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This Week | Calendar | Lectures | Films | Concerts | Videos | For Children | Workshops | Member Events | Tours | Festivals | Summer Concerts and Events | Art Day
2008 SUMMER SERIES
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For 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 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.
| MUSIC/MOVIE COMBO: Southern Drive-In Movie Night Starring Bill Kirchen and The Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods Followed by a screening of Thunder Road Saturday, June 14 | 7 p.m. |
| $15 ($12 Members) General admission $7.50 Children 7–12 Children 6 and under free Buy tickets now |
 We had so much fun with last season’s first Southern Drive-In Movie Night, we’ve decided to take her for another spin. This year’s event welcomes the “Titan of the Telecaster” and “The King of Dieselbilly,” Bill Kirchen, to perform before the screening of the iconic southern drive-in staple Thunder Road. Kirchen is the roots-rock guitar hero whose big-rig guitar riffs propelled the Commander Cody hit “Hot Rod Lincoln” into the top ten. Sought after by Nick Lowe, Emmylou Harris, and Elvis Costello, Kirchen is a revered master of American guitar styles from blues, rockabilly, and rock-and-roll to honky-tonk and country.
"Thunder was his engine and white lightnin' was his load!” So sang the late great Robert Mitchum in the hit song he recorded for his tale of moonshine running in the Appalachian Mountains. Mitchum wrote, produced, and starred in the cult classic Thunder Road, much of which was filmed near Asheville. The movie was released in 1958, but was so popular in the Southeast, it continued to be featured at drive-in theaters well into the 1980s. Thunder Road (1958) Directed by Arthur Ripley. Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon. (92 min.) PG |
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| Queens of Western Swing Cindy Cashdollar and Elana James and the Hot Club of Cowtown Saturday, June 21 | 8 p.m. |
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$25 ($22 Members) Premium Reserved |
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The gifted fiddler and vocalist Elana James (formerly Fremerman) cofounded the beloved Hot Club of Cowtown with guitarist Whit Smith. A student of the great 20th-century jazz violinists Stuff Smith, Joe Venuti, and Stéphane Grappelli, as well as western-swing legends Bob Wills and Johnny Gimble, James brings a freshness and originality to her sound that’s kept younger listeners in thrall. Bob Dylan also took notice. She’s performed with Dylan and his band on three recent tours. And Willie Nelson had this to say about James: “A beautiful voice, a fantastic musician, with the heart and soul of an angel.” Cindy Cashdollar and Elana James will perform together throughout the evening, along with Whit Smith on guitar and Jake Erwin on bass. |
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| An Evening with Emmylou Harris Opening with Jimmy Gaudreau and Moondi Klein Wednesday, June 25 | 8 p.m. |
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$45 ($42 Members) Premium Reserved |
 The beloved singer and roots music champion Emmylou Harris graces the Museum stage for the first time. Her contributions to the vitality of American folk, bluegrass, and country music cannot be overstated, and her early collaborations with the brilliant Gram Parsons made her a major figure in the emerging country-rock movement. Her musical intelligence, beautiful crystalline voice, and genre-crossing recordings have gained her millions of fans and the highest regard from fellow musicians such as Neil Young, Linda Rondstadt, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Costello. Recently inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, Emmylou Harris has won 12 Grammy Awards and sold more than 15 million records over a 35-plus-year career.
Bluegrass greats Jimmy Gaudreau and Moondi Klein from the band Chesapeake open. |
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| BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet Saturday, July 12 | 8 p.m. |
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$25 ($22 Members) Premium Reserved |
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Cosponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, Folk Arts Program, and the Darden Restaurants Foundation in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the National Heritage Fellowship program.
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| MUSIC/MOVIE COMBO: Paris Dreams Les Primitifs du Futur Followed by screenings of The Red Balloon and The White Mane Saturday, July 19 | 7 p.m. |
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$15 ($12 Members) General admission |
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Brought together by guitarist Dominique Cravic and the iconic underground cartoonist R. Crumb, Les Primitifs du Futur evoke the romantic sounds of pre-WWII Parisian dancehalls. It’s a magical, transporting swirl of Gypsy jazz, tango, waltz, rhumba, and other dance rhythms that will banish your every care. These wonderful musicians make beautiful traditional and original music on accordion, sax, xylophone, guitar, even the musical saw and theremin! Following the performance, we will screen two classic short films made by the French director Albert Lamorisse. First, The Red Balloon, which was originally released in 1956, is the story of a young boy who finds a stray balloon with a mind of its own as they wander the streets of The Red Balloon (1957) Directed by Albert Lamorisse. (34 min.) |
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| MUSIC/MOVIE COMBO Carolina Chocolate Drops Followed by a screening of The Great Debaters Friday, August 1 | 7 p.m. |
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$15 ($12 Members) General admission |
 A trio of talented young African American musicians known as the Carolina Chocolate Drops has sparked a revival of interest in the traditional stringband music of the Carolina Piedmont. The propulsive music of the fiddle and banjo, which once rang out at country dances throughout the Southeast, was popular with both white and African American farm and mill folk before the second World War. Eventually the rural black community lost interest in the older sounds and the music was carried forward largely by whites. The Carolina Chocolate Drops may just change all that. Inspired by one of the few remaining African American fiddlers—a Tar Heel named Joe Thompson—the Chocolate Drops have been taking the country by storm with their dynamic and infectious renditions of age-old tunes. The band features Rhiannon Giddens on banjo, Justin Robinson on fiddle, and Dom Flemons on guitar and jug.
The band contributed to the soundtrack of (and appears briefly in) the recent Denzel Washington directed movie The Great Debaters, which stars Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker. Based on a true story, the movie chronicles the triumph of the debate team from the small black college in east Texas that went on to win the national debating championship in 1935. The Great Debaters (2007) Directed by Denzel Washington. Denzel Washington, Nate Parker, Jurnee Smollett. (123 min.) PG-13 |
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| John Hiatt and the Ageless Beauties Friday, August 15 | 8 p.m. |
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$35 ($32 Members) Premium Reserved |
 Master American songwriter-performer John Hiatt makes his debut NCMA appearance armed with a back catalogue of 20 acclaimed albums and great songs that have been covered by the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, and many others. Hiatt hit his stride in 1987 with the release of Bring the Family, which featured backing from Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, and Jim Keltner. He followed up with a series of exceptional albums, and continues to write, record, and perform at the highest level. His new CD Master of Disaster brings him together with blues rockers the North Mississippi All Stars for a musical experience that in his words reflects “the whole Southern experience of different cultures and sounds bumping up against the |
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| Tift Merritt Saturday, August 23 | 8 p.m. |
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$30 ($27 Members) Premium Reserved |
 No doubt about it—2008 has been a very good year for homegrown singer and songwriter Tift Merritt. She released her third album, Another Country, to rapturous reviews. “A force to be reckoned with as a vocalist and songwriter in any genre she approaches,” notes the music magazine Paste in its four-star review. She’s launched an interview show called The Spark via the public radio station of the celebrated arts community of |
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| Paperhand Puppet Intervention Friday, September 12 | 7 p.m. Saturday, September 13 | 7 p.m. |
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$15 ($12 Members) General admission |
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Two of the leading lights of western swing and hot string-jazz join forces for an evening of unforgettable music and fun. 
A midsummer Parisian Valentine for the young at heart that returns the Be sure to check out our complete list of this season's outdoor movies.
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