PINEPITCH
Mi Me Ma Mo Mu
Warm up those vocal cords for the opening of the 18th season of the Metropolitan Opera at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St., Southern Pines. The kick-off is in a tavern in Nuremburg, the setting for Jacques Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann. For additional information call (910) 692-3611 or go to www.sunrisetheater.com.
Tempest Fugit
The penultimate First Friday of 2024 begins at 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, when Ashes & Arrows, a country/rock band hailing from Asheville and Arrowtown — one in the mountains of North Carolina and the other a gold mining town on the South Island of New Zealand — takes the stage on the grassy knoll next to the Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad Street, Southern Pines. For information call (910) 692-3611 or visit www.sunrisetheater.com
It’s Killing Us
Judson Theatre Company presents Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile beginning Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at BPAC’s Owen’s Auditorium, 395 Airport Road, Pinehurst. The play is Christie’s own staging of her famous novel Death on the Nile, set on a paddle steamer cruising the Nile River in 1940s Egypt. The passengers aboard are abuzz when a famous heiress and her penniless new husband board the ship. There’s a spurned lover, a protective uncle, a troubled German doctor, and a host of colorful and mysterious characters adding drama and suspense to this classic mystery. Additional showtimes are: Friday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 19, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. For information go to www.ticketmesandhills.com or to judsontheatre.com.
Two Fests in One
Pinehurst begins its Octoberfest celebration with Kinderfest from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, at Tufts Memorial Park, 1 Village Green Road W., Pinehurst. There will be music, crafts, a bubble artist and trick-or-treating among the participating village businesses. Then, when the kiddies are all worn out, the traditional Octoberfest activities break out from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. For additional information go to www.vopnc.org.
Art in the Streets
The annual Holly Arts and Crafts Festival on the village streets of Pinehurst begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, and lasts until 4 p.m. or all the pottery, blown glass, stitched art, lawn ornaments, handcrafted jewelry, metal sculpture and pretty much anything else you can think of that someone can make with their own two hands is sold. If that’s not enough, the downtown shops will offer sales and specials. The address is 1 Village Green Road W., Pinehurst, but, like Savoir Faire, it’s everywhere. For info go to www.vopnc.org.
If It’s Halloween, It’s Rocky
And now for something completely different. There will be outdoor screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Friday, Oct. 25, and again on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 8:15 p.m. on the square beside the Sunrise Theater, 250 N.W. Broad St, Southern Pines. For information call (910) 692-3611 or go to www.sunrisetheater.com.
Opening Night
The Carolina Philharmonic opens its 2024-25 season with a performance of “Eternal Echoes” featuring American pianist Rachel Breen and the power of Beethoven, the beauty of Smetana and the passion of Rachmaninoff at 7:30 p.m. at BPAC’s Owens Auditorium on Saturday, Oct. 26. For more information go to www.carolinaphil.org.
Get Your Trotter On
Prancing Horse will host its 33rd annual Horse Farm Tour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 20. Guests take a self-guided tour of five of the finest equestrian facilities in the Sandhills. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 on the day of. The address is Prancing Horse Tent, 6045 U.S. 1 N., Southern Pines and information can be found at www.ticketmesandhills.com.
The Embers on Fire
On Saturday, Nov. 2, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. the Moore Area Shag Society will host a fundraiser at Down Memory Lane, 161 Dawkins St., Aberdeen for the benefit of the Moore/Sandhills Coalition for Human Care. The music features the classic beach sound of The Embers with Craig Woolard. Tickets are $30 apiece and can be purchased by contacting Teresa Robinson
(919) 622-2829.
Paws That Refreshes
The Moore Humane Society’s fundraising auction and gala will have a virtual auction, raffle, music and dinner on Friday, Nov. 1, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fair Barn, 200 Beulah Hill Road N., Pinehurst. Tickets are $125. For more info go to www.moorehumane.org.
Feel Free to Boo
Work both sides of the tracks when you trick-or-treat the downtown businesses in Southern Pines beginning at 5 p.m. and ending at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18. The evening includes hauling those bags full of candy to the Downtown Park, 145 S.E. Broad Street, Southern Pines, for Halloween games, crafts, activities and the best dog costume raffle. There’s no charge to get your multi-generational dress-up on. For more information call (910) 692-7376.