Events

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Musician Carrie Newcomer will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 12, in Transylvania’s Carrick Theater, located in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. The concert, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by Transylvania’s Lilly Project and the Collegium of Religious Organizations. The Village Voice said of Newcomer that she “has a warm spirit, heated intelligence, burning intellect. Her voice will power through the room…glinting with musical brightness and emotional layers.” Newcomer has garnered critical acclaim in recent years from the music media (Rolling Stone, USA Today, Acoustic Guitar) and by sharing the stage with a variety of performers, including Alison Krauss, Bonnie Raitt, Rosanne Cash and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Newcomer’s album titled “Regulars and Refugees,” is a follow-up to “Betty’s Diner: the Best of Carrie Newcomer.” In “Regulars and Refugees,” 13 songs take the listener into Betty’s Diner, to learn the stories behind the different people who frequent the establishment. Her studio album “The Geography of Light” is scheduled for release February 1. Newcomer has donated proceeds from album sales and benefit concerts to a multitude of charities including The Nature Conservancy, The American Friends Service Committee and Habitat for Humanity. A portion of the proceeds from “Regulars and Refugees” album sales went to Second Harvest, a national food bank network. For more information, contact the Transylvania public relations office at (859) 233-8120.

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania Theater presents Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee May 17-19 at 7:30 p.m. and May 20 at 2 p.m. Albee’s masterpiece won the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play and the 1962-63 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play. The production is for mature audiences. Transylvania senior drama majors Molly Eakins, Trent Fucci, Theresa Marie McKenzie and Nathan Terrell Veazey star in this powerful drama-laced comedy. Characters George and Martha are a middle-aged couple whose marriage has declined into a cynical, sarcastic battlefield. They have a younger couple, Nick and Honey, over to their home, but continue their verbal and sometimes physical assaults in front of them. Nick and Honey are eventually pulled into the fight themselves, used as pawns by George and Martha. All performances are in the Lucille C. Little Theater. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased starting Monday, May 14, from 1-4 p.m. at the Little Theater box office or by calling (859) 281-3621. For more information, call the public relations office at (859) 233-8120.