By Staff Reports | Fri, 04/06/2012 - 2:59pm
ASHEBORO, N.C. -- Last weekend marked not only the seasonal opening of the North Carolina Zoo, but also the opening of the park's new Dinosaurs exhibit. Fifteen, life-like, animatronic creatures representing more than a dozen dinosaur species in a deep-forest exhibit were created just for this first-time, temporary attraction at the zoo.
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By Staff Reports | Fri, 04/08/2011 - 9:48am
 RALEIGH, NC -- The North Carolina state parks system, in partnership with distinguished North Carolina artist Robert Johnson, has introduced the NC State Parks Nature Journal Series of collectible prints, according to the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation.
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By Staff Reports | Tue, 11/30/2010 - 4:30pm
On Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at 8 PM, UNC-TV will honor North Carolina's "Greatest Generation" with the premiere of the two-hour documentary event, North Carolina's WWII Experience. Through an array of revealing personal accounts from local veterans and civilians, the UNC-TV original production will provide a detailed account of those North Carolinians who served and sacrificed during the Second World War.
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By Staff Reports | Fri, 09/24/2010 - 8:42am
The North Carolina Arts Council will accept applications for the 2011-2012 Artist Fellowship awards for composers of jazz, chamber, electronic, experimental and symphonic music, songwriters, playwrights and screenwriters, spoken-word artists, and writers of fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction and literary translation until Monday, November 1.
The fellowship award is $10,000. Fellowship guidelines can be found at www.ncarts.org.
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By Staff Reports | Sat, 02/27/2010 - 11:53am
PITTSBORO, NC – Central Carolina Community College theater students and community members will present “Working, A Musical” as the college’s spring play production.
The show is based on an oral history by author Studs Terkel, “Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do.” The book and musical are created from the words of ordinary workers about their jobs, hopes and aspirations.
By Staff Reports | Fri, 10/30/2009 - 8:58am
PITTSBORO, NC -- When a legendary band stays together as long as the Bluegrass Experience has, you just want to celebrate them every year. ChathamArts is pleased to do the honors for the 38th anniversary concert, set for November 13 at 7 p.m. at the Barn in Fearrington Village, midway between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro.
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By Staff Reports | Wed, 07/22/2009 - 11:49am
PITTSBORO - Stage productions become genuine magic at Chatham Mills as challenges prompt creativity and less becomes more. Audiences beg to get in, and beg for more.
Such has been the case since 2003, when Ellen Bland, Central Carolina Community College humanities and theater instructor, directed “Millworker.” The cast and crew consisted of 10 of her readers’ theater class students and several community actors and musicians.
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By Staff Reports | Tue, 06/02/2009 - 8:00pm
SANFORD, NC – “Function at the Junction” is a Summer Concert Series held each Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at Depot Park during June, July and August.
The scheduled concerts are:
June 4 – The Vision Band (Beach/Classic Rock)
June 11 – Heart of Carolina (Jazz)
June 18 – Kenny Huffman & Workforce (Folk Rock)
June 25 – Tommy Edwards & Carolina Lightning (Bluegrass)
July 2 – 2nd Stage (Beach/Classic Rock)
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By Staff Reports | Tue, 06/02/2009 - 10:55am
CHAPEL HILL, NC (Business Wire) – Carolina Performing Arts, founded in 2005 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, welcomes the world-renowned Bolshoi Ballet to Memorial Hall June 10-14.
The Bolshoi Ballet will perform Don Quixote and Swan Lake; neither ballet will be performed anywhere else on the tour.
The Bolshoi which has never performed in the Southeast and hasn't toured in the United States since 2007 is making only three scheduled stops, one of which is Chapel Hill.
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