November 13, 2014 to November 26, 2014Updated: 11/13/2014 Event Information Subject to Change

Durham Community Event CalendarThe Official is Maintained by the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau

PERFORMING ARTS

11/13/2014 - 11/13/2014 8pm.

DAVE MASON'S TRAFFIC JAM

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, songwriter and legendary guitarist Dave Mason has been making music since age 18 when he teamed up with fellow England native Steve Winwood to form the band Traffic. Since then he has penned dozens of hits and has been linked with numerous other members of rock and roll elite, including Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Rita Coolidge, Leon Russell, Ron Wood and Mama Cass Elliot Tickets $30+.The Carolina Theatre Durham, 309 W Morgan StFor More Information:(919) 560-3030; http://www.carolinatheatre.org

11/13/2014 - 11/16/2014 Th-Sa 8pm, Su 2pm.

"THE PERFECT DETONATOR" PLAY

Professor Jody McAuliffe directs this play which she also adapted from the Joseph Conrad novel, The Secret Agent. In McAuliffe's play, when Ted Kaczynski, aka The Unabomber, reads Conrad’s The Secret Agent, the fictional world of the novel enters real American life. Kaczynski’s Montana cabin doubles as the London of 1886, as Conrad’s “simple tale” about an anarchist plot to blow up the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, unfolds in these United States. Conrad: "An explosion is the most lasting thing in the universe." Tickets $10, $8 Duke staff, $5 students and seniors.Bryan Center - Sheafer Theater, Science DrFor More Information:(919) 684-4444; http://theaterstudies.duke.edu/events/perfect-detonator

11/13/2014 - 11/13/2014 5:15pm.

CHORAL EVENSONG

Based on the 1662 Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. FREE admission.Duke University Chapel, Science Dr.For More Information:(919) 684-2572; http://www.chapel.duke.edu

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11/13/2014 - 11/13/2014 7:30pm.

STRAIGHT NO CHASER

A Capella's Hottest Ticket. Tickets $49.DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St., Durham, NC, 27701For More Information:(919) 680-2787; http://www.dpacnc.com

11/14/2014 - 11/14/2014 7pm.

PATTY LARKIN

Tickets $20, $10 children.St. Philip's Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 403 East Main StFor More Information:(919) 682-5708; http://pattylarkindurham.bpt.me/

11/14/2014 - 11/14/2014 8-9:30pm.

CLARA YANG, PIANO

Praised by New York Arts for her "effortless and smooth" technique and her "devastatingly limpid and pliable" tone, Clara Yang has performed in notable venues throughout the world. Works by Chopin, Schumann, Muczynski, Andres, and Phil Young. FREE admission.Nelson Music Room in the East Duke Bldg, 1304 Campus DrFor More Information:(919) 660-3333; http://music.duke.edu

11/14/2014 - 11/14/2014 8pm.

"GHOST BROTHERS OF DARKLAND COUNTY" MUSICAL

A haunting tale of fraternal love, lust, jealousy and revenge, performed by an ensemble cast of 15 actors and a four-piece live band, comprised of members of John Mellencamp’s band. The staging of Ghost Brothers is an amalgam of different styles - both old fashioned, resembling an old-style radio show, and yet, modern and unique in its interactive use of storytelling, music and singing to move the macabre Ghost Brothers story forward. Written by best-selling author Stephen King, with music by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Mellencamp, and musical direction by Grammy Award-winning T Bone Burnett. Tickets $39.50+.DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St., Durham, NC, 27701For More Information:(919) 680-3722; http://www.dpacnc.com/

11/15/2014 - 11/15/2014 8pm.

THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD POETRY SLAM (WOWPS) QUAILIFIER

Annual all women's slam. The winner will represent the Triangle at the WOWPS national competition in March 2015. See the best woman wordsmiths in the area compete for the honor and a chance to be on the 2015 Bull City Slam Team. Admission $7.Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St, Durham, NC 27701For More Information:(919) 295-0176; http://www.bullcitypoetryslam.com

11/15/2014 - 11/15/2014 6pm.

