A B O UT TOWN EVENTS NOT TO MISS
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The musical ensemble seeks to spark cultural collaboration and inclusivity with its fifth CPA performance.
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‘American Railroad’
Fool’s Faire
50th Anniversary Gala
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ocrcc.org Bid on various live auction items during Orange County Rape Crisis Center’s gala held at The Blue Zone at Kenan Stadium. This year’s reimagined event features heavy hors d’oeuvres from Rocky Top Catering, an open bar, music and short program with storytelling.
Nov. 9, noon-7 p.m.
Dec. 7, 5-9 p.m.
Steel String Brewery, Beer Study and
Honeygirl Meadery host an all-ages Renaissance festival on the grounds of Pluck Farm. Build your own foam weapons – and fight a knight – with the Knightly Order of the Fiat Lux, plus enjoy live music, medieval food, craft brews, an artisan market and more! This grand affair will transport you back in time with the flip of a jester’s hat.
‘The Christmas Case of Hezekiah Jones’ Nov. 26-Dec. 15
playmakersrep.org Join PlayMakers Repertory Company to embark on a journey with Dizzle Jollyworth, an aimless elf on Santa’s front lines, who gets dispatched to North Carolina and must work to reignite the spirit of Christmas for a grieving toymaker. The play – written by local playwrights Howard L. Craft and Mike Wiley – will take the audience on a Christmas adventure. 10
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Cécile McLorin Salvant Dec. 7, 8 p.m.
carolinaperformingarts.org Join Carolina Performing Arts at Memorial Hall for a night of music with award-winning jazz musician and singer Cécile McLorin Salvant. Taking inspiration from genres such as jazz, baroque, theater and folk, Cécile performs a curated mix of her hits, musical theater classics and new songs.
November/December 2024
carolinaperformingarts.org Grammy awardwinning Silkroad NOV. Ensemble performs 20 its newest initiative 7:30 P.M. at Memorial Hall under the direction of Rhiannon Giddens, Carolina Performing Arts’ artist-in-residence. The group’s fifth CPA performance will highlight the impact of immigrant laborers who built the Transcontinental Railroad, as well as the indigenous communities displaced by the project.
‘Dürer to Matisse: 400 Years of European Prints’ Through Jan. 5
ackland.org Don’t miss the last two months of the Ackland Art Museum’s exhibit featuring nearly 100 prints by some of the most recognized artists from the late 15th century to the mid-20th century, starting and ending with Albrecht Dürer and Henri Matisse, two titans of printmaking. There’s a series of events surrounding the exhibit such as a Nov. 20 free public talk by Andrew Raftery, a professor of printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design. CHM