Theater: Ancient Indian Epic – This Weekend in Cary
Cary, NC — The Cary Playwrights’ Forum will present Chakra: The Wheel of Life at the Cary Arts Center this weekend. Read more
Final Friday Art Night – This Week in Downtown Cary
Cary, NC — The Cary Art Loop, or Final Friday, is a recurring event that’s held in downtown Cary galleries, businesses and surrounding venues on the last weekend of every month. The line-up for this Friday, February 26, 2016 is so big and full of wine tastings, live music and modern art that we had to tell you about it. Read more
An Accidental Cary Gourd Artist
Cary, NC — It was just last year that I first learned of Cary’s former reputation as the Gourd Capital of the World. Since then, I’ve taken a special interest in our town’s gourd history, and, last month, I even made a gourd birdhouse. Read more
Art: 20 Light Displays – Friday in Chapel Hill
Editor’s Note: We found an exciting arts event this weekend in Chapel Hill thanks to our friends at The Better Sleep Store.
Chapel Hill, NC — On Friday, February 12, 2016, 20 illuminated art installations, light projections and programs using light can be found around Chapel Hill and Carrboro. This new, one-night event is called Shimmer. Read more
Message in a Bottle: An Art Project for Cary
Cary, NC — I had coffee with Cary artist Helen Seebold to learn more about Message in a Bottle, a pubic art project she created to help everyone in the community create art and be a part of making a sculpture. Read more
A New Guide to Live Music in Cary
Cary, NC — Robby Robinson and Kevin Kendall wanted to know where they could go to hear local, live music on any given night – so they created Triangle Live Music, a website that tells its visitors just that. Read more
An Arts Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cary, NC — “Art is a mirror in which we see ourselves and where we have been,” said local Cary artist Dan Campbell in reference to the portrait he painted to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Perhaps it can even move us forward.” Read more
Events: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Cary
Cary, NC — Monday, January 18, 2016 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Make plans to celebrate, remember, and recognize him all weekend with these free films, presentations, speeches and activities in Cary and Raleigh. Read more
World Renowned Conductor Visits Cary
Cary, NC — On Sunday, January 17, 2016, the Concert Singers of Cary will welcome two-time Grammy winner Joseph Flummerfelt to guest conduct their latest major orchestral work, “Voices Across the Centuries.” Read more