Calling all student-musicians: Here’s your chance to win 4 concert tickets to the first night of the Cary Cross Currents Music & Arts Festival. All you have to do is send us a picture of yourself with your musical instrument.
Cary, NC – Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary has added several more shows to the Summer line up.
If it’s classic progressive rock you’re after, get some tix for Styx on September 16.
If it’s been too long or your can’t remember anything prior to 1990, Styx had big hits with Lady, Come Sail Away and Mr. Roboto.
Watch a Styx Mix on YouTube.
Nothing says good-times like the music of Motown. And two of Motown’s best will be sharing the bill at KBA on Saturday July 30.
Just to refresh your memory, the Four Tops had hits including Standing in the Shadows of Love, Bernadette and Sugar Pie Honey Bunch. Listen to some classic Four Tops on YouTube.
The Temps had a massive string of hits including My Girl, Ball of Confusion, Get Ready and Cloud Nine.
Watch a clip of the Temptations from 1965 performing My Girl on YouTube.
Ray LaMontagne may not be a household name like the Temps or the 4 Tops, but you’d probably recognize his hit song Trouble. LaMontagne is a singer-songwriter from Maine with a husky voice that sounds a little a blend of soul and Cat Stevens.
Watch Trouble on YouTube.
Story by Laura McGoogan. Photos by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, N.C. – When the new Cary Arts Center opens, certain kids will see a big difference. For some of these, it will be going home. And a chance to stretch out. Read more
The events calendar is edited by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – After last week’s epic 61 weekend events, things have settled own a little in Cary. Slightly.
The Calendar this weekend features the Concert Singers of Cary performing Mozart and Salieri, a Giant Yard Sale at Davis Drive Middle and what promises to be some hilarious theater from the Cary Newcomers. Read more
Story by Matt Young. Photos by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, NC – As a child, Jim McGrody watched Julia Child on a black-and-white television in his bedroom. He made pancakes for his brothers when he was in second grade. He knew that when he grew up, he wanted to be a chef. But now, Jim is leading a food revolution – from the kitchen of Rex Hospital.
His mission: abolish the notion that hospital food is bad. Read more
Story from staff reports. Images courtesy of Nancy Hughes Miller.
Cary, NC – Cary artist Nancy Hughes Miller will have three works featured in the North Carolina Museum of Art Auction on May 21, 2011. Read more
Story by Matt Young. Photos by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, N.C. – During the day, Pete Geiger of Cary is an auditor with DataScan. By night, he makes guitars out of license plates. Read more
Story by Lindsey Chester
Cary, NC – The Cary Players venture into a tale of good vs evil, finding true love and magical pets with their latest production, Puss In Boots, opening May 5. Read more
Story from staff reports. Photo by Hal Goodtree.
Cary, N.C. – The 2011 Summer Program Brochure has just been released by the Town of Cary. Of interest: for the first time, programs are listed for the new Cary Arts Center, under construction downtown. Also new: Zumba, knife skills and Pet Ed. Read more
Story & photo by Lindsey Chester
Cary, NC – Oh Baby! A Collection of Fertility Plays, is the latest production by FATE, and weaves together eight vignettes about the hopes, dreams, and fears involved with becoming a parent. For many Cary citizens, this reproduction production should hit home. The show opens April 29, 2011. Read more