Progress Energy Center Hosts ARTStober 10/15

ARTStober kicks off on October 15 at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.

Progress Energy Center's resident performing arts organizations (Carolina Ballet, Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy, North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Theatre, North Carolina Opera, and PineCone) will offer sample programming throughout the day. Marbles Kids Museum, Artsplosure, and a Plein Air Arts Festival on Lichtin Plaza will add to the festivities. Events are free to the public unless otherwise noted.

Event Schedule

10 a.m. Coffee and cider compliments of Centerplate

(Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Lobby)

10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Marbles Kids Museum, Artsplosure, North Carolina Symphony, PineCone: activities for kids including instrument zoo

(Meymandi Concert Hall Lobby)

10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Plein Air Arts Festival: painters creating art

(Litchin Plaza)

11 a.m. Official welcome from North Carolina Secretary of Cultural Resources, Linda Carlisle

(Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Lobby)

1 p.m. Carolina Ballet: Dracula pre-show event

(Fletcher Opera Theater)

2 p.m. Carolina Ballet: Dracula

(Fletcher Opera Theater) (paid-admission event)

2:15 p.m. North Carolina Symphony: quartet playing classical music selections

(Meymandi Concert Hall)

2:50 p.m. PineCone: Cane Creek Cloggers

(Meymandi Concert Hall)

3:25 p.m. North Carolina Opera: opera arias and duets by Bizet, Verdi, Puccini and Mozart

(Meymandi Concert Hall)

4 p.m. North Carolina Theatre: Argentina to Oz: A celebration of Broadway favorites

(Meymandi Concert Hall)

4:20 p.m. Carolina Ballet: Dracula post-show discussion

(Fletcher Opera Theater)

8 p.m. Carolina Ballet: Dracula

(Fletcher Opera Theater) (paid-admission event)

8 p.m. North Carolina Symphony: Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5

(Meymandi Concert Hall) (paid-admission event)

8-11p.m. Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy: Cabaret Evening (Kennedy Theatre)

For more information, visit www.progressenergycenter.com. Contact: Bruce Loving at bloving@carolinaballet.com.

ARTStober is a collaboration of the resident performing arts companies at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts to bring new audiences to the facility. The festival, held during National Arts & Humanities Month, is made possible in part from support provided by Progress Energy, the City of Raleigh, and The News & Observer Triangle Deal Saver.

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