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Live Smart Live Well Live Large DECEMBER 2014

THE TRIANGLE’S FAVORITE MAGAZINE FOR BABY BOOMERS & MATURE YOUNGSTERS

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In this issue:

Fifty & Fabulous

with the magical Ira David Wood III

The Angus Barn with Chef Brian Adornetto

Healthy Living with Anne Barrington

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food & Wine: angus Barn

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fifty & fabulous: ira David Wood, iii

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history: toying with the Past

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travel: a classic tour of spain

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celebrity: Blue Man group

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health and Wellness: holiday survival guide

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health and Wellness: find your yin

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finance 101: long-term care insurance options

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calendar: December

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Puzzle: Diet Busters

Letter from the Editor

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he holidays are finally here!

I love this time of year! I love the smell of the leaves and the crisp feeling in the air. I can’t wait for all the time with family and friends. And yes, I am one of Puzzle Junction.com those crazy people who put their Christmas tree up way too early.

We put ours up several weeks ago. I just couldn’t wait any longer!

With all the joy, excitement and hustle and bustle of the season comes the almost overwhelming desire to make it all perfect. The pressure that I put on myself to make memories for my family sometime has the exact opposite of my desired effect. I find that my stress communicates itself to those around me. Not really the gift I was hoping to impart! After some deep thought, I decided to make some holiday season life changes.

I went through most of my adult life purchasing piles of gifts for my loved ones, and then a few years ago I went through a period where I just couldn’t afford to do that. I bought each of my children, all grown now, one gift. It turned out to be so much more meaningful to get one gift that I put lots of love and thought into rather than a stack of sweaters and things that they may or may not wear/use. This year my

budget is back to normal and I will again be purchasing each of them one gift. The purchase amount has gone up but the care and love with which I make my selection is the same. Be sure and read Anne Barrington’s healthy living article about holiday stress on page 14.

She has some great ideas for staying sane and enjoying the holidays without being a Scrooge.

Now let’s talk about pies! I love them. Most of us do, but frankly who has time to make them? Unfortunately, as I have discovered the hard way, making yummy pies is not the kind of thing you can do twice a year and expect much success. Do yourself a favor and buy them. I would suggest the chocolate chess pie at the Angus Barn. Can you say…to die for?!

Getting back to Scrooge; make sure you read our Fifty & Fabulous article on Ira David Wood. Wow! What an interview! I have very rarely been in the presence of artistic genius but I was that morning. This year celebrates the 40 anniversary of the performance of A Christmas Carol produced by Theatre in the Park.

It’s always a brilliant, brilliant performance! You simply must incorporate this into your holiday traditions.

Have fun this holiday season my friends and remember to treasure one another.

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The Angus Barn

by Brian AdorneTTo, Food EdiTor | PhoTos by Crash Gregg something out of the Flintstones—huge, perfectly cooked to a medium-rare and served alongside an herb-crusted tomato and a baked potato. The beef was like butter. The trio consisted of a seven-ounce filet mignon; giant marinated shrimp and barbecued ribs. In case that wasn’t enough to fill us, it also came with a rich and cheesy potato gratin and sautéed green beans. The cabernet was dry, mediumbodied and pleasantly fruity, with soft tannins.

Even though we were about stuffed, it was now time to move on to dessert. When you go to Angus Barn, you just must try one of the legendary Betty Shugart’s tempting treats. Known as the “Dessert

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hile noshing with us on Angus Barn’s signature complimentary relish tray and cheese spread, second generation owner Van Eure shared her family’s philosophy: “We have a glorious opportunity to give our customers an incredible and memorable experience. That’s what we’ve been doing since 1960, and that’s exactly what we’ll continue doing.” With that, our first course arrived.

We sampled the North Carolina Crab Cakes ($22) and The Barn’s Barbecued Ribs ($9), accompanied by an Angus Barn Chardonnay ($6.75 by the glass, from Biltmore Estates). The thick, silver dollar-sized crab cakes were some of the best I’ve ever had. They were moist, light and crisp. The barbequed ribs melt in your mouth and Angus Barn’s famous barbecue sauce was as good as ever. The chardonnay was clean, buttery and sweet with green apple notes.

For our salad course (included with your entrée), we were treated with Angus Barn’s Original Spinach Salad, Arugula Salad and Wedge Salad.

We sampled the Angus Barn Brut Sparkling Wine, also from the Biltmore ($9.50 per glass). The spinach salad with mushrooms, bacon, red onion, and hardboiled egg was wonderful. The textures and flavors of the salad were complimented perfectly by the Barn’s warm poppy seed dressing. The Italianinfluenced baby arugula salad was combined with mozzarella, tomatoes and prosciutto then tossed with balsamic vinaigrette. The Wedge was a steakhouse classic—a large chunk of Iceberg lettuce topped with bleu cheese and walnuts and dressed with house vinaigrette. The sparkling wine was slightly dry, fruity and tart.

Our entrees included North Carolina Stuffed Trout ($41), Prime Rib ($39) and the “Best of the Barn Trio” (Price determined by your choices).

This course was paired with the Angus Barn Cabernet Sauvignon from Wente Vineyards, 2010 ($6.75 by the glass) from Rutherford Ranch. The flavorful skin on the trout was stuffed with crab, spinach and sundried tomatoes, and wrapped in bacon. It was accompanied by a textbook brown butter sauce and rice pilaf. The mammoth prime rib looked like

Diva,” she worked at the Barn for 48 years, creating her sweet temptations until her passing in 2013.

We indulged in Betty’s Strawberry Short Cake ($8), a slice of Chocolate Chess Pie ($8) and Raspberry Sherbet ($4). The short cake was light, fluffy and just sweet enough (be sure and try it when it’s in season). The short cake is a rich, creamy and decadent treat as well. My all-time favorite dessert here

In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, Angus Barn recycles as much as possible. All food scraps are composted and used to fertilize the grounds. The pavers used at the Pavilion (the Barn’s 500-seat wedding and banquet facility on the lake) as well as for the new outdoor smoking patio were purchased from the city of Raleigh when Fayetteville Street was redesigned. The restaurant also converted an old walk-in refrigerator into an open-air covered porch-style dining room and turned an old meat locker into a bathroom for the wine cellar.

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If you qualify for the study, you will receive a sleep evaluation at no cost to you. In addition, you will be compensated if you qualify and participate in the study. For further information, call 919-684-0752 and ask about the overnight insomnia and nocturia study.

Brian is a culinary instructor, food writer and personal chef. His business, Love at First Bite, specializes in private cooking classes and intimate dinners. For more information, please visit Brian at www.loveatfirstbite.net. Brian can be reached for comment at brian@ raleighdowntowner.com.

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cuisine: american steakhouse Dining style: fine dining Menu type: à la carte Meals: lunch and dinner ambiance: romantic, rustic, and eclectic homestead service: seamless Dress: Business casual features: Vegetarian, low carb, and gluten-free options, winner’s circle healthy dining, specials, kid’s menu, outdoor seating, smoking area, wheelchair accessible, private banquet rooms, lounge dining, themed dinners, chefs tables, special occasions, business meetings, to go menu, cigar humidor, souvenir shop, credit cards accepted alcohol: full bar including a comprehensive, award-winning wine list Parking: Valet and multiple self parking lots reservations: recommended, especially on weekends recommended Dishes: crab cakes, spinach salad with warm poppy seed dressing, any steak, the ribs, stuffed trout, chocolate chess Pie, strawberry shortcake, and raspberry sherbet

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is the chocolate chess pie, which has been featured nationally as a top dessert. But the big surprise, however, was the sherbet. Bathed in a raspberry wine sauce and sprinkled with orange zest and Grand Marnier, it was a brilliant end to our meal.

