TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Monday, October 26, 7:30 pm

Celebrate Harper Lee’s Pulitzer-Prize winning novel in its 50th year as you find yourself transported to a sleepy Alabama town in the 1930s and discover the issues of that time – prejudice, racism and human values – are issues of all time.

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The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.

RICKY SKAGGS

AND KENTUCKY THUNDER

Thursday, November 19, 7:30 pm

This fourteen-time Grammy Award winner continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music. Known affectionately today as bluegrass music's official ambassador, Ricky is joined by the all-star lineup of Kentucky Thunder: Andy Leftwich (fiddle), Cody Kilby (lead guitar), Mark Fain (bass), Paul Brewster (tenor vocals, rhythm guitar), Jim Mills (banjo) and Eddie Farris (baritone vocals, guitar, mandolin). One of the country’s true musical treasures and icons, Skaggs won last year’s Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album.

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CLASSICAL–BLUES CABARET

Saturday, January 23, 7:30 pm

A concert with blues guitarist Microwave Dave Gallaher, classical guitarists Phil Weaver and Emily Jones and pianist Ingrid von Spakovsky. The Classical–Blues Cabaret will blend blues, classical music, and creative innovation into a unique musical experience in an intimate venue.

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NEIL BERG'S 100 YEARS OF BROADWAY

Saturday, January 30, 7:30 pm

Direct from New York an All-Star Broadway Concert that features five dazzling Broadway stars, that’s right, five fabulous Broadway stars from such hit Broadway musicals as: Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors, Jekyl and Hyde, and Man of La Mancha. It’s a scintillating tune-filled tribute to the Great White Way.

Singing with the Broadway Stars:

Local performers invited to audition online for Broadway Idol and sing with the stars on stage! It’s your chance to be a STAR!

How to Audition: Singingwiththebroadwaystars.com

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MARTY STUART

AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES

Friday, February 19, 7:30 pm

In a career that has spanned from playing with Johnny Cash to serving as president of the Country Music Foundation, Marty has been playing country music with the greats since he was 13 years old. The Grammy winner plays guitar, bass, mandolin, and fiddle and became a sought-after session and concert musician, playing with the likes of Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Randy Travis, and Roy Rogers.

Marty and His Fabulous Superlatives, we can be sure, will be dramatically attired, as they share music that celebrates American roots music.

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SOPHIE MILMAN

Saturday, March 13, 7:30 pm

Russian-born singer Sophie Milman has toured the world, won a 2008 Juno for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year, sold more than 100,000 records - and she's only 25. The Toronto-based jazz singer’s unique style has captivated audiences worldwide, hitting landmark venues such as the Hollywood Bowl, Kennedy Center and New York's Blue Note club, sharing stages with the likes of Chick Corea, Chris Botti and the Neville Brothers. Her second album "Make Someone Happy" won the Juno Award for Top Jazz Vocal Album after it topped the iTunes jazz chart in the U.S. and Canada for months and cracked the top 5 on Billboard's Jazz chart.

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JAMES GREGORY

Friday, March 26, 7:30 pm

A world class comedian, James Gregory has taken his show across the country for over 25 years, and returns to the Princess stage funnier than ever. Billed as both “The Funniest Man in America” and the most successful comedian you’ve never heard of, this modern day Mark Twain brings his down-home, hilarious comedy experience that is storytelling at its best.

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