This installment will feature three unique talents of the local music scene:
- Django Haskins -- a long-time active participant in the local music scene, in recent years he's devoted most of his time to writing and performing with The Old Ceremony, who tour the U.S. and Canada and are just finishing their fourth album.
- Stuart McLamb -- the lead singer and songwriter for one of the area's current "buzz bands," the Love Language, who are close to signing a deal with legendary Durham-based label, Merge Records.
- Missy Thangs is also a member of the Love Language, holding down the role of keyboardist and vocalist. But she has made a name for herself in recent years with her own project, Soft Company.
Doors at the 72-seat Deep Dish Theater, located in University Mall, will open at 7:30 p.m., with the show starting promptly at 8.
Admission is $12. To purchase tickets, call the Deep Dish Box Office at 968-1515 or go online at www.deepdishtheater.org.
Concert to focus on world music
CHAPEL HILL -- The Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at UNC Chapel Hill is hosting Los Pleneros de la 21 for a free concert in Memorial Hall at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 in Memorial Hall on the UNC campus.
The concert is free and open to the public, but a ticket is required for admission. They are available at the Memorial Hall box office (919-843-3333) from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. There is a four-ticket-per-person limit. Call Ursula Littlejohn at 962-9001 for group tickets of 25 or more
For information about the performance, call the Stone Center at (919) 962-9001 or e-mail Ursula Littlejohn at ulittlej@email.unc.edu.
Los Pleneros de la 21 (LP21) are considered New York's pre-eminent Afro-Puerto Rican bomba and plena musicians. Bomba and plena are traditional Afro-Puerto Rican musical genres respectively dating back to the early 17th and 20th centuries. LP21's album, "Para Todos Ustedes," was nominated for a 48th Annual Grammy Award (2006) for Best Traditional World Music Album.
Book a culprit this weekend
HILLSBOROUGH -- The Friends of the Orange County Public Library and the Orange Community Players are counting on your help to book a culprit when they present "Murder in the Library," a theatrical event happening this weekend.
Writers, actors, a political figure, community leaders, friends, dessert makers and audience participants will come together in a unique theater setting -- the Gateway Center (Town Parking Garage) in downtown Hillsborough -- to raise money for county libraries and the community theater group. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Advance tickets for the Saturday evening performance, which includes wine or coffee and dessert, are $20 for adults and $10 for students. Advance tickets for the Sunday matinee are $15 for adults and $8 for children. Tickets at the door for each performance are slightly higher. To purchase tickets, visit any Orange County branch library or go to the Orange Community Players Web site, www.ocpnc.com
Local authors, Michael Malone and Barbara Younger, will play central characters in the play, Malone on Saturday evening and Younger on Sunday afternoon.
