919/852-1756 or http://www.icmds.org/

• Monday August 25
  Duke Music: Duke Chorale and Duke Chapel Choir, Rodney Wynkoop, director
  Program: Sing-Along - Schubert: Mass in G - All are invited to sing; scores are provided.
  Duke Chapel, West Campus, Duke University, Durham. 7:00 p/m.
  Free. 919/660-3333 or http://www.music.duke.edu/

• Sunday August 31
  Duke Music: Duke Symphony Orchestra, Harry Davidson, conductor
  Program: Pops Concert
  Duke East Campus Main Quad, Duke University, Durham. (Rain Location: Baldwin Auditorium) 6:00 p.m
  Free. 919/660-3333 or http://www.music.duke.edu/

• Saturday September 6 - Chapel Hill
  September Prelude Festival Workshop for adult amateur players.
  Coaching by UNC, Duke and NC Symphony players; master classes led by the Chiara String Quartet.
  UNC, Chapel Hill. 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  $. 919/821-2030 or http://www.rcmg.org/.

• Saturday September 6
  Duke Music: Tom Moore, traverso/modern flute, & Kailan Rubinoff, traverso
  Program: Baroque Winds - music by Boismortier, Telemann, & Oliveira
  First Presbyterian Church, 305 E. Main St., Durham. 8:00 p.m.
  Free. 919/660-3333 or http://www.music.duke.edu/

• Sunday September 7*
  RCMG: Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer & Julie Yoon, violins, Jonah Sirota, viola, & Gregory Beaver, cello)
  Program: Gabriela Lena Frank: Leyendas - An Andean Walkabout; Zhou Long: Song of the Ch'in; Osvaldo Golijov: Yiddishbbu; & Béla Bártok: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor
  Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. 3:00 p.m.
  Season Tickets $90, students $45; single tickets $25, students $9.
  919/821-2030 or http://www.rcmg.org/
  *Concert #3 of the September Prelude Chamber Music Festival of the Triangle. For other concerts in the festival, see listings for UNC's William S. Newman Artists Series and Durham's Chamber Arts Society.

• Sunday September 7
  NCSU Music: Ritwik Sanyal
  Program: Lecture: Vocal Music of North India
  TSC Ballroom, NCSU, Raleigh. 4:00 p.m.
  $10, seniors/NCSU faculty & staff $8, NCSU students $5, children < 12 free. 919/515-1100

• Friday September 7
  Duke Music: Jeremy Wallach (Bowling Green State Univ.)
  Program: Lecture: “Technology, Commodification, and Authenticity in Popular Music” (Part of the South Central Graduate Music Consortium Conference, Sep. 7-8.)
  Bone Hall, Mary Duke Biddle Music Building, East Campus, Duke University, Durham. 5:00 p.m.
  Free. 919/660-3333 or http://music.duke.edu/

• Thursday September 11
  NCSU Music
  Program: Arts Now!
  TSC Ballroom, NCSU, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m.
  $10, seniors/NCSU faculty & staff $8, NCSU students $5, children < 12 free. 919/515-1100

• Thursday September 11
  CPA - American Roots: Abigail Washburn, singer/songwriter/banjo, and the Sparrow Quartet, featuring Béla Fleck, banjo, with Casey Driessen, fiddler, & Ben Sollee, cello
  Memorial Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill. 7:30 p.m.
  $. 919/843-3333 or http://carolinaperformingarts.org/

• Thursday-Friday September 11-12
  Carolina Theatre
  Program: Menopause the Musical
  Carolina Theatre, Durham. 7:30 p.m.
  $45, $42, & $40. 919/560-3030 or http://www.carolinatheatre.org/

• Friday September 12
  Duke Rare Music Series: Penelope Jensen, soprano, Michael Hirata, tenor, Lewis Moore, baritone, Don Eagle, cornet/keyed bugle, & Randall Love, square piano.
  Program: Echoes of the Past: Sounds of the American Civil War
  Perkins Library Rare Book Room, West Campus, Duke University, Durham. 4:00 p.m.
  Free. 919/660-3333 or http://www.music.duke.edu/

• Friday September 12
  Lètourneau Pipe Organ Recital Series: David Arcus, organ (Duke Chapel)
  Edenton Street United Methodist Church, Raleigh. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 919/832-7535 or http://www.esumc.org/

• Friday-Saturday September 12-13
  Raleigh Classical Series: Nicole Cabell, soprano, & NC Symphony, Grant Llewellyn, conductor
  Program: Robert Ward: City of Oaks (premiere); Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915; Bernstein: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances; & Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
  Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh. 8:00 p.m.
  $. 919/733-2750 or http://www.ncsymphony.org/

• Saturday September 13 - Cary
  Brass at Bond
  Sertoma Amphitheatre, Bond Park, Cary. 2:00 p.m.*
  Free. 919/469-4061
  *Rain date 9/14 @ 2p

• Saturday September 13
  ICMDS: Rudrakshya Odissi Group with Guru Bichi Swain
  Program: Odissi Dance
  B.N. Duke Auditorium, NC Central University, Durham. 7:00 p.m.
  Premium $40, adult $30, senior $20, student $10. 919/852-1756 or http://www.icmds.org/

• Sunday September 14
  MCP Sunday Afternoon Series: Penelope Jensen, soprano, Rebecca Troxler, flute, Claudia Warburg, violin, Fred Raimi, cello, & Jane Hawkins, piano
  Program: In the Beginning* - Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat; Ravel: Piano Trio; Songs by Ravel, Debussy, & Sauget, based on the poetry of Stèphen Mallarmé; Miriam Gideon: The Seasons of Time, for soprano, flute, cello, & piano/celeste; Debussy: Syrinx, for solo flute; & Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op 87
  First Presbyterian Church, Durham. 3:00 p.m. Reception.
  Season (3 concerts) $50; single tickets $18. 919/560-2788 or http://www.mallarmemusic.org/
  *"A look back at Mallarmé’s beginning. All of these pieces were performed in our first season!"

• Sunday September 14
  Cinema, Inc.
  Program: Godzilla (Gojira) (Japan, 1954, b/w, Not Rated, in Japanese with English Subtitles, 98 Minutes, directed by Ishiro Honda, starring Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata, & Takashi Shimura)
  Rialto Theatre, 1620 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh. 7:00 p.m.
  Admission by season ticket ($20) only. 919/787-7611 or http://www.cinema-inc.org/