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July 2012

Art

Matisse and the Decorative Impulse

Weatherspoon Art Museum
Greensboro, NC
Now through July 8

Attracted to bold patterning throughout his career, Henri Matisse explored in both prints and paintings the decorative possibilities of simplified forms and areas of flat surface design mixed with volumetric representation. This exhibition features artists who follow the precendent of the French master, through the examination of robust design and the restorative contemplation of beauty.

>> For more information, visit: http://weatherspoon.un…

Antoni Taulé

Besharat Gallery
Atlanta, Georgia
Now through July 07, 2012

Antoni Taulé is a painter of Catalonian origin living in France. Carrying a sense of disruption, he paints classical building sites and interiors: ballrooms, office receptions, the halls of the Louvre museum, the chambers of the Prado, the Palace of Versailles and other monumental spaces.

>> For ticket information, visit: www.besharatgallery.com

Music

Summer Concerts at Symphony Hall

Atlanta Symphony Hall
Atlanta, GA
Saturday, July 7 | 8pm

The Orchestra performs Stravinsky’s Suite from The Firebird, Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances, Barber’s Adagio for Strings and other riches, Saturday, July 7 at 8 pm. Wagner’s Overture to Die Meistersinger and Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin round out a rich program. St. Louis Symphony Resident Conductor Ward Stare guest conducts.

>> For ticket information, visit: www.atlantasymphony.org

A Night in Paris

Booth Amphitheatre
Cary, NC
Saturday, July 7 | 7:30pm

Finale to the 2012 Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series, the Symphony will whisk you away to the City of Love. Enjoy the music of Django Reinhardt, Edith Piaf, Michel Legrand, Charles Dumont and other Parisian favorites. Also in store: Gershwin’s rapturous ode to a night on the town, An American in Paris.

>> For more information, visit: ncsymphony.org

Traditional Music from West Africa featuring Diali Cissokho

NCMA- West Building
Raleigh, NC
Sunday, July 8 | 12:30 pm

As part of the music in the galleries series, the NCMA presents renowned Senegalese musician Diali Cissokho. While his greatest love is the kora, the 21-stringed African harp that represents the heart and soul of much West African music, Diali is also a wonderful singer, percussionist, and dancer.

>> For more information, visit: ncartmuseum.org

Film

The Kid With a Bike

The Bama Theatre
Tuscaloosa, AL
July 10

Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.

>> For more information, visit: bamatheatre.org

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Monsieur Lazhar

The Bama Theatre
Tuscaloosa, AL
July 24

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.

For tickets and show times, visit:bamatheatre.org/

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OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies

Lefont Theaters
Atlanta, GA
July 20, 21| 10:30 am

Follow the escapades of French secret agent, OSS 117, in Cairo in 1955.

>> For ticket information and showtimes, visit: www.lefonttheaters.com/

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The Women on the 6th Floor

Lefont Theaters
Atlanta, GA
July 27, 28| 10:30 am

The entire bourgeois existence of a middle class businessman is turned topsy turvy as he discovers 6 Spanish maids living in his apartment building. Life’s simple pleasures never tasted so sweet.

>> For ticket information and showtimes, visit: www.lefonttheaters.com/

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Intouchables

Fine Arts Theatre
Ashville, NC
Showing in June

The true story of a wealthy, physically disabled risk taker, the picture of established French nobility, who lost his wife in an accident and whose world is turned upside down when he hires a young, good-humored, black Muslim ex-con as his caretaker. Their bond proves the power and omniscience that love and friendship can hold over all social and economic differences.

>> For ticket information and showtimes, visit: http://www.fineartstheatre.com/

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The Artist

NCMA
Raleigh, NC
Friday, July 27 | 9 pm

As part of the NCMA summer movie series, George Valentin is a star of silent films who is quite the charmer. Peppy Miller, a young film-extra, is about to make it big among the stars. With the arrival of talking movies, can their romance last in the face of stardom, pride, and money?

>> For screening times and other information, visit: Terrance Theaters

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Grey Matter

Brooks Museum
Memphis, TN
July 5 | 7 pm
July 13 | 2 pm

This riveting drama on the aftermath of tragedy describes the vision and trials of a determined filmmaker named Balthazar, as he tries to produce his first feature, The Cycle of the Cockroach. The trenchant drama, about a brother and sister dealing with the aftermath of genocide, finds no support from agencies only interested in funding upbeat policy-friendly films. As Balthazar borrows recklessly from a loan shark, the Cycle plays out on the screen, subtly measuring the horror and systematic madness of events hardly unique to Rwanda, while offering bracing insight into the nature of political violence.

>> For ticket information and showtimes, visit: NCMA

Edited by Heather Kircher Clavé

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