Ticket purchase and contact information for select Twin Counties venues are at the bottom of this file.

EVENTS

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Nancy and Tammy Dail and the Country Roads Band will be one of the acts performing at the Crepe Myrtle Festival. Details, see EVENTS listing.

HERE THIS WEEKEND The following events from the Coming Attractions calendar take place this weekend in the Twin Counties: Jerome Murray performs Friday night at the Dunn Center, Rocky Mount. Monkey Foot plays Friday night at Nightlife Bar and Grill, Rocky Mount. The Crepe Myrtle Festival runs Saturday on the Town Commons, Scotland Neck. Tarboro's Second Saturday runs Saturday on Courthouse Square. The Tar River Piecemakers Quilting Guild meets Saturday at the Imperial Centre. The Via Cappuccino Chess Club meets Saturday morning. Five art exhibits will be on display Saturday and on Sunday afternoon at the Rocky Mount Arts Center. Two exhibits and three planetarium shows run Saturday and Sunday at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center. USA Dance will hold a dance Saturday night at the Rocky Mount Arts Center. Justin Hunt plays Saturday night at Westridge Grill, Rocky Mount. Travis Moss plays Saturday night at Java Mott's Coffee Co., Rocky Mount. USA Dance holds practice sessions Sunday afternoon at Crystal's Elite Dance Studio.

Tarboro Second Saturdays street fair: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 8 and Dec. 13; Courthouse Square; activities includes music, crafts and food; free; 567-0915; gotarboro.com.

Romance book club meeting: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15; Books-A-Million, 1100 N. Wesleyan Blvd. (Golden East Crossing mall); organizational meeting to set club's structure and pick first book to be read; free; Fatin Soufan, 452-1611; fasoufan@aol.com.

Rocky Mount downtown block parties: Events include music and food; free; downtownrockymount.com.

Noon-2 p.m. Aug. 15 – Southeast Main and Tarboro streets.

Noon-2 p.m. Sept. 19 – South Washington and Marigold streets.

Noon-3 p.m. Oct. 17 – Howard Street.

Rocky Mount Arts Center summer older youth and adult programs: Preregistration required; classes meet in the Arts Education Building at the Imperial Centre; nonresident premium fee waiver available for purchase.

Airborne and Special Operations Museum trip – Leaving 9 a.m. Aug. 16, returning 7 p.m.; visit to museum honoring development of new branch of Army from 1940s through today; $10 city residents, $12 others.

Japanese embroidery – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 16 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 17; embroidery on silk and fabric held in a wooden frame using silk and metal stitching using Japanese needles and other tools; open to all skill levels; to determine skill level and material fee, contact instructor Carl Newman at 336-784-6886 or cnewman706@aol.com; $68 city residents, $85 others.

Painting workdays – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays; experienced painters use the center's painting studio at the Arts Center for uninterrupted independent work; participants responsible for all materials; city residents $20, others $25 per week or city residents $60, others $75 per month.

Clay open studio – Hours vary based on other programs at the center; call Jennifer Rankin at 972-1632 to confirm hours; opportunity for potters who wish to work independently; includes firing and use of glazes on hand; participants must have taken at least one class with the center or show proof and knowledge of good studio practices to be eligible; $65 city residents, $81 others per month.

Live at 5ive! music parties: 5-7 p.m.; Imperial Centre lawn (rain site is center theater); free, food available for purchase; downtownrockymount.com.

Sept. 5 – Mighty Saints of Soul, playing beach.

Oct. 3 – Joceifus Rifle, playing rock and pop.

Crepe Myrtle Festival: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; Town Commons, 1310 Main St., Scotland Neck; activities include arts and crafts, live entertainment, games and food; free; Nancy Jackson, 826-3152; townofscotlandneck.com.

Chess lessons: 7-9 p.m. Thursdays; Church on the Rise, 3250 Bishop Road; all skill levels welcome; free; Evan Whittington, 252-451-1140 or 919-333-3635 before 10 a.m. or after 6 p.m., tinaslion@yahoo.com.

USA Dance: Promotes ballroom dancing and educates the public regarding its physical, mental and social benefits; Vince Tesoro, 212-5525.

Chapter social dance – 7:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday; Rocky Mount Arts Center; short class on the dance of the month included before the social dance begins; members $5, others $7.

Practice sessions – 4-6 p.m. Sundays; Crystal's Elite Dance Studio, 3040 Zebulon Road, Rocky Mount; $5; lessons on wide variety of dances also available for groups.

Arts and crafts guilds: Imperial Centre (unless specified); Jennifer Rankin, 972-1632, jennifer.rankin@rockymountnc.gov.

Tar River Piecemakers Quilting Guild – 9 a.m. Saturday; works on fabric, design and art, including donations made to various charitable organizations.

Embroiderer's Guild of America – 7 p.m. Tuesday; meetings offer workshops, exhibits, stitch-ins, social activities.

Tar River Basketweavers – 7 p.m. fourth Tuesday of the month; Battleboro Community Center, 280 W. Battleboro Ave., Rocky Mount; basketweaving taught through shared experience and knowledge.

