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Highlighted Events
Porgy and Bess
April 14, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Triangle FAAA Attendees can save $15 off tickets!*
With this special discount, you can get seats for just $26.91!
Porgy and Bess, premiered in 1935 and is considered to be an operatic masterpiece. It focuses on the joys and struggles of an African American neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 20th century. The overall combination of music, word, and idea among a complex blend of Americana make this a unique and impactful performance.
Tickets sales for Porgy and Bess are breaking records!
It will soon sell out! Get your seats today!
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
2 E South St, Raleigh, NC 27601
www.ncopera.org
*The $15 off discount is valid on select seats in Price Zones 2-5 for the Friday evening performance only and cannot be combined with any other offer. Not valid on previously purchased tickets. Additional taxes and fees may apply. To access the discount, you must click on the button below or call the NC Opera Box Office directly at 919-792-3853 and mention the TFAAA offer.
April 14, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Triangle FAAA Attendees can save $15 off tickets!*
With this special discount, you can get seats for just $26.91!
Porgy and Bess, premiered in 1935 and is considered to be an operatic masterpiece. It focuses on the joys and struggles of an African American neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 20th century. The overall combination of music, word, and idea among a complex blend of Americana make this a unique and impactful performance.
Tickets sales for Porgy and Bess are breaking records!
It will soon sell out! Get your seats today!
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
2 E South St, Raleigh, NC 27601
www.ncopera.org
*The $15 off discount is valid on select seats in Price Zones 2-5 for the Friday evening performance only and cannot be combined with any other offer. Not valid on previously purchased tickets. Additional taxes and fees may apply. To access the discount, you must click on the button below or call the NC Opera Box Office directly at 919-792-3853 and mention the TFAAA offer.
Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South
April 21. 2023 - July 2, 2023
Including forty-four works by twenty-eight artists – largely drawn from the Ackland’s permanent collection — Unsettled Things: Art from an African American South explores works by makers from the southern United States, long overlooked and now considered major artists, including Thornton Dial, Lonnie B. Holley, Nellie Mae Rowe, and Mose Tolliver, through three themes: Life, Spirit, and Matter. The themes emerge from recurring threads in the works’ subject matter, from shared approaches to choosing and applying materials, and from the artists’ own accounts of their ideas, efforts, and struggles.
Ackland Art Museum
The University of North Carolina
101 S. Columbia St
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
(919) 966-5736
ackland.org
A Celebration of African American Art in Song
June 4 at 2 PM
This special concert draws inspiration from selected works of African American art at the NC Museum of Art as well as two powerful exhibitions, Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design and Michael Richards: Are You Down?. There will be a diverse mix of music including African American spirituals, blues and R&B. After the performance, attendees can visit the exhibitions and take a self-guided tour of African American art at the Museum. Admission is $17.
Performer
Tenor Corey Leak started his professional career as a member of the prestigious Boys Choir of Harlem and has performed with the North Carolina Symphony, New York Philharmonic, and Boston Symphony, as well as for NC Governors Perdue and Cooper.
Art Exhibitions
Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design - Academy Award–winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter has created pieces for films such as Black Panther, Malcom X, Selma, and Do the Right Thing. Her art adds dimensionality, flair, and culture to the characters she envisions, giving power to the incredible actors who wear her designs.
Michael Richards: Are You Down? - Michael Richards' visionary sculptures and drawings engage Blackness, flight, diaspora, spirituality, police brutality, and monuments in his largest retrospective to date.
North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 839-6262
www.ncartmuseum.org
June 4 at 2 PM
This special concert draws inspiration from selected works of African American art at the NC Museum of Art as well as two powerful exhibitions, Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design and Michael Richards: Are You Down?. There will be a diverse mix of music including African American spirituals, blues and R&B. After the performance, attendees can visit the exhibitions and take a self-guided tour of African American art at the Museum. Admission is $17.
Performer
Tenor Corey Leak started his professional career as a member of the prestigious Boys Choir of Harlem and has performed with the North Carolina Symphony, New York Philharmonic, and Boston Symphony, as well as for NC Governors Perdue and Cooper.
Art Exhibitions
Ruth E. Carter: Afrofuturism in Costume Design - Academy Award–winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter has created pieces for films such as Black Panther, Malcom X, Selma, and Do the Right Thing. Her art adds dimensionality, flair, and culture to the characters she envisions, giving power to the incredible actors who wear her designs.
Michael Richards: Are You Down? - Michael Richards' visionary sculptures and drawings engage Blackness, flight, diaspora, spirituality, police brutality, and monuments in his largest retrospective to date.
North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 839-6262
www.ncartmuseum.org
Blog Highlight
Our stories are being told and we
should be there to see them.
I just saw The Justice Theater Project’s production of A Doll’s House and Playmakers Repertory Company’s Skeleton Crew. Both performances received rave reviews from audiences and critics. They both have great casts, unique sets and special stories about our community. They were both written by young African American female playwrights.
There is another thing the shows have in common. They did not have enough African Americans in the audience. It is heartbreaking to see such wonderful plays with African American casts and only a few of us there to experience them. In the Skeleton Crew playbill, there was a "Rules of Engagement" from the playwright. Here are some excerpts:
You are allowed to have audible moments of reaction and response. My work requires a few "um hmms" and "uhn uhnns" should you need to use them. This can be church for some of us, testifying is allowed. Please be an audience member that joins with others and allows a bit of breathing room. Exhale together. Laugh together. Say "amen" should you need to. This is community. Let's go.
It is clear who she was thinking of when she wrote her rules. She created her play for us. And we should be there. You know what? You will LOVE both of these shows! And your friends and family will love you for bringing them. And the actors, playwrights and theater companies will love that you were there. So please provide your support. I promise you'll be glad that you did!
By Sherri Holmes, Triangle FAAA Founder & Director
Photo by Bruce Depyssler
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