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Performing Arts Events
1261 Events (viewing events 1 through 25)
Asheville -- Mon., Nov. 12, 2018 at 8:00 PM ( Sat., Sep. 8, 2018 - Thu., Jan. 31, 2019 )
Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center: 120 College Street Opening Celebration Featuring Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder
Performed by Theo Bleckmann, vocals; Ben Monder, guitar
Take a first look at BMCM+AC’s new home at 120 College Street with an inaugural concert by Grammy Award-nominated singer and composer Theo Bleckmann and jazz guitarist Ben Monder. For over 15 years, the Theo Bleckmann & Ben Monder Duo has been touring the U.S., Europe and Asia creating a unique approach to what might... Read More
Free
Cary -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 2:00 PM
The Cary Theater: Rio Sensory-Friendly Screening
The Cary Theater. -- 919-462-2051 , http://www.thecarytheater.com
$3
Blowing Rock -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 3:30 PM ( Tue., Nov. 6, 2018 - Tue., Nov. 27, 2018 )
Blowing Rock Art and History Museum: Afternoon Art Club
Children ages 6 - 10 are invited to join us for creative art-making activities through a variety of media, from watercolor to clay.
Tuesdays 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Free
Chapel Hill -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 5:30 PM
UNC Chapel Hill Department of Art and Art History: Dawn DeDeaux
Performed by Dawn DeDeaux with Diego Cortez
Dawn DeDeaux has merged art with new technologies for decades to broaden art and audience engagement. Early works such as CB Radio Booths embraced mobility and pre-internet communications; mid-career works offered pioneering synchronized immersive media environments; and latter works, including the... Read More
An endowment established in 1983 through the generosity of Nancy and Robin Hanes supports the Art Department's Visiting Artist Series. This important program brings both established and emerging artists to campus to discuss their work in public lectures and to offer individual critiques to our M.F.A. students. The Hanes... Read More
Free
Charlotte -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:00 PM
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra: On Tap
Performed by Charlotte Symphony Orchestra players
Your Charlotte Symphony is back On Tap at NoDa Brewing Company. Join us in the taproom for an evening full of great music, craft brews, and lots of fun!
$
Cary -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:00 PM
The Cary Theater: Rough Cuts Review
The Cary Theater. -- 919-462-2051 , http://www.thecarytheater.com
Free
Winston-Salem -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:30 PM
UNC School of the Arts: Watson Brass in Concert
Performed by David Dash and Mary Bowden, trumpet; Maria Serkin, French horn; John Ilika, trombone; and Mark Norman, tuba.
UNCSA’s faculty brass quintet performs an energetic concert in its namesake hall. Faculty artists include David Dash and Mary Bowden, trumpet; Maria Serkin, French horn; John Ilika, trombone; and Mark Norman, tuba.
$20 Regular/$15 Student with valid ID
$20 - $15
Winston-Salem -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:30 PM ( Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 - Sat., Nov. 17, 2018 )
UNC School of the Arts: Emerging Choreographers
Performed by UNCSA dance students
Experience the next generation of dance as UNCSA’s graduating contemporary majors present their cutting-edge, original choreography. These short dances for small groups will feature unique lighting designs by School of Design and Production lighting students.
$20 Regular/$15 Student with valid ID
$20 - $15
Chapel Hill -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:30 PM ( Mon., Nov. 12, 2018 - Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 )
Carolina Performing Arts: Myelination
Performed by Dorrance Dance company
Chapel Hill native and MacArthur “Genius Grant” fellow Michelle Dorrance is back. Her adventurous tap company bends all the rules and nearly warps time in this new work whose name is the very definition of speeding up impulses.
$
Durham -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Duke University Department of Music, Duke University Music Instrument Collections: Rare Music Concerts: CPE Bach @ 230
Performed by Roseen Giles, flute; Eric Pritchard, violin; Suzanne Rousso, viola; Stephanie Vial, cello; and R. Larry Todd
In remembrance of the 230th anniversary of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s death in 1788, this concert features the composer’s flute quartets and trio sonatas, as well as a Mozart flute quartet.
Roseen Giles, flute; Eric Pritchard, violin; Suzanne Rousso, viola; Stephanie Vial, cello; and R. Larry Todd playing... Read More
Free.
Wilmington -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Wilmington Symphony Orchestra: Music from the Silver Screen
Performed by Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, David Hyde Pierce, actor
The concert program will include your favorite movie themes such as Gone with the Wind, Ben Hur, The Pink Panther, Batman, Dances with Wolves, Lord of the Rings and more! Showing on the big screen will be Buster Keaton's One Week with an original orchestral score by acclaimed silent film composer Andrew E. Simpson.
David Hyde... Read More
This is an Official Cucalorus Stage Event with a Hollywood glamour theme. Wear your favorite vintage dress or suit and have your photo taken on the red carpet. Join us in the lobby at 6:30 for pre-concert festivities.
$
Pembroke -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 7:30 PM
UNC Pembroke: Jazz Combos Concert
Performed by UNCP Jazz CombosMoore Hall. -- (910)-521-6230 , http://www.uncp.edu/music/
Free
Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 8:00 PM
Duke Performances: Jack Quartet
Performed by Jack QuartetTickets $15, $10 Duke students.
