OCTAVIA E. BUTLER’S PARABLE OF THE SOWER Thursday, Nov. 16 (7:30 p.m.) & Friday, Nov. 17 (8 p.m.), $15 UNC’s Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill www.carolinaperformingarts.org To fans of Octavia Butler, the 2016 election seemed to come straight out of science fiction. Those of us acquainted with Butler’s Parable series watched with familiar trepidation as our […]
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Hope for the Future Remains Star Trek’s Lodestar as Its Music Evolves to Reflect the Times
N.C. Symphony: A Star Trek Spectacular Friday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m. & Saturday, Jan. 21, 3 & 8 p.m., $30–$66 Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh www.ncsymphony.org Fifty years ago, Americans were first introduced to an outer-space television phenomenon that would become a pillar of pop culture: Star Trek. Creator Gene Roddenberry broke from the tradition of […]