“John Cage was one astonishing individual. His compositions upended long-held conventions about the listening process and prodded us to re-evaluate how we define not only music but the entire experience of encountering art”. So wrote Wake Forest University Professor and pianist Louis Goldstein. His CAGEFEST opens Friday, September 28, and concludes November 13. The festival celebrates what would have been Cage’s 100th birthday with a variety of fascinating lectures, recitals, exhibits and other performances beginning with MUSICIRCUS from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on the 28th in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library atrium.

The concert is free, open to the public, and dependent on community musician volunteer performers just like you! John Cage once said "Open all doors, wherever you find them. There is no end to life", so, go grab your horn, open the doors to Z.S.R. on Friday, and get ready to share in a massive community concert unlike anything you've ever experienced!

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Listen to Triad Arts Up Close as broadcast at 1 p.m.

The Association of Retarded Citizens of Greensboro (The Arc) invites you to join them for An Evening with Artist Beverly McIver on Tuesday night, October 9, at 6:00pm in the Emerald Event Center in Greensboro.

Beverly was the youngest of three daughters growing up in the Greensboro projects in the 1970s. Much of her childhood was spent searching for acceptance, battling racism, and dealing with the sometimes aggressive behavior of her eldest sister Renee who is mentally disabled. Beverly’s escape from the projects came through the world of visual art, and she quickly began charting a new direction as an African American woman artist.

She now holds an endowed chair as Professor of Art at North Carolina Central University, the historically Black university where she first learned to paint decades ago. When her mom died in 2004, Beverly agreed to become Renee’s caregiver. The story of their struggles and compassion was recently made into an HBO documentary film titled Raising Renee. The DVD will be available for sale at the Arc fundraiser dinner where Beverly will be the keynote speaker.

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“John Cage was one astonishing individual. His compositions upended long-held conventions about the listening process and prodded us to re-evaluate how we define not only music but the entire experience of encountering art”. So wrote Wake Forest University Professor and pianist Louis Goldstein. His CAGEFEST opens Friday, September 28, and concludes November 13. The festival celebrates what would have been Cage’s 100th birthday with a variety of fascinating lectures, recitals, exhibits and other performances beginning with MUSICIRCUS from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on the 28th in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library atrium.

The concert is free, open to the public, and dependent on community musician volunteer performers just like you! John Cage once said "Open all doors, wherever you find them. There is no end to life", so, go grab your horn, open the doors to Z.S.R. on Friday, and get ready to share in a massive community concert unlike anything you've ever experienced!

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Steinway Artist and Wake Forest University professor Peter Kairoff gives us the best of the Baroque.

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On Friday night, September 21, at 7:30pm, the Winston-Salem Symphony’s principal oboist will sound the tuning note to open the orchestra’s 66th season. This year’s first Classics Series concert in the Steven’s Center begins with Beethoven’s dramatic Leonore Overture No. 3. It’ll be followed by renowned violinist Jennifer Koh and her interpretation of the Violin Concerto by Jean Sibelius. The Symphony No. 3 by Aaron Copland concludes the program.

The same program repeats on Sunday afternoon, September 23 at 3:00pm, and you can enjoy a slightly abbreviated performance on Saturday during the Winston-Salem Symphony’s Kicked Back Classics series. Robert Moody will lead the orchestra in all three concerts.

Bob’s now in his eighth season as Music Director of the Winston Salem Symphony. He recently stopped by WFDD to share this season preview.

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On Friday night, September 9, the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro and its many partners will kick off 17 Days with a big Block Party, and from there it’s 17 days filled with amazing theatre, visual art, music, dance and more.

Moving beyond traditional arts will be celebrations of Native American heritage, the 150th birthday of O Henry, and a Chocolate Lover’s weekend. There will me more than 130 events. UAC President and CEO Tom Philion stopped by for a season preview with TAUC host David Ford.