William Henry Curry and Alfred Sturgis will conduct this concert on November 17 and 18 at 8 p.m. in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Copland's Symphony No. 3 will also be performed. Please contact the North Carolina Symphony in Raleigh for ticket information. Burning Coal Theatre Company presents the Southeastern premiere reading of playwright Williams Stoneking's Sixteen Words for Water, which is about Ezra Pound and the Aborigines. This staged reading of the play is directed by Brad Shelton and takes place on November 18 at Noon at the Rialto Theatre in Raleigh.
Admission is free but donations are accepted.
Les Tambours du Bronx, performs on November 18 at 8 p.m. in Page Auditorium on Duke University's West Campus. This percussion group from France is Europe's number one metal-drumming ensemble, performing on tour in America for the first time. Tickets are available through the Page Auditorium Box Office at Duke University in Durham. East Carolina Playhouse presents Lanford Wilson's play, A Sense of Place, in the McGinnis Theatre on the East Carolina University Campus in Greenville. 2 p.m. Saint Mary's School in Raleigh presents its next Emerging Young Artists Series on November 14 at 8 p.m. in historic Smedes Parlor at Saint Mary's School.