DURHAM — The Bellan Contemporary Dance Theatre will present “Performing Without Boundaries” at the Carolina Theatre Saturday at 8 p.m.
This concert will showcase emerging local talent and artists in dance, music, poetry, theatre and fine arts. Bellan founder and artistic director Anjanée Bell has created choreography designed to blur the line between fine art and entertainment by fusing dance, music and poetry and integrating classical and modern movement.
All proceeds from the show will benefit the CAPITA Foundation for the Arts and support the activities of Bellan Contemporary Dance Theatre, Bellan School of the Arts, and the Bellan Arts Centre. Tickets for the show are $27. VIP tickets can also be purchased for $50 and include a pre-performance Gala and VIP performance seating. All tickets can be purchased at www.carolinatheatre.org/tickets or by visiting www.bellanarts.org.
Senior Citizens to hold crafts sale
DURHAM — The Council for Senior Citizens is sponsoring its third annual Senior Crafts Sale at the Durham Center for Senior Life, 406 Rigsbee Ave., Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Visitors may shop early for the holidays for homemade gifts. Items range from knit and crocheted goods to woodworking, ceramics, jewelry, fine art and folk art.
Live bluegrass music will be performed by James Bernabe of Winston-Salem from 1 to 2 p.m.
Tables are still available. Cost for a table is $5 for persons age 60 and older, and $10 for persons age 50-59. All items must be original handmade arts and crafts.
For information, call 688-8247.
Artists’ Salon to
focus on business
CARRBORO — The next Artists’ Salon, sponsored by the Orange County Arts Commission, will be held Nov. 20 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the West End Theatre at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro.
Salons are free, for artists of all kinds. The topic for November will be “Business Counseling for Artists.” Guest presenter will be Ron Ilinitch, regional director, Central Carolina Regional Office, N.C. Small Business and Technology Development Center in Chapel Hill. He will present a program on the center’s services for local artists, with emphasis on the business start-up guide.
Anyone planning to attend should RSVP to the Orange County Arts Commission at (919) 245-2335 or e-mail arts@co.orange.nc.us.
Chapel Hill library to hold book sale
CHAPEL HILL — The Friends of the Chapel Hill Public Library will sponsor a book sale to be held at the Library, 100 Library Drive, today from 4 to 7 p.m., for members of the Friends group. Memberships will be for sale.
On Saturday, the sale will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with each item priced as marked. There will be a public bag sale of all remaining materials from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
For information, call 968-2780.
Robin Leftwich to host drum workshop
DURHAM — Robin Leftwich will offer workshops on tuning, reheading and building drums from a genuine Ivory Coast djembe shell Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday’s workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., finishing on Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon.
Preregistration is required. For more information, contact Leftwich at (336) 813-8110 or twartists@yahoo.com or visit www.drumsticktony.com
COT to perform strings repertoire
The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle (www.thecot.org) continues its 27th season with an all-strings performance Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Carolina Theatre in Durham.
“The performance will take the audience on a wild musical journey that is dark, foreboding and technically demanding,” said Lorenzo Muti, artistic director and conductor for the orchestra. “We will progress from the hilarious and carefree Sonata by Rossini to the dark and unconventional Serenade by Wiren.”
Tickets are available at the Carolina Theatre box office or by calling 560-3030.
Event to benefit nonprofit groups
CHAPEL HILL — Richard Wall — a singing coach and music director-organist at Haw River’s Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church — will present an afternoon of Broadway songs, “A Time for Singing,” featuring singers from the Triangle, Sunday at 4 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Reception Hall, (Old Sanctuary), 300 E. Rosemary St.
This event is free and open to the public with donations accepted. All proceeds will benefit the Habitat for Humanity project of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and Global Vaccines, a local nonprofit creating new, low-cost vaccines for poor countries fighting HIV, polio, influenza, rotavirus, and other diseases.
Performers donating their talent for this special benefit performance include Jim Burnette, John Cashwell, Steve Dobbins, Shannon French, Nicole Graziano, Janie Imperial, Pelham Jacobs, Emily Johnston, Anna Kirby, Celia LaBranche, Evelyn McCauley, John Oliver and Tom Terry. Richard Wall will appear as host and pianist.
Sudbin a guest on symphony CD
The North Carolina Symphony has released its new recording with pianist Yevgeny Sudbin, the second of two compact discs with Scandinavian classical music label BIS Records.
Recorded in Meymandi Concert Hall at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, the CD features works by Russian composers Sergei Rachmaninoff and Nikolai Medtner.
The recording, Sudbin’s second concerto disc, celebrates the close relationship between these two great composers.
The CD may be purchased at the North Carolina Symphony’s office at North Hills in Raleigh, or online at www.ncsymphony.org/store/.
— Compiled by Cliff Bellamy