Many of us have marked the special moments in our lives at the big red barn on Highway 70. Great service, outstanding wine, exemplary food, and a unique atmosphere await you at the Angus Barn. Oh, and don’t forget to help yourself to an apple by the door on your way out.

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Doctors at the Duke Sleep Disorders Center are studying the link between frequent nighttime urination and sleep disorders. People who wake up frequently in the night to urinate, but do not have Overactive Bladder Syndrome, are encouraged to learn more about the study.

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Ira David Wood, III

by April Pennell Davis

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ecently, I had the opportunity to sit down with a Raleigh living legend. Officially, Ira David Wood, III is the Executive Director of Theater in the Park, a non-profit community theater in Raleigh. But if you’ve been in the Triangle for any length of time, or at least over a few holiday seasons, then you probably know him best as Ebenezer Scrooge, the irascible yet ultimately transformed curmudgeon in the musical comedy A Christmas Carol, now in its 40 season in Raleigh. th

Ira David Wood applying makeup for A Christmas Carol

But the man behind the “Bah humbug!” is much more than that. I have never had an interview quite like this one. I started by asking Mr. Wood, “Will you tell me who you are?” What followed was beyond anything I had imagined. I was inspired and elated. I laughed and I cried. I spent the morning with an amazing storyteller, but more than that, a truly incredible person. Wisdom and wit, with more than a dash of mischievousness, flowed through the interview. It didn’t take me long to realize that I could not tell his story nearly as well as he did himself. And so what follows are excerpts of this fascinating interview. Enjoy!

David’s story in his own words: Not a lot of people know that I am an ordained minister. Mail order, but it’s legal! I’ve done four or five weddings now and that was the primary reason I did it. One of the reasons was because several friends used to fairly regularly meet on my back patio for “attitude adjustment.” We had a former Methodist minister, Baptist minister, David Crabtree occasionally would join us (he’s a news anchor from WRAL and an Elder in his church), and David Henderson, who plays Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol, and me. One day David Henderson said, “You know with all these ministers and men of the cloth, we’re like two outsiders.” He emailed me later and said, “You’re not going to believe this but we can become ministers!” I said, “Get the hell out of town!” “No, it’s true!” So we both became ministers, just so we could walk out on the patio and see everybody as a brother or a reverend. And we could say, “Reverend, would you like a little more communion?” And we’ve had a good time with it!

My first weeding was in the Bahamas. That’s not bad! I got to officiate at my own daughter’s wedding.

We got to the end of the ceremony and I’m getting ready to say, “And now by the powers vested in me,” and my daughter leaned over and whispered to me, “Dad! Dad! We haven’t read our vows.” I went “Oh, oh yes!” Oops, I seem to have turned two pages at once!

The other thing is they send you these placards to put in your car so you can use clergy parking! I haven’t used them. I did, however, get the robe and wore that when I officiated at [my daughter] Evan’s wedding.

Billy Campbell came to her wedding. Billy played her dad in the TV series Once and Again. I adore Billy, sweet man! After the service he said to me, “I didn’t know you were a man of the cloth.”

I said, “Yeah, Universal Life Monastery”. And he said, “Brother! No way! You too?”

I don’t sleep well at night. But of course, I have a two-year-old. Actually he sleeps better than I do!

He still sleeps in our bed even though we got him a little boy bed. It was his first night in his own bed, and I came home from rehearsal and my wife was sitting on the sofa. I went in, sat down beside her and asked, “When do you think he will wake up?” “I don’t know, it could be one o’clock.” So we sat there and waited it out. Thank God, he woke up at eleven

Ira David Wood III (left) with sons Ira David Wood IV and Thomas Miller Wood

and we went to get him. This time around (at age 67) I’ve just been savoring the moments. When Evan and Ira were born, I was in such a hurry establishing my reputation, the theater’s reputation and pulling it all together here with very little money, I feel like I missed a lot. I think everybody I’ve talked to feels the same way. I got a second chance! Kind of like Scrooge. It has really helped me identify with the character even more. He got a second chance.

I got a second chance in life. You don’t get many of those. Consequently, I haven’t had a bad day in the four years since I had open heart surgery. My mother passed away two years ago and that was a hard day, but it was a beautiful day.

An interesting aside to that, my father died when I was twelve. He was a beautiful man, six four, always impeccably dressed with French cuffs, and he was spiritually beautiful, such a quiet man. He never raised his voice. He was a gentle, gentle man.

He wrote. According to my mom he would probably have gone into medicine had his brother not been killed in the invasion of Normandy. So my dad came home and took over the family businesses, a cotton gin and an ice plant. I remember the trucks coming by with the ice blocks. “How much ice do you need today?” People used them for their icebox!

My grandmother was probably the last person in our hometown to get an electric refrigerator. I remember going down to the ice plant and there where these holes in the floor where these huge blocks of ice were made. There was a blacksmith

Minister, poet, father, actor, Scrooge. Now is your chance to see Ira David Wood, III up close and personal in his production of A Christmas Carol, opening December 10 at Raleigh’s Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts Memorial Auditorium, and December 18 at the Durham Performing Arts Center. For more info and to purchase tickets, visit their website, www.theatreinthepark.com.

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there. He worked in the farm machinery repair shop out back. He was a big man who sang spirituals while he would hammer the red, hot iron. His name was Jesse. I would ride my bike down to the ice plant after school and sit and listen to Jesse. Jesse was cool. He would tell me stories and sing. He was a giant of a man.

In school, I was the class show off. The guidance counselor came to me one day and said, “David, you belong in a place with other crazy people.”

I said, “Okay, where might that be?” He told me, “There’s a school that has a summer session, the Governor’s School of North Carolina. You should audition. What you have to do is memorize a monologue and then deliver it. I think you could do that.” There were only two books in our high school library about theater. One was a script called “JB” based on the Book of Job, and an anthology of the best plays of the year 1947, which happened to be the year I was born. That was it! So I got those two books, I combined them into one monologue, and that was my audition piece! This was my senior year in high school. I auditioned, I was accepted, and I had a wonderful summer!

Later, I was accepted into the North Carolina School of the Arts. I went my senior year in high school and four years of college there and it changed my life. I found a square foot of universe that belonged to me and I belonged to it. Oh my God, the people I met! My peers!

I was in my early twenties and I found a scrapbook in the attic of our home. It was poetry, written by Woodrow Mann, Jr. It had been cut out of the News and Observer and pasted into this scrap book. I read it and was awfully impressed by it; it really struck a chord with me. I think it was one of the reasons that I started writing. I wrote poetry and short stories and whatever. I would collect poems. Some of my friends read my poems and said I should get them published, so long story short, I got them published and they became The Lovers Guide to the Outer Banks. It became a top seller from Virginia Beach all the way down into Florida. My sister did the art work. We traveled and did readings and book signings.

It was amazing! All because I had read the poetry of Woodrow Mann, Jr. that day in the attic.

