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Rock This Way! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Delivers

by Barbara Petty

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believe that I grew up in the most robust time Fame was something that we both wanted to do artists, producers, engineers, and others who have, musically when I benefitted from exposure for years. Retirement does have its privileges, so in some major way, influenced the music industry. to my older sister’s music, namely Elvis Pres- as we planned a trip to western Pennsylvania for Cleveland had a reputation of being a die-hard ley, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, our daughter’s bridal shower, we opted to add on a rock and roll town, beginning with disc jockey Alan Freed, who supposedly coined the phrase “rock and more. Plus we enjoyed “The Ozzie and Har- few days and do some sightseeing, with the Hall of and roll.” Freed’s Moondog Coronation Ball is considriett Show” with Ricky Nelson performing at the Fame high on our list.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum ered the first major rock and roll concert. In addiend of every episode. Then came my era—I was 12 when The Beatles performed on The Ed Sulli- is located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio on the tion, the radio station WMMS played a key roll van Show (a favorite conversation-starter, “Where shore of Lake Erie. It’s purpose it to archive the his- in bringing major rock acts to the United States. were you when you saw The Beatles for the first tory of some of the best-known and most influential Cleveland ranked first in a public poll conducted

by USA Today asking where the Hall of time?”). During the 60s, not only did we Fame should be located. After much comhave the British Invasion, we had The Four Seasons, Motown, Folk, and Surf petition and many visits to potential sites, music—primarily The Beach Boys…

Cleveland was chosen as the permanent all good stuff! home for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame When Greg and I met and started and Museum in May of 1986. dating, we discovered early on that we World-renowned architect I.M. Pei shared a love of music. When we comwas chosen to design the Museum. Pei had a lot of learning to do. “I didn’t know bined our album collections we were a thing about rock and roll,” he confessed. in heaven! I remember when we purThe board members took Pei on trips to chased our first CD player, Rumors by Memphis and New Orleans and to conFleetwood Mac was our first digitally recorded purchase—listening to that certs in New York. “We heard a lot of static-free recording was amazing! (Side music, and I finally got it: rock and roll is note: we never got rid of the vinyl or about energy,” explained Pei. > > > the turntable, and now it’s back in fashTop Photo: I. M. Pei’s brilliant exterior ion—how lucky are we??) of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame John Lennon acoustic guitar featuring drawings of John and Yoko by Lennon A visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Photo courtesy Rock Hall of Fame

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The building itself is 150,000 square feet and is the world’s first museum dedicated to the living heritage of rock and roll music. The building is a composition of bold geometric forms and dynamic cantilevered spaces that are anchored by a 162-foot tower. The tower supports a dual-triangular-shaped glass “tent” that extends (at its base) onto a 65,000 square-foot plaza (similar to the Louvre’s updated entrance, also designed by Pei).

Says Pei, “I have consciously used an architectural vocabulary that is bold and new, and I hope the building will become a dramatic landmark for the city of Cleveland and for fans of rock and roll around the world.”

The Museum opened its doors in September 1995.

It features dynamic interactive exhibits, intimate performance spaces, and rotating exhibitions (they have so much paraphernalia, it cannot all be displayed at once— and all of it has come from personal donations). In addition, special exhibitions are developed and featured regularly.

When we visited, there was an outstanding gallery of rock portraits, from Herb Ritts, the fashion photographer turned rock and roll photographer He also directed many of the iconic videos of the eighties including Chris Isaac’s Wicked Games and Madonna’s Papa Don’t Preach. Also on display was a special exhibit

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titled “Paul Simon: Words and Music.” Each year, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Exhibition is updated.

Overall, there are five floors of exhibition space.

We were there for six hours and didn’t see it all!

Other featured exhibits include: The Roots of Rock and Roll: Blues, Gospel, Country/Folk/Bluegrass and R&B; Pink Floyd: The Wall; The Beatles (including priceless donations from Yoko Ono); Legends of Rock; Elvis (with some outstanding video); Cleveland Rocks; Cities and Sounds [music by location such as Memphis (early rockers), Detroit (Motown), London and Liverpool (British Invasion), San Francisco (Jefferson Airplane, Janice Joplin, Grateful Dead), Los Angeles (Eagles, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Jackson Browne), Seattle (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains), and London/New York (punk music like the Ramones, the Clash, Sex Pistols)]; One Hit Wonders and the Songs That Shaped Rock & Roll (misc.); The Sound of Soul (Ray Charles, James Brown); Heavy Metal (from Iron Butterfly to Metallica); and Right Here, Right Now (contemporary artists such as Katy Perry and Lady Gaga).

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One exhibit that I really enjoyed showed video clips from American Bandstand and included everyone that ever appeared on the show. And trust me, nearly every rock and roller was on American Bandstand at one time or another. I could have stayed in that room for hours!

Greg enjoyed the video display of the Rock and Roll inductees throughout the years. Some of the performances you can see include the very first ceremony in 1986 that featured Chuck Berry, Keith Richards, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Neil Young jamming on Roll Over Beethoven, which set the bar for excellent collaborations and performances; Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Bono, Billy Joel, Robbie Robertson, Bruce Springsteen, and others perform Let it Be in 1999; Prince (who stole the show), Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne, and other perform While My Guitar Gently Weeps; and Heart performing Barracuda in 2013 proved once and for all that women can rock. The entire library of performances shows continuously—you could find yourself happily trapped in there and not see anything else in the museum.

Throughout the Rock Hall are interactive kiosks.

One in particular we both enjoyed was a display that lists the Top 100 songs of every year going back to the earliest recordings. You can click on and listen to any

song If videos are not available, the still photographs will be displayed so you can see what the artist looked like. Ever wondered what Peter and Gordon looked like?

Special homage is given to Rolling Stone Magazine and Alternative Press Magazine— the exhibits tell their history along with a wall of all of their covers.