MURDER MYSTERY DINNER

"Code Word: Murder," a comedy whodunit! Reservations required. Cost $68 per person includes hors d'oeuvres, a glass of wine or beer, a three-course meal, tax & service.Maggiano's Little Italy, 8030 Renaissance Pkwy.For More Information:(919) 572-0076; http://bit.ly/1te0GjF

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11/15/2014 - 11/16/2014 Sa 8-10pm, Su 3-5pm.

DUKE OPERA WORKSHOP AND DUKE JAZZ ENSEMBLE PRESENT "SWING! SWING! SWING!"

Duke Opera Workshop, directed by Susan Dunn, and the Duke Jazz Ensemble, directed by John Brown, will transport you back to the golden era of swing as the groups perform hit songs with costumes and staging. Tickets $10.Baldwin Auditorium, 1336 Campus DrFor More Information:(919) 684-4444;

11/15/2014 - 11/15/2014 7pm.

COUNTRY FOR KIDS

4 Country Superstar Acts. 1 Night for the Kids, benefiting the North Carolina Children's Hospital. Featuring Jason Michael Carroll, The Cadillac Three, Kacey Musgraves and Montgomery Gentry. Brief intermission between each act. Estimate length is 3.5 hours. Tickets $25-$75; VIP package $200 (includes a premium seat in the first 10 rows and a pre-concert reception with various performers from the evening. Call 919-966-7816 to purchase a VIP package).DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St., Durham, NC, 27701For More Information:(919) 966-7816; http://www.dpacnc.com/events/detail/qdr-country-for-kids-1

11/15/2014 - 11/15/2014 8-11:59pm.

YMUSIC & SAM GREEN 'THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS'

Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Sam Green collaborates with new music sextet yMusic on a film/music project loosely inspired by The Guinness Book of World Records. "The Measure of All Things," which premiered in 2014 at the Sundance Film Festival, is a meditation on fate, time, and the outer contours of the human experience. The performance weaves together a series of portraits of record-holding people, places, and things, including the tallest man (7 feet 9 inches); the oldest living thing (a 5,000-year-old Bristlecone pine); the man struck by lightning the most times (seven!); and the oldest living person (116), among other record holders. Drawing inspiration equally from old travelogues, the Japanese Benshi tradition, and TED talks, "The Measure of All Things" features Green's disarming in-person narration and yMusic's dynamic live soundtrack. Tickets $15, $10 Duke students.Reynolds Industries Theater, 125 Science DrFor More Information:(919) 684-4444; http://dukeperformances.duke.edu/calendar/ymusic-sam-green-measure-all-things

11/16/2014 - 11/16/2014 8pm-9:30pm.

HSIAO-MEI KU, VIOLIN, AND GABRIEL RICHARD, VIOLIN

Music by Prokofiev, Shostakovich, de Beriot, and others. FREE admission.Nelson Music Room in the East Duke Bldg, 1304 Campus DrFor More Information:(919) 660-3333; http://music.duke.edu/

11/16/2014 - 11/16/2014 7pm.

CHRIS BOTTI

Tickets $48 and up.DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St., Durham, NC, 27701For More Information:(919) 680-2787; http://www.dpacnc.com

11/17/2014 - 11/17/2014 8-11:59pm.

ACE FREHLEY

Through his seminal work with KISS and as a solo artist, Ace Frehley is championed as one of the most influential guitar players of the last four decades and his impact on popular music is immeasurable. With his smash 1978 solo album and post KISS work including 2009 Anomaly, Frehley continues to be the best selling member of the original band. Tickets $41+.The Carolina Theatre Durham, 309 W. Morgan St, Durham, NC For More Information:(919) 560-3030; http://www.carolinatheatre.org

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11/18/2014 - 11/18/2014 8pm.

KISHI BASHI

Kishi Bashi is the pseudonym of singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter K Ishibashi. Born in Seattle, Washington, but growing up predominantly on the east coast, Ishibashi has recorded with and toured internationally as a violinist with such diverse artists such as Regina Spektor, Sondre Lerche, and most recently, the Athens, Georgia based indie rock group of Montreal, of which he is currently a member. Ishibashi is also the singer and founding member of the New York synth rock outfit, Jupiter One. Tickets $23+.Motorco Music Hall, 723 Rigsbee Ave.For More Information:(919) 560-3030; http://www.carolinatheatre.org

11/18/2014 - 11/23/2014 T-Th 7:30; Sa 2pm; F-Sa 8pm; Su 1pm & 6:30pm.

RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA

The Tony Award®- winning Broadway musical that’s delighting audiences with its contemporary take on the classic tale. This lush production features an incredible orchestra, jaw-dropping transformations and all the moments you love—the pumpkin, the glass slipper, the masked ball and more - plus some surprising new twists! Tickets $35+.DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St., Durham, NC, 27701For More Information:(919) 680-2787; http://www.dpacnc.com

11/19/2014 - 11/19/2014 7pm.

ASK ME ANOTHERWITH SPECIAL GUEST THE MOUNTAIN GOATS' JOHN DARNIELLEAsk Me Another is the rambunctious new live show from NPR and WNYC that blends brainteasers, pub trivia, comedy and music into an evening of hilarity. Host Ophira Eisenberg invites guests and listeners, alike, to stretch their noggins, tickle their funny bones and be serenaded by house musician Jonathan Coulton. Tickets $22+..The Carolina Theatre Durham, 309 W Morgan StFor More Information:(919) 560-3030; http://www.carolinatheatre.org/

11/19/2014 - 11/19/2014 8-9:30pm.

DUKE WIND SYMPHONY WITH FRANK TICHELI AND THE NCSSM WIND ENSEMBLE

Featuring guest composer/conductor Frank Ticheli. The North Carolina School of Science & Math Wind Ensemble, directed by Phillip Riggs, will join the Duke Wind Symphony in presenting Ticheli's "Blue Shades," "Vesuvius," and other works. Tickets $10, FREE for students with ID and youth.Baldwin Auditorium, 1336 Campus DrFor More Information:(919) 684-4444;

11/20/2014 - 11/23/2014 Th-Sa 8pm, Su 2pm.

"THE PERFECT DETONATOR" PLAY

Professor Jody McAuliffe directs this play which she also adapted from the Joseph Conrad novel, The Secret Agent. In McAuliffe's play, when Ted Kaczynski, aka The Unabomber, reads Conrad’s The Secret Agent, the fictional world of the novel enters real American life. Kaczynski’s Montana cabin doubles as the London of 1886, as Conrad’s “simple tale” about an anarchist plot to blow up the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, unfolds in these United States. Conrad: "An explosion is the most lasting thing in the universe." Tickets $10, $8 Duke staff, $5 students and seniors.Bryan Center - Sheafer Theater, Science DrFor More Information:(919) 684-4444; http://theaterstudies.duke.edu/events/perfect-detonator

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11/20/2014 - 11/20/2014 8-11:59pm.

DIEGO EL CIGALA

With a husky, passionate lyricism honed in the cafés cantantes of Madrid, Diego El Cigala has become an international sensation - the world’s greatest living flamenco singer. Paco de Lucia described El Cigala as possessing "one of the most beautiful flamenco voices of our time, a voice of sweetness that flows over everything." Tickets $45-$55, $10 Duke students.Carolina Theatre, 309 W Morgan St, 27701For More Information:(919) 560-3030; http://www.carolinatheatre.org

11/20/2014 - 11/22/2014 8pm.

WILLIAM TYLER - 'CORDUROY ROADS'

Duke Performances has commissioned the exceptional solo guitarist William Tyler - who occupies the musical intersection of John Fahey and Bill Frisell - to make a new performance that reflects on the lingering legacy of the Civil War. In the piece, Corduroy Roads, Tyler creates a soundtrack to accompany extraordinary photographs of the Civil War taken by George Barnard and Alexander Gardner, 150-year-old artifacts that have recently been acquired by Duke University Libraries. Tyler’s piece offers a contemporary narrative on the distant past, as Barnard and Gardner’s photographs are joined with images of the South through the Great Depression and into the present day. Tickets $24, $15 age 30 and under, $10 Duke students.Shadowbox, 947 East Main St, Durham, NC 27701For More Information:(919) 684-4444; http://www.dukeperformances.org

11/21/2014 - 11/21/2014 8pm.

BRIAN CULBERTSON

Tickets $34+.Carolina Theatre, 309 W Morgan St, Durham, NC 27701For More Information:(919) 560-3030; http://www.carolinatheatre.org/

11/21/2014 - 11/21/2014 8-9:30pm.

