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2009 SUMMER SERIES
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For over a dozen years, the Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Theater in the Museum Park, a 2,700-capacity open-air theater (and a work of art in itself!), has made the North Carolina Museum of Art a favorite destination for lovers of great music and movies as well as fine art and sculpture. Experience the best in the arts—indoors and out—at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
TICKETS
Tickets for all concerts can be purchased on-line or by calling the Museum Box Office at (919) 715-5923. Movie tickets must be purchased in person or by calling the Museum Box Office.
The Box Office opens two hours prior to all outdoor performances and movies. No refunds or exchanges, unless event is canceled due to adverse weather conditions and headlining performer completes fewer than 30 minutes of the scheduled performance.
| The Opera Company of Casual Classics: Opera and Broadway in the |
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$45 ($42 Members) Reserved |
The Museum and the Opera Company of
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| Pink Martini Sneakin' Out opens Saturday, June 6 | 8 p.m. |
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$40 ($37 Members) Reserved |
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“. . .rich, hugely approachable music, utterly cosmopolitan, yet utterly unpretentious.”— |
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| The Friends of World Music and the NCMA present Toubab Krewe Dance Party Saturday, June 20 | 8 p.m. |
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$15 ($12) General Admission |
The popular public-radio program Afropop Worldwide says the up-and-coming quintet Toubab Krewe has set "a new standard for fusions of rock 'n' roll and West African music." Would it surprise you to know that said group springs from Among those smitten with the band is New York Times music critic John Pareles, who reported from last year's Bonnaroo Music Festival that the band "filled a tent after midnight with people dancing to what might have been billed as |
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| Sisters of Soul Bettye LaVette and Marcia Ball Friday, July 10 | 8 p.m. |
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$38 ($35 Members) Reserved |
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And what an honor it is to present on the same bill the fabulous Bettye LaVette, a veteran soul singer, whose extraordinary talent is at last receiving the full measure of acclaim it so richly deserves. In recent months Lavette has released a new album to rave reviews, appeared on the Tonight Show, and thrilled audiences at the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Radio City Music Hall (appearing with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr), and the Obama Inaugural Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. ". . . the veteran soul singer Bettye LaVette can deliver a heartbroken wail through a whisper or make a slow ballad pulse like scorching gospel rock."—The New Yorker |
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| Dan Zanes and Friends Saturday, July 18 | 7 p.m. |
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$18 ($15) General Admission |
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Zanes first caught the public eye as a founding member of the rock band the Del Fuegos, which Rolling Stone proclaimed the Best New Band of 1984. But his early success in the popular music arena pales in comparison to his stardom with audiences eight and under. "Dan Zanes is enriching [children's music] with his all-embracing, down-home style that harks back to the days when sing-alongs in the parlor brought families and friends together."— Family Fun Night | 5 p.m. The party starts two hours early! Enjoy giveaways, $1 cotton candy, and a chance to win of many prize giveaways, including Learning Express gift certificates and Dan Zanes CDs. Cotton candy is free for Museum Members. |
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| Local Bands Make Good Annuals and The Old Ceremony Saturday, July 25 | 8 p.m. |
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$15 ($12 Members) General Admission |
  The Triangle has long been a nationally recognized center of cutting-edge indie rock, and we are pleased to present two of our favorite bands whose sounds have traveled far beyond our own backyard. The young Raleigh band Annuals made a big splash just over two years ago with their debut CD Be He Me, garnering devoted fans nationwide and reaping praise from New York Times music critic Jon Pareles for their "shimmering, unfurling indie-rock anthems.” Performing at this year’s South by Southwest Festival and touring in support of their sophomore album Such Fun, Annuals are poised for even bigger things to come.Chapel Hill's The Old Ceremony arrive fresh from a hugely successful tour. Their new album Walk on Thin Air finds the band jumping off their impressive back catalog of orchestral indie-pop to explore the lush terrain of their dense, complex, and powerful sound. Voted "Best Band in Orange County" by the readers of the Independent Weekly and hailed for "one of the best 100 albums of 2006" by Paste magazine, the Old Ceremony is not to be missed. "I'm in the glorious dilemma of trying to ascertain whether I love the vibraphone, keys, lyrics, or hooks the most—or perhaps just the way they all fit together.”—PopMatters |
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| MUSIC/MOVIE COMBO Chicago Blues Tribute featuring Hubert Sumlin and Bob Margolin followed by the screening of Cadillac Records Saturday, August 8 | 7 p.m. |
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$15 ($12 Members) General Admission |
 The 2008 critically acclaimed movie Cadillac Records, the story of Two intimate associates of these musical giants join us for our Joining Mr. Sumlin is guitarist Bob Margolin, a stalwart of Muddy Waters's touring band from 1973 to 1980, who appears with Muddy in Martin Scorsese's classic concert documentary The Last Waltz. Margolin is a two-time recipient of the W. C. Handy Award for Best Instrumentalist, Guitar. New York Times film critic A. O. Scott included Cadillac Records in his top ten list for 2008 and describes the movie as a "rollicking and insightful celebration of |
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| MUSIC/MOVIE COMBO Concert of Piedmont Blues and Old-Time Southern Stringband Music featuring Algia Mae Hinton, Willette Hinton, Lightnin’ Wells, John Dee Holeman, Phil Wiggins, and Wayne Martin and the Buggy Riders followed by the screening of Moving Midway Introduced by filmmaker Godfrey Cheshire Saturday, August 29 | 7 p.m. |
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$12 ($9 Members) General Admission |
 This special-edition Music/Movie Combo pairs Godfrey Cheshire’s acclaimed documentary Moving Midway with a concert of Piedmont blues and old-time stringband music. Cheshire, a distinguished film critic and Raleigh native, sought to capture on film the physical relocation of his ancestral home, Midway Plantation, and along the way befriended a large African American branch of the family. It’s a remarkable story, and the film has been screened throughout the country to rave reviews.