If you plan on going to Cleveland for a visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, there are other attractions you may find interesting. Right next door is the Great Lakes Science Center, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the West Side Market, and the Greater Cleveland Aquarium. If you go during the holidays, visit A Christmas Story House. For other suggestions, places to stay and eat, visit www.thisiscleveland.com or www.tripadvisor.com/cleveland.

When you arrive at the Rock Hall, stop at the front desk and get a map of the building to plan out your favorite items of interest. If this article hasn’t convinced you there’s too much to see in one visit, then I haven’t done my job! I would encourage you, however, to start with The Roots of Rock and Roll exhibit. It is very informative and it will help you in understanding how rock and roll came to be, with influences from blues, country, and gospel merging into one unique sound. Rock on, baby! B!

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Get Organized!

by Barbara Hemphill, Certified Productive Environment Specialist Trainer

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y mother-in-law, mother of seven children, special education teacher, and polio survivor, taught me a phrase that continues to impact my life today: “Finish in style!” I don’t recall what situation initially prompted that statement, but I think it’s great advice for everyone. Since this column is about clearing clutter and getting organized, you may wonder how “Finish in style” is relevant. Keep reading!

Research shows—and I’ve confirmed it in the 37 years I’ve been in the organizing industry—that 80% of what we keep, we never use. Furthermore, the more we have, the less we use, either because we don’t remember we have it, we can’t find it, or because it’s difficult to access.

So why do so many people have an ongoing struggle with getting organized and staying that way? The biggest reason: too much stuff! While many of us want to make the last years of our lives great, it’s difficult or impossible to do when we are burdened with stuff.

What stops us from getting rid of the stuff so we can get organized and “finish in style?” Here’s a list of the reasons I’ve heard: • I never have enough time.

• I have better things to do; organizing is boring.

• It’s too difficult.

• It never lasts; it’s never good enough.

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I often overthink the situation.

I didn’t create it; I have no idea what’s even there.

I am easily distracted and go off on tangents I get stuck in the memories of the past.

It’s too emotionally draining.

I want to be responsible and respectful of the things I’ve been given.

• I have to take care of other people and other things in my life first.

• It’s hard to admit I have an issue.

• I am afraid to let something go; I might want it back.

The situation is further complicated in today’s society as we learn that our children have little or no interest in all the “stuff” we’ve accumulated in our lives. At a seminar I presented on downsizing in a retirement community, I suggested that people ask their children what specific items they would like to have. One gentleman replied, “The only thing my son wants is my wallet!” There were many knowing laughs.

While you may think this is a new problem, I discovered in my research for my latest book Less Clutter More Life that it’s been around a long time. So long in fact, that in the King James Version of the Bible, in 2 Samuel 10:22b, Samuel is looking for Saul to appoint him king, but can’t find him. When he asks the Lord about it, we see this reply: “And the Lord answered, behold he hath hid himself among the stuff.”

So what DO you do with all that “stuff” that you have accumulated? Here are three ways you can get started: 1) Begin creating and maintaining a list of agencies, organizations, and even businesses that will take what you don’t need and recycle or repurpose it. For example, those towels that have been around forever would be welcome at an animal shelter. Tear off the mailing labels of the magazines you’ve read, and drop them off in the doctor’s office the next time you go.

2) Identify a permanent place—clearly labeled— in your home where you can easily put things you don’t need or want anymore. If you have more than one floor, have a place on each floor.

3) Begin looking at your belongings to determine whether they really will help you “finish in style” by asking the question: “Does this help me accomplish my work or enjoy my life?” If the answer is, “not really,” then it’s clutter. Make it someone else’s blessing—and live happily ever after! B! Barbara Hemphill is the author of “Less Clutter More Life” and has helped individuals and businesses eliminate physical, digital and emotional clutter through consulting, training, and speaking for over 35 years. She is the founder of Productive Environment Institute, which offers training for individuals to become Certified Productive Environment Specialists. She can be reached at barbara@ProductiveEnvironment.com.

That Gut Feeling Five ways to boost gut health

by Anne Barrington, Registered Nurse and Certified Health Coach

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igestive issues are increasingly common in today’s society with heartburn, acid reflux, gas, bloating, irritable bowel, constipation, and diarrhea being the most common complaints. Antacids and acid blockers, which reduce the production of stomach acid, are the most commonly used solution. The problem is that lowering the level of Hydrochloric acid (HCL) in the stomach can lead to a host of other problems like bacterial overgrowth and poor nutrient absorption, and can thus create nutritional deficiencies and interfere with our digestive system’s function and balance, while doing nothing about the underlying causes.

Where does the problem actually start? Many types of stress can alter digestive function. Lifestyle factors like diet and sleep deficit can have a detrimental effect on the digestive system. Sometimes a lack of HCL and digestive enzymes can cause discomfort, making acid-blocking medications a poor choice. Digestive enzymes, proteins that help break down and absorb nutrients, are released by the body along the intestinal tract starting from our saliva.

Exposure to environmental toxins and chemicals, excessive use of certain medications, physical stress from illness, overexertion, poor sleep, emotional stress, food allergies or sensitivities, and a nutrientdeficient diet can all affect digestion and nutrient absorption by lowering HCL and digestive enzymes and changing your natural gut flora.

New and exciting research connects our intestinal organisms, called our “microbiome,” with brain health. The microbiome is the collection of bacteria that live in and on your gut, an estimated 100 trillion, including about 500 species, in a complex ecosystem as unique as your fingerprint. As in all ecosystems, diversity is healthy. David Perlmutter, MD and author of “Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain,” calls our gut the “second brain.” He explains that the brain and the gut communicate through the vagus nerve, which runs from the brain stem through our digestive system. It regulates multiple processes that are directly affected by our gut flora. Our gut actually produces more serotonin (the feel good neurotransmitter) than the brain, while regulating muscle function, immune cells, and hormone production.

