Booth Amphitheatre Cranks it Up for REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar

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Concert review by Kristen Collosso. Photos by Chris Adamczyk. The Carolina heat broke just in time for two 1980s hit-makers to grace Booth Amphitheatre’s stage on Thursday night. Pat Benatar and REO Speedwagon brought all of their greatest hits to Cary and gave us a really fun evening!

Film Review: Machete

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Brute masculinity meets ass-kicking femininity in an orgy of violence and mayhem during which nothing is taken seriously, and the dominant tone is that of a tongue being planted firmly in cheek.

Theater: Youth Auditions for The Little Prince

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Cary, NC – Actors age 8-18 are invited to audition on September 22-23 for Applause! Cary Youth Theatre’s upcoming production of The Little Prince, based on the book by Antoine de Saint Exupery.

Shakespeare Takes the Stage at Booth Ampitheatre

"Shakespeare's Twelfth Night"

With a picnic and the company of my 11 year old daughter, (who is quite an actress in her own right) I attended a production of Shakespeare’s “The Twelfth Night”. It was presented this past weekend at Koka Booth Amphitheatre amidst glorious weather on a stage that has mainly been the home for musical acts and the NC Symphony.

Film Review: The Last Exorcism

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Handicam mockumentary-style media is so in right now. Does the new Eli Roth-produced horror film put the gimmick to good use?

A Giant Doll, A Silver Girl and a Beer Garden

The original Lazy Daze logo drawn by Cary artist Jerry Miller and established 1977

Cary, NC- Watch a Guinness Book record be made, taste wine at the Great Steak Challenge, or check out the living Silver Drummer Statue. These are some of the news attraction at this year’s annual Cary Lazy Daze Festival next Saturday, August 28th.

Movies By Moonlight Ends Its Season

The Holcombe family with friends enjoying the movies

Cary,NC – Koka Booth Amphitheatre finished up its summer movie series last Thursday with “Monster’s Vs. Aliens”. Many families came out with chairs, blankets and picnics.

Sheryl Crow: “I Love This Place”

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Cary, NC – It’s always great when an artist appreciates the venue and the crowd. That’s why the crowd ate it up when, ten minutes into the show, Sheryl Crow looked around Booth Amphitheatre from the front of the stage and said “You know, I love this place.”

Snyder Family Band: The family that plays together…

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In the sultry southern heat of Saturday afternoon, I was blown away by the breath of fresh air known as the Snyder Family Band.

French Film Series Coming to Cary

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Story by Lindsey Chester. Pictures from the Galaxy Cinema. Cary, NC- Galaxy Cinema is starting a new its 2010 French Films Series this week with “The 400 Blows,” directed by Francois Truffaut. Other films in the series include “La Femme Nikita”, “Diabolic”, “City of Lost Children”, “Cache” and “Le Cage aux Folles”.

Film Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

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If cinema reflects the culture that produces it, then on the map of the U.S. cultural landscape, Scott Pilgrim is the little dot marked “You Are Here.”

Theater: “Ruby Red” Keeps Them Laughing

Gary Watts as veteran "Stony" Bennington and Lyman Collins as "Poke" Hankins

When Lloyd, the curmudgeonly neighbor dies, he has willed his entire estate to Ann, the woman next door. As she plans for the luncheon after the funeral, Lloyd’s grown children begin to arrive with increasingly hilarious results.

Teen Bookclubs Travel to D.C.

Laurie Halse Anderson, author of the Mock Printz 2010 winner, with some from one of her “favorite book clubs in America.”

Story and photo provided by Martha Choat, of the Youth Services Dept.at Eva Perry Regional Library Apex, NC- Thirty-four members of teen book clubs from Eva Perry Regional Library traveled to Washington, D.C., in June for the 2010 American Library Alliance ( ALA) Annual Conference.  The teens cruised the conference’s exhibit hall for two days, [...]

New Sculptures-On-Loan Around Town

Arts Alfresco by Brad Spence

Cary Visual Art kicks off the brand-new Sculpture on Loan program with two fresh placements by two local sculptors. The Sculpture on Loan program was born as a response to the need of an all-inclusive art community, promoting both local artists and enriching the lives of every citizen in the Cary community.

Local Playwright’s Debut

Phil Lowden of Cary, wrote "Ruby Red" which opens Thursday, August 4 at Page-Walker Arts and History Center

Cary, NC- A playwright is born. The Cary Players latest production, “Ruby Red”, is written by one of their own, Phil Lowden.

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