http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news The latest news from The Cabarrus Arts Council. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:16:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A sizzling evening of music performed by two Broadway and television stars will open the 2010-2011 season of On Stage at the Davis Saturday, September 25. It Takes Two:  An Evening with Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell includes showstoppers from Broadway, standards from the Great American Songbook, swing numbers, country classics ... http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=273 Seven artists received awards Friday at Art Walk for their work in the Cabarrus Art Guild Juried Exhibition on display at The Galleries in Cabarrus County’s historic courthouse in downtown Concord. The show will be up until October 7, so make sure to put seeing these wonderful works on ... http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=268 With artwork by more than 100 artists at 13 locations, Friday’s downtown Concord Art Walk will be the perfect way to end your summer. The free event will feature visual art displays and entertainment. Artists will be on hand at many locations to talk about their work and demonstrate techniques. A ... http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=265 Seventy-one works created by 35 area artists have been selected for the Cabarrus Art Guild Juried Exhibition at The Galleries in Concord. The artwork to be included was selected from 122 entries by Robert Tynes, professor of art at the University of North Carolina at Asheville and director of its S. ... http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=261 An exhibition of artwork by six North Carolina artists who create outstanding works in more than one medium is on display at The Galleries in downtown Concord through October 7. The Galleries are located at 65 Union Street S in Cabarrus County’s 1876 historic courthouse and are operated by the Cabarrus ... http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=257 If you put Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor and Crosby, Stills and Nash in a blender, then added a splash of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan you have a "Marty" … Marty has such a sweet wonderful sound and is an absolute mixture of all these artists . . . A ... http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=251 One of the Cabarrus Arts Council’s goals is to support outstanding artists and one of the ways we do that is to join with other arts councils in sponsoring the Regional Artist Project Grants. The deadline to apply for this year’s grants is Wednesday, August 18, at noon. Visual artists ... http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=247 If our record hot temperatures and the state of the economy have put you in the doldrums, here's the perfect solution: fun and free arts activities! You can go to two free concerts and see a wonderful art exhibition right here in Cabarrus County this week. Start your weekend ... http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=244 Tickets go on sale Thursday for all three of the Davis Theatre’s 2010-11 performing arts series. Located in Cabarrus County’s historic courthouse at 65 Union Street S, Concord, the Davis provides an intimate setting for performing arts with just 227 seats and state-of-the-art sound and lights. I told you about the outstanding ... http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=239 Artists from Cabarrus, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly and Union counties are eligible to submit works for the Cabarrus Art Guild Juried Exhibition at The Galleries at the Cabarrus Arts Council in downtown Concord. The exhibition will be on display August 16-October 7 at The Galleries in Cabarrus County’s historic courthouse at ... http://cabarrusartscouncil.org/news/?p=226