An imbalance in your gut bacteria, also called dysbiosis, can be the cause of weight gain, depression and other mood disorders, migraines, even high blood sugar and cognitive problems. Leaky gut is another emerging condition in which the intestinal wall is compromised through exposure to stress,

toxins, gut-irritating foods like gluten, high blood sugar, certain medications, and undigested food particles that leak into the blood stream creating widespread inflammation. This can cause a host of health problems like arthritis, eczema, insulin resistance, weight gain, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s. Perlmutter also states that food is the most important aspect of gut health and healing, and that

producing a good gut flora and giving you a feeling of satiety. This will help you stay away from poor choices like processed foods filled with gluten, sugar and unhealthy fats.

Drink filtered water that is free of chlorine, which can kill your good gut flora. Avoid plastic bottles, and instead, refill a stainless steel or glass bottle.

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you can alter your microbiome (and thereby your health) through dietary changes. These are his five suggestions: Eat probiotic rich foods like live cultured yogurt, kefir, Kombucha tea, kimchi, and real fermented sauerkraut and pickles (found in the refrigerated section).

Eat high fiber, low sugar, and low starch carbohydrates like whole vegetables, berries and coldweather fruits that keep your blood sugar level and your inflammation in check. Add small amounts of protein (4 oz per meal) and healthy fats like olive oil, butter, avocado, nuts, and seeds. Whole vegetables should make up two-thirds of your plate.

Enjoy coffee, tea, red wine, and dark chocolate in moderation. These contain healthy flavonols or polyphenols, which improve blood flow to the brain, reduce inflammation, and enhance detoxification and gut health.

Eat food that fuels your good gut bacteria like raw garlic, onions, leeks, chicory, artichokes, asparagus, and jicama. These have prebiotic properties,

as little as six days depending on the state of your current microbiome, however, don’t expect instant transformation. You did not get into your current state of health overnight, and healing can take time.

The bad news is that the standard American diet, lack of exercise, stress, environmental toxins, foodborne pathogens, overuse of antibiotics, pesticides, as well as many other factors, can disrupt your microbiome and, ultimately, your health.

The good news is that through healthy lifestyle choices and the dietary suggestions outlined here, you can reseed your microbiome, and give your body what it needs to heal itself and change the future of your health.

The best news is that it puts you in the driver’s seat of your health! B! Anne Barrington is an RN and a Certified Health Coach who helps clients find their path to wellness through individualized coaching, group coaching, seminars, retreats, and short cleanse programs. She offers free consultations with a health history and is available for talks upon request. Want to see a certain topic covered here? Send your suggestions to anne@boomnc.com!”

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Madama Butterfly Opens NC Opera’s Season

by Bob Chapman

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n Giacomo Puccini’s 1904 opera Madama Butterfly, a teenaged Japanese geisha forsakes her family and religion in order to marry a visiting American naval officer who doesn’t take his vows seriously—with tragic results. NC Opera presents this heartbreakingly beautiful tale in a fully staged production October 30 and November 1 at Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium.

It’s also the role début of American soprano Talise Trevigne, who sang the lead in the company’s 2008 production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. A passionate interpreter of contemporary music, she was composer Jake Heggie’s choice for the pivotal role of the cabin boy Pip in his 2010 opera Moby-Dick, which aired on PBS. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, Trevigne made her operatic début as Violetta in La

traviata and Despina in Così fan tutte at the Aspen Music Festival. Other roles have included Micaëla in Carmen at San Diego Opera; Jemmy in Guillaume Tell, and Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice at the Caramoor Festival; Gilda in Rigoletto at Tulsa Opera; and Mimì in La bohème at Opera Omaha. At Knoxville Opera, she sang the title role in Manon Lescaut, and the three heroines in Les Contes d’Hoffmann.

Cio-Cio San (Butterfly) is one of the most demanding roles in the soprano repertory as she’s onstage and singing from midway in the first act until the end of the opera. Her “husband“ is Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton (tenor Michael Brandenburg), who proudly tells the American consul, Sharpless (baritone Michael Sumuel), that he is “marrying in the Japanese style for 999 years, but with the right to cancel the marriage each month.”

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her life, Butterfly is cursed by her Buddhist priest uncle for having converted to Christianity in order to marry Pinkerton. But in “Bimba, Bimba, non piangere” (“Sweetheart, sweetheart, do not weep“), the famous love duet that ends act I, Pinkerton tells Butterfly that, “All your relatives and all the priests in Japan are not worth the tears from your loving, beautiful eyes.”

As the second act opens, three years have passed since Pinkerton’s departure and Butterfly now has a son, who she’s temporarily named “Sorrow.” Her servant Suzuki (mezzo-soprano Lindsay Ammann) tells Butterfly that their money has almost run out and, if Pinkerton does not soon return, they’ll be destitute. In the opera’s most famous aria, “Un bel dì,” Butterfly is convinced that one beautiful day her husband will return to her.

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tries to convince Butterfly to divorce Pinkerton and marry Prince Yamidori, she rejects him out of hand.

Sharpless brings a letter to Butterfly from Pinkerton, but he doesn’t have the heart to tell her that the caddish naval officer now has an American wife. He does, however, agree to write to Pinkerton and tell him about his two-year-old son.

When a cannon shot is heard, Suzuki and Butterfly watch as the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln enters the harbor and drops anchor. Butterfly tells Suzuki, “They were all lying! All of them! I alone knew. Only I, who love him.” She tells Suzuki to prepare a fragrant bath and asks how long she’ll have to wait for Pinkerton. She orders Suzuki to fill the house with flowers.

The next morning Pinkerton arrives at Butterfly’s house, accompanied by Sharpless and his “real” wife, Kate.

Finally realizing what he has done to Butterfly, Pinkerton admits that he is a coward and cannot face her, and quickly leaves. Kate tells Suzuki to assure Butterfly that she will look after “Sorrow” like her own son.