GALLERIES, MUSEUMS

Edgecombe ARTS exhibits: Through Sunday; admission free, works available for purchase.

"Handmade Fanciful Creatures" – Dolls created by Anna Hammond.

"Birds, Part of Nature" – Wildlife photography by Danny Lloyd.

"Man and Nature" exhibit: Through Aug. 17; Via Cappuccino, 3002 Sunset Ave. (in Englewood Square Shopping Center), Rocky Mount; display of landscapes by Charles Philip Brooks, artist in residence at the Rocky Mount Arts Center, and American figure paintings by Jamil Barnes; originals, prints and cards available for purchase.

"The Lush Landscape-Poetic Spaces" exhibit: Through Sept. 28; Mims Gallery, N.C. Wesleyan College; oil paintings by Janette Hopper; free artist reception 7-9 p.m. Sept. 12; works available for purchase.

Rocky Mount Art Center exhibits: Catherine Coulter; 972-1175,

catherine.coulter@rocky

mountnc.gov.

"Elma Johnson – Clay and Glass" – Through Sept. 7.

"Water, Thread, and Glass: Digital Art Quilts by Christine Zoller" – Through Sept. 7.

Fifty-first National Juried Art Show – Through Sept. 14.

"Mel Stanforth: Reunion: These Folks Ain't Company! Homecoming" – Through Sept. 14.

North Carolina Fellowship Recipients Exhibition – Through Sept. 21.

Permanent Collection and New Acquisitions – Through January.

"Katarina Qvarnstrom – Historical Damask" – Sept. 13 through January.

"Barbara Hardy Ray – Abstract Paintings" – Sept. 13 through January.

"Bjorn Lowgren – Oil, Watercolor and Graphite" – Sept. 20 through January.

"Norman Keller – Sculpture" – Oct. 1 through January.

"Salmagundi XII – Eclectic Sculpture" – Oct. 1 through January.

CHILDREN

Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center planetarium programs: Steve Schmidt, 972-1586, steve.schmidt@rockymountnc.gov.

Exploring the Summer Sky – 7 p.m. today and Sept. 4; all-ages introduction to stars, constellations and astronomical events; children 15 and younger must be accompanied by an adult; per session, city residents $8, others $9.

Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center exhibits: Through Dec. 31; adults $4, seniors and children 3 to 16 years old $3, children 2 and younger free; all admitted free 2-5 p.m. Wednesdays.

"Microbes: Invisible Invaders, Amazing Allies" – Interactive journey through the hidden world of microbes.

"Maze Mania" – Interactive exhibit with mazes of varying types and levels of difficulty.

Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center summer camps and workshops: Preregistration required; Candy Madrid, 972-1167.

Children's safety programs – 3 p.m. Wednesdays through August; Rocky Mount Fire Department and Life Safety Puppeteers perform safety-education programs for prekindergartners through second-graders; free.

Eco-Edventure – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Aug. 15; children ages 7 to 12 study environmental science through field study, health checks of plants and animals and other indoor and outdoor experiments, activities and projects; city residents $120, others $145.

Rocky Mount Arts Center summer children's programs: Preregistration required; classes meet in the Arts Education Building at the Imperial Center; nonresident premium fee waiver available for purchase.

Creativity Cultivators – 1-2 p.m. Tuesdays through Aug. 26; multimedia art class for ages 4-5 teaches painting, printing, ceramics and other activities; $35 city residents, $44 others.

Big Painted Canvas – 2-5 p.m. Wednesdays; arts and crafts projects for children of all ages; free.

Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center planetarium shows: $3.50 per person per show, plus admission to the museum; special showings can be scheduled for groups; now showing:

"Microcosm": – Full dome video and 3D computer graphics show of a microbe-perspective trip through the human body; 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays; showing through Aug. 31.

"Astronaut" – Exploration of outer space and its effects on the human body; 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; showing through Aug. 31.

"Laser Beatles" – Laser show set to the music of The Beatles; 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 4 p.m. Sundays and 8 p.m. first Thursday of each month.

"Seasonal Stargazing" – Brief guided tour of the night sky; included with all other planetarium shows.

AREA MOVIES

Premiere Theatres: 821 Benvenue Road, Rocky Mount; 446-6500; films run Friday through Thursday unless noted; "The Dark Knight," "Hancock," "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "Mamma Mia!" "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," "Pineapple Express," "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," "Space Chimps," "Step Brothers," "Swing Vote," "WALL-E," and "The X-Files: I Want To Believe."

Carmike 10: Parkwood Mall, Wilson; 252-265-5538; films run Friday through Thursday unless noted; "The Dark Knight," "Hancock," "Journey to the Center of the Earth," "Mamma Mia!" "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor," "Pineapple Express," "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," "Space Chimps," "Step Brothers," "Swing Vote," and "The X-Files: I Want To Believe."

CLUBS

Via Cappuccino: 3002 Sunset Ave. (in Englewood Square Shopping Center), Rocky Mount; shows run from 8-9:30 p.m. unless specified; Via Cappuccino is smoke- and alcohol-free; 937-0004; vccoffee.com; free admission.