DUKE DJEMBE AND AFRO-CUBAN ENSEMBLES

A native of New York, Felix Sanabria has been performing and recording for over forty years with such renowned artists and groups as Celia Cruz, Puntilla y su Nueva Generacion, Grupo Afro-Cuba de Matanza, Lazaro Ros, Eddie Palmieri, Tanya Leon, and others. FREE admission.Baldwin Auditorium, 1336 Campus DrFor More Information:(919) 660-3333; http://music.duke.edu

11/21/2014 - 11/22/2014 8pm Sa, 3pm Su.

NOVEMBER DANCES

Duke Dance faculty and guests provide a vibrant, varied program of original modern and ballet dance. Tickets $17, $12 seniors, $7 students with ID.Reynolds Theater in Duke's Bryan Center, Science Dr.For More Information:(919) 684-4444; http://danceprogram.duke.edu/events/november-dances-2014-0

11/21/2014 - 11/21/2014 6-9pm.

E-TRAIN MANNING & THE RUSTED RAILS - WITH SANTA

Santa arrives at Northgate with his musicians on a live train. Kids can enjoy the train ride all evening and much more. FREE.Northgate Mall, 1058 W Club Blvd , Durham, NC, 27701For More Information:(919) 286-4400; http://www.northgatemall.com

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11/22/2014 - 11/22/2014 1pm.

MALLARME CHAMBER PLAYERS FAMILY CONCERT

Cellist Brooks Whitehouse and Bassist Paul Sharpe are" Low and Lower," America's #1 selling Cello Bass duo. This ensemble's thrilling performances are a mash-up of artistry, virtuosity, and comic relief. Try and instrument at the Instrumental Petting Zoo before and after the program by High Strung Violins and Guitars. For children ages 5-12; adult chaperone required. Tickets $10; $5 children 12 and younger.Kirby Horton Hall at Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson StFor More Information:(919) 560-2788; mallarmemusic.org

11/22/2014 - 11/22/2014 8pm.

COMEDIENNE KATHLEEN MADIGAN

Tickets $27+.Carolina Theatre, 309 W Morgan St, Durham, NC 27701For More Information:(919) 560-3030; http://www.carolinatheatre.org

11/22/2014 - 11/22/2014 8-9:30pm.

DUKE NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE [DNME]

Directed by Benjamin Daniels, [dnme] brings together undergraduate and graduate students in performing music written in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as new works by Duke student composers. In addition, [dnme] also collaborates regularly with faculty and guest artists from the Duke University Department of Music and other institutions across North Carolina. FREE admission.Baldwin Auditorium, 1336 Campus DrFor More Information:(919) 660-3333; http://music.duke.edu

11/23/2014 - 11/23/2014 8pm.

ERIC JOHNSON AND MIKE STERN

Eric Johnson's stature as one of the premier guitar players in contemporary music is his artistic trump card, backed by a Grammy Award and five nominations, platinum album, Top 10 hits like "Cliffs Of Dover,"• praise from critics and the esteem of his peers. In a career that spans three decades and a discography that includes more than a dozen eclectic and innovative recordings, six-time GRAMMY nominee Mike Stern has establised himself as one of the premier jazz and jazz-fusion guitarists and composers of his generation. Tickets $30+.The Carolina Theatre Durham, 309 W Morgan StFor More Information:(919) 560-3030; http://www.carolinatheatre.org/

11/23/2014 - 11/23/2014 7pm.

WILLIAM TYLER - 'CORDUROY ROADS'

Duke Performances has commissioned the exceptional solo guitarist William Tyler - who occupies the musical intersection of John Fahey and Bill Frisell - to make a new performance that reflects on the lingering legacy of the Civil War. In the piece, Corduroy Roads, Tyler creates a soundtrack to accompany extraordinary photographs of the Civil War taken by George Barnard and Alexander Gardner, 150-year-old artifacts that have recently been acquired by Duke University Libraries. Tyler’s piece offers a contemporary narrative on the distant past, as Barnard and Gardner’s photographs are joined with images of the South through the Great Depression and into the present day. Tickets $24, $15 age 30 and under, $10 Duke students.Shadowbox, 947 East Main St, Durham, NC 27701For More Information:(919) 684-4444; http://www.dukeperformances.org

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