Fall Arts Preview
On the table below, find our informed guide to the upcoming cultural events you need to know about, conveniently charted from highbrow to lowbrow.
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| SEPTEMBER | ||
| 2 | FIRST TUESDAY CONCERT SERIES Seven talented musicians do Beethoven in a glorious setting. And it's free. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 704-335-0009. |
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| 4 | TIFT MERRITT Rootsy Chapel Hill singer/songwriter brings pathos and pipes to the Visulite. $16. 704-358-9200, www.visulite.com. |
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| 5 | ZZ TOP & BROOKS AND DUNN The bearded blues-rockers go country, and the country hit-making duo goes rock. With Rodney Atkins. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. $25 and up. 704-549-5555, www.livenation.com |
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| 11 | SITCOMS LIVE! Collaborative Arts spoofs/honors cheesy '70s and '80s sitcoms, complete with all-original commercial breaks by sketch comics Robot Johnson. Through 9/21. Duke Energy Theatre. $15. 704-372-1000, www.carolinatix.org |
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| 12 | MOZART & MAHLER Charlotte Symphony Orchestra rides the ol' war horses yet again. Christof Perick conducts. Through 9/13. 704-972-2000. www.charlottesymphony.org |
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TIMELESS BALLETS BY BALANCHINE DRIVE BY TRUCKERS |
CHARLOTTE FASHION WEEK Inaugural event features models and clothes and seminars and shows. And models. And CLT native and Project Runway contestant Carmen Webber, right. Through 9/20 (it's a short week). www.charlottencfashionweek.com |
| 19 | AMERICAN ZOMBIE The Light Factory presents a retrospective, screenings, and more on the work of George Romero, director of the zombie-riffic film Night of the Living Dead. Through 9/21. $20. www.zombiestakecharlotte.com |
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| 24 | THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE Actor's Theatre does Martin McDonagh's black comedy about an Irish terrorist and his murdered cat. Through 10/11. $25. 704-342-2251, www.actorstheatrecharlotte.org |
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| 25 | CHARLOTTE FILM FESTIVAL All of a sudden there are a lot of local film festivals. This is the best one. Through 9/28. $6. www.charlottefilmfestival.com |
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| 26 | PETER PAN The wizards at Children's Theatre put their magical touch on the show about the little boy with the flying fairy friend. Through 10/26. $18. www.ctcharlotte.org |
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| 27 | CHARLOTTE SHOUT CULINARY ARTS EXPERIENCE Two days of eating and drinking, interrupted by guest appearances by celebrity chefs and the occasional cheerleader. Through 9/27. Free. www.charlotteshout.com |
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| 30 | MOTHER LOAD This one-woman show about being a mom inaugurates Blumenthal's new Stage Door Theater. The jokes are funny because they are SO TRUE! Through 10/26. $29.50-$34.50. 704-372-1000, www.carolinatix.org |
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| OCTOBER | ||
| 2 | SCOTT TUROW The Midwestern John Grisham speaks and reads. ImaginOn. $15. www.novellofestival.org |
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| 4 | ANDY WARHOL PORTFOLIOS: LIFES AND LEGENDS A selection of classic Warhol portraits, demonstrating how even lowbrow pop culture icons can become high art. Through Feb. 15, 2009. Mint Museum. $6. 704-337-2000, www.mintmuseum.org |
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| 7 | TRACES A sort of lowbrow Cirque du Soleil, but with more percussion, inhabits McGlohon Theater for six weeks. Through 11/16. $29.50-$44.50. www.carolinatix.org |
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| 9 | LYLE LOVETT AND JOHN HIATT The venerable Texan singer-songwriters can tell a story with a voice and a guitar like few others. Belk Theater. $34.50-$64.50. www.carolinatix.org |
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| 10 | JANE MONHEIT She sings crooner classics, and she looks pretty doing it. With the Charlotte Symphony. Halton Theatre. www.carolinatix.org |
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| 11 | DAVID SEDARIS The acerbic pseudo-memoirist drops by to read. Again. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. $25-$59. www.ticketmaster.com |
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| 14 | SECOND CITY TOURING CO. They're funny! And they make it up as they go along! Booth Playhouse. $29.50-$34.50. www.carolinatix.org |
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| 15 | KHALED HOSSEINI Hero to a thousand book clubs and author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns does the Novello thing. Ovens Auditorium. $15-$35. www.novellofestival.org |
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INTO THE MYSTIC THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS |
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| 17 | HARVEY PEKAR AND ALISON BECHDEL Pekar (American Splendor) and Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic) are gods in the graphic novel world. At least as far as you know. ImaginOn. $15. www.novellofestival.org |
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| 18 | FAUST Opera Carolina opens the season with the can't-miss Faust. Also 10/23 and 10/26. Belk Theater. $20-$125. www.carolinatix.org |
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| 21 | CAROLINA WRITERS' NIGHT Davidson grad John Hart, author of the excellent legal yarns King of Lies and Down River, headlines this celebration of local and regional writers. ImaginOn. Free. www.novellofestival.org |
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| 23 | DAVID ALLEN COE Aggressively Southern country western singer and songwriter Coe draws frat types and bikers alike. Neighborhood Theatre. $20, $25. www.neighborhoodtheatre.com |
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| 27 | SAVION GLOVER'S BARE SOUNDZ The tap master makes beautiful noise with his feet. Belk Theater. $25-$55. 704-372-1000, www.carolinatix.org |
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INNOVATIVE WORKS |
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK Yes. Really. No, seriously. We know. We can't believe it, either. Time Warner Cable Arena. $35-$75. www.ticketmaster.com |
| 31 | SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE Thierry Fischer conducts the CSO and the Oratorio Singers in this exploration of the high and low of French music. Also 11/1. Belk Theater. 704-372-1000, www.carolinatix.org |
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| NOVEMBER | ||
| 5 | LAST NIGHT AT BALLYHOO Tim Ross directs Alfred Uhry's Tony-winning play about Atlanta German-Jewish elites oblivious to Hitler's machinations. Through 11/16. Theatre Charlotte. $10-$21. www.carolinatix.org |
THE BLACK CROWES One of the greatest Southern rock and roll bands of all time (that's right, we said it) plays two dates in an intimate space. Check eBay for tix. Also 11/7. Neighborhood Theatre. www.neighborhoodtheatre.com |
| 9 | DUNCAN SHEIK …performs music from edgy Broadway sensation Spring Awakening. McGlohon Theatre. $24.50-$34.50. 704-372-1000, www.carolinatix.org |
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| 11 | CHICAGO Because one simply cannot get enough razzle nor dazzle. Through 11/16. Belk Theater. www.carolinatix.org |
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HAMLET RABBIT HOLE |
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| 14 | GLASS, RAVEL, BERNSTEIN The Charlotte Symphony goes multimedia for these concerts: Warhol images paired with Philip Glass's String Symphony Number 3, Bernstein's score paired with scenes from Life on the Waterfront, and more. Halton Theater. Also 11/15 at Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson. $20. 704-372-1000, www.carolinatix.org |
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SQUONK OPERA: CHARLOTTE THE OPERA KELLY CLARKSON |
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