For some reason after that, the subject of writing came up, and my mom was curious to know what motivated me, what had gotten me interested. I said, “You probably know this but there’s a scrapbook somewhere around here with the poetry of Woodrow Mann, Jr.” She said, “That’s what got your interested? Son, that was your father’s pen name. He wrote those poems. The News and Observer used to publish a poem of the week and your dad would send his in. He didn’t want anyone to know he was writing poetry, so he made up the pen name Woodrow Mann.” I was stunned. His influence was very strong in my life even though I lost him at such a young age. B!

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The 2014 North Carolina Awards

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n June 22, 1961, the General Assembly established the North Carolina Awards, the highest civilian honor the State of North Carolina can bestow. The first medals were awarded in 1964 to five recipients. Up to six awards may be presented each year. Since its inception, more than 250 notable men and women have been honored by the state of North Carolina. Past recipients include Andy Griffith, Maya Angelou, Branford Marsalis, Dean Smith, Frank Daniels, Jr., James Taylor, Charlie Rose, Bob Timberlake, and David Brinkley. The North Carolina Award medals were designed by the sculptor Paul Manship, one of his last commissions before his death in 1966 at the age of 81. Nominations may be submitted by anyone, with final decisions made by the NC Awards Committee, comprised of five gubanatorial appointees. The 2014 North Carolina Awards Gala was held Thursday, November 13 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center in Durham and honored five recipients for this year’s NC Awards. The NC Department of Cultural Resources administers the award program. Learn more at www.ncdcr.gov/NCAwards.aspx. Photos by Karen Diaz and NCDCR staff

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2014 NC Award winners with Governor Pat McCrory (left to right): Betsy Bennett for Public Service, Robert A. Ingram for Public Service, Lenard D. Moore for Literature, Dr. Jagdish “Jay” Narayan for Science, Alan Shapiro for Literature, and Ira David Wood III for Fine Arts. For a bio of each recipient, visit www.ncdcr.gov/NCAwards.aspx

Our publisher Crash Gregg with Miss NC, Beth Stovall

1999 NC Award winner (Public Service) Frank Daniels, Jr. with Liza and Lee Roberts, Julia Daniels

Dr. Joseph Pagano, Jody Pagano, Dr. Myron Cohen

Event MC Dr. Kevin Cherry

Current and previous NC Award winners

NCSU Chancellor Dr. Randy Woodson, Dr. Jay Narayan, Nancy Monteith, Ratna Narayan, Dr. Larry Monteith

Governor Pat McCrory and NC Awards sponsors

with her death by writing and illustrating the Raggedy Ann Stories.

Mr. Potato Head

Mr. Potato Head, created in 1950 by George Lerner, was the first toy ever advertised on television. Lerner’s initial idea was to create plastic pieces that could be pressed into various foods—a literal way to play with your food. As with Lerner’s idea, Mr. Potato Head evolved over time and in response to anti-smoking campaigns, he retired his signature pipe in 1987.

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among their regular products. Customers visited rowing up, each of us had a favorite toy Briggs Hardware to purchase toys along with that entertained us for hours and engaged hardware supplies, and Hudson Belk on Fayetteville our imaginations in fun and exciting ways.

Street also attracted consumers with its toys. By the Prior to the 1900s—with the exception of the upper 1950s and 1960s, shopping extended outside the city class—most families and children made their own to growing developments such as Cameron Village. toys. With the shift towards mass industrialization So what were some of the most popular toys of and changing attitudes about the importance of the 1900s? Here are a few that are still popular today: childhood, toys quickly became an important consumer item in local businesses.

At the turn of the 20th century, Raggedy Ann several stores in Raleigh sold toys.

In 1906, a young girl named MarJ.D. Riggan Company, located at 132 cella found a worn rag doll in her Fayetteville Street, is considered grandmother’s attic. Her father, the city’s first official toy store.

Johnny Gruelle, a newspaper carAccording to a 1901 advertisement toonist and illustrator, helped his in The Morning Post, J.D. Riggan daughter revive the old doll by claimed to have the largest stock patching it and painting a new face of toys, candy and china in North with a distinctive triangular nose.

Carolina. Several years later, Mrs. They named the doll Raggedy Ann Medlin and Co. also opened a after two characters: “The Raggedy toy store. Initially, the two stores Man” and “Little Orphan Annie” competed, but by 1913, the stores from two of their favorite poems had merged into Toyland at 8-10

by James Witcomb Riley. Gruelle E. Hargett Street, and in 1919, introduced Raggedy Ann into his expanded into a second location at comic strip and eventually went 131 Fayetteville Street. on to sell the doll. When Marcella Hudson Belk, ca 1940s Other businesses included toys died of smallpox, Gruelle coped (courtesy of the Raleigh City Museum)

In 1927, Eduard Haas III of Austria created a peppermint flavored brick-shaped candy. (Peppermint in German is “pfefferminz”; the name was shortened to Pez.) Pez became a popular substitute for smoking, and knowing this, Haas created a dispenser similar to a cigarette lighter that could be opened with one hand to release the mint. When Pez came to United States in 1952, Americans did not immediately adopt Haas’ idea. Haas changed the formula to have a fruit flavor and manufactured the tablets in colors. Eventually he decided to market Pez as a children’s product and modified the dispensers into fun characters such as Mickey Mouse and Popeye. B!

Toy aisle in Briggs Hardware, ca 1961. (courtesy of the Raleigh City Museum)

Top left photo: Hudson Belk window display with toys, ca 1940s (courtesy of the Raleigh City Museum) The Raleigh City Museum is located at 220 Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh and is open from 10am-4pm Tuesday through Friday, and 1-4pm on Saturdays. Check out our newest exhibit, Abstractations: Capital City Inspirations and Observations opening October 2, 2009 in conjunction with First Friday. If you have any questions, please call 919-832-3775 or check out our website at www.raleighcitymuseum.org.

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by Jenny Litzelman

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Toying with the Past

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A CLASSIC TOUR OF SPAIN ParT II—by Greg PeTTy | PhoTos by Greg and Barbara PeTTy

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ast month in Part One of our tour of Spain, we left the reader in the beautiful city of Cordoba at the world famous Mezquita, a former Islamic mosque with an integrated Christian cathedral in its midst.

Our tour of classic Spain continues this month with Part Two as we travel to Seville and Granada.

Seville is rightly considered the cultural capital of Spain and is the location of several operas (The Barber of Seville, for example). This Andalusian jewel is both a charming medieval town and a bustling modern city with a population of over 700,000. Moorish architecture, Catholic festivals, the world’s largest gothic cathedral, and a modern shopping area are just a few of the attractions found throughout the city.

Our accommodations at the Melia Hotel were very close to the Plaza de Espana that borders one of Europe’s most beautiful parks—Maria Luisa Park. The Plaza de Espana was built for the IberoAmerican Exposition World Fair held in 1929. The Plaza building is a half crescent structure with an

inset niche on the ground level for every province of Spain, each depicting the respective area’s cultural and natural wonders in beautiful blue tile work. A canal courses through the plaza, crossed by three exquisite tile clad bridges. If you’re a movie buff, you might recognize the plaza from three Star War movies as well as Lawrence of Arabia. Be sure to bring your camera!

We moved on to take a stroll through the city’s centuries-old Santa Cruz Quarter with its delightful narrow cobblestone streets chocked full of galleries, restaurants and craft stores. This area was the Jewish Quarter from medieval times. We recommend wandering among the beautiful streets, as you never know what you might discover. We stumbled upon a small plaza that was reputed to

house the thinnest apartment house in the world.

