For the second time in three years, fishermen in southern Maryland have pulled in a shark from the most unlikely place — the Potomac River. Actually they caught two sharks.
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Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
U.S. Fish and Wildlife stand next to a conveyor belt with confiscated illegal ivory to be crushed in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, Friday, June 19, 2015 at Times Square in New York. Animal advocates say the trade in ivory threatens to wipe out African elephants.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe, left, and U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell, prepare to select confiscated illegal ivory to crush in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, Friday, June 19, 2015, at Times Square in New York. Animal advocates say the trade in ivory threatens to wipe out African elephants.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
U.S. government displays confiscated illegal ivory before crushing more than a ton in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, Friday, June 19, 2015, at Times Square in New York. Animal advocates say the trade in ivory threatens to wipe out African elephants.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
U.S. government display confiscated illegal ivory before crushing more than a ton in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, Friday, June 19, 2015, at Times Square in New York. Animal advocates say the trade in ivory threatens to wipe out African elephants.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
U.S. government display confiscated illegal ivory before crushing more than a ton in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, Friday, June 19, 2015, at Times Square in New York. Animal advocates say the trade in ivory threatens to wipe out African elephants.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
The U.S. government displays confiscated illegal ivory before crushing more than a ton in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, Friday, June 19, 2015, at Times Square in New York. Animal advocates say the trade in ivory threatens to wipe out African elephants.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe, center, and U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell, right, prepare to select confiscated illegal ivory to crush in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, Friday, June 19, 2015, at Times Square in New York. Animal advocates say the trade in ivory threatens to wipe out African elephants.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
The U.S. government display confiscated illegal ivory before crushing more than a ton in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, Friday, June 19, 2015, at Times Square in New York. Animal advocates say the trade in ivory threatens to wipe out African elephants.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
The U.S. government displays confiscated illegal ivory before crushing more than a ton in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, Friday, June 19, 2015, at Times Square in New York. Animal advocates say the trade in ivory threatens to wipe out African elephants.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ton of ivory crushed in Times Square to highlight poaching
U.S. government display confiscated illegal ivory before crushing more than a ton in an effort to halt elephant poaching and ivory trafficking, Friday, June 19, 2015, at Times Square in New York. Animal advocates say the trade in ivory threatens to wipe out African elephants.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Over a ton of confiscated ivory tumbled off a conveyor belt into a rock crusher in Times Square on Friday in a symbolic display highlighting an illegal trade that activists say threatens the survival of African elephants.
The Wildlife Conservation Society says the global ivory trade is responsible for the slaughter of as many as 35,000 elephants a year in Africa.
“Crushing ivory in Times Square — literally at the crossroads of the world — says in the clearest of terms that the U.S. is serious about closing its illegal ivory markets and stopping the demand,” said John Calvelli, the society’s executive vice president for public affairs.
U.S. and state government officials, conservationists, animal-welfare advocates and tourists gathered to watch as hundreds of ivory trinkets were turned into a powder that fed into a trough, waiting to be trucked away.
The event was organized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New York state agencies and the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs New York City’s zoos.
Actress Kristen Davis, a longtime advocate for elephants known for her role in the HBO show “Sex and the City,” said at the event no one should ever buy ivory even if a dealer says it’s an antique.
“We are going to lose elephants in 10 years if we don’t do something, which means that our children will never know that elephants roamed the planet in the wild as they should,” Davis said.
The crush was one of several ivory destruction events that have been held around the world to stigmatize the ivory trade.
The Times Square ivory will be combined with the 6 tons that was crushed in Denver in 2013 and used to create a memorial to elephants.
Officials said they are committed to fighting the ivory trade not just to protect elephants but to combat terrorists who profit from elephant poaching.
“Animal trafficking, we now know, is funding those dangerous groups out there,” said U.S. Rep. Steve Israel, a Long Island Democrat. “It is a source of revenue for terrorist groups around the world.”
Much of the ivory destroyed Friday was confiscated from Philadelphia antiques dealer Victor Gordon, officials said.
Gordon was sentenced in federal court in June 2014 to 2 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay $157,500 in fines and forfeitures for smuggling ivory into the U.S.
