DURHAM— The Mallarmé Chamber Players will hold a Gala Concert and Reception at Apartment Q, the downtown Durham loft home of Center Studio Architect Scott Harmon. The event takes place Saturday at 7 p.m. and features music by North Carolina composers.
The hourlong concert program highlights short works by composers Lawrence Dillon, J. Mark Scearce, Bill Robinson, Ed Jacobs, and a world premiere of a work by Durham composer Bo Newsome titled “Sense of Place,” for clarinet, violin, viola and cello.
The reception will be catered by Rue Cler complete with Carolina fare and wine. This event is a fundraiser to support the Anna Wilson New Music Fund and Mallarme’s educational programs.
Admission is $100 and there are still a limited number of tickets available. For more information and to purchase tickets, go online to www.mallarmemusic.org or call 919-560-2701.
Tickets on sale for Carpenter show
DURHAM — Tickets for Mary Chapin Carpenter’s July 18 performance at the Durham Performing Arts Center go on sale today at 10 a.m.
Ticket prices start at $22.50 and can be purchased at the DPAC ticket center, 680-2787, and online at DPACnc.com. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster outlets: FYE and Lowes Foods.
Carpenter has released 11 albums, resulting in five Grammy Awards and more than 13 million records sold. She has scored 12 top 10 singles, including Grammy nominated “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” for a Record of the Year. Her new release “The Age Of Miracles” will appear April 27.
Ackland presents ‘Kibera Illuminated’
CHAPEL HILL — The Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will present the exhibit “Kibera Illuminated: Lives in East Africa’s Largest Slum.” The exhibit continues today from 6 to 10 p.m, and is an outdoor evening installation showcasing photographs taken by adolescent girls living in Kibera, the largest slum in East Africa.
Carolina for Kibera is an affiliated entity of UNC Chapel Hill based at the Center for Global Initiatives that seeks to inspire and nurtures youth leaders in the slum of Kibera, Kenya, through a model of participatory development.
“Kibera Illuminated” will be on display on the front lawn of Ackland, with a reception today at 6 p.m. featuring Kenyan-inspired food and speakers from Carolina for Kibera.
The Ackland Art Museum is at 101 S. Columbia St. More information is available at 966-5736 or www.ackland.org.
Lenora Helm to present benefit
DURHAM — Vocalist and composer Lenora Zenzalai Helm and her ensemble will perform a concert to raise money for T.I.E. Resource Centers, a Durham-based nonprofit organization providing suppport for women and children who are victims of domestic violence.
The concert takes place today at 7 p.m. at Broad Street Cafe, 1116 Broad St. This concert will be the second in a series of 12 total concerts.
To purchase tickets, call 416-9707. Tickets also are available at the door. The $45 ticket includes admission to the concert, guest reception, an autographed copy of the Helm’s “Chronicles of a Butterfly” CD, and selected dinner menu (full menu and cash bar also available).
CHHS to hold
cancer benefit
CHAPEL HILL — The a cappella group Lucky 13 is hosting a benefit concert to raise money for the organization Rock Against Cancer. Rock Against Cancer seeks to bring the healing power of music to children battling cancer through music therapy.
The concert will feature the best of college and high school a cappella groups from across the state. Some groups include the UNC Clef Hangers, The Loreleis, The Achordants and The Sapphires from UNC Greensboro, along with Appalachian’s Ear Candy. Local high school groups will also perform.
The concert will be at Hanes Theater, Chapel Hill High School, today at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for students and $7 for adults.
DAC presents grant session
The Durham Arts Council will host an Information Session for the 2011 grant round of the Creative Capital Foundation today at 5:30 p.m.
The session is free and open to the public and is of particular interest to visual artists and film/video artists as the foundation is focusing on those media in 2011. The Durham Arts Council building is at 120 Morris St.
The Information Session will be held in Adaron Hall on the main floor. For information, visit www.durhamarts.org or call 560-2787.
‘Now You See Me’ at Manbites
DURHAM — Duke Theater Studies and Manbites Dog Theater will present a staged reading of “Now You See Me,” by Neal Bell, directed by Jody McAuliffe, Saturday at 8:15 p.m.
Admission is free.
In this satire, Claire has a significant relationship with her TV: She talks and it answers her. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, she auditions to participate in a reality TV show so she can fight her final battle in front of millions of viewers in this satire about life, love, and death on TV.
Manbites Dog Theater is at 703 Foster St.
Robot Rumble at the museum
DURHAM — The Museum of Life and Science will present Robot Rumble Saturday. This event will feature several robotics companies, including Intouch Health’s RP-7 telemedicine robot, presented by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center’s Telestroke Network.
Visitors to the Museum for the Robot Rumble event also will see Carolina Combat Robots battle it out in robot hockey. Insight Robotics will be there with its new autonomous robot and will share information about its venture with Team Stellar to create a robot to land on the moon.
General admission is $12.50, $9.50 for children ages 3-12 and free for under 3. For more information, visit www.LifeandScience.org or call 919-220-5429.