Sandwiched between two regular sized three-story buildings was an apartment that was barely over 1 ½ meters wide!

Looming over Santa Cruz is the Giralda Bell Tower and the Seville Cathedral. We were in wonder of its enormous size as we walked from the Quarter and worked our way to the main entrance.

The Seville Cathedral is the largest gothic cathedral in the world with a surface area of 23,500 square meters! Its interior is full of treasure—literally. You’ll want to allocate at least two hours to see the main attractions, including the Giralda Bell Tower, The Choir, Main Sacristy, High Altar, and the Tomb of Christopher Columbus.

Exit the cathedral through the Orange Tree Courtyard and stroll along Sierpes Street. Even though it’s a touristy shopping area, we found a delightfully quaint family-owned tapas restaurant that refueled us for our walk to the modern shopping area of Metropol Parasol. We continued down Sierpes Street to Martin Villa and walked north

The Giralda Bell Tower is part of the Seville Cathedral, according to our guide the largest cathedral in the world.

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The Seville Bull Ring. Bull fighting was started as a training exercise for the Calvary.

about six blocks toward Plaza de la Encarnacion.

You will begin to see architect Jurgen Mayer-Hermann’s striking white wooden sculpture flowing across the avenue and the plaza. Below the plaza is an archaeologic excavation of a Roman settlement that’s definitely worth the entrance fee.

We finished our day in Seville with a leisurely stroll and window-shopping along the avenues back toward the river and Paseo de Cristobal Colon to visit the Bull Ring. We were curious to learn the origins of the sport and its place in modern Spanish society. If you have time, take the Bull Ring tour, as it’s very interesting. The last stop for our evening entertainment was at El Patio de Sevilliano near the Bull Ring for a typical Spanish meal and an exciting authentic Flamenco show. You simply cannot visit Spain without experiencing the wonder that is Flamenco. We both agreed that even though the women in their bright dresses were amazing, the men were the dance stars. We have never seen feet fly so fast!

The Court of Lions is one of the highlights at the Alhambra.

The Generalife Gardens and Palace

Driving through miles of verdant rolling hills and olive groves took us to historic Granada and one of the wonders of the world—The Alhambra and the Generalife Gardens. Granada is situated at the base of the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains with the Alhambra itself on an elevated tabletop mesa named the Red Hill. It was a defensible location built with fortifications and the palaces and gardens for the Nasrid Sultan Islamic rulers.

The founder of the Nasrid Dynasty—and the first to begin construction on the Alhambra—was Muhammad I al Ahmar who ruled from 1237 to 1273. The Nasrid Dynasty led until Ferdinand and Isabella conquered Granada in 1492. The Alhambra is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is one of the most visited monuments in the world. That means you’ll need to plan ahead to get your tickets with a designated tour time.

The architecture, engineering, art, mosaics, gardens, fountains, and water distribution systems are to put it simply—stupendous. I could write pages of description and not convey the beauty and

majesty of the Alhambra. Highlights for me were the Court of Lions, Charles V Palace and the Generalife Gardens and Palace. For a sense of the place, I invite you to read Washington Irving’s Tales of the Alhambra, inspired by his stay here in 1829.

In Granada proper, visit the Albaicine Moorish Quarter for its unique shops and restaurants. It is also the location of the Royal Chapel, the resting place of Ferdinand and Isabella and their children. We’re glad we took the time to see the tombs and the museum, which also house relics, tapestries and an art collection with works by Botticelli, Van der Weyden and others. Masses are held here daily and the Chapel is well worth the four euro admission price.

If you only have time to visit to two locations in Spain—this writer thinks that Seville and Granada should be your ticket. However, we have two more fascinating locations to share with you next month: Valencia and Barcelona. Read about them in January and then you decide which is your favorite Spanish City. B!

The Metropol Parasol

Celebrities in Town The Mysterious and Wildly Entertaining

December 2014

Blue Man Group

by April Pennell Davis | Issue cover photo by Darbe Rotach

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ounded in 1987 by Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton, the Blue Man Group delights audiences of all ages with their quirky, wildly creative, laugh out loud show. Without speech, using only experimental instruments, music, comedy and mime the troupe of Blue Men “speak” to cultural themes.

A perfect show to keep everyone from grandparents to toddlers fascinated, Blue Man performances are brilliantly choreographed. Every movement of each Blue Man show tells part of the story, one that celebrates being curious, alive and involved in being human.

A heavy dose of percussion speaks loudly throughout all of their performances but not percussion like you might be used to hearing. Think PVC pipes meets TransSiberian Orchestra, add to that a fascinating lesson on the way your eyes work and you might be getting close to the experience of a Blue Man performance. “(Blue Men) move into each moment taking fragile-to-fanatical leaps of faith that whatever seemingly crazy action they take, they’ll somehow get back on track with the mission; and by show’s end, that faith sort of magically pays off. I think it’s that oscillation between heroic knowing, innocent bewilderment and shamanic faith that gives the character a lot of its mystique,” explains Blue Man trainer, Pete Simpson.

They unabashedly address a wide

variety of topics. One such show is called Information Pollution, in which the audience is asked to choose between three simultaneous streams of information.

In the Innocence show, the Blue Men are surprised and fascinated by the sounds of modern life that most of us hear but don’t listen to anymore. The sound of a tennis ball bouncing combines with the splash of a foot in a puddle and a duck quacking to make a deep yet profoundly funny statement on American life.

In the Drum Bone show, the Blue Men happen across some PVC pipes that they quickly turn into musical instruments. The naivety with which they approach working together to create the music and the startled look when the rock band suddenly appears behind them leaves the audience rolling with laughter.

The group is also known for their generosity of spirit.

Matt Ramsey, associate director of live shows says, “In the years I’ve spent performing this character, and teaching it to others, I have realized that the essential qualities that make a great Blue Man are the same qualities that make a great human being.” This was perhaps best illustrated when they performed in Taipei, Taiwan. They were there to help promote the 2009 Summer Deaflympics when Typhoon Morakot hit the island and caused serious damage. The group stayed and performed an additional

show, donating all of the proceeds to help destitute victims of the typhoon.

The group’s continued interest in young people and music was expressed when the Blue Man Group started the Invent an Instrument National Program to inspire kids to create music in a new way. They received entries from hundreds of kids. After much deliberation, three finalists were selected. All three got to meet and talk to the Blue Men in Orlando, Florida. The first place winner, Chase Rudisill, created a Bass Guitar Drum from a five gallon paint bucket. To the delight of the audience, Chase got the opportunity to play his instrument on stage with the Blue Men in Orlando, which was filmed and posted on YouTube: www.bitly.com/blueman-chase.

The Blue Man Group is always looking for more Blue Men. These days, there are actually dozens of Blue Men and while they may all look the same to the audience, they are definitely each their own individual. They perform all over the world and even on cruise ships. Byron Estep, senior music director (and past Blue Man), says, “What I like about the casting and audition process is the diverse and interesting people I meet. They come to Blue Man from all backgrounds. I’m living proof of that.”

The original Blue Men, Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton

Of the diversity and the human connectedness, Tascha Van Auken, manager of casting and training says, “For me, the show itself is about human connection—or more specifically—our efforts at connection. The Blue Man is a sort of primal investigator in this arena, demonstrating by his own efforts just how much we all need one another. It’s encouraging to be reminded that we can each be so remarkably unique and yet so wholly a part of the same human mission.” B! The Blue Man Group will be at Memorial Auditorium, Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh, NC January 29-31, 2015.

