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CityViewNC.com | 19 Community Concerts Bernadette Bogertey has traveled the country attending concerts for years. But she became a season ticket holder with Community Concerts of Fayetteville a few years ago because she wanted to branch out. "I was very much a concert-goer," she said. "But I wanted to attend a variety of concerts instead of just one kind." Community Concerts filled the bill so well that she became a member of the organization's board of directors. This year's 86th season promises another variety-filled slate, kicking off with the Isley Brothers on Sept. 12 in the Crown Coliseum. Other concerts, scheduled for The Crown Theatre, are Rick Springfield at 7 p.m. on Oct. 2; Straight No Chaser at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 4; The Jersey Boys at 7:30 p.m. on April 28, 2022; and The Oak Ridge Boys at 7:30 p.m. on May 13, 2022. Pictured are board members Bill Drewry, Richard Bradford, Bernadette Bogertey and Ann Lewis (seated) with Community Concerts president Bill Kirby Jr., far right. Cape Fear Studios Steve Opet admires the oil painted scenes of fellow Cape Fear Studios artist Rose Kennedy so much that he has pieces of her work hanging in his home. For his own award-winning inspiration, however, it's all about the faces. He often sketches from vintage photographs, putting his own interpretation on images of people he once knew, as well as others he's never met. "I collect old magazines and old books," said Opet, who retired from the Army in 2014. "I'm drawn to the way things were. I'm just drawn to people. "Each one speaks to me first," he said. "Each one meant something to me when I did it." Opet and Kennedy, along with jewelry maker Linda Sue Barnes, who are pictured here, will be among the Cape Fear Studio representatives on hand for Cape Fear Valley Health Presents CityView Magazine's Food, Wine & ART Signature Event.

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