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The Latest: Theater shooting jury gets break, warning
3:05 p.m. (MDT)
Jurors in the Colorado theater shooting case are getting a five-day break after prosecutors wrapped up their case against gunman James Holmes.
They left the courtroom in suburban Denver after getting a warning from the judge not to talk to anyone about the case and not to begin deliberating it in their minds.
Five jurors already have been dismissed, leaving 19 jurors, including seven alternates.
The defense will begin making its case Thursday. They say Holmes was in the grips of a psychotic episode at the time of the shootings and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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2:40 p.m. (MDT)
The prosecution in the Colorado theater shooting trial has rested after aiming to show James Holmes planned and carried out the massacre while knowing it was wrong.
Prosecutors relied on emotional testimony from victims, graphic photos and a state-appointed psychiatrist’s videotaped interview with Holmes to undermine his claim that he was too mentally ill to know right from wrong. The final witness was the mother of the youngest person killed in the shooting who was left paralyzed and suffered a miscarriage.
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A woman who was among the most seriously injured in the Colorado theater shooting is testifying as prosecutors wrap up their case.
Ashley Moser’s 6-year-old daughter, Veronica, was killed in the July 20, 2012, attack. Moser was paralyzed and suffered a miscarriage.
She came to the witness stand Friday in a motorized wheelchair.
Moser says she heard what she thought were kids shooting off fireworks in the theater and wanted to leave. She says she reached for her daughter’s hand, but it slipped away.
She recalled standing up and getting hit in the chest. Moser says, “I remember falling and landing on her.”
Moser will tie up a case that opened with testimony from Katie Medley, who was nine months pregnant when her husband, Caleb, was shot in the head while seated next to her.
Caleb Medley can no longer walk and has trouble talking.
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2:10 p.m. (MDT)
A police detective says James Holmes researched things including Colorado shooting ranges, military tactics before attacking a suburban Denver movie theater in 2012.
Detective Craig Appel says Holmes also researched the materials he used in the booby trap at his apartment.
Appel says the history on Holmes’ computer showed queries for and YouTube videos and Wikipedia entries on black powder, pipe bombs, smoke bombs and a book called “How To Make Bombs, Book One.”
His testimony came as prosecutors wrap up their case against Holmes with a focus both on the pain suffered by victims and Holmes’ planning for the attack. They must prove he was sane at the time of the shooting and knew right from wrong.
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James Holmes warned a former fellow graduate student to stay away from him just over a week before he carried out a deadly attack at a Colorado movie theater.
Hillary Allen says she texted Holmes to check on him July 8, 2012, about a month after he said he was dropping out of school. He told her he had a form of mania and that she should avoid him, saying he was “bad news bears.”
During their text exchange, Allen asked Holmes if his condition was manageable. He responded: “It was. Floodgates open now.”
Allen testified she told Holmes she struggled with her own issues, and asked if he was OK. Holmes responded simply “yep.” It was the last time she heard from him.
Holmes’ lawyer later noted it was unclear which part of Allen’s text Holmes was responding to.
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Classical Music Shines at An Appalachian Summer Festival
Broyhill Ensemble
Eastern Festival Orchestra
Posted: Thursday, June 18, 2015 9:45 am
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BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA — An Appalachian Summer Festival will showcase an exciting lineup of the best in music, dance, theatre, visual arts and film this July for its 31st season in the mountains of North Carolina. Beginning in 1984 as a chamber music festival, An Appalachian Summer Festival continues to share classical music with the High Country by bringing world-renowned orchestras and chamber ensembles to the campus of Appalachian State University.
Broyhill Chamber Ensemble – July 7, 9, 21, 30
Every summer, chamber music takes center stage at An Appalachian Summer Festival, as violinist Gil Morgenstern, Artistic Director of the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble and its International Reflections Series, assembles several of the nation’s most exciting and accomplished chamber musicians for an exquisite and moving concert series. Performing throughout the U.S. and Europe, the ensemble presents an alternative to the conventional approach to chamber music programming. Performance times are at 8 p.m. on July 7, 9, 21 and 30 at Rosen Concert Hall. For more information, visit http://appsummer.org/schedule/id/814.