Tickets range from $28.83 to $135.58. Visit www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/event/blue-man-group-4835 for more information.

Fly to Nashville, tour bus to Memphis, down Highway 61 through Clarksdale and Greenwood, finish in New Orleans, fly back to RDU

TOP CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Juke Joint Festival, Johnny Cash Museum, Country Music Hall of Fame, Little Zion Church (from The Help), Court of Two Sisters.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS • Nashville: Studio B Tour, Country Music Hall of Fame, Johnny Cash Museum, Dinner and Johnny Cash Experience concert at BB King’s restaurant • Memphis: Dinner/music at King’s Palace, Rock ‘N Soul Museum, Gibson Guitar Factory Tour, Sun Studio Tour • Highway 61 Mississippi Tour: Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Delta Blues Tour in Greenwood including locations from The Help movie, and a southern lunch • New Orleans: Brunch at The Court of the Two Sisters, Preservation Hall Concert, New Orleans City Tour, farewell dinner at NOLA Eight breakfasts, two lunches, three dinners

$1,900 Per Person, Double Occupancy Includes Airfare From RDU, land transport, tax and fuel surcharges,

baggage handling (where available), and all sponsored entrance fees and concerts. Single supplement: $450 Information Session, Thursday December 11, 6:30pm Email Greg: greg@boomnc.com to reserve your space or for more information.

Greece: In the Footsteps of Paul the Apostle Departs May 13, 2015 Eleven Days, Twenty Meals

Highlights: Athens • Taverna Dinner Show • Three-Night Cruise Mykonos • Ephesus • Patmos • Heraklion • Santorini • Thessaloniki • Kavala * Philippi • Kalambaka • Meteora Dehphi • Corinth • Acropolis

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Delphi, Santorini, Ephesus

Retrace the missionary journey of the Apostle Paul with a three-night cruise through the Greek islands included.

$3,979 Per Person, Double Occupancy Single supplement: $500

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September 26, 2015 • Eight Days, Eleven Meals

$2,649 Information Session March 12, 6:30pm in Cary. Email Barbara: Per Person, Double Occupancy Single Supplement $850.00

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Where Do You Want to Go?

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by Anne BarringTon, RN, CerTified HealTh Coach

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holiday survival guide

the kindest way possible, and you might find that the truth may set you free.

I am alone/lonely

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he holiday season is filled with things I love: time with family and friends, giving and receiving gifts, charity, cooking, shopping, decorating, and dressing up. However, it seems every year, the joys of the season get overshadowed by the stress of trying to do it all, and I end up an exhausted mess, promising that next year will be different. After several years of this, I have decided that for me, less is more. We all differ on what holds meaning and value for the season and creating your own authentic holiday survival guide can take a bit of investigative work.

You might start the process by naming the places that leave you feeling squeezed.

I don’t have enough time

Because finding time for the holidays can be a huge stressor, organization is critical. Ask yourself: What do I really appreciate about the holiday? Then prioritize those aspects. If decorating or cooking is not your thing, then minimize or delegate what you can, and focus on what brings you joy. Making lists ahead of time, shopping online, ordering food, and scheduling important tasks and events early, can be lifesavers. Getting your house professionally cleaned, or having food prepared, may be a great present to yourself.

I don’t have enough money

The pressure to buy gifts, be charitable, decorate the house, feast, and look fabulous, can take its toll on anybody’s budget. Here, limit-setting is important. Decide well in advance what you can realistically afford. Then have conversations with

anyone else involved. You may suggest keeping gifts under a certain amount this year, or changing the way you exchange gifts. In my family, we give presents to the children, while every adult brings one present that we share “White Elephant” style (also known as the Gift Exchange Game). This costs very little and brings lots of laughter and fun.

Food can be pot-luck style, and decorations can involve homemade ornaments, branches, leaves and berries from nature. Cookie exchange or ornament exchange parties can offer social interaction at minimal cost.

I don’t like my relatives/in-laws

Too much togetherness can be a stressful thing, turning an otherwise happy occasion into a grueling endurance test. Again, limit-setting is imperative. Decide ahead of time what you are willing to tolerate and talk openly with those involved. You may decide that the extended family gathering is not for you, and start a new, more low-key tradition. Or you may take turns keeping Aunt Doris occupied for damage control. Try being honest in

Whether you are an introverted loner, you burned your bridges, just moved to town or lost your partner to divorce or illness; you may feel lonely during the holiday. Finding other people who are also alone can make for great sharing. Giving time to a charity and serving those less fortunate can offer a great sense of purpose, while a solitary vacation or some pampering can be just the ticket for a recluse. Let go of the idea that holiday togetherness is the only way to celebrate and create your own schedule; read the book you never found the time for, help out at an animal shelter… In other words, do what makes you feel good and what gives meaning to your life.

I will gain weight

Holiday feasting is great on the taste buds, but not so great for your figure. For me, just the thought of holiday temptations will cause weight gain. My advice: make sure you don’t get too hungry before a party or event. Bring a healthy dish to load up on while nibbling on calorie dense foods. Focus on fresh ingredients, google healthy holiday recipes or tweak your own favorite recipes. Emphasize great conversation instead of tempting treats. Plan short bouts of exercise, ten minutes three times per day may be more doable than one long workout. Limit extended time around a tempting table by planning after meal activities that include movement: a walk after dinner or a hike after lunch.

Whatever you do to manage your holiday, just remember the metaphor about the oxygen mask in an airplane. You have to put the mask on yourself before you assist other passengers because if you can’t breathe, you can’t help anyone else. If you’re stressed and irritable, you can’t create the kind of holiday atmosphere you desire for yourself and your family. So take a deep breath and plan your own holiday survival guide today. It will be uniquely yours, and both you and your holiday will be so much better for it! I wish you a happy, healthy holiday! 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. She can be contacted at annebarrington619@gmail.com with more information at www.annemaritwellness.com.

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BOOM! Around Town in the Triangle

Photos above are from the Tryon Palace Gala held at the home of Julia and Frank Daniels III. Tryon Palace was completed in 1770 in New Bern and was the state’s first capital. Tryon Palace’s mission is to engage current and future generations with the history of NC. Learn more at www.tryonpalace.org. Photos, left to right: Host Julia Daniels, Tryon Palace Commission members; Yvette Briggs-Fisher & host Frank Daniels III; Cultural Resources Secretary Susan Kluttz; Revolutionary era musicians. Photos by Craig Ramey

The photos above were taken at the Grand opening of City Club Raleigh, the merger of the City Club and the Cardinal Club, both owned by ClubCorp. The opening took place after a $3M renovation to the space located on the 28th and 29th floors of the Wells Fargo building. Photos by Karen Diaz. More info at www.CityClubRaleigh.com

Stewart Gregg (left) receiving the Forester of the Year Award from NC Forestry Assn. President Ray Allen

Bill Leslie of WRAL TV5 interviewing Larry Dean and Gerald Davis before their show at the new North Hills Commons

Charlene Newsom (Gallery C owner) and Bre Crowell (artist) at a recent exhibit opening at Gallery C in downtown Raleigh

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Photos above are from the recent Superkids benefit at the State Farmers Market Restaurant. Founded by Rufus Edmisten, the Extra Special Super Kids Scholarship program helps provide children the development and education they need during high school and college to create a foundation of independence and success. Learn more at www.specialsuperkids.com.