Butterfly realizes that she must give up the boy, and Kate asks her forgiveness. Finally, Butterfly tells Kate, “I will give my child to you only if he

comes himself. In half an hour, come up the hill again.” Butterfly then kneels before a statue of the Buddha and prays to her ancestral gods. She rises, takes down her father’s knife, kisses the blade, and reads the inscription. “Who cannot live with honor must die with honor.”

The child enters. Butterfly bids him farewell, seats him on the floor, and blindfolds him. She gives “Sorrow” a miniature American flag with which to greet his father. Butterfly takes the knife and walks

behind the screen. The knife clatters to the floor as Butterfly staggers from behind the screen with a scarf around her neck. She kisses her child and collapses.

From outside, Pinkerton cries, “Butterfly!” and rushes in, but it’s too late.

Butterfly is dead.

Madama Butterfly is sung in Italian with English surtitles projected for the audience. Loren Meeker is the stage director, and Timothy Myers conducts the North Carolina Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Performances are Friday, October 30 at 8pm and Sunday, November 1 at 3pm at Memorial Auditorium, located at 2 E. South Street. For ticket information, call 919.792.3850 or visit www.ncopera. org/performances/madama-butterfly. B! Bob Chapman is host of the WCPE Opera House, heard each Thursday evening at 7pm on 89.7 FM. An operatic bass-baritone, Bob began his writing career several decades ago as a reporter (later, copy editor) with The Overseas Weekly, a tabloid described as “a cross between The Rolling Stone and The National Enquirer.” Now living in Raleigh with his wife Mary and a Labrador retriever named Molly, Bob is a regular contributor to WCPE’s Quarter Notes magazine.

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From the Crystal Coast to the Blue Ridge Trail - Boom Travel can escort your group on a 2-4 day excursion of our fabulous state. Here are just two examples of Discovering NC Tours: Yadkin Valley Golf and Wine Tour or Morganton: History Comes Alive. Ask about other destinations.

Information sessions for Faith-Based Tours and Discovering North Carolina Tours are available upon request.

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Around Town in the Triangle

The Glenwood Club owners, Arthur and Anya Gordon

Julian Prosser and Candace Bailey

Anne & Charles Meeker

James & Judy Simuel. Happy bday James!

Cinebistro grand opening in Cary: Jenn Olevitch, Greg McNamara, Jim Russo, and others

Greg Gelb and the Heart of Carolina Jazz Orchestra

BOOM! editor Nancy Thomas, publisher Crash Gregg Robyn Reasor, Bob Inskeep, Becky Sansbury

The team from the Productive Environment Institute: Melissa Holland, Doris Marsh, Barbara Hemphill, and Laura LeBlanc

International Festival Chair Bearta Al-Chacar and Raleigh artist Bob Rankin, who donated the poster design for all 30 years!

Dr. Kevin Cherry and Rob Mattocks

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LaRae Umfleet and Frank Daniels, Jr.

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What’s Your Story?

by Jerome Davis

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couple of years after starting Burning Coal Theatre, my wife Simmie and I were driving around town looking for appropriate venues to present our plays. As we drove past the Oakwood Cemetery, we began to talk about the idea of Shakespeare’s hobbled king, Richard III, in a cemetery. The idea had a certain macabre charm, but the more we looked at Oakwood’s sprawling, gorgeous, slightly “Helter Skelter” topography, the more we realized that we didn’t need to insert interesting dramatic

playwright at the time, Ian Finley, wondered if perhaps Mitchell might have deliberately stepped out in front of that car. With the love of her young life gone, did she simply lose the will to live? One’s first love, no matter how ill considered, can linger long past any rational usefulness. In any event, “Red” was certainly the model for a character called “Rhett”.

Another of my favorite “history plays” from Oakwood concerns a young boy who, one day, while strolling along the then relatively new sidewalks of

characters onto that “stage”. They were already there, waiting for their stories to be unearthed.

Over the years, we’ve encountered many interesting stories about the people laid to rest in this historic cemetery. Some were heroes, some were villains. Some had lives that shaped the city, the state, even the country. Did you know, for instance, that Berrien “Red” Upshaw is buried at Oakwood? His name probably doesn’t mean anything to you, but when you begin to dig (sorry, couldn’t resist the pun), you discover a bit of a scallywag who died in a gunfight over a hand of poker in Texas in 1949. In August of that year, his first wife, Margaret Mitchell (author of Gone With the Wind) was hit by a car while crossing the street in Atlanta. She died a few days later. Wait. what? That Margaret Mitchell? Well yes, as it turns out. History tells us that Mitchell and Upshaw were married for less than a year, and that their marriage ended because of Upshaw’s violent temper and alcoholism. In dramatizing the event, our

downtown Raleigh, was asked by construction workers if he would climb to the top of a new church and fasten a cross to the steeple. They had forgotten to do it, and were afraid the weight of a grown man would overtax the newly constructed roof. Agreeing without hesitation to this adventure (what child wouldn’t?), he scurried up and successfully attached the cross to the steeple. Though the boy lived to be an old man, he never stopped being referred to as “the boy who put the cross on the steeple.” In fact, his tombstone bears a similar inscription. The “message” of that story is, of course, that you never know what day or event might be the one for which you’ll be remembered. That’s a meaningful concept. It is a truth revealed by an artist or a dramatist, using history as the medium.

One of my earliest political memories comes from a play called Anne of the Thousand Days because of its electrifying scene between Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII’s current wife Catherine Set in the tower of

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London, Catherine has fallen from favor and is told by the visiting Anne, who has become the apple of Henry VIII’s eye, “History is written by the winners.”

It has been said that “Journalism is the first draft of history.” If that is true, then certainly drama is the final draft. History, as we have come to understand it, needs to pass through the filter of time before civilizations can arrive at their version of its meaning. History is written to reflect what the winners want it to reflect.