Eastern Festival Orchestra with Awadagin Pratt, piano – July 12
Under the direction of Maestro Gerard Schwarz, the Eastern Festival Orchestra returns to the festival on July 12 at 4 p.m. in the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts for an afternoon of performances featuring soloists Awadagin Pratt (piano) and Amber Carpenter (harp), first-prize winner of the 2014 Rosen-Schaffel Competition for Young and Emerging Artists. For more information, visit http://appsummer.org/schedule/id/efo-schwarz-pratt.
Rosen-Schaffel Competition for Young and Emerging Artists: Final Round of Competition – July 19
Free Event
In partnership with the Hayes School of Music, the festival proudly presents the fifth season of the Rosen-Schaffel Competition for Young and Emerging Artists. On July 19 at 1 p.m., seven selected finalists will take the stage in the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts to compete in a public performance. Jurors will choose three top prizewinners and the audience will select the Audience Choice Award Winner. In addition to a cash prize, the first-prize winner will receive the opportunity to return during the 2016 season of An Appalachian Summer Festival to perform with conductor Gerard Schwarz and the Eastern Festival Orchestra. For more information, visit http://appsummer.org/schedule/id/rosen-schaffel-2015.
For videos, images and detailed information about each performance, visit appsummer.org.
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With ticket prices ranging from $5-$50, as well as several free events, the festival offers unique opportunities for residents and visitors to create arts experiences suited to their individual artistic tastes and budgets. To purchase tickets, call or visit the Schaefer Center box office at 800-841-2787 or 828-262-4046. Tickets can also be purchased online at appsummer.org.
About An Appalachian Summer Festival
An Appalachian Summer Festival is presented annually in July by the university’s Office of Arts and Cultural Programs. Beginning as a small chamber music series, the festival has emerged as one of the nation’s most highly regarded, multi-disciplinary art festivals, designated one of the “Top 20 Events in the Southeast” by the Southeast Tourism Society. True to a university-based arts festival, educational experiences such as lectures and opportunities to meet artists, artistic directors, competition jurors and other experts, have always been an important component of festival programming.
Festival Corporate Sponsors:Westglow Resort and Spa, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, Northern Trust, McDonald’s of Boone, Mast General Store, Storie Street Grille, Goodnight Brothers, Boone Area Visitors Bureau, Sky Best Communications, Scholars Bookshop at the University Bookstore, Hotel Equities, Holiday Inn Express-Boone, Nationwide—Charles Eyler Agency, Peabody’s Wine Beer Merchants, Chetola Resort, Creekside Electronics and Boone Ford-Lincoln.
Festival media sponsors include:WBTV, WCYB, Charter Media, Winston-Salem Journal, Greensboro News Record, PBS Charlotte, WNC Magazine, High Country Radio, WHKY AM 1290, WDAV 89.9FM, WFDD 88.5FM, WETS 89.5FM, WASU 90.5FM and High Country 365.
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Tourists being more cautious after shark bites in NC
The two shark bite incidents last week in nearby Oak Island, N.C., don’t seem to be scaring off Grand Strand tourists.
Officials said they’ve received a couple of calls from visitors headed to the Grand Strand for a vacation, but most aren’t staying away.
“People understand the inherent risk of getting in the water,” said George Durant, vice president of tourism development for the North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce. “There have been so few calls people are either well informed or it’s a non-issue.”
Mark Kruea, spokesman for the city of Myrtle Beach, said his office had a couple of inquiries last week related to the shark incidents and a few calls asking whether the city’s beaches have lifeguards. He said people are just being a little more cautious.
“I think they are being cautious but not going to let the incidents in North Carolina prevent their fun,” he said. “Your odds of winning the lottery are probably better than getting bitten by a shark.”
Two teens were bitten by sharks in separate incidents about an hour apart Sunday while swimming in the ocean along Oak Island’s barrier island coast. Hunter Treschl, 16, of Colorado Springs, Colo., lost his arm in the shark attack about 5:50 p.m., and 12-year-old Kiersten Yow of Asheboro, N.C., lost her left arm below the elbow and suffered a leg injury when she was bitten about 4:40 p.m. near Ocean Crest Pier.
After hearing about those shark bites, Gail Grawberg of Michigan inquired online as to the status of sharks and jellyfish along the Grand Strand, saying her family vacationed in Myrtle Beach last year but was considering a last minute visit to the Surfside Beach area next week.
