Living Group offers prizes for artists
Arts Theme House is calling for submissions for its Young Artist Showcase event in December. Freshmen and sophomores are invited to enter visual arts, music, performance art and the written word. A panel of judges, including ATH members and arts faculty, will award prizes in each category as well as one overall winner. The winner in each category will receive $50, and the overall winner will get $100. Interested students need to register at dukeartshow.tripod.com. For more information e-mail david.schiffman@duke.edu.
Cultural Music Performance
Persian and Turkish culture will combine Friday, Oct. 14, when Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan take the stage with Persian and Turkish Improvisations at Goodson Chapel, Westbrook Building, West Campus. Kalhor, a Grammy-nominated kamencheh (spike fiddle) player, will trade notes with Erzincan, who plays the Turkish baglama (a lute also known as a saz). Tickets are $15 and the show starts at 8:00 p.m.
Wordly art on display in Durham
This is the last week to check out Anywhere But Here-photos of your travels, The Back Porch Photo Gallery Theme Show at Durham Art Guild. The show features paintings by David Davenport and Alyssa Wood, fiber by Marni Goldshlag and photography by Bruce Melkowits, a Juried Art Show Solo Show Award-winner. Anywhere But Here runs until Oct. 15 and can be viewed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Soprano to sing at Page
World-renowned opera singer Dawn Upshaw has been lauded for her performances of classic and contemporary pieces. The soprano has performed on stages in New York, Paris and Vienna. She is the most well known as the voice of composer John Harbison, who has written music specifically for her vocals. Upshaw will grace the Page Auditorium with piano accompaniment by Gilbert Kalish, Saturday, Oct. 14.
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