Few people in the valley have been around long enough to see the first Carbondale Mountain Fair. And fewer still can claim to have been to all 36 previous festivals.

ALL ALASKA JURIED EXHIBITION XXXII opens at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, 121 W. Seventh Ave. ( www.anchoragemuseum.org ) It will be the first time the museum has joined the First Friday scene; museum openings will run later

Courtesy photoThe Nathaniel Dett Chorale will kick off hte Muskegon Community Concert Association's 84th year 7: 30 p.m. Friday. Canada's first professional choral group dedicated to Afrocentric music of all styles, including classical, spiritual, gospe

In the eyes of Michael Tomor, director of the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso and Juárez are not separated by any borders or fences. They are simply one region united by a shared river, culture and, of course, art.

In four concerts with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra Friday through Sunday, Pascal Roge, an acclaimed international pianist, will perform eight piano concertos -- four each of George Gershwin's Concerto in F and Maurice Ravel's Concerto in G.