Photos, left to right: Rufus Edmisten with singing group, The Hall Sisters; Judge Paul Holcombe and Mike Robinson; Penny, Marian and Pam keeping the event running smoothly.

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“Justice, Justice, You Shall Pursue”

Find Your Yin

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~ Deuteronomy 16:20

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turned 50 this year. I didn’t think it would be a big deal, and really it’s not so much (no, really), but it did bring recognition of the important stuff that is starting to wear down. The knees ache a bit more after my run (there always seems to be something aching), I can’t read the menu when we go out to eat (have restaurants always been this dark and I just never noticed?), and prostate health moved up into my top 10 list.

But…turning 50 has its positive side as well. It has also come with a renewed appreciation for life and a realization of how truly blessed I am. I have a wonderful family, good friends, and a job that more than meets our needs. With this newfound appreciation, I’ve also become very aware of the importance of balance in my life.

You’ve seen “them.” Maybe you are one of them. I’m talking about those people who live for their job (or anything else obsessively) at the expense of family, friends and health. But am I one of them?

The too frequent result of this imbalance is an unhealthily prevalent in our society.

Heart disease kills over 600,000 people a year in the U.S, depression affects over 19 million Americans per year, and over 25% of marriages end in divorce. I don’t want to be included in those statistics. My kids are growing up too fast, my wife and I are in the prime of our relationship, and

and improvement in concentration that extends beyond my training and into my work and personal life.

Early in my training, one of the instructors spoke about the importance of opposing forces—the Yin and Yang— affecting strength and physical balance in our techniques. The concept of Yin and Yang is about balance; forces that complement each other and cannot exist without one another. Since that time I’ve thought about the Yin and Yang in relation to my experience and about the physical and mental balance that Taekwondo has helped bring to my life. More important is the balance that Taekwondo has helped promote within my family, and my personal and work lives. Maintaining this balance can be difficult but is critical to our physical, mental and social health. Give too much or too little attention to any one life is just too short. So what should you area and they all suffer. I’ve come to recdo about it? ognize the importance and benefits to my Six years ago when my youngest son family and to myself of making the time Jacob was 5, my wife and I set out to find each week to work on balance in my life. a good structured activity to keep him healthy, teach him to focus, and build his confidence. After some research we settled on Taekwondo, a widely popular Korean martial art that focuses on mental and physical focus, self-defense, sport, and exercise. Then came the question, “Will you go with me Dad?” Well, of course I did…and I liked it!

Fast-forward six years. I’ll be testing for my second-degree black belt this month.

So lately, I’ve been reflecting on the impact that Taekwondo has had on my life.

Find a Yin to your Yang (or Yang to The most visible and measurable ben- your Yin). If it’s Taekwondo, look for a efits have been physical. I started this school that has a variety of class times and journey in what I thought was pretty good options (like adult only classes). If martial shape for an “old guy.” I started running arts is not your thing, find something that to stay in shape when I was in my thir- is your thing: yoga, golf, swimming, runties, and have stuck with it pretty well ning, anything to help you find balance. over the years. When I started to prac- Whatever you choose, stick with it; and tice Taekwondo, I found that the regular remember you are never too old to start cross training and variety of activities something new!

B! I experienced in our training had a significant effect. I lost over 30 pounds, my Top lefT phoTo: Author Phillip Godwin breaks a blood pressure decreased, my stamina board during his Taekwondo class. increased, and I am much more flexible Phillip Godwin is a fifty-something IT director who than when I began. Less visible, but more lives in the triangle with his wife Allison; sons Chris, important to me are the mental benefits. Josh, and Jacob; daughter Kaitlyn, and best friend Over the past two years of training, I’ve Finley. He trains in Taekwondo and Hapkido at experienced an increase in confidence White Tiger Taekwondo and Martial Arts in Cary.

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Long-Term Care Insurance Options

by Gerald Townsend, CPA

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ill you one day incur expenses relating to your long-term care? Of course, no one knows, but here are a few statistics from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners: • Life expectancy after age 65 is now 18.6 years vs. just 13 extra years for a 65-year old in 1940. The longer people live, the greater the chance they’ll need help due to chronic conditions.

• About 70% of people who reach age 65 are expected to need some form of long-term care at least once in their lifetime.

• Around 11 million Americans of all ages require longterm care, but only 1.4 million live in nursing homes.

• About 35% of people who reach age 65 are expected to enter a nursing home at least once in their lifetime.

Of those who are in a nursing home, the average stay is a year.

• From 2015 to 2055, the number of people aged 85 and older will almost triple from over six million to over 18 million. This growth is certain to lead to an increase in the number of people who need long-term care.

So, while you may never have to pay any expenses relating to long-term care (LTC), the odds are high that you probably will.

People shopping for long-term care insurance policies have two categories to choose from: traditional policies or hybrid policies.

Traditional LTC Policies

With traditional long-term care policies you choose your benefit amount (e.g. $200/day); your benefit period (e.g. 5 years); your elimination period (e.g. 180 days); and whether you want to include extras such as inflation protection.

Traditional policies offer the ability to customize your insurance to match your financial and family situation.

However, traditional polices also have some hurdles that purchasers must deal with, such as:

• Use it or Lose it—Since they may never need to use their long-term care policy, consumers may feel they are wasting their money. While policies do offer a “return of premium” rider (refunds some or your entire premium if policy benefits are not used), this is an expensive rider and seldom elected. Of course, we also buy insurance on our cars and homes and hope we never get in a wreck or that our house burns down—nevertheless, this is a mental block for many consumers.

• Future Premium Price Increases—Your long-term care premium is not locked in for your lifetime, as many consumers have discovered. Premiums can and will jump up as insurance companies deal with escalating claims and lower lapse rates than anticipated.

Hybrid LTC Policies

Hybrid policies use a life insurance policy or annuity contract and incorporate long-term care benefits into these policies. Long-term care benefits paid out of a LTC Hybrid Life policy are a form of an accelerated death benefit and therefore reduce the future death benefit of the policy. These policies overcome the concerns of “use it or lose it” and future premium price increases of traditional policies. Because of this, many consumers find the hybrid policies to be more palatable. In addition, people with existing life policies with substantial cash value may be interested in the ability to exchange the cash in an old life policy into a hybrid policy.

While hybrid policies may certainly fit the need for some consumers, they also have downsides. They are not as flexible or customizable as traditional policies and also don’t provide for any future inflation protection. My suggestion to someone considering the purchase of a longterm care policy is to get quotes and compare both these alternatives and fully understand the pros and cons of both approaches. B! Gerald A. Townsend, CPA/PFS/ABV, CFP , CFA , CMT is president of Townsend Asset Management Corp., a registered investment advisory firm and can be reached at Gerald@AssetMgr.com.

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December Calendar by Luan Harmeson Health Related

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Cornucopia Cancer Support Center sponsors events and resources to support those journeying with cancer. www.cancersupport4u.org, or call 919.401.9333 for details.

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New Year’s Eve Vienna and Tony Desare WED, DEC 31, 2014 | 8PM

MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL, RALEIGH

Ring in the New Year with beautiful melodies from Vienna, along with Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter and more with pianist Tony DeSare.

Rhapsody in Blue

THUR, JAN 8, 2015 | 7:30PM

MEMORIAL HALL, UNC-CHAPEL HILL

FRI/SAT, JAN 9-10, 2015 | 8PM MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL, RALEIGH

The American Red Cross, Central North Carolina Chapter continues its need for blood donations. take an hour of time to save a life. for triangle locations and schedules: 1.800.448.3543 or www.givelife.org.

