Rescue Men

The Cary Screens RESCUE MEN Documentary This Week

Cary, NC — In celebration of black history month, The Cary Theater will screen local director Allan R. Smith’s award winning film RESCUE MEN: The Story of the Pea Island Lifesavers on Thursday, February 19, 2015 and Sunday, February 22, 2015.

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nonprofits

$35,000 Granted to Cary Nonprofits

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Mayor Weinbrecht presents a grant to the Lucy Daniels Center at the 2015 grants reception.

Cary, NC — On Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at The Cary Theater, over $35,000 in grants were awarded to 29 local nonprofits as part of the annual Lazy Daze grants reception. Read more

Best of Love

The Best of Love: Coming Soon to Cary

Best of Love

Cary, NC — The Cary Players will present their annual show, The Best of Love: Bits and Bites, at the Page-Walker Arts and History Center from February 13-22, 2015. In the show, actors utilize the multiple floors of the Page-Walker hotel to create an interactive play about both love and love-gone-wrong. Read more

Cary Town Band

Cary Town Band Seeks Student Musicians

Cary Town Band

Cary, NC — Attention all Cary area music teachers, band directors, and parents of student musicians: The Cary Town Band is currently seeking wind/percussion instrumental students to sit in and play with the band for both a series of rehearsals and for a formal concert held at the Cary Arts Center on Friday, March 27, 2015. Read more

Cary Chamber Screens Durham Documentary This Week

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Cary, NC — The Cary Chamber of Commerce holds an Economic Development breakfast every month. This month, on Wednesday, the program will be a screening of the 1/2 hour documentary Because No One Else Would – the Story of American Tobacco and the Durham Renaissance, produced by CaryCitizen publisher Hal Goodtree. Read more

Tutu

Cary Entrepreneur’s Tutus Reach NYC

Tutu

Diane showed me the intricate details of an in-progress tutu bodice.

Cary, NC — When Lindsey and Hal mentioned to me that their neighbor designs ballet tutus worn in New York City and around the world, I knew that I had to investigate. Artist/entrepreneur Diane Schaubach sat down to chat with me about the reasoning, artistry, and passion behind her professional tutus.  Read more

Notes from the (Music) Underground

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Cary, NC — There is definitely more local music in Cary than there was a decade ago. But that doesn’t mean everybody’s happy. Read more

IBA

Cary’s IBA Scores Big in National Ballet Competition

International Ballet Academy dancers at the Youth America Grand Prix semi-finals

International Ballet Academy dancers at the Youth America Grand Prix semi-finals

Cary, NC — The International Ballet Academy (IBA) opened five short years ago, but they are already making their mark on the national ballet scene. Read more

Graceful Expressions

Graceful Expressions Hosts a Special Dance Jan. 25

Graceful Expressions

Cary, NC — Graceful Expressions will host a very special dance for parents and their children at Grace Christian School on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 3 pm. This four year-old tradition, however, has a new twist this year–the dance will accommodate children with special needs and of all mobility levels. Read more

School of Rock

School of Rock: Coming to Cary

School of Rock

Kevan Hester will open School of Rock in Cary’s Maynard Crossing Shopping plaza in mid-February 2015.

Cary, NC — Cary is getting just a little bit hipper. In mid-February 2015, Kevan Hester will open a School of Rock franchise in the long-empty former home of Wolf Camera in the Maynard Crossing Plaza on High House Road.

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