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Eclectic Artist Comes to Aberdeen

Haunted country, acoustic blues and rugged folk will meet in the listening room of Poplar Knight Spot in downtown Aberdeen, Sunday, Feb. 12, at 6:45 p.m., when Malcolm Holcombe takes the stage.

Secular Art, Sacred Meaning

The Hastings Gallery in the Katharine L. Boyd Library at Sandhills Community College presents a new exhibit, "Secular Art with Sacred Meaning," featuring the works of SCC art instructor Ray Martin.

Heavenly Confections Festival Focuses on Everything Chocolate

BY HELEN MOESER

Merchant Performs With N.C. Symphony in May

Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant will join the North Carolina Symphony for a single performance on Tuesday, May 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Annual Mardi Gras Fundraiser Set for Feb. 18

BY MARY ELLE HUNTER

Brian Newman Takes Center Stage Saturday

For the 27th anniversary of the Heart 'n' Soul of Jazz event, the Arts Council of Moore County and Pinehurst Resort will present, straight from New York's famous Oak Room, the Brian Newman Quartet on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m., at the Carolina Hotel at Pinehurst Resort.

Moore County Choral Society Sets Spring Concert

No "Requiem" is more beloved or well-known than Mozart's.

Black History Documentary to be Shown

Kim Wade, producer of Innervisions Theater Productions, will present a black history documentary, "Doing Business," on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Douglass Community Center, at 1185 West Pennsylvania Ave., in Southern Pines.

Bearfoot Plays Poplar Knight Spot

Continuing a series of shows designed to warm up the winter doldrums, a different kind of bluegrass comes to Aberdeen this week.

Guest Artists Join Symphony for S.P. Concert

A pair of the music world's fastest rising stars joins the North Carolina Symphony next month for a colorful concert program, "Firebird."

Auditions Set at FSU

Auditions for "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, will be held Feb. 8-9, from 4 to 6 p.m., in the lobby of Butler Theatre on the campus of Fayetteville State University.

O'Neal School Holds Annual Auction Saturday

Many of The O'Neal School's closest friends and supporters will gather at the Fair Barn in Pinehurst on Saturday, Feb. 4, for the school's 41st Annual Auction, themed "February Fiesta."

Audience Can Make Theater Magic

I am often asked what it was like to be on stage in New York and what I miss most.

'Traveling Light' Next National Theatre Offering

The Sunrise Theater presents "Traveling Light," live in HD, from the National Theatre of London, at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, at 2 p.m., for the live broadcast, followed at 7 p.m. with a re-broadcast.