All too often history is used not to reveal truth, but to obscure it. I just finished the hard task of reading the disturbing history Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

by Dee Brown. The seminal work displays, in brutally clear detail, the vicious assault on the Lakota people, their collective imprisonment and murder, and the people behind these horrific and relatively recent events. One of the primary “villains” of that book is a man named William Tecumseh Sherman. But Sherman, because of his part in the Union’s victory in the Civil War, has largely been allowed to escape, unscathed, from the fierce judgment of history. The same is true of Abraham Lincoln, who ordered many of the terrible actions described in Brown’s book.

Even so, no one today is calling for the removal of the Union flag, that same flag under which Sherman rode out west to massacre “Indians”, because “history is written by the winners.”

On the other side of the history/drama coin, truths can be revealed rather than obscured. Nicole Kidman recently opened a play in London called Photograph 51. The play deals with the life of Rosalind Franklin, a scientist whose work contributed greatly to our understanding of DNA. But, because she was a woman working in the early 1950s in a field dominated by males, her contributions have largely been forgotten.

That is, until a playwright named Anna Ziegler dramatized her story.

Both history and drama can be manipulated, of course. We seem to have a talent for politicizing either to meet our selective ends. But the intention of dramatists, of all good artists, is not to sell a version of truth. Rather, it is to sift through the facts in an effort to get at the truth. As our nation and our world become increasingly focused on profit margins, it is important that we continue to find room for serious artists in our lives. Without them, all we have is a collection of data points waiting to be sifted, edited, and sold as the truth to an increasingly overwhelmed and inattentive audience. B! Jerome Davis is Artistic Director of Raleigh’s nonprofit Burning Coal Theatre Company.

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ast month, our focus was on routine, and while routines are helpful and necessary for progress, there is nothing more constant in life than change. Having lived in three different countries and moved multiple times, I am grateful for my adaptable nature and my sense of adventure. Not that there haven’t been times when I resisted change, but change happened anyway. The

back home, I fall into the same-old-same-old rut and suddenly an unhealthy treat pops up with my name on it. The antidote is always change. This month, look for a way to get out of your health rut. Search for new recipes, visit a healthy restaurant for ideas, take a healthy-cooking class, and try a new food every week. Visit any of the many farmers markets throughout the Triangle and talk to the farmers to get new ideas for seasonal recipes. Get ideas from

ability to accept, adapt and then to finally realize (in hindsight) that change was often exactly what I needed, has served me well. We may both fear and crave change depending on the situation. This month, I will give you some ideas for change that can be in your favor.

Healthy eating can feel like a boring routine, and temptation comes in so many forms. When visiting health spas like Kripalu and Canyon Ranch in Massachusetts, I am always astounded by how delicious and satisfying their meals are. The choices seem endless, varied and tasty, and I always wonder why I would ever eat something unhealthy again. Then,

friends and family or start a healthy cooking club.

Find a way to broaden your repertoire and make healthy eating exciting and new again.

When it comes to exercise, a stale routine can turn you off fitness and turn you into a devout couch potato. That would be fine if it wasn’t followed by weight gain and disease. Even with steady routines, your body adapts, reducing the amount of energy needed to perform the same sequence, resulting in burning less calories, also known as “plateauing.” When assessing your current exercise routine this month, ask yourself what you need to change to get to a new level? Do you need a new level of

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intensity, a new level of enjoyment, or a new level of commitment? Do you need to add a modification to an already existing routine, tweak it, or change it altogether? Inspiration can be found all around you by stepping out of your comfort zone and trying something new and different. But don’t forget: If you don’t find enjoyment in it, you will soon find excuses not to do it, so try something different until you find your inner happy kid.

Common fears associated with change are loss or rejection, fears related to aging, or fear of losing control. Change can be scary, but resisting change can also cause a great deal of pain and suffering. Change is especially scary for our ego, which believes that it has to be in control at all times. However, being stuck in a fear-based rut is constricting to the mind and soul. With a new perspective, change can revolutionize our lives, especially if we think of it as transformation, reinvention and growth. What’s holding you back from accomplishing your dreams?

Whether it’s a stale relationship, a mediocre job, or being in the wrong place, how you cope with change will make all the difference. A fear-based choice may take you down the wrong path. The important element when evoking change is your state of mind.

If it is coming from a sense of creativity, passion, and curiosity, and you feel it in your gut, then go ahead and take the plunge.

The famous Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh was quoted as saying, “Thanks to impermanence, anything is possible.” This month, celebrate change and the fact that it’s never too late to reinvent any part of your life. Accept the fact that life, including yours, is continually changing. Let it help you stay present while you celebrate this glorious season of the beautiful changing colors of fall. Change—it does a body good! B! Anne Barrington is an RN and a Certified Health Coach who helps clients find their path to wellness through individualized coaching, group coaching, seminars, retreats, and short cleanse programs. She offers free consultations with a health history and is available for talks upon request. More information on Anne can be found atwww. annemaritwellness.com and she can be contacted at anne@boomnc.com

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o you or your parents or even someone you know ever have difficulty paying for your prescription drugs? Is it because of limited income and assets? If the answer is “yes” to either of these questions and the person who needs assistance is on Medicare, extra help may be available.

The Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) program, also known as Extra Help, assists qualified Medicare beneficiaries with out-of-pocket expenses associated with Medicare Part D prescription drug expenses.

There are more than 70,000 Medicare beneficiaries in North Carolina who may be eligible for this program but haven’t applied. The Seniors’ Health Insurance Information Program—or SHIIP— is a division of the NC Department of Insurance that can help beneficiaries understand and apply for this assistance.

“Many Medicare beneficiaries are not aware that this assistance program is available to them,” said Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin. “SHIIP can help people with Medicare understand what they may be qualified to receive.”

To qualify for Extra Help, a Medicare beneficiary must meet certain income, resource and asset level requirements. The income and asset limits for Extra Help are $1,471.25 per month with assets up to $13,640 for those who are single, and $1,991.25 per month with assets up to $27,250 if married.

