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FALL RIVER (Tuesdays) Ballroom Dancing Door prizes, raffle, line dancing. Live music by the NuSounds. Singles welcome. 12:30-4pm. $6. Liberal Club, 20 Star St, Fall River. 508-994-7240 (Wednesdays) Open Mic Audience members are welcome and performers are encouraged to sign-up and take the stage on Wednesday evenings. Sign-up begins at 6:45 p.m. Arrive early to insure your performance, bring a friend and keep spreading the news! As a bonus, admission tickets are raffled once monthly for free concert tickets. The Narrows books a featured performer for most every open-mic. $3. To receive information or to be a featured performer, email openmic@ ncfta.org. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River 508-324-1926 www.ncfta.org (thru Wed. 11/19) The Photograph Now Works by Reenie Barrow, Nadine Boughton, Millie Falcaro, Nick Johnson, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Olivia B. McCullough, Jonathan Sharlin, Steven B. Smith, David Strasburger, Willard Traub. Mon, Wed and Sat 14pm, Tue, Thu & Fri 10am- 1pm. Grimshaw-Gudwicz Art Gallery, Jackson Arts Center, Bristol Community College 777 Elsbree St. Fall River. 508-678-2811 www.bristol.mass.edu/gallery

(Sat. 11/15-Sat. 12/13) Printmaking & Ceramics Three New Bedford artists. Hours M-F 9am-7pm; Sat. 9am1pm. Closed Sunday. Cherry & Webb Gallery, 139 South Main St. Fall River. 508-679-8419; 508-672-6602. www.candwgallery.org (Sat/ 11/1) Tim O’Brien It’s been awhile since Grammy Award winning Tim O’Brien has played the Narrows, though he’s graced its stage a bunch of times! He plays bluegrass, or maybe folk, or, at times, even Celtic. Top notch musical creativity. Opening Act: Jimmy Ryan. Doors open 7pm, all shows start 8pm. $20 advance, $23 day of show. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River. 508-324-1926 www.ncfta.org (Fri. 11/7) Kris Delmhorst Note for note, song by song, Kris is one of the finest singers, instrumentalists and songwriters ever to grace Narrows stage. She’s particularly well known in the Boston area, but is building a following in our neck of New England. Doors open 7pm, all shows start 8pm. $20 advance, $23 day of show. $13 advance, $15 day of show. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River. 508-3241926 www.ncfta.org (Sat. 11/8) 7th Anniversary Celebration with Taj Mahal Celebrating 7 years of great music, art and people with one of the world’s

finest musicians. Taj has been playing his own distinctive brand of music — variously described as Afro-Caribbean blues, folk-world-blues, hula blues, folk-funk, and a host of other hyphenations — for more than 40 years. Caribbean, Hawaiian, African, Latin, and Cuban sounds and rhythms mix with folk, jazz, zydeco, gospel, rock, pop, soul, and R&B, all layered on top of a solid country blues foundation. Doors open 7pm, all shows start 8pm. $75 advance, $75 day of show. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River. 508324-1926 www.ncfta.org (Thu. 11/13) Shelby Lynne She was supposed to be part of Nashville’s star-making machinery--but it wasn’t her. She switched gears and eventually got herself a Grammy, but not a hit. Lately, she’s done an album of Dusty Springfield covers that’s won acclaim and an appearance on The Tonight Show. This will be a truly special evening, with a truly special artist. Doors open 7pm, all shows start 8pm. $35 advance, $40 day of show. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River. 508-3241926 www.ncfta.org (Fri. 11/14) Marco Benevento Trio (featuring Reed Mathis of Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and Andrew Barr of The Slip) Benevento is riding a creative surge.The 30-year old keyboardist’s debut studio album Invisible Baby, scheduled for release February 12 on HYENA Records proves Benevento a sonic innovator in peak form, defying boundaries and blasting through

genres to carve out his own universe. Doors open 7pm, all shows start 8pm. $15 advance, $17 day of show. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River. 508-324-1926 www.ncfta.org (Sat. 11/15) Iris Dement Get your tickets early for this one. This will be her second visit to the Narrows. She’s a songwriter’s songwriter of the highest caliber. Doors open 7pm, all shows start 8pm. $28 advance, $31 day of show. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River. 508324-1926 www.ncfta.org (Sun. 11/16) Claremont Piano Trio

Emily Bruskin, violin; Julia Bruskin, cello; Donna Kwong, piano. A unique blend of soulful insight into works of the standard repertoire along with an enthusiastic appetite for performing the greatest 20th and 21st century works as well as commissioning new ones. Twin sisters Emily Bruskin and Julia Bruskin formed the Trio with Donna Kwong in 1999 at The Juilliard School. After winning the 2001 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Claremont Trio launched a touring career with an acclaimed New York debut at the 92nd Street Y. The Claremont Trio was the first recipient of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio

Award. Program: Haydn Trio in G Major “Gypsy Rondo;” Paul Schoenfield Cafe Music (1986); and Dvorak Trio in F minor, Op. 65.www.claremonttrio.com. 3pm. Concerts on the Point. Westport Point United Methodist Church, 1912 Main Road, Westport Point, MA 508-636-3981 or 401-6351643 www.concertsatthepoint.org (Fri. 11/21) Enter the Haggis Out of Toronto, this group plays a range of styles, including celtic, rock, fusion and a whole lot more. Some call it world music. You may have seen their concert on PBS. Doors open 7pm, all shows start 8pm. $20 advance, $23 day of show. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River. 508-324-1926 www.ncfta.org (Sat. 11/22) Kelly Joe Phelps A Narrows fave, singer songwriter Kelly Joe Phelps keeps getting more and more fans of his music--including the likes of Steve Earle and others. Doors open 7pm, all shows start 8pm. $15 advance, $17 day of show. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River. 508-3241926 www.ncfta.org (Fri. 11/28) Crooked Still One of the hottest young roots groups around. Their last appearance at the Narrows was fab. Don’t miss them this time. Doors open 7pm, all shows start 8pm. $22 advance, $25 day of show. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River. 508-3241926 www.ncfta.org (Sat. 11/29) Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles

She sings with an unrivaled power and passion, has written outstanding cowpunk songs, and manages to unearth obscure gems from the likes of Canned Heat and Dolly Parton. She’s originally from Taunton, but these days the world is her home as she tours across the country and across the ocean. Doors open 7pm, all shows start 8pm. $15 advance, $17 day of show. Narrows Center for the Arts 16 Anawan St. Fall River. 508-3241926 www.ncfta.org