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May 17-20, 2012 Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Hope. Triumph. Peace. Freedom. Joy. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 embodies them all like no other piece of music. Every performance of this towering work with its “Ode to Joy” choral finale is a celebration—a new Robert Weiss ballet set to this work is truly the artistic event of […]
The Raleigh Arts Festival will bring the best visual and performing art and artists to Downtown May 19 – 20 around Moore Square and City Plaza. Artsplosure offers art from the works of 170 independent visual artists from across the United States; the tunes of 15 Main Stage and North Carolina Stage performers; […]
May 17-20, 2012 Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Hope. Triumph. Peace. Freedom. Joy. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 embodies them all like no other piece of music. Every performance of this towering work with its “Ode to Joy” choral finale is a celebration—a new Robert Weiss ballet set to this work is truly the artistic event of […]
May 17-20, 2012 Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Hope. Triumph. Peace. Freedom. Joy. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 embodies them all like no other piece of music. Every performance of this towering work with its “Ode to Joy” choral finale is a celebration—a new Robert Weiss ballet set to this work is truly the artistic event of […]
May 17-20, 2012 Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Hope. Triumph. Peace. Freedom. Joy. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 embodies them all like no other piece of music. Every performance of this towering work with its “Ode to Joy” choral finale is a celebration—a new Robert Weiss ballet set to this work is truly the artistic event of […]
2011/12 NC Symphony Pops Series Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 7:30pm Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh James Bagwell, conductor Perhaps best known for her work with the alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs, singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant joins the North Carolina Symphony for a single performance. Over the past 30 years, her distinctive voice, gift […]
In From Russia with Love, the second Bond movie, James Bond is on the search for a Russian decoding machine known as Lektor. Bond needs to find the decoder before the SPECTRE organization does. The search leads Bond to Istanbul (where, naturally, he becomes romantically entangled with a beautiful woman, Tatiana Romanova), whilst dodging […]
Join us for a night out at The Wine Feed in Downtown Raleigh this First Friday, June 1, 2012 as we offer eight pours of wine for only $3 per person or $5 per pair.
First Friday is a free self-guided tour of downtown’s cutting edge cultural hot spots. Local art galleries, art studios, alternative art venues, and museums stay open late the first Friday of every month to welcome thousands of art-seeking enthusiasts downtown. The event runs from 6 pm-9 pm, but some venue hours may vary. Attendees […]
Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, and Uhura are all here, plus an early performance from Kirstie Alley, and Ricardo Montalban as Khan.
Richard Ford, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Independence Day, visits with Canada. His latest work successfully expands our understanding of and sympathy for humankind.
Historian and author John Barry (Rising Tide; The Great Influenza) returns with his new Roger Williams and The Creation of the American Soul. He takes a revelatory look at how Roger Williams shaped the nature of religion, political power, and individual rights in America.
Julian T. Baker Jr. (1939–2011), a longtime friend and supporter of the North Carolina Museum of Art and a North Carolina native born in Raleigh, started collecting photography in the mid-1990s, and a casual interest soon turned into a passion that resulted in a personal collection of over 700 photographs. Focusing primarily on black-and-white […]
Rodger Streitmatter brings us Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples. Gay marriage isn't a 21st century idea. Brought to life are fifteen same-sex couples who made major contributions to this country in an impressive range of fields. He is the recipient of the Roy F. Aarons Award, which honored him for […]
A cult favorite based on Bret Easton Ellis's novel of the same name, a New York investment banker (Bale) hides his psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as his mental instability leads him to serial killing. Starring Christian Bale, Justin Theroux and Josh Lucas.
