Live and Local
The Dare County Arts Council is continuing the well-received Courthouse Sessions Series with another moth of live performances by local musicians and readings by our area’s literary lights. The series provides an alternative venue for our artists and an opportunity for us to support them.
The performances will be broadcast on Dare County Arts Council’s Facebook page as a series of Facebook Live events, with one concert every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm.
Below is a list of the scheduled June performances:
• Tuesday, June 2: Jeremy Russell
• Thursday, June 4: The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs
• Tuesday, June 9: Eric Williams
• Thursday, June 11: The Ramble
• Tuesday, June 16: Cole and MaryAnn
• Thursday, June 18: Just Playing Dixieland
• Tuesday, June 23: Sandbar Blues
• Thursday, June 25: Jonny Waters & Company
Courthouse Sessions: Literary Arts
We strongly encourage you to catch the Courthouse Session 2 Literary Edition on Wednesday, June 3 for a session with Former NC Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti. Joseph Bathanti was North Carolina’s poet laureate and a professor of creative writing at Appalachian State University.
Dare Digital Arts- Kids Events
New for June, Dare County Arts Council is partnering with Paul Mazzei to launch “Nature Out Loud: Boogie in the Backyard,” which is a virtual music series for children that will take place on DCAC’s Facebook page on Wednesdays at 10am.
Below is a list of the scheduled June performances:
• Wednesday, June 10: Rockin’ Reptiles: Turtles, Dinosaurs, and More!
• Wednesday, June 17: Wild in the Wetlands: Frogs and Friends
• Wednesday, June 24: Living in the Ocean: Sea Stars to Sharks
Jennettes Pier offers virtual Summer Camp.
Fly, slither or swim your way up the coast of North Carolina! In this new virtual camp, campers will receive a program kit and have the opportunity to virtually travel along the North Carolina coast to all four North Carolina Aquarium sites - Fort Fisher, Pine Knoll Shores, Roanoke Island, and Jennette’s Pier - where they will meet animals and meet the staff that make each location special! As campers “travel”, they will have the chance to virtually experience some amazing natural destinations in each region of our coast and learn about animals that can be found in each habitat. From the Venus fly traps and gopher frogs along the Cape Fear coast to the sea turtles and pelicans that need a helping hand along our Outer Banks’ beautiful beaches, campers will learn how they can join the efforts of the North Carolina Aquariums to protect wild habitats and the amazing wild creatures that call our coast home. Visit the Aquarium's website for more information.
Performing Arts
Theater of War (ToW) presents community-specific, theater-based projects that address pressing public health and social issues. ToW has moved its events into the virtual space with two moving productions. The song, “I’m Covered,” written by Phil Woodmore for the project Antigone in Ferguson, is a healing hymn that comes at the end of the play Antigone as a collective response to the violence, outrage, division, and grief that precedes it.
The Virginia Opera has released their performance of Romeo and Juliet from their 2016 season. The work will be available on Youtube until June 11. Great show not to be missed.
Visual Arts
Uffizi Gallery in Florence
Founded in 1580 by Francesco I de’ Medici, this celebrated museum houses more than 1600 incredible art pieces, featuring some of the most famous paintings in the world, from Botticelli’s most iconic painting, the Venus, to Caravaggio’s gruesome depiction of Medusa’s severed head. On the Gallery's website, you can take a virtual tour exploring some of the rooms of the museum or specific themes in Art History. The Uffizi Gallery is one of our favourite museums in all of Italy, and definitely merits a visit in person next time you’re in Italy!
Literary Arts
Everyone knows “On the Road”, Jack Kerouac’s masterpiece of modern American literature. We have all read and some of us even dreamed of being Sal or Dean. Jazz played in important role in the book and in much of Kerouac’s writing. This Youtube channel takes his poems and prose and sets them against a background of “cool” jazz.
Susan Stamberg’s “Storytime With Zuzu”: One of NPR’s “founding mothers,” Susan Stamberg, reads stories to her grandkids. Need a smile? Check out t the video here. a nd here a nd here. |