“With the recent shark attacks an hour away, we are nervous about going in the water and it is definitely a major factor when choosing our destination,” she said in an email. “We have a young child and he loves to splash around in the waves. We would be traveling a great distance to experience the ocean and want to be able to enjoy it.”
As of Friday morning, the Grawbergs were still undecided if they would make the trip, but noted that if they come, they will definitely stay close to shore.
Kruea said swimmers just need to be aware of their surroundings, not swim at dusk and never swim alone.
“The ocean is Mother Nature’s biggest representative,” he said. “Use a little common sense and you’ll have a great vacation.”
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce had fielded only one inquiry related to the shark attacks as of Thursday, spokesman Brad Dickerson said.
While North Myrtle Beach is located less than 45 miles from Oak Island, the city had not received inquiries about sharks last week, spokesman Pat Dowling said.
“If we do receive inquiries, my discussion would center on the fact that the ocean is home to a wide variety of species, and one of those is sharks,” Dowling said. “Most often, when sharks come inshore (into or near the ‘swim zone’) they are chasing fish to feed on. There is some potential for swimmers to wind up in the middle of that activity, which offers the potential for bumps or bites.”
Dowling said, however, that when you compare the number of genuine shark encounters along the Grand Strand with the millions of people who swim in the Atlantic Ocean each year, you could categorize shark bumps and bites as being very rare occasions. He noted that rip currents present a much greater danger to ocean swimmers than does marine life, because most people are not experienced ocean swimmers.
Like most beach communities offering lifeguard services, North Myrtle Beach has a flag system for various situations, Dowling said.
“If lifeguards see dangerous aquatic life, they will fly a purple flag, which encourages people to talk with a lifeguard before entering the water. If the beach is closed to swimming, double red flags will be flown,” he said.
Some individuals also worry about jellyfish bites. Dowling said jellyfish come and go along the Grand Strand and elsewhere, depending on the season and tide. He said their presence in any large numbers is usually short-lived and the public is notified of any large flotilla that is spotted.
“Many people tend to look at the ocean as being a bigger and better swimming pool but it’s not,” Dowling said. “It has its own ecosystem and people are not really part of that. So, folks should be aware that when they enter the ocean, there is life there. Pay attention to one another, and pay attention to the lifeguards.”
Swimmers also should avoid getting in the water after hours when lifeguards are no longer on the beaches, said Horry County spokeswoman Lisa Bourcier.
“Our county beaches are monitored the best they can be,” she said, adding people just need to be aware of the hazards and follow the advice of lifeguards and the warning flags. She said of more frequent concern than animal bites are rip currents and cardiac arrests affecting elderly people who are not familiar with swimming in the ocean.
Ryan Griffin of Saluda, N.C., said news of the shark attacks at Oak Island would not prevent him from swimming in the ocean as normal when he arrives for a weeklong vacation in Garden City Beach starting this weekend.
“I wasn’t even aware of it [the shark attacks] but now we might limit how far out we go,” he said. “I think we’ll limit it to waist deep.”
Griffin, who frequently visits family along the Grand Strand, said this is the first time he, his five adult siblings, and their children have ever vacationed together. They are coming from as far away as Pennsylvania and Atlanta and have had the trip planned for some time.
“We are all looking forward to a week of good fun and family bonding,” he added. “We won’t allow the sharks to inhibit our fun.”
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Asheville is a boomtown, but for whom? – Asheville Citizen
That sound you hear is the collective grumble of Asheville residents every time a new hotel is proposed. As the marketing push to make Asheville the Charleston of the mountains kicks into hyper-drive, for the folks who live and work here our city is at a crossroads. For many in Asheville, tourism profiles like “9 reasons you must visit Asheville” has turned into “9 times you can’t believe how much that house in West Asheville sold for.”
A recent move by the North Carolina General Assembly to raise Asheville’s hotel tax and more importantly to keep those tax dollars exclusively under the control of the Tourism Development Authority has only increased the grumbling about hotels and has made public the split between some of our civic and elected leaders about the future of our city.
In addition to Western North Carolina’s natural beauty, the Tourism Development Authority has much to promote with its $4.4 million ad budget.