The concert features the great Piedmont blues musician Algia Mae Hinton, who is a descendant of the Midway Plantation slave community and whose music provides much of the film’s soundtrack. She’ll be joined by blues master Lightnin’ Wells, Durham bluesman John Dee Holeman, and harmonica virtuoso Phil Wiggins. The program will be hosted by fiddler Wayne Martin, the director of the Folklife Section of the N.C. Arts Council, and his stringband the Buggy Riders. The event is part of a larger series of presentations called “The Southern Plantation Revisited,” which includes a special 70th-anniversary outdoor screening of Gone with the Wind and a special screening of The Making of a Legend: Gone With the Wind, which will be introduced by Daniel M. Selznick, the son of GWTW’s legendary producer, David O. Selznick. |
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| Paperhand Puppet Intervention 10th Anniversary Production Friday, September 11 | 6:30 p.m. Saturday, September 12 | 6:30 p.m. |
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$15 ($12 Members) General Admission |
 In the magical hands of Paperhand Puppet Intervention, fantastical creatures and mystical beasties illuminate tales that look deeply at humanity's life-affirming relationship to the natural world. Each year this extravagantly talented and resourceful band of local artists, led by Donovan Zimmerman and Jan Burger, produce an original pageant that informs our modern lives with mystery and myth. Featuring giant puppets made of paper, bamboo, and recycled materials, stilt walkers and shadow puppetry, all set to live music, this year's special 10th anniversary production promises to be PPI's grandest spectacle yet! |
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| DOUBLEHEADER They Might Be Giants Saturday, September 19 |
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Kids Show | 4 p.m. Adults Show | 8 p.m. |
For more two decades, alternative rock legends They Might Be Giants have been exactly that—giants. Formed as a duo in 1982, the band enjoyed an amazing run of breakthrough videos (“Don't Let’s Start,” “Birdhouse in Your Soul”) on MTV, getting their start on the cult underground show 120 Minutes and then infiltrating the mainstream. In the late 90s the band began expanding their horizons into television, movies, and the Internet, contributing the opening theme to Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and the Grammy-winning song "Boss of Me" for the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. Last year TMBGs released their latest CD, The Else, and launched their free monthly podcast, which has turned into a national underground favorite. After 13 albums and 4 million records sold worldwide, the band continues to play to sold-out crowds at home and abroad. And, since 2002, TMBGs have built a whole new fan base: the three-foot and under set and their parents. Their CDs for kids—No!, Here Come the ABCs, and their latest, Here Come the 123s, which won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Children’s Album—are full of the band's signature goofiness and flavored by its fascination with the arcane and the surreal. Family Fun | 2 p.m. Come early to save your spot and join in the pre-concert festivities! Let the kids get a tattoo (temporary, of course!), and enjoy other fun giveaways. Cotton candy will be available free for Museum Members ($1 non-members). |
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| Doc Watson and |
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$40 ($37 Members) Reserved |
  What more can be said about Doc will be joined by good friend and musical associate |
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Founder and artistic director Thomas M. Lauderdale says it best: “
Forget the gloomy economy and let the good times roll! . . . at least for a little while, as the NCMA plays host to the high priestesses of American soul, R&B, and pedal-to-the-metal piano boogie. Grammy Award-winning 
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