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April 03, 2018

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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM APRIL 4-10, 2018 UCW 11 Wesley Pines presents "On Golden Pond" by Ernest Thompson Friday, April 6, at 8 p.m. at Givens Performing Arts Center. "It is a nationally touring play and a lot of people will remember it from the movie that Henr y Fonda and Katharine Hepburn did in the early 1980s," said James Bass, exec- utive director of GPAC at Universit y of North Carolina at Pembroke. "It is a stor y about growing old, losing and learning to love through it all, and coping with loss and aging." There is a lot of merit in this heartwarming story. "Growing old and aging is some- thing that we all experience and something that we all have to deal with," said Bass. "We have to deal with it whether it is our own aging or someone in our family is aging." Bass added that aging causes families to learn a lot about them- selves and who they are, and that is what this stor y is about. It is about people coming together through difficult times and the prospect that we may not be here tomorrow. It sends the message that how we spend our time and how we treat our family is important. The characters in the play encoun- ter various trials and tribulations. "People who are up in years have seen and experienced a lot of things in their lives," said Bass. "These things helped shape and format who they are, and as we get older, we begin to challenge some of those perceptions." The Givens Performing A rts Center is a 1,600-seat perform- ing arts center t hat has been around since 1975 and sits on t he UNC-Pembroke campus. "We were ranked several years ago as one of t he top 25 performing arts centers on a universit y campus in t he United States," said Bass. "We have had a lot of performers here in t he past, such as Ray Charles, Vincent Price, James Earl Jones and Dave Chappelle." Tickets cost $21-$36. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit w w w.uncp.edu/gpac or call 910-521-6361. EVENTS Givens Performing Arts Center welcomes 'On Golden Pond' by DR. SHANESSA FENNER DR. SHANESSA FENNER, Principal, WT Brown Elementary School. COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com. 910-484-6200. "On Golden Pond" is a heartwarming tale about family, aging and dealing with change. The 1981 movie starred Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda.

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