Duke Regional Hospital offers monthly events that include: look good feel Better; Weight loss surgery support group; and stroke support group. for meeting dates, times, and information: www.dukeregional.org/events.

Lupus Foundation Support Group, 6:30-8pm, Waters edge office Park conference room, 4917 Waters edge Drive, suite 250, raleigh. this group meets the fourth thursday of each month. also available is a monthly teleconference series. info: www.lupusnc.org or 877.849.8271.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a nonprofit weight loss support program that welcomes all. Meetings are weekly throughout Nc. first session is free. for dates, times, and locations: 919.621.3613 or www.tops.org.

Cary Rotary Clubs present the Memory Café, 4:30-6pm, third tuesday of each month, cary senior center, 120 Maury odell Place, cary. a fun, safe and welcoming place for guests with alzheimer’s and/or dementia and their caregivers. free and offers fellowship, dinner, music and dancing. reservations are required. info: 919.233.0075

Resources Artspace, a non-profit visual art center in downtown raleigh, offers educational opportunities for a range of skill levels and ages. offering fun classes for all ages and skill levels is one of artspace’s main goals. for details and the complete list of all classes, visit www. artspacenc.org/classes-education. to register, interested participants should contact artspace at 919.821.2787.

Louis and Ella, All That Jazz

FRI/SAT, JAN 16-17, 2015 | 8PM

MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL, RALEIGH

Pay tribute to Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald with the blazing brass of Byron Stripling and the sultry voice of Marva Hicks.

Seats selling fast — Buy now! ncsymphony.org | 919.733.2750

See participating sponsors at ncsymphony.org/contribute

Triangle Singles Dance Club has weekly dances, 8:30-11pm, Northbrook country club, 4905 North hills Dr, raleigh. a singles, 40+ social club. info: www.trianglesinglesclub.com.

Fun Night Square Dance, 7-9:30pm, first Baptist church, 99 North salisbury street, raleigh. anyone can come. it doesn’t matter whether they have ever square danced before or not. come and bring some friends and/or family and join in the fun. hosted by triangle square Dance alliance. for dates and info: www.trianglesquaredance.org.

The Newcomers Club of Raleigh meets for coffee the first friday of each month, 10am12pm, JJ crowder Masonic lodge, 9920 falls of Neuse rd, raleigh. learn more about the

organization’s diverse interest groups and events. info: www.newcomersclubraleigh.org.

Arts Access, Inc., a non-profit organization whose mission is to make the arts accessible for people with disabilities, provides audio-described performances. for a listing of performances, dates, and information: www.artsaccessinc.org.

Second Journey, an aging in community organization, featuring events for the second half of life. Watch their website for upcoming events, film series, and seminars. Watch for dates and topics for upcoming conversations at the library series. for dates, times, and information: www.secondjourney.org.

Gather, 111 W. chatham st, Downtown cary, wants readers to know about their craft, gardening, food and business classes. lead by local entrepreneurs, gather strives to fill a void in the community by offering successful niche business classes for new and small business owners. also includes a boutique area and tea/coffee shop. for a complete listing of their classes and info: www.gathernc.com.

The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre, 405 s.

Brooks st, Wake forest, is pleased to announce its schedule of classes and workshops. class offerings cover a range of media with an accomplished artist-instructor teaching each class. to view the entire arts Program: www. wakeforestnc.gov/classes-workshops.aspx.

The Durham Garden Forum, meets in an informal group the 3 tuesday of each month, 6:308pm, sarah P. Duke gardens, Durham, to enrich gardening knowledge and skill. local experts are invited to speak about topics of interest. December features container gardening around the World. info: www.gardens.duke.edu. rd

Volunteers RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) of Durham County has opportunities for people 55 years of age and over who are eager to use their skills to serve the area near them. rsVP staff interviews volunteers and match them to opportunities available through one of many local agencies registered with rsVP for recruitment assistance. current volunteerism is needed in: tax Preparers; greeters; helping preserve history; delivering meals to shut-ins; healthy futures for older adults; providing hospitality for international visitors; consulting services to nonprofits; tutors for elementary students; working with young adults to pass the geD test; and a hospital auxiliary in the gift shop and more. to learn more about these or other opportunities, contact the rsVP agency in your county or go online to find an upcoming Volunteer information session. Durham co rsVP 919.536.7247 or rsvpdurhamnc@durhamtech.edu.

The Volunteer Center of Durham serves the triangle area and works toward connecting volunteers with area non-profits. they offer a

new online volunteer matching system called handsontriangle. they represent over 700 nonprofits and all their services are free. for a full list of their volunteer needs, and information: 919.613.5105 or www.handsontriangle.org.

Dec 5-20 Cinderella Holiday Musical, raleigh little theatre, 301 Pogue st, raleigh. this musical comedy is a holiday sugarplum for the whole family. info: 919.821.3111 or www.raleighlittletheatre.org.

Orange County seeking volunteers for 2014 tax season. assist low- to middle-income clients with preparing their tax returns. Vita is a free irs service offered at sites in orange and chatham counties. the last orientation session takes place Dec 4, 9-11am, seymour center, chapel hill. info: 919.245.4240 or www.orangecountync.gov.

Dec 5-21 Seussical The Musical, North

The Museum of Life & Science, 433 W. Murray ave, Durham, is pleased to announce its December special activities highlighted by santa train; holiday Make it take it in the lab; holiday Maker Workshop; and more. for a complete schedule, dates, times and information: 919.220.5429 or www.ncmls.org.

The NC Museum of Art, 2110 Blue ridge rd, raleigh, has continuous monthly activities and events for children and families such as Weekend family-friendly tours; What’s in the Box; and family fun saturdays. for a complete listing of event details: www.ncartmuseum.org.

Marbles Kids Museum & IMAX Theatre, 201 e. hargett st, raleigh, offers special December events and activities for children highlighted by an evening with elves; and gingerbread Jamboree. their monthly calendar events includes weekly, continuing activities of: Move & groove; Makeshop; artrageous; energy innovators; garden sprouts; science solvers; and story explorers. the iMaX 3D theater also has a calendar of movies. for a complete listing of activities, dates, and information: 919.834.4040 or www.marbleskidsmuseum.org.

Flix4Kidz, 10am, second Monday of each month, Wake forest renaissance center, 405 s. Brooks st, Wake forest. free family-friendly movie showings. Will show only g or Pgrated children’s and family films. concessions, including popcorn and soft drinks, will be available for purchase. info: 919.435.9428 or www.wakeforestnc.gov.

Wake County Public Library System continues their programs for children to incorporate every child ready to succeed. their goal is to educate parents and caregivers on the skills they can use at home to help prepare children for success in school. the library system offers nearly 150 weekly programs for children. for programs, dates, times, locations, and information: www.wakegov.com/libraries/events.

Dec 4 Downtown Sleigh Rides, 6-8pm, 120

s. Main st, fuquay-Varina. free rides are provided on the evening of the town’s christmas tree lighting. info: www.fuquay-varinadowntown.com.

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phony Orchestra & Hillandale Children’s Choir, 7pm, Durham armory, Durham. info: 919.491.6576 or www.durhamsymphony.org.

