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Help Triangle Youth Orchestras Win $1000 Grant

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Raleigh, NC – Triangle Youth Music, part of The Philharmonic Association, is hoping to win a $1000 grant and has posted their goal on the Power2Give website. They have just a month (until early February) to earn donations for their cause. Read more

Movie Review: The Hobbit

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Movie Review by Hal Goodtree.

Cary, NC – If you like the fantasy genre of movies, or a vast buffet of special effects, you’ll love The Hobbit. Read more

Dance: “Visions” Returns To Cary Arts Center

3D Jazz project rehearsing for Cary Ballet Company’s Very Cary Christmas

Story by Lindsey Chester, photos by Brooke Meyer

Cary, NC- Cary Ballet Conservatory has returned to their holiday favorite theme, “Visions”, which opens this Friday night, Dec 14 2012, at the Cary Art Center . Read more

Dance: IBA’s Holiday Suite This Saturday

 

Story by Lindsey Chester, photos courtesy International Ballet Academy. Above, Regan Kucera, Preston Chamblee rehearsing “Grand Pas de Deux”at IBA.

Cary, NC – Christmastime brings with it an abundance of performances in our area and this year the selection is the best ever. Cary’s International Ballet Academy dancers will perform their Holiday Suite with two shows this Saturday in Cary as they warm up for the Youth America Grand Prix competition in January. Read more

Movie Review: Lincoln

Review by Hal Goodtree. Photos from thelincolnmovie.com.

Cary, NC – Lincoln, the new movie by Steven Spielberg, is a very good film. Could be the Best Picture of the Year. But it’s not Schindler’s List. Read more

Fire Sculpture All It’s Cracked Up to Be?

Story by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Hal Goodtree. Ms. Chester is a member of the Town’s Parks & Rec Advisory Board.

Cary, NC- The Town of Cary recently sponsored a unique art event, titled Monumental Fire by Nina Hole that was created on-site and publicly revealed on November 2. Now that the dust has literally settled, we have heard some feedback from the public and wanted to share. Read more

Western Wake Artists’ Studio Tour This Weekend

painting on silk by Deborah Young

Wake County, NC – Have you ever visited an artist at work? Every November area artists open their studios to curious art lovers with the annual Western Wake Artists’ Studio Tour, this year its held from Nov. 9-11, 2012. Read more

Pictures: Fire Sculpture Lights Up Downtown Cary

Photos by Brooke Meyer. Above, time lapse of fire sculpture fully revealed.

Cary, NC – It was a spectacle like no other Cary has seen – a giant clay sculpture, baking itself in its own flames, unwrapped and revealed to a sizable (and somewhat awestruck) crowd. Most fortunately, photographer Brooke Meyer was there to capture the flavor of this remarkable event. Read more

NC Writers Conference this Weekend in Cary

Cary, NC – Embassy Suites on Harrison Av. will be buzzing with adjectives, adverbs and alliteration as the NC Writers Network Fall Conference comes to Cary this weekend. Read more

Cary Photographic Artists: Juried Show Winners

Cary, NC – Cary Photographic Artists held their annual juried show in October. Brooke Meyer, contributing photographer at CaryCitizen, took First Place. Read more