Cary will host two weeks of concerts and cultural activities as part of the Cary Cross Currents Chamber Music Arts Festival from Friday through July 17.

Triangle citizens will have the opportunity to watch five unique concerts featuring the Brussels Chamber Orchestra and international and local soloists in the Cary Arts Center.

Local string players who participate in a workshop the week before will kick-off the beginning of the festival by playing side-by-side with the orchestra.

After each concert, the festival will present showings of Cary Visual Art's film "Home Sweet Cary."

There will be two pre-concert gallery receptions at Cary Gallery of Artists in Ashworth Village and special after-concert events at four of downtown Cary restaurants: Chatham Street Café on Friday, Klara's Restaurant on Sunday, Maximillians on July 14 and Havana Grill on July 15.

There will be the opportunity to observe six free open rehearsals of the Brussels Chamber Orchestra:

The Cary Community Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave., from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. today and Thursday.

The First Baptist Church Chapel, 218 South Academy St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday.

The Cary Community Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday and July 14.

The Cary Senior Center, 120 Maury O'Dell Place, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 13.

Tickets are $25 for each of the five concerts and can be purchase at the Herbert C. Young Center, at 101 Wilkinson Ave. in Cary.

Find them also at the Cross Currents Chamber Music Arts Festival website.

For information, visit www.crosscurrentsfestival.com or call 919-469-4061.