“Tube the French Broad River!”
“More local breweries than anyone can responsibly take on in a pub crawl!”
“Not one, but two fancy donut shops!”
Asheville and Western North Carolina boast many attractions to feature in national magazine profiles. But as we market ourselves as a great place to visit, is Asheville still a great place to live?
The problem with the hotel boom is not that the character of downtown Asheville is changing — the list of hollowed out cities praying for an economic revival is very, very long — the problem is the kind of jobs being created and the poverty wages they too often pay. Much needed investment and density in our city center is a distraction from the real issues confronting Asheville. Low wages, a lack of professional jobs and sky-high rents are pushing people out of the city. That’s been going on for a few years now. I’ve heard more than one recent UNCA grad laugh at the prospect of building a career in Asheville.
Earlier this year the Citizen-Times reported, “To afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent in Buncombe County, renters need to earn $16.48 per hour …” That hourly wage calculated by the National Low Income Housing Coalition assumes a two-bedroom rental price of $857. (Don’t laugh, that’s not a typo.) Almost one-in-three children in Buncombe County is “food insecure,” meaning they do not have regular access to food at home. MANNA FoodBank and other local organizations do great work to combat this problem, but during the summer when kids cannot access school lunch programs, their crucial work isn’t enough. Simply put, too many families in Buncombe County aren’t being paid a wage that lets them buy the basics.
The City Council has a chance to bring all its employees’ pay up to a living wage when it meets on June 23 to approve next year’s budget. The living wage in Asheville as calculated by the nonprofit organization Just Economics of Western Carolina is $12.50 per hour or $11 with benefits. That living wage represents just the bare minimum to survive, in effect the real minimum wage, $3 donuts not included. This policy change won’t impact wages for the vast majority of our city’s residents, but it is an important step, if largely symbolic.
I see the culture, art and people that attracted so many of us to the mountains, whether 25 or five years ago, being displaced. And Asheville is still struggling to integrate the African-American community into the city at large.
I loathe the neon lights on the Aloft Hotel as much as anyone, but cities that thrive reinvent themselves many times over and no one wants to return to a time when downtown was almost razed to make way for a shopping mall. The real question we face as a city is: How are we going to provide living wages and affordable housing to the people who keep Asheville running?
Aaron Sarver lives and works in Asheville.
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Mayfaire Town, Community centers sold to Tenn. firm
A large, publicly traded real estate investment trust has bought Mayfaire Town Center and Mayfaire Community Center.
The properties were purchased for $192 million by Tennessee-based CBL Associates Properties in a deal that closed June 18, according to a news release from Hyman Brody, CEO of BrodyCo. Inc. Along with Jeffrey Zimmer, Brody co-manages the eastern North Carolina investor group that developed Mayfaire.
“We’ve completed all but one phase in the development of Mayfaire and have accomplished what we set out to achieve,” Brody said in the news release. “As successful as Mayfaire has been, we think it would benefit from fresh thinking and new ownership to take it to the next level. CBL was the right buyer at the right time. We believe the future of Mayfaire is bright.”
Stephen D. Lebovitz, CBL’s president and CEO said in the release, “The Brody and Zimmer families have done a tremendous job of building Mayfaire into the pre-eminent retail destination in the three-county area. The mixed use complex has become a central part of the growing and dynamic Wilmington community. Customers visit for the great stores, restaurants, entertainment options and for the enjoyable experience. With our strong network of retail relationships, we see numerous opportunities to elevate this experience even further, delivering more of the premier brands and restaurants that residents and tourists have come to expect from the center.”
The 400-acre Mayfaire, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of its town center last year, has about 1 million square feet of retail, including Belk’s, Regal Cinemas, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Barnes Noble, J. Crew, Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma. The development also partnered with several leading developers to attract two hotels, Hilton Garden Inn and Homewood Suites, an office complex and more than 700 residential units to the project.
The buyer, CBL, is a well-known operator of upscale town centers and properties, Brody said. According to the announcement, CBL is one of the largest shopping mall REIT’s in the country, with more than 140 properties, including 90 malls and open-air centers. In addition to Friendly Center, the trust’s developments include: Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville, Cary Towne Center and Triangle Town Center in Raleigh.
