*North Carolina Blues Week, May 10-18, organized by The Piedmont Blues Preservation Society, will include a screening of the documentary “The Blues Society” on Thursday, May 15, 7 p.m., at the Van Dyke Performance Space located on the first floor of the Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. David St. General admission is $10. Filmgoers and Blues enthusiasts alike are in for a cinema experience that includes a virtual conversation with director Augusta Palmer. In addition, a short film and tribute to the great Big Ron Hunter will be shown.
“The Blues Society” is a moving image mixtape about a blues festival held in Memphis, Tennessee, during the 1960s. Unforgettable performances from Furry Lewis and Robert Wilkins combine with archival footage, animation, and interviews with participants, organizers, and musicians.
*Join the Winston-Salem Pops Chorus on Thursday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. in the Brown Auditorium at Ardmore Baptist Church for the concert “Give Our Regards to Old Broadway.” The W-S Pops Chorus performs four-part arrangements of “well-seasoned” Pops songs (mid 1930s – early 1970s) that have stood the test of time to become familiar standards, including Big Band, Swing, Jazz and The Great American Songbook. Their spring concert celebrates a century of songs from the Great White Way, covering Broadway musicals from the early 1900s through the early 2000s. In addition to the full 32-voice mixed chorus, the show will feature numbers from the “POPouts,” a small ensemble of auditioned voices, along with solos and duets from individual group members…