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contributions, retirement accounts and pensions.

Resources and assets include the value of items that the person owns, such as cash, stocks, bonds, retirement accounts, the value of a second car, boats and any real property that is not the primary residence and does not produce income. Resources do not include appliances and other household furnishings, clothing or other personal items, such as jewelry.

Assets excluded from the evaluation process are a home, all property attached to the home, personal

belongings, one vehicle and irrevocable burial contracts and plots.

Individuals who qualify for these programs will receive Extra Help with their Medicare Part D prescription drug plans at the 100 percent level. This means they will pay a reduced co-pay of $2.65 for generic drugs and $6.60 for name-brand drugs, as well as lower monthly premiums.

When applying for Extra Help through Social Security’s website, individuals can also choose the option to apply for Medicare Savings Programs during the online application process. The SHIIP office can assist with applying online for the Extra Help program and, subsequently, the Medicare Savings Programs through the Social Security Administration website at www.socialsecurity.gov. Medicare beneficiaries may also apply online themselves or by contacting the Social Security Administration at 1-800-772-1213.

SHIIP, a division of the North Carolina Department of Insurance, has volunteers in all 100 counties in North Carolina who offer one-on-one counseling and provide free, unbiased information about Medicare, Medicare supplements, Medicare Part D, Medicare Advantage and health plan options and long-term care insurance. B!

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Memories The Warehouse Dance

by Barbara Boney Campbell was three years old when Mother and Daddy taught me to sing “Hark! The Sound Of Tar Heel Voices,” standing with my hand over my heart (of course!). To say I grew up in a family that loved music is an understatement. Mother listened to everything but hard-core country music, but she was especially partial to classical music. Daddy said his “hair didn’t get any longer than Gershwin,” and would retreat to the family jewelry store in downtown Tarboro on Thursday nights when the Firestone Hour came on the radio. But, the music on which they both agreed was Big Band. They adored it! And they passed that adoration along to me. What a gift.

Because of their tutelage, I could tell you which band was playing what song before I was able to read.

Glenn Miller felt like a member of the family. The Dorsey Brothers’ on-going feud was fodder for many

dinner conversations but we agreed on one thing: Frank Sinatra could really sing with Tommy Dorsey. Anyone who has seen the movie, The Godfather, knows that Tommy D. was made an offer he couldn’t refuse and Frank went on to bigger and better bands and fortunes.

On trips, with the radio blaring, we played “Name That Tune” and “Name That Band” with Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glen Gray, Duke Ellington, Rocky Mount’s own Kay Kyser, Chic Webb with Ella Fitzgerald, Les Brown And His Band Of Renown (they started at Duke!). Talk about talent and great music; I was exposed to all of this making me one lucky girl!

Mother and Daddy had a great record player, on which they played their fabulous record collection.

They would dance in the living room—slow dance, lindy and jitterbug—and they were really good together. Daddy taught me how to slow dance with my feet on his feet, twirling us around the room.

Now, that was fun! Mother taught me to jitterbug. I later realized it was a lot like shaggin’. I inherited all their records and think of them when I hear “Sweet Georgia Brown” or “Carolina Moon,” two of their dancing favorites.

In 1975 (has it really been 40 years?), a large group of Big Band lovers in Tarboro got together and, for four years, hosted The Warehouse Dance. It was part homage to the old June German formals held in Rocky Mount many years before, and part social event. It was such a FUN party! It was held in April, which guaranteed it would be HOT!! And it always was. No air conditioning was available but we had as many big fans going as we could find. There were at least 2,000 guests in attendance and it was more fun than a show dog could jump over!

About 50+ local couples, headed by Jack and Haffye Cox, hosted the dance. It was held in Clark’s

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#2, a BIG, old wooden tobacco warehouse that still had that wonderful “sweet” tobacco smell. It’s a shame that a documentary filmmaker never covered the Dance, from the first day of preparation, until the lights were turned out and the doors were locked.

First, Jack Cox would take his gun (and dog) to the warehouse and shoot all the pigeons. The next day, Henry Hughes sent a crew of men with large push brooms. They formed a line all the way across the floor of the warehouse and swept from one end of the building to the other. By the time they got about half way done, you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face for all the dust! The warehouse was then wired with 220-amp power and lighting was brought in, and then all was on “GO!” By Friday night, the portajohns for the men’s and women’s restrooms had been set up, hidden behind big ferns of course. The four bar areas were in the four corners of the warehouse, where mixers and ice were handed out by high

school volunteers (everyone brought their own spirits of choice). The bandstand had been built, the ice machines, tables and chairs were there and Saturday morning, we all showed up to cover the tables with paper. All decorations were completed.

The dance ram from nine at night to one in the morning and they were the shortest four hours of the year! The band that played the first dance was the Modernaires featuring Glenn Miller. Talk about fabulous! There was some swooning going on and some mighty smart dancing, too. Daddy was there and in HOG HEAVEN. I can guarantee that no one there that night had a better time than

he! “Moonlight Serenade,” “In The Mood,” “Elmer’s Tune,” “Chattanooga ChooChoo,” and “Pennsylvania 6-5000” were just a few of the hits they played. And, when the Modernaires sang “Serenade In Blue,” there were audible sighs from their fans. As the crowds did in the 30s and 40s, we gathered in front of the bandstand and sang with the band and singers. WHAT fun!!

It was always sad when the evening come to an end.

But we had three more of these dances to look forward to and, happily, Daddy was at each one. I could see myself dancing on his shoes, though I didn’t do it that night for fear of breaking some toes! I could and DID jitterbug with him several times. We were mighty good together on the dance floor. And I have the photos to prove it! B! Barbara Boney Campbell is a native of Tarboro, Edgecombe County (the “center Of The universe”), and moved to Raleigh where she became a teacher, an education administrator, worked at a law firm, and owned a celebrated catering company for 25 years.

