Concert Review: Hank Williams Jr Rocks Cary
Cary, NC – It was a honky-tonk kind of night at Koka Booth Amphitheater on Friday, as Cary’s rowdiest gathered to spend an evening with Hank Williams Junior. Read more
Nnenna Freelon to Appear at Lucy Daniels Event
Cary, NC— Lucy Daniels Center announces the featured artist and guest chefs for their third annual benefit, Expressions: A Celebration of Food and Art, taking place Friday, October 11, 2013, at The Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary, NC. Read more
Labor Day Weekend in Cary with Hank Jr.
Cary, NC – Labor Day Weekend is upon us – where did the summer go? Fortunately, there’s one last fling before the serious business of fall gets under way. Read more
37th Lazy Daze Festival Photos
Photos by Brooke Meyer, story by Lindsey Chester.
Cary, NC- Cary’s Lazy Daze Festival fell on Saturday August 24th, arguably the best weather since the festival began 37 years ago as the brainchild of artist Jerry Miller. Read more
Cary Art Loop Comes Full Circle
Cary, NC – The Cary Art Loop was founded in 2005, but for years the group had no central voice getting the monthly art show information out to the public. The monthly receptions held by the Town at Page-Walker, Town Hall and other public venues were publicized in the Town blasts, but other member galleries seemed paralyzed with a non-functioning website and no central leader to gather info and coordinate the monthly event.
Enter Anthony Miles and Anna Smith, owners of Studio 180, who re-created the group’s website and finished official filing for 501(c)3 non-profit status this Spring.
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CineBistro Luxury Theater Coming to Cary
Cary, NC – Waverly Place announced today that it has signed a 20 year deal with CineBistro, a luxury movie theater with in-theater dining. CineBistro will occupy approximately 35,000 square feet on two floors at Waverly Place. Read more
37th Lazy Daze Festival Next Saturday
Cary, NC – Cary’s Lazy Daze Festival is next Saturday, August 24, 2013 – so where’s the 100 degree heat that goes along with it? Read more
Pictures: John Dee Holeman at Sertoma
Cary, NC – It was another evening of iffy weather, but that didn’t keep an enthusiastic crowd from enjoying the music of roots bluesman John Dee Holeman. We sent photographer Brian Speice to cover the performance on Saturday night at Sertoma Amphitheatre in Cary.
John Dee Holeman
From Wikipedia:
John Dee Holeman (born April 4, 1929) is an American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His music includes elements of Texas blues, R&B and jazz.
Holeman was born in Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States, but since 1954 he has been based in Durham, North Carolina. Inspired by Blind Boy Fuller, Holeman was both singing and playing his guitar at local parties and other events by his mid-teens. By his mid-twenties Holeman had bought his first electric guitar and relocated to Durham, where he played with the pianist, Fris Holloway.
During his working lifetime, Holeman had full-time employment was a construction worker, and music was a part-time pursuit. In 1994, Holeman was presented with the North Carolina Folk Heritage Award. A song he co-wrote with Kenny Wayne Shepherd, “Chapel Hill Boogie”, was featured on the 2007 Grammy Award nominated album, 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads.
Pictures
On Saturday at Sertoma, Holeman played along with musician Tad Walters. All photos by Brian Speice for CaryCitizen.
Fire Sculpture Moved
Cary, NC — Relax everyone, the Fire Sculpture has been moved. It will no longer enrage passing motorists at the corner of Dry and Academy. Read more
Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Installed in Downtown Cary
Cary, NC – Friday morning, Downtown Cary was the scene of moving cranes and heavy trucks as Cary Visual Art‘s sixth annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition was installed. Read more