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Dancing with the Stars Live!

The Greatest Dance Show on TV Live “Dancing with the Stars: Live!” tours North America this winter, celebrating the year 2020 in classic style with your favorite dancers from the hit ABC show. The all-new production continues its legacy of wowing live audiences performing fan-favorite routines from the TV series and new numbers choreographed just for the live audiences. The show will feature the professional dancers in a brand-new production showcasing every type of dance...

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Blippi Live!

Blippi Live brings the energetic and loveable character Blippi off the screen and onto the stage with world-class production, audience engagement and amazing music. Children from the ages of 2 to 7 years old across the world have quickly taken a liking to Blippi’s charismatic personality and innovative teaching lessons! In the Live show they will continue to learn about the world around them while singing and dancing along with this one of a kind show.

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"Napoleon Dynamite" - Film and Conversation

The beloved indie classic "Napoleon Dynamite" was made almost 15 years ago. Since then much has changed; but the characters, as enduring as they are endearing, stay in our hearts. Appealing to the inner-teenager in each of us, the story, and more importantly the dialogue, makes “Napoleon Dynamite” one of the most quoted movies of our time. Napoleon Dynamite makes us laugh - and laugh hard - over and over again. This unique evening includes...

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Remember Jones, with Triangle Afrobeat Orchestra

A one-of-a-kind soul/pop singer, storyteller and bandleader with a throwback vibe and authentic energy. With high-energy show band staging and collaboratively supported by a large ensemble of musicians featuring female backing vocalists, a horn section, and electrifying rhythm section.

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Great Music for Soaring Spaces

Surprise and delight await in the music of Calvin Hampton, Gerre Hancock, Lee Hoiby, Herbert Howells, Gerald Finzi, Eriks Esenvalds, and Leo Sowerby. Enjoy some of the finest choral and organ works of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, composed for great spaces and festive occasions. Music will be performed by the Duke Evensong Singers and directed by Chapel Organist Christopher Jacobson.Event parking is available for $5 in the Bryan Center Parking Garage at 125 Science...

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SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical

She was a girl from Boston with a voice from heaven, who shot through the stars from gospel choir to dance floor diva. But what the world didn’t know was how Donna Summer risked it all to break through barriers, becoming the icon of an era and the inspiration for every music diva who followed. With a score featuring more than 20 of Summer’s classic hits including “Love to Love You Baby,” “Bad Girls” and...

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Gnawa LanGus 'Building Bridges: Muslims in America'

The Gnawa blended their own traditions with native religious beliefs — just as displaced sub-Saharan West Africans did in the Americas — and healing music was created for private use by a community that was not permitted to directly observe their relationship with Allah. Played with percussive instruments, Qarqaba (large iron castanets), polyrhythmic clapping, and a three-stringed, bass lute-like sintir — Gnawa music draws on an abundant African-Islam history of ritualistic music believed to heal...

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Nevermore Film Festival

Created in 1999, The Nevermore Film Festival is a juried competition festival which programs brand-new genre feature and short films from around the world. The festival seeks submissions for narrative feature and shorts with an emphasis on horror, science fiction, dark fantasy, animation, mystery/suspense, and action-thrillers.

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Wye Oak 'JOIN'

For over a decade, Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have collaborated under the moniker Wye Oak, a band known for “forging an audacious creative path” (NPR Music). Their partnership, long imbued with a sense of ambition and restlessness, has transcended genre, growing and shifting over the course of five critically acclaimed full-length records. But those paying close attention to the duo will also have noticed a list of additional aliases, collaborations, and experimentations that have...

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Phelps Phine Art Studio & Black Light Installation

Phelps Phine Art is Julian Phelps, an abstract painter exploring the mysterious of nature on both 2D & 3D surfaces. The front studio... Details

Third Friday at Kingfisher with Artist Derrick Beasley & Conversation with Darrell Stover

Kingfisher is proud to welcome a transformative new gallery installation from the talented Derrick Beasley. They will be exhibiting his... Details

Please join Vert & Vogue for Happy Hour, as part of Third Friday Durham. This month, V&V is excited to host Associate Professor of Surgery... Details

Third Friday Artists Reception at Cecy's

Cecy's Gallery Artists Reception for our Main Exhibit. Come celebrate art, life, culture and family and meet our current exhibiting... Details

Third Friday ARTWave + Night Market

Opens 6 p.m. every Third Friday! ARTShowcase + NIGHTmarket + EcstaticDANCE + ClothingSWAP Every Third Friday includes a clothing swap!... Details

February Third Friday

Join us at the Museum of Durham History for Third Friday on February 21 for live music and extended museum hours! Details

Third Friday Reception for Think Big! — A Small Works Exhibition

The public is invited to a reception for Think Big! — A Small Works Exhibition. They’ve transformed the upstairs gallery into a colossal... Details

Third Friday with the Golden Belt Artists

3rd Friday at the Golden Belt Studios and Gallery It’s February and there’s art in the air. Join the Golden Belt artists for their first... Details

Artist Link Project Pop-Up

Several Artists from the Artist Link Project will "pop up" with their art in the lobby of the Durham Marriott City Center. Live music by... Details

Durham Arts Council Third Friday

Opening reception for "The right angle, the meander and the star" an exhibit by visiting artist Shirel Horovitz. On exhibit in the Durham... Details

Third Friday

Gallery crawl with live music and other performances. Maps available at the Visitor Info Center and at each participating location. Details

Third Friday with the Golden Belt Artists

Every Third Friday the Golden Belt Artists open their studios for an evening of art and festivities. All are welcome to tour the studios,... Details