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Watch Out for Tax Scams

by Gerald Townsend, CPA/PFS/ABV, CFP, CFA, CMT

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s scary as the real IRS is, the “fake IRS” is worse—and far too many people fall for tax scams from bogus IRS agents. Following is what you need to know to detect and avoid these illegitimate tricks.

Telephone Scam You answer the phone and the caller identities himself or herself as an IRS agent, and even gives you their identification badge number. You glance at the caller ID on your phone and it says the call is coming from the IRS. The caller starts mentioning and accurately describing some of your personal information, so now you’re convinced this is for real. The caller then proceeds to inform you that you owe money to the IRS. Your mind starts racing and perhaps you think about a somewhat dubious deduction you claimed or some income you forgot to report.

You begin to question or argue with the caller but they get hostile and hurl some insults, and you cower, trembling a bit. Unless payment is made immediately, you are informed, your business or driver’s license may be suspended or your paycheck frozen. But, you can clear this tax debt immediately by making payment to the IRS with a bank wire transfer or through a debit card.

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A few important things to know about the real IRS: • They will never call to demand immediate payment.

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• They will never ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.

• They will never threaten to bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to arrest you for not paying taxes.

Email Scam In addition to these sham phone calls, some taxpayers have received unsolicited emails that appear to come from the IRS. The email may claim that you owe money and threaten you with an audit. However, it might also state that you are due a tax refund and even direct you to a fake website that looks very real and legitimate. The scammer’s goal is to lure their victims into giving up their personal and financial information. They will use this information to try and steal your money and your identity.

For more information, go to the IRS website at www.irs.gov and then look under “news and resources” and follow the links to “tax scams.”

If you think you do owe taxes, you should contact the IRS yourself, directly. You may want to enlist the assistance and advice of a CPA, enrolled agent or other tax professional. B! Gerald A. Townsend, CPA/PFS/ABV, CFP®, CFA®, CMT is president of Townsend Asset Management Corp., a registered investment advisory firm. Email: Gerald@AssetMgr.com

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October 2–November 7 (Chapel Hill) The Cherry Orchard, Deep Dish Theater, University Mall, 201 S. Estes St. Written by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, this play follows the journey of an aristocratic family and the loss of their Russian country estate. 919.968.1515 or www. deepdishtheater.org October 8 (Durham) A Bronx Tale, 8pm, Fletcher Hall, 309 W. Morgan St. Featuring Chazz Palminteri.

919.560.3030 or www.carolinatheatre.org October 8-25 (Raleigh) Symphonie Fantastique, 8pm (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) & 2pm (Saturday, Sunday), Fletcher Opera Theater, 2 East South Street. Carolina Ballet presents the second movement of Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique named Un Bal and A Dancerly Response to J.S. Bach’s A Musical Offering. 919.719.0900 or www.carolinaballet.com

Ghost Hunters. 919.560.3030 or www.carolinatheatre.org

October 13-18 (Durham) A Gentleman’s Guide To

Love & Murder, Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St. A 2014 Tony Award winning musical shows that getting away with murder can be fun. 919.680.2787 or www.dpacnc.com

October 14–November 1 (Chapel Hill) Seminar, Paul Green Theatre (UNC-CH), Country Club Rd. The Playmakers Repertory Company presents a play written by Theresa Rebeck. 919.962.7529 or www.playmakersrep.org

October 15–November 1 (Raleigh) Asylum, 7:30pm (Thursday–Saturday) & 2pm (Sunday), Murphey School Auditorium, 224 Polk St. Written by Kendall Rileigh and Nicki Miller, Burning Coal Theatre partners with the Brooklyn-based Only Child Aerial Theatre to perform, in the air, about an Asylum around the mid-1970s and how peoples’ lives are connected through the old building.

919.834.4001 or www.burningcoal.org

October 15–November 1 (Sanford) The Addams Family, Temple Theatre, 120 Charthage St. A rendition of the classic, with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa & book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. 919.774.4155 or www.templeshows.com

October 9-10 (Chapel Hill) Antigone, 8pm, Memo-

October 16 & 17, 23 & 24 (Garner) Lend Me a Tenor, Garner Performing Arts Center, 742 W. Garner Rd. A comical play by Ken Ludwig. 919.661.4602 or www.townplayers.org

rial Hall, 114 East Cameron Avenue. Performance by Oscarwinning actress Juliette Binoche, this explosive tragedy is a contemporary interpretation of Sophokles’ classic Greek masterpiece that explores many struggles. 919.843.3333 or www.unc.edu/performingarts

October 17 (Raleigh) Rural Academy Theater, 7pm, Museum Park Theater, 2110 Blue Ridge Rd. The theater presents an evening of live music and original theater.

919.715.5923 or www.ncartmuseum.org

October 9-10 (Raleigh) Beethoven & Mozart, 8pm, Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts - Meymandi Concert Hall, 2 E. South St. A part of the Classical Series performed by the North Carolina Symphony. 919.733.2750 or www.ncsymphony.org October 9–November 14 (Chapel Hill) Outside

Mullingar, Deep Dish Theater, University Mall, 201 S. Estes St. Written by John Patrick Shanley, this romantic comedy is about two middle-aged Irish farmers who try to keep their landownership without falling in love. 919.968.1515 or www.deepdishtheater.org

October 10 (Carrboro) No Shame Theatre, 8pm, The ArtsCenter, 300-G East Main St. An open performance venue to experience 15 original works of art that has never been seen before. 919.929.2787 or www.artscenterlive.org October 10 (Durham) Steven Wright, 8pm, Fletcher Hall, 309 W. Morgan St. 919.560.3030 or www.carolinatheatre.org

October 11 (Apex) Free Spirits Ensemble: Anime, Video Games, and Other Fantasies, 3pm, 237 N. Salem St. Raleigh Symphony Orchestra performs a collection of music from anime and video games. 919.249.1120 or www.thehalle.org