Lebovitz said in the announcement, “Mayfaire will also enjoy a synergistic relationship with our other assets in the Carolinas, primarily Friendly Center in Greensboro, N.C., one of our most successful properties generating strong growth and consistent demand from high quality retailers, including the recently opened Lululemon store. We expect similar success from Mayfaire Town Center and are pleased to join the Wilmington community.”
Brody said he and the Zimmers will still be working on an adjacent 40 acres and the office portion of Mayfaire. Brody did not disclose the purchase amount, and as of 4:30 p.m., no deed for the property had been recorded in the New Hanover County Register of Deeds office’s online document website.
In addition to Brody and Jeffrey Zimmer, Mayfaire is a result of the partnership of Robert Beller of BrodyCo Inc and Herbert and Alan Zimmer and Arlene Zimmer Schreiber, all of Wilmington-based Zimmer Development Co.
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An Appalachian Summer Festival presents Theatre and Dance Performances
Without Words
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BOONE— An Appalachian Summer Festival will showcase an exciting lineup of the best in music, dance, theatre, visual arts and film this July for its 31st season in the mountains of North Carolina. Distinguished dance and theatre acts Parsons Dance and In/Visible Theatre will take the stage this summer at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts.
Parsons Dance – July 10
The New York City-based professional dance company Parsons Dance will perform at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts on July 10 at 8 p.m. World-renowned for its dancers’ nimble physiques and stunning ensemble work, Parsons Dance will deliver an exciting experience not to be missed. Works include Parsons’ stroboscopic masterpiece “Caught” and his latest creation “Whirlaway,” Robert Battle’s percussive work “Train” and Trey McIntyre’s duet “Hymn.” For more information, visit http://appsummer.org/schedule/id/parsons-dance.
In/Visible Theatre: “Without Words” – July 24 25
In/Visible Theatre presents “Without Words,” a play adapted from the book “A Man Without Words” by Susan Schaller. The story explores the life of a man named Ildefonso, a 27 year-old Mexican Indian who was born deaf and never learned sign language, hindering him from normal human interaction. Susan, a sign language interpreter, finds him intelligent, observant, and isolated from the world around him. Thus, she grows determined to help him communicate. In/Visible Theatre uses dance, drama, sound and silence in this remarkable true story of how language is so much more than words. The performance will take place on July 24 and 25 at 8 p.m. in the Valborg Theatre. For more information, visit http://appsummer.org/schedule/id/836.
For videos, images and detailed information about each performance, visit appsummer.org.
Tickets:
With ticket prices ranging from $5-$50, as well as several free events, the festival offers unique opportunities for residents and visitors to create arts experiences suited to their individual artistic tastes and budgets. To purchase tickets, call or visit the Schaefer Center box office at 800-841-2787 or 828-262-4046. Tickets can also be purchased online at appsummer.org.
About An Appalachian Summer Festival
An Appalachian Summer Festival is presented annually in July by the university’s Office of Arts and Cultural Programs. Beginning as a small chamber music series, the festival has emerged as one of the nation’s most highly regarded, multi-disciplinary art festivals, designated one of the “Top 20 Events in the Southeast” by the Southeast Tourism Society. True to a university-based arts festival, educational experiences such as lectures and opportunities to meet artists, artistic directors, competition jurors and other experts, have always been an important component of festival programming.
Festival Corporate Sponsors: Westglow Resort and Spa, Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, Northern Trust, McDonald’s of Boone, Mast General Store, Storie Street Grille, Goodnight Brothers, Boone Area Visitors Bureau, Sky Best Communications, Scholars Bookshop at the University Bookstore, Hotel Equities, Holiday Inn Express-Boone, Nationwide—Charles Eyler Agency, Peabody’s Wine Beer Merchants, Chetola Resort, Creekside Electronics and Boone Ford-Lincoln.
Festival media sponsors include: WBTV, WCYB, Charter Media, Winston-Salem Journal, Greensboro News Record, PBS Charlotte, WNC Magazine, High Country Radio, WHKY AM 1290, WDAV 89.9FM, WFDD 88.5FM, WETS 89.5FM, WASU 90.5FM and High Country 365.
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