Durham Fruit & Produce Company. -- 919-684-4444 , http://www.dukeperformances.org$15 - $10
Raleigh -- Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 at 8:30 PM
City of Raleigh Arts Commission: OMAi Mapping Stories
Performed by OMAi arts collective
Join OMAi’s final projections in Raleigh at Raleigh's Medal of Art's celebration! ... Read More
$
Asheville -- Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 at 12:00 PM ( Wed., Oct. 10, 2018 - Wed., Jan. 9, 2019 )
Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center: Perspectives: Lunchtime Conversations
Explore BMAC+AC’s exhibition Between Form and Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence and Black Mountain College along with an artist, historian, or scholar who will give perspective and context to the work from their particular point of view.
Guest Speakers:
10/10/18 Cleaster Cotton
11/14/18 Barbara Earl... Read More
Free
Flat Rock -- Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 at 2:00 PM ( Fri., Nov. 2, 2018 - Sat., Nov. 17, 2018 )
Flat Rock Playhouse: The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles promises audiences a thrilling, hilarious, and nimble retelling of the classic crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle starring the iconic Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. In this production, three actors work in tandem to portray over 15 characters with lightning fast precision and delightful... Read More
Tickets are $22 - $54 with a child ticket at $19 for 17 and under.
$54 - $19
Durham -- Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 at 7:00 PM ( Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 - Thu., Nov. 15, 2018 )
Duke Performances, Duke University Department of Music, Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts: Composers Encounter with JACK Quartet, Visit 1
Performed by JACK Quartet, Duke Graduate School Composers
Graduate composers Maximiliano Amici, James Chu, Brooks Frederickson, Eren Gümrükçüoğlu. Yuxin Ouyang, Amin Sharifi, and others engage with JACK Quartet during the first of three visits to Duke in 2018-19.
Presented in association with Duke Performances & the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts.
Limited attendance with advance arrangement.
Winston-Salem -- Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 at 7:30 PM ( Tue., Nov. 13, 2018 - Sat., Nov. 17, 2018 )
UNC School of the Arts: Emerging Choreographers
Performed by UNCSA dance students
Experience the next generation of dance as UNCSA’s graduating contemporary majors present their cutting-edge, original choreography. These short dances for small groups will feature unique lighting designs by School of Design and Production lighting students.
$20 Regular/$15 Student with valid ID
$20 - $15
Chapel Hill -- Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Carol Woods Retirement Center: Gabriel Crist
Performed by Gabriel Crist, pianoAuditorium, Carol Woods Retirement Community. -- 919-918-3372 , http://www.carolwoods.org
Free and open to the public.
Hickory -- Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 at 7:30 PM ( Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 - Sun., Nov. 18, 2018 )
Lenoir-Rhyne University: The Comedy of Errors
Performed by Lenoir-Rhyne Playmakers, Jonathan Ray, director
One of Shakespeare’s first and most beloved works, The Comedy of Errors is a madcap adventure of mistaken identity and the chaos that ensues. This comic masterpiece tells the story of a young man of Syracuse who travels the world seeking his twin, accompanied by his faithful servant – who is also... Read More
Admission is free, but tickets are required due to limited seating.
Free, ticket required.
Flat Rock -- Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 at 7:30 PM ( Fri., Nov. 2, 2018 - Sat., Nov. 17, 2018 )
Flat Rock Playhouse: The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles promises audiences a thrilling, hilarious, and nimble retelling of the classic crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle starring the iconic Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. In this production, three actors work in tandem to portray over 15 characters with lightning fast precision and delightful... Read More
Tickets are $22 - $54 with a child ticket at $19 for 17 and under.
$54 - $19
Chapel Hill -- Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 at 7:30 PM ( Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 - Sun., Dec. 2, 2018 )
PlayMakers Repertory Company: She Loves Me
In this romantic musical comedy of mistaken identity, there is no love lost between Amalia and Georg, two perfume clerks who can’t seem to find common ground—until they realize they are each other’s anonymous pen pals. This euphoric comedy with a soaring musical score puts the working class front and... Read More
Appropriate for all ages. Tickets $15+
$
Raleigh -- Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 at 7:30 PM ( Thu., Nov. 8, 2018 - Sun., Nov. 18, 2018 )
ARTS NC STATE, NC State University Theatre: The Rainmaker
Performed by University Theatre; Mia Self, director
It’s the middle of a hot, dry summer in the American Southwest. Lizzie Curry returns home still a spinster. Jim’s carrying on about a little red hat. Noah’s badgering everybody. H.C. Curry doesn’t know what a father should do. And the town deputy is wallowing in self-pity. Then Starbuck, a wanted con man,... Read More
Audio Description & Closed Captioning: Friday, November 9
$23
Greenville -- Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 at 7:30 PM
East Carolina University School of Music: ECU Trombone/Tuba Euphonium Ensemble
Performed by ECU Trombone/Tuba Euphonium Ensemble
Music for low brass ensembles.
Free. Open to the public.
Free
Blowing Rock -- Thu., Nov. 15, 2018 at 10:30 AM ( Thu., Nov. 1, 2018 - Thu., Nov. 29, 2018 )
Blowing Rock Art and History Museum: Doodlebug Club
Preschool-age children and a parent/guardian are invited to Doodlebug Club -- a fun, educational art program focused on basic art skills.
Thursdays 10:30-11:30am & 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Free
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