Dec 6 Meet Cookie Book Event, 10am-

1pm, the story tellers Bookstore, 158 south White st, Wake forest. featuring author Paula snyder and illustrator Mac Mccord. a puppet show has been created around the illustrated song/book. come for live music & puppet fun during their book-signing. info: 919.787.7615 or www.pcsnydermusic.com.

Dec 6 Our Christmas Gift presented by Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, 7:30pm, Jones auditorium, Meredith college, raleigh. side by side holiday performance with area school string programs. info: 919.546.9755 or www.raleighsymphony.org.

Dec 6-7 & Dec 19-28 The Nutcracker with the Carolina Ballet, Memorial hall, uNc-chapel hill (6-7), and DecPa, raleigh (19-28). info: 919.719.0800 or www.carolinaballet.com.

Dec 10-14 Disney on Ice Presents Frozen, PNc arena, raleigh. info: www.thepncarena.com.

Through Dec 24 Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer, DecPa, raleigh. info: 919.831.6060 or www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com.

Activities for Adults NC Museum of History, raleigh, offers interesting December programs, concerts, exhibits and activities highlighted by starring North carolina celebration, the first major exhibition about Nc’s movies and television shows with interactive components and more. through May 2015 visit free Bluegrass exhibit with performances, programs, and jam sessions. for schedules and information: 919.807.7900 or www.ncdcr.gov.

The NC Museum of Art, 2110 Blue ridge rd, raleigh, has December exhibits and events highlighted by their sacred Motherhood: Mother and child representations from the Permanent collection through Dec 7; line, touch, trace exhibit through March 8, 2015; Private eye Photography collection through March 22, 2015; small treasures exhibit through Jan 4, 2015. the museum offers art in the evening; art+cuisine; lectures, classes, book clubs, and discussion groups. for dates, times and information: 919.839.6262 or www.ncartmuseum.org. continued on page 20

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Dec 6 A Colonial Christmas, 11am-4pm, Joel lane Museum house, 728 W. hargett st, raleigh. come visit the very different way in which colonists celebrated the christmas holiday. event features demonstrations, reenactors, live music, games and more. info: 919.833.3431 or wwww.joellane.org.

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The Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts (DECPA), raleigh, has December performances that include: handel’s Messiah; a christmas carol; under the streetlamp; and the Nutcracker. for a complete listing of events, dates, times, and information: 919.831.6060 or www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com.

The Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC), 123 Vivian st, Durham, hosts performances in December of Mannheim steamroller christmas; anthony hamilton home for the holidays; Joe Bonamassa; John oliver; Kenny g; annie; and a christmas carol. for dates, times, tickets and information: 919.688.3722 or www.dpacnc.com.

The Carolina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan st, Durham, wants readers to attend December’s performances of Nnenna freelon & John Brown Big Band christmas; Dwight yoakam; David Benoit christmas tribute to charlie Brown, the Nutcracker; a christmas carol; sweet honey in the rock; and more. for a complete list of performances, dates, times, tickets, and information: 919.560.3030 or www.carolinatheatre.org.

The ArtsCenter, 300g e. Main st, carrboro, has December performances and events highlighted by Bluegrass Jam; all is calm: the christmas truce; elf fair 2014; No shame theatre; and more. for a complete calendar of events, dates, times, and information: 919.929.2787 or www.artscenterlive.org.

Carolina Performing Arts, uNc-chapel hill, continues their season in December with the Nutcracker, and Jazz for the holidays with NcJro. for a complete listing of performances, dates, times, and information: 919.843.3333 or www.unc.edu/performingarts.

Duke Performances, Duke university, Durham, have a season full of performances that for December continues with Pablo Ziegler Quartet; Brad Mehldau trio; New york Polyphony; and st. lawrence string Quartet. for a complete schedule of dates, times, locations, tickets and information: 919.660.3356 or www.dukeperformances.org.

Meredith College’s Performing Arts, raleigh, hosts December performances of octavia concert; rso holiday concert; Winterfest; and ccgc holiday concert. check their calendar too for faculty and graduation recitals. for dates, times, and information: 919.760.2840.

The North Carolina Symphony will continue their triangle 2014-2015 season in December with soundbites at the Pub; handel’s Messiah; a classical christmas; holiday Pops; a Pink Martini christmas; and New year’s eve with tony Desare. for dates, times, locations, tickets and information: 919.733.2750 or www. ncsymphony.org.

The Triangle Brass Band presents December performances around the triangle. they include: Brassmas; originals!; and holiday favorites. for dates, times, and information: www.trianglebrass.org.

The Town of Cary and Cary Arts Center performances continue. also check the town of cary’s website for class offerings and art exhibitions. December brings it’s a Wonderful life radio Play; triangle Wind ensemble concert; holiday Pops and handel’s Messiah Part 1 with the concert singers of cary; and a Mini Very cary christmas. for a complete listing of events, dates, locations, and information: 919.460.4965 or www.townofcary.org.

The Town of Apex and Halle Cultural Arts Center, 237 N. salem st, apex, presents December events of infinity Ballet the Nutcracker; the santa claus chronicles; and handel’s Messiah Part 1 with concert singers of cary. for dates and information: 919.249.1120 or www.thehalle.org or www.apexdowntown.com.

Holly Springs Cultural Center, 300 W. Ballentine st, holly springs, wants readers to attend their December events of rudolph 11: season in song; cool by the fire; and Dawn Day’s tribute to Karen carpenter. info: 919.567.4000 or www.hollyspringsnc.us.

The Arts Council of Moore County welcomes December with events highlighted by christmas with the embers; and Moore county choral society holiday concert. the sunrise theater in southern Pines has performances of acMc classical concert series. for dates, times, locations, and information: 910.692.2787 or www.mooreart.org.

Temple Theatre, 120 carthage st, sanford, wants readers to know about their christmas season list of performances that include: the sanders family christmas; and tommy edwards & the Bluegrass experience. for dates, times, and information: 919.774.4155 or www.templeshows.com.

PNC Arena, raleigh, presents a December full of events. Visit their website for information about the Black Keys; Disney on ice presents frozen; and the avett Brothers. info: www.thepncarena.com.

The NC State Fairgrounds, raleigh, welcomes December with events of the scandinavian christmas fair, and christmas county fair. for dates, times, and information: 919.821.7400 or www.ncstatefair.org.

Dance Seen: First Friday Gallery Walks take place the first friday of each month at arts together, 114 st. Mary’s st, raleigh. event features the even exchange Dance theatre. free and open to the public. for time and information: 919.828.2377 or www.evenexchange.com.

The Met: Live in HD Series, crossroads stadium in cary, Brier creek stadium in raleigh, and North hills stadium in raleigh. through april 2015, live performance transmissions to area cinemas. December brings Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg. for dates, times, and information: www.fathomevents.com or www.metopera.org/hdlive.

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Dec 5-21 Seussical The Musical, North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre, Greystone Village Shopping Center, 7713 Leadmine Rd, Raleigh. Info: 919.866.0228 or www.nract.org.

Dec 6 A Colonial Christmas, 11am-4pm,

Joel Lane Museum House, 728 W. Hargett St, Raleigh. Come visit the very different way in which colonists celebrated the Christmas holiday. Event features demonstrations, reenactors, live music, games and more. Info: 919.833.3431 or wwww.joellane.org.

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Dec 6-7 & Dec 19-28 The Nutcracker with the Carolina Ballet, Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill (6-7), and DECPA, Raleigh (19-28). Info: 919.719.0800 or www.carolinaballet.com.

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