Waterworks Visual Arts Center will host a songwriting competition in conjunction with the Art of Faiths exhibition. The competition is sponsored by Dr. Phillip Burgess and Daryl Bruner. Texts for the songs are the Poems of American Slavery found in the book “I Lay My Stitches Down” by Cynthia Grady and illustrated by exhibiting artist Michele Wood.
The songs may be for vocal solo, duets, choral, etc. The music must be an original composition, not an arrangement of a currently published work.
Copies of the texts are available at Waterworks. If chosen, you must provide a performer for your work. Winners will be honored at a closing reception at the Waterworks in February.
Deadline for submission is Jan. 18. First prize is $300; second prize is $200; third prize is $100. (Note: All prizes based on quality of works submitted.)
Mail copies of your work to Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Music Competition, 123 E. Liberty Street, Salisbury NC 28144. Call 704-636-1882 with questions.
Camp Christmas Child Care
From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 17, at the F&M Trolley Barn, parents can leave their children, ages 5-12, while they shop at downtown stores.
There will be arts, crafts, and entertainment for the children.
Lunch and snacks will be provided. Reservations are strongly suggested, and donations to Rowan Youth Services Bureau are gratefully accepted.
The Trolley Barn is located at 125 E. Liberty St.
For reservations or more information, Contact Laura Potter, Rowan County Youth Services Bureau, at 704-633-5636, ext. 104, or email LauraPorter.x2@gmail.com
OCT youth auditions
CONCORD — Old Courthouse Youth Theatre “Broadway Babies” auditions are from 7-9 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 9-10, for ages 10-18. Be prepared to a sing a verse and the chorus of a Broadway song. No recorded music is needed; an accompanist will be provided. OCT is located at 49 Spring St. SW, www.oldcourthousetheatre.org
Coats for Mummies
CHARLOTTE — In honor of the holiday season, Discovery Place invites the public to “Wrap a Child in Warmth” by participating in the Salvation Army’s Coats for Kids collection. Through Dec. 20 only, bring a new or gently used coat or sweatshirt to Discovery Place and receive free admission to Mummies of the World, the largest exhibition of real human and animal mummies and related artifacts ever assembled.
Designated Coats for Kids donation barrels will be on display at Discovery Place Admissions and complimentary tickets to the exhibition must be used on or before December 20, at which time they will expire. All coats collected will be turned over to the Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte and distributed to area families in need.
Discovery Place is located in uptown Charlotte at 301 N. Tryon St. For more information, visit mummies.discoveryplace.org
‘A Christmas Memory’
WINSTON-SALEM — Reynolda House Museum presents the one-woman play “A Christmas Memory” on Sunday, Dec. 18 at 3 p.m., marking the museum’s 25th anniversary of the play, adapted from the Truman Capote story. Admission is $12.
There’s a reason Reynolda House has presented “A Christmas Memory” for 25 years. This humble autobiographical story written by Capote never fails to stir personal memories and nostalgia for the real joys of the holiday season and remind us of the importance of spending time with family and loved ones, carrying on our own traditions. “A Christmas Memory,” performed by Robin Voiers and adapted by William Voiers, has become an annual tradition.
Young Truman’s morning proclamation, “It’s fruitcake weather!” began a seasonal tradition of collecting leftover nuts from beneath the pecan trees in a nearby orchard. Then there was the trip to the general store to redeem quarters, pennies, and dimes saved over the year in anticipation of purchasing candied fruits, aromatic spices, butter, sugar, flour, and whiskey. These were the necessary ingredients to bake 30 fruitcakes, which would be sent to local friends and complete strangers, even to President Roosevelt.
To purchase tickets to the anniversary performance, call 336-758-5150 or visit reynoldahouse.org
Domestic Bliss exhibit opens at Reynolda
WINSTON-SALEM — Reynolda House Museum of American Art will open “Domestic Bliss: Art at Home in Britain and America, 1780–1840,” a small, focused exhibition on Dec. 17. The exhibition will be on view in the West Bedroom Gallery of the historic house through May 20, 2012.
Admission to this exhibition, as well as “Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,” on view through Dec. 31, is included in the price of admission to Reynolda House. For more information, please visit reynoldahouse.org or call 336.758.5150.
NC Symphony’s ‘New Year’s in Vienna’
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Symphony continues an annual tradition with a concert spectacle to usher in the new year with style. This year’s concert, “New Year’s in Vienna,” conducted by Music Director Grant Llewellyn and featuring celebrated soprano Sari Gruber, comes with a little twist: a cheerful nod to one of the music world’s grandest traditions.
The concert takes place on Saturday, Dec. 31 at 8 p.m.
For well over a century, the dance music of the Strausses, first family of the waltz, has serenaded classical music lovers into every new calendar year by The Vienna Philharmonic.
Local music lovers can enjoy the live version on New Year’s Eve—and make it home in time for the fireworks—when the Symphony offers a program of music honoring the best of Vienna — classic waltzes and polkas alongside favorite opera selections by Viennese headliners Mozart, Franz Lehar, Oscar Straus and more.
Tickets to “New Year’s in Vienna” start at $33. Visit www.ncsymphony.org or call 919-733-2750, toll free 877-627-6724. Meymandi Concert Hall is located in the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. South St.
Call for artists for 2013 gallery exhibit
LENOIR — The Caldwell Arts Council is now accepting portfolios with resumes, artist statements and biographies from artists or art groups interested in exhibiting in 2013 at the Arts Council Gallery or at the Caldwell Memorial Hospital Art-in-Healing Gallery. This juried review is open to artists and art groups in all mediums. Two- and three-dimensional work will be considered.
Those interested are asked to mail a CD with at least seven high resolution/ professional quality digital images of to show a good representation of art for exhibit. Or you may give website information with specific information about the selections for exhibit.
Complete submission guidelines can be found at www.caldwellarts.com. Deadline for submissions is Jan. 13.
For additional information, call 754-2486.