Aug. 22 – Anthony Wood, playing acoustic Americana and originals.

Aug. 29 – Danny Daughtridge.

10 a.m. Saturdays – Via Cappuccino Chess Club; free.

7 p.m. Mondays – Tar River Gamers, playing board games; free.

Nightlife Bar and Grill: 821 Country Club Road (Country Club Shopping Center), Rocky Mount; valid photo ID required for entry; nightlifebarandgrill.com; 985-3866.

9 p.m. Thursday – D.J. Gro Large and In-Charge; $2 before midnight, $5 after.

9 p.m. Friday – Monkey Foot; members $5, others $7.

9 p.m. Mondays – DJ David Howell plays karaoke dance party; $2.

9 p.m. Wednesdays – Open-mic night; free.

9 p.m. Thursdays – DJ dance party; $2.

Westridge Grill: 3639 Sunset Ave. (in Westridge Shopping Center), Rocky Mount; 937-7299; shows run 8-11 p.m. unless noted.

Saturday – Justin Hunt.

Aug. 23 – Adam Stone.

Sept. 6 – Tim Wall.

Java Mott's Coffee Co.: 1237 Cobb Corners Drive, Rocky Mount; shows run from 8-10 p.m. unless specified; Java Mott's is smoke- and alcohol-free; 212-5282; javamotts.com.

Friday – Antony Wood

Saturday – Travis Moss.

Aug. 15 – Cory and the Giants.

Aug. 22 – Jason Sessoms.

Aug. 30 – Travis Moss.

R.A. Fountain General Store and Internet Cafe: 6754 E. Wilson St., Fountain; 252-749-3228; rafountain.com.

Aug. 22 – Richard Hood and The Hot Lix, playing bluegrass.

Sept. 6 – Jennifer Shelton Licko.

PERFORMANCE

Music for Everyone benefit concert: 7 p.m. Aug. 16; Keihin Auditorium, Tarboro; fundraiser to support restoration of Colonial Theater; program includes Milton Bullock, Danny Daughtridge Trio, Eric Greene and Tarboro High School Gospel Choir; $15; for tickets call 823-4159, 823-0891, 823-5166 ext. 187 or 823-3611.

James Otto concert: 8 p.m. Aug. 29; Keihin Auditorium, Tarboro; singer-songwriter playing country originals; adults $20, students $15.

Dunn Center for the Performing Arts concerts: Show times 8 p.m. except as noted; N.C. Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount.

7 p.m. Friday – Jerome by Request; Jerome Murray playing piano and keyboard favorites; free, ticket required.

Sept. 13 – 101 Years of Broadway; $20.

Sept. 20 – The Blues Brothers Revival; $20.

Oct. 10 – Chapter 6; $15.

Spring Hope Music Jubilee – 7 p.m.; former Spaulding Middle School auditorium, 600 S. Pine St.; advance $7, at door $8; Ann Wright; 459-8255.

Sept. 6 – Ronnie Ezzell and Southern Comfort, playing 1950s music.

Oct. 3 – Marshall Stephenson and the Bluegrass Train.

Nov. 1 – Bluegrass Redemption and comedian Cousin Brossy.

Dec. 6 – Ronnie Ezzell and Southern Comfort, playing holiday music.

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Twin Counties Arts Venues

- Braswell Memorial Library – N. Grace St., Rocky Mount; hours – 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 442-1951; braswell-library.org

- Dunn Center for the Performing Arts – N.C. Wesleyan College, 3500 N. Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount; box office hours – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday; director, 985-5248; box office, 985-5197; dunncenter.com

- Edgecombe ARTS – 130 Bridgers St., Tarboro; hours – 10 a.m.-2 p.m. weekdays, 2-4 p.m. weekends; edgecombearts.org; 823-4159

- Four Sisters Gallery – Pearsall Building, N.C. Wesleyan College, 3500 N. Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount; gallery hours – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m.-noon Saturday; 985-5268; ncwc.edu/arts/foursisters/

- Keihin Auditorium – on the campus of Edgecombe Community College, 2009 W. Wilson St., Tarboro; box office hours – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays; 823-5166, ext. 187; www.edgecombe.cc.nc.us/ac_and_t_center/ac_and_t_main.htm

- Mims Gallery and Civic Gallery – In the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts, N.C. Wesleyan College, 2500 N. Wesleyan Blvd., Rocky Mount; gallery hours – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays; the galleries also are open during evening performances at the Dunn Center; 985-5268; ncwc.edu/arts/mims

- Nash Arts Center –100 E. Washington St., Nashville; gallery hours – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 459-4734; nasharts.org

- Rocky Mount Community Theatre –270 Gay St.; ci.rocky-mount.nc.us/artscenter/theatre.html; 972-1266

- Rocky Mount Arts Center –270 Gay St.; 972-1163; closed Monday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday; 972-1163; ci.rocky-mount.nc.us./artscenter/

- Children's Museum and Science Center – 270 Gay St. Rocky Mount; 972-1167; closed Monday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 1-5 p.m. Sunday; 972-1167; ci.rocky-mount.nc .us./museum/