October 17 (Durham) Tom Papa, 8pm, Fletcher Hall, 309 W. Morgan St. 919.560.3030 or www.carolinatheatre.org

October 19 (Southern Pines) Chamber Music: Cu-

arteto Casals, 8pm, Sunrise Theater, 250 NW Broad St. As the second concert in the 15-16 Classical Concert Series, the first international Spanish string quartet performs pieces by Mozart, Shostakovich, and Ravel. 910.692.2787 or www.mooreart.org or www.explorepinehurst.com

October 20 (Chapel Hill) Gil Shaham, Violin-Bach Six Solos, 7:30pm, Memorial Hall, 114 East Cameron Avenue. Violin virtuoso Gil Shaham performs J.S. Bach’s series of Violin Solos with a multi-media collaboration by visual artist David Michalek. 919.843.3333 or www.unc.edu/performingarts October 20 (Durham) Danny Elfman’s Music From The Films of Tim Burton, 7:30pm, Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St. The symphonic cinema concert is performed by the North Carolina Symphony and choir, featuring music from Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Alice in Wonderland, and more. 919.680.2787 or www.dpacnc.com

October 11 (Durham) Bach and His Children, Old

and New, 3pm, Fletcher Hall, 309 W. Morgan St. Featuring the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle. 919.560.3030 or www.carolinatheatre.org

October 20-25 (Raleigh) Into the Woods, Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts–Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, 2 E. South St. The North Carolina Theatre presents a production of the hit motion picture that tells the journey of a Baker and his wife on a quest to break a witch’s spell while crossing paths with fairy tale characters.

919.831.6950 or www.nctheatre.com

October 13 (Durham) Ghost Hunters Live, 8pm, Fletch-

October 21-31 (Raleigh) Duck Hunter Shoots Angel,

er Hall, 309 W. Morgan St. Featuring Jason and Steve from

7:30pm & 2pm (Sunday), Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre/

Frank Thompson Hall, 2241 Dunn Avenue. A comical story about two Alabama brothers who have never shot a duck, but believe they have shot an angel. 919.515.1100 or www.ncsu.edu/arts

October 22 (Raleigh) Choral Collage, 7pm, Stewart Theatre/Talley Student Union, Cates Avenue. 919.515.1100 or www.ncsu.edu/arts

October 22 (Carrboro) THE WOLFPACK, 7:30pm, The ArtsCenter, 300-G East Main St. A tale about an unusual family residing in a cramped housing project on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Presented by Full Frame and directed

by Crystal Moselle. Ticket reservation required.

919.929.2787 or www.artscenterlive.org

October 22 (Chapel Hill) Gil Shaham, Violin, with UNC Symphony, 7:30pm, Memorial Hall, 114 East Cameron Avenue. Grammy-award winner Gil Shaham performs Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major with the UNC Symphony Orchestra.

919.843.3333 or www.unc.edu/performingarts October 23 (Carrboro) Transactors Im-

prov, 8pm, The ArtsCenter, 300-G East Main St. An evening with the longest-running improvisational theater in the South. 919.929.2787 or www. artscenterlive.org

October 23-25 (Carrboro) Backseat Ther-

apy, 8pm, The ArtsCenter, 300-G East Main St. Ira Knight presents an original play about the life of a taxi driver and a look into our common, human experiences. 919.929.2787 or www.artscenterlive.org

October 23-25 (Durham) Disney’s Beauty

and the Beast, Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St. The Broadway musical illuminates the Academy Award-winning animated feature film portraying the classic musical love story.

919.680.2787 or www.dpacnc.com

October 24 (Carrboro) SuperFun Show: ELECTRICITY!, 11am, The ArtsCenter, 300-G East Main St. A family fun experience with the Red Herring Puppets exploring into the mysteries of ELECTRICITY! 919.929.2787 or www.artscenterlive.org October 24 (Durham) John Hodgman, 8pm, Fletcher Hall, 309 W. Morgan St. His latest onehuman show, VACATIONLAND. 919.560.3030 or www.carolinatheatre.org

October 24 (Carrboro) The Chuckle & Chor-

tle Comedy Show, 8:30pm, The ArtsCenter, 300-G East Main St. As a local comic, Michelle Maclay hosts and interacts with the audience while sharing live comedy. 919.929.2787 or www.artscenterlive.org

October 29 (Raleigh) Mission Red, 9pm, Boom!

Kings, 14 W. Martin St. The North Carolina Symphony presents a special event concert hosted by Trombonist Jonathan Randazzo featuring music for brass, keyboard, and electronics. 919.733.2750 or www.ncsymphony.org October 30 (Chapel Hill) Chicago Sympho-

ny Orchestra, 8pm, Memorial Hall, 114 East Cameron Avenue. With music director and conductor Riccardo Muti, the CSO performs masterworks

by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. 919.843.3333 or www.unc.edu/performingarts

October 30 (Raleigh) Madama Butterfly, 8pm, Memorial Auditorium, Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. South St. NC Opera presents a full-staged production of Puccini’s musical that tells a story of a doomed romance between a young Japanese woman and a handsome American sailor. 919.792.3850 or www.ncopera.org

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October 25 (Raleigh) Heavenly Voices, 3pm, Hayes Barton Baptist Church, 1800 Glenwood Avenue. The North Carolina Master Chorale performs masterworks by Felix Mendelssohn, Henryk Gorecki, Benjamin Britten, and Franz Liszt with guest artists The Raleigh Boychoir. 919.856.9700 or www.ncmasterchorale.org

October 25 (Holly Springs) Pat Boone–Mu-

sic & Memories, 3pm & 7:30pm, Holly Springs Cultural Center, 300 W. Ballentine St. In an autobiographical one-man show, Pat Boone sings and tells the stories of his many years of experience in show business. 919.567.4000 or www.hollyspringsnc.us

October 29 (Durham) Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer, 8pm, Fletcher Hall, 309 W. Morgan St. 919.560.3030 or www.carolinatheatre.org

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