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The Balanchine program opens with “Raymonda Variations,” Balanchine’s nod to more traditional choreography, in which seven soloists are each assigned a particularly difficult feat.

Carolina Ballet scores with 16th annual all-Balanchine program

Challenging choreography tests company to perform at highest level.

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Bookstores celebrate Lee Smith’s 45 years of publishing, and her new novel, “Guests on Earth,” comes out this week

The Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance and Algonquin Books have designated the week of Oct. 21 as Celebrate Lee Smith Week, with booksellers poised to highlight Smith’s body of work with in-store displays, online promotions and signed-book giveaways.
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Russia’s mysteries on display at N.C. Museum of History

Two NC Museum of History exhibits, on Russian porcelain and iconography, mirror several centuries of the vast country’s history.
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The best theater picks, October 11

Zombies invade Shakespeare in HiSTORYstage’s production of John Heimbuch’s witty “William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead.”
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The best classical picks, October 11

The Mallarmé Chamber Players’ concert Saturday offers an unusual “string jam” program.
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Theater review: Fans purr at NC Theatre’s ‘Cats’ production

NC Theatre scores with local production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway favorite.
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Raleigh Little Theatre surprises with 'Spring Awakening'

Dark musical is one of RLT's strongest productions in a long time.
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Sleek, fast and beautiful Porsches at NC Museum of Art

Porsche By Design, an exhibit of 22 classic Porsches, opens Oct. 12 at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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Performing artists salute new UNC president; Sacred Music rings out in Raleigh

Alvin Ailey dancers join salute to President Folk at UNC; “Cats” comes to Raleigh; Christ Church presents “Sacred Music on the Square;” and NC Museum of Art staffer Michelle Harrell is honored for her work.
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'Così fan tutte' is NC Opera's best

This evergreen Mozart comedy outshines the NC Opera company's admirable concert opera presentations and tops any of its previous fully staged works.
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The best theater picks, October 4

The 2006 Tony-winning musical, “Spring Awakening” opens at Raleigh Little Theatre, a bold departure from the company’s usual fare.