WFSS Arts Connection

This is the 91.9 Arts Connection.

Fayetteville State University’s Department of Performing & Fine Arts presents the art exhibit, Changing Faces Behind the Mask: Women & Minorities in Comics. The exhibit is running through March 4^th in the Rosenthal Art Gallery at FSU. Admission is free. (910) 672-1057

TThe Arts Council of Moore County presents The United States of America Heritage of America Concert Band Monday, February 19^th at 7pm in the Robert E. Lee Auditorium at Pinecrest High School in Southern Pines. Admission is free BUT tickets are required. To get your Free Tickets…Send your ticket request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to ACMC, P.O. Box 405, Southern Pines, NC 28388 or pick them up at the Campbell House (482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines). Each request is limited to four tickets and will be filled on a first-come-first served basis.

The Arts Council of Moore County presents the exhibit Pigments and Pixels, featuring artwork by Tony Corcoran and Bill Matthews. The exhibit will be on display through February 26^thin the Campbell House Art Gallery in Southern Pines. (910) 692-4356.

The Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center presents The Big Read, an initiative to restore reading to the center of American public culture. Students in grades 9-12(including home school equivalents) are invited to participate in The Big Read essay contest on the book, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. More information at http://www.cumberland.lib.nc.us/ . (910) 483-7727

The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County presents the exhibit Regional Originals on display at the Arts Center. (910) 323-1776

The Gilbert Gallery Theater presents Yesterday’s News, an irreverent look at modern 24/7 media overkill, with music, song and the inevitable commercials you love to hate. Yesterday’s News will be on stage Thursdays through Sundays, through February 19^th. The production will be held on the top floor of the Fascinate-U Children’s Museum at 116 Green Street in downtown Fayetteville. (910) 678-7186

The North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh invites you to visit their Changing Exhibits, What We Wore in North Carolina, The Carolina Mountains: The Photography of Margaret Morley, Weapons of World War II, Art Pottery Traditions in North Carolina, From Horses to Horsepower, Collecting for the New Millennium: Recent Acquisitions Since 2000, A Call To Arms, Community and Culture: North Carolina Indians Past & Present, From the Museum’s Attic and America’s Secret Warriors: The OSS and the George Watts Hill Collection. (919) 809-7900

The North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh invites you to visit their Long-Term Exhibits: Health & Healing Experiences in North Carolina, David Marshall “Carbine” Williams, North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, and the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association. (919) 809-7900

The Museum of Life & Science welcomes the public to visit their Main Exhibits-- "Magic Wings" Butterfly House, with more than 1000 exotic butterflies from all over the world; Loblolly Park; where you can make music with drums and bells, climb our multi-level play structure, and experiment with the playful potential of water, and ABC NewsChannel 11 Weather, where you can sculpt sand dunes, play in a 15 foot high tornado, create cloud formations and shape ocean currents. The Museum is located at 433 Murray Street in Durham. (910) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit Aerospace. You will discover what it takes to go to the moon and back. You can climb into an Apollo command module test vehicle, see Neil Armstrong's isolation suit, and launch a Space Shuttle model. The Museum is located at 433 Murray Street in Durham. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit Ellerbee Creek Railway. You will climb aboard the Ellerbee Creek Railway at the Herald-Sun Station. You will see red wolves and other wildlife on the old-time excursion. The Museum is located at 433 Murray Street in Durham. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit Carolina Wildlife. You will see the best collection of living North Carolina wildlife in the area including alligators, bats, snakes, turtles, owls, fish, an opossum, and a woodchuck. The Museum is located at 433 Murray Street in Durham. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit Geology. You can investigate the surprising properties of rocks, gems, minerals, and dinosaur fossils. The Museum is located at 433 Murray Street in Durham. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit Science Arcade. You can build a bridge and walk across it, make a ball float in thin air and experiment with shapes, light, and forces to discover the physics of fun. The Museum is located at 433 Murray Street in Durham. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibits, Small Science, Tree House, Scientifica, Data Earth, Farmyard, Nature Park and many others. The Museum is located at 433 Murray Street in Durham. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit Life’s Devices. You will learn about the adaptations that help animals survive. Make a school of live fish change direction, touch real animal skulls, and experiment with wing shapes in a wind tunnel. The Museum is located at 433 Murray Street in Durham. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit The Tree House: The World of Nature. Feel the fur of a bear, listen to your friend's heartbeat, or observe bees making honey. Sit beside a human skeleton. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit Scientifica: The Physical World. Take apart computers, VCRs, and other machines to see how they work. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit Data Earth. Design buildings that can withstand an earthquake, examine computer models of environmental trends, and dance in a full-body virtual reality exhibit. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit Farmyard. Learn about sheep, goats, chickens, a pig, a goose, a turkey, and a steer. (919) 220-5429

The Museum of Life & Science invites the public to visit their exhibit Nature Park. Meet our black bears, birds of prey, and endangered red wolves. (919) 220-5429

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences presents Space: A Journey to our Future in the Special Exhibits Gallery through February 11^th. This extraordinary exhibit, lets you learn about where we've been, where we are, and where we're going with our space exploration as you touch actual rocks from the lunar surface and Earth's red planet neighbor, Mars. The Museum is located on Bicentennial Plaza in downtown Raleigh. (919) 733-7450

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh has several special areas where visitors can interact with real objects and live animals, use Museum resources, and engage all five senses to learn about the natural world. The Exploration Stations, Discovery Room, Naturalist Center, Living Conservatory and Fossil Lab all offer opportunities to use hands-on materials. (919) 733-7450

The North Carolina Theatre in Raleigh presents Jesus Christ Superstar on stage February 24-March 4. This is Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s most celebrated rock-opera based on the last seven days in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. (919) 831-6950

UNC-Pembroke’s Givens Performing Arts Center continues its Distinguished Speaker Series with Nikki Giovanni. The world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist and educator will speak on Thursday, February 15^th at 7pm. 1-800-367-0778

PineCone: Piedmont Council on Traditional Music continues the Music of the Carolinas Series with Charles "Wsir" Johnson, Sunday, February 11^th at 3pm in Daniels Auditorium at the NC Museum of History in downtown Raleigh. Johnson is a celebrated percussionist and drum-maker that came to North Carolina via the Mississippi Delta region. Using a variety of instruments, including his own handmade ceramic udu drums, Johnson explores the various rhythms found in music from the Caribbean Islands, Africa, South America, and the southern region of the United States. (919) 990-1900

The Sampson CenterStage Performing Arts Series continues with The Rachael Price Trio and The John Brown Quintet in concert Saturday, February 17^th at 8pm. Each ensemble will do a 45-minute set, with the two groups merging for a swinging finale. The concert will be held at The Sampson County Agri-Exposition Center located at 414 Warsaw Road in Clinton. (910) 592-7200

Moore On-Stage presents Big River: The Story of Huckleberry Finn, February 8^th, 9^th, & 10^th at 7:30pm and February 11^th at 2pm. The production will be on stage at the Sunrise Theatre in Southern Pines. (910) 281-0661

Temple Theatre presents The Fantasticks, the longest-running musical in Broadway history. The story is about two fathers who decide that their children are a perfect match, but employ reverse psychology to get them together. The Fantasticks is on stage through February 11^th. Temple Theatre is located at 120 Carthage Street in Sanford. (919) 774-4155

The Cape Fear Botanical Garden located at 536 N. Eastern Boulevard in Fayetteville invites you to come and stroll through 85 acres overlooking Cross Creek and the Cape Fear River. 910-486-0221

Further information about the 91.9 Arts Connection is available by calling 672-2650 or 672-1381.

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