Arts Forum Syllabus Fall 2016

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AVS100: Fall 2016 Arts Forum Syllabus Instructor: Amy Sawyers Class Time: Tuesday, 4:35-6:25pm Office: 3140 L Talley Office Hours: By appointment Email: amy_sawyers@ncsu.edu Office Phone: 919-513-3029 PREREQUISITES AND RESTRICTIONS AVS100 is open ONLY to ARTS VILLAGE students. COURSE DESCRIPTION The Arts Forum is a 1-credit hour experiential course providing the opportunity for students to immerse themselves in the cultural life of the NC State campus and surrounding community. The visual and performing arts programs of ARTS NC STATE—NC State LIVE, the Crafts Center, the Dance Program, the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, the Music Department and University Theatre—provide the foundation of this course through performances, exhibitions, workshops and classes. To receive a grade of “Satisfactory” in this course, students must earn a total of 12 Arts Forum Credits. Arts Forum Credits are earned throughout the semester by attendance at scheduled classes and elective arts events.

3 Scheduled Classes + 9 Elective Arts Events = 12 Arts Forum Credits Scheduled Classes (3 Arts Forum Credits) Attendance required at all 3 classes unless you have a previously approved class conflict. Tuesday, August 30, 4:35-6:25pm Location TBA Tuesday, October 4, 4:35-6:25pm Location TBA Tuesday, November 15, 4:35-6:25pm Location TBA Elective Arts Events (9 Arts Forum Credits) The Arts Forum Syllabus contains an extensive listing of arts events and exhibitions offered by ARTS NC STATE and Triangle arts organizations. Students will choose from this list of events to satisfy the remaining 9 Arts Forum Credits.

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ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR ARTS FORUM ELECTIVE EVENTS Students register for Elective Arts Forum Events using Classmate, an online registration system, between 9:00-9:15pm on Sunday August 21st. http://arts.ncsu.edu/arts-village/register/ Students must login to sign up for events, cancel reservations, and see all the events for which they are registered. COURSE ATTENDANCE and GRADING POLICY To receive a grade of "Satisfactory" in AVS100, students must earn a total of 12 Arts Forum Credits. Arts Forum Credits are earned throughout the semester by attendance at scheduled classes and by attendance at elective arts events. Students with approved course time conflicts with the scheduled classes will be required to attend the necessary number of Elective Arts Events to earn the required total of 12 Arts Forum Credits. "Incomplete" grades will not be given in this course. If you have further questions please consult: http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.3.php Attendance at Arts Forum events is taken by swiping your cards in and out at events with the mentors. You will then have 48 hours to complete an online survey. YOU MUST COMPLETE THIS SURVEY TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THE EVENT. The 48 hours takes place once the mentor has sent you the survey. Track your AVS 100 credits through Wolfware Classic: https://classic.wolfware.ncsu.edu If you participate in a performance or other creative arts experience over the semester that is NOT attached to an academic course (i.e., a University Theatre production, the NCSU Dance Company), please contact Amy Sawyers (amy_sawyers@ncsu.edu, 919-513-1044) about receiving Arts Forum Credit for that participation. NO-SHOW POLICY AND CHARGES Students who sign up for but fail to attend events for which tickets must be purchased or reserved will be charged the full price of the unused ticket ($5-$35). Likewise, students who fail to attend workshops and classes will be charged $10 for supplies and instructor time. A hold will be placed on your university records until the charge has been paid. Note: Students will not be charged if they cancel their event registration no less than 48 hours in advance. A hold on your university records will prevent you from future registration or receiving transcripts. If you are

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assessed a charge you must pay it in order to free up your records. Payment can be made by cash or check made out to ARTS NC STATE and brought to Amy Sawyers in 3140 L Talley. Note: More than 3 No Shows may result in failure to complete course. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Academic misconduct will not be tolerated in this class. Information about the Code of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity are available at http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/student_services/student_discipline/POL11.35.1.php. DISABILITY-RELATED STUDENT NEEDS Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities. In order to take advantage of available accommodations, students must register with Disability Services for Students at 1900 Student Health Center, Campus Box 7509, 515-7653. For more information on pertinent NCSU policy, see the following URL: http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/courses_undergrad/REG02.20.1.php Any students with disabilities are strongly encouraged to contact Sharon Moore as soon as possible to discuss their individual needs for accommodations so that those needs can be met in a timely manner. PERFORMANCE ETIQUETTE Sleeping, talking, reading, and texting are all examples of rude and disrespectful behavior that not only prevent everyone from enjoying the performance, but also reflect poorly on the Arts Village and its students. All students are expected to adhere to proper rules of etiquette during a performance: turn off cell phones and laptops; do not use your phone as a light; put away any reading materials; and sit up and be attentive to the performance. Represent the Arts Village well! Violations in Performance Etiquette are prohibited and can result in the loss of attendance credit and/or dismissal from the event. FACULTY AND STAFF CONTACTS FOR THE ARTS VILLAGE Arts NC State Executive Director Richard Holly richard_holly@ncsu.edu 919-515-2835 Coordinator, Arts Outreach & Instructor for AVS 100

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Ms. Amy Sawyers 919-513-1044 amy_sawyers@ncsu.edu Director, Ticket Central Ms. Katherine Fuller 919/515-1408 katherine_fuller@ncsu.edu UNIVERSITY HOUSING Associate Director Ms. Kathleen Ruppe 919-515-3078 kathleen_ruppe@ncsu.edu Community Director Mr. Spenser Norman 919-515-2929 Spenser_norman@ncsu.edu ARTS VILLAGE MENTORS

Andrew Hardwick <arhardwi@ncsu.edu>

Caitlin Hall <cmhall9@ncsu.edu>

Jade Dickinson <jedickin@ncsu.edu>

John Taylor Willis <jtwill16@ncsu.edu>

Katherine Rupp <kdrupp@ncsu.edu>

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Please note: This is a working syllabus: not ALL of the elective events have been added. You will be notified by email and on Facebook when events are added.

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ARTS FORUM Fall 2016

ELECTIVE EVENTS LIST

NCSU Dance Program Events:

Master Class: Contemporary Hip Hop with Ronald West

Friday, August 9th; 2:45-4pm

Dance Studio, 2307 Carmichael

Ronald West is a celebrated local dancer, choreographer, and NC State Graduate. In

2011 he founded the company BLACK IRISH, known for innovative movement, visual

design, and conceptual content. He is an incredible teacher & artist. Come prepared to

move.

Master Class: Modern with Willie Hinton

Friday, August 9th; 4:15-5:30pm

Dance Studio, 2307 Carmichael

The master class will consist of discovering full body movement and its awareness through time and space. The class will encourage the dancers to examine the possibilities of completely allowing the body, mind and spirit to surrender to gravity and allow the movement to carry the individual into another realm of existence.

Master Class: Street Jazz with Kristi Vincent Johnson

Monday, September 12th; 6-7:30pm

Dance Studio, 2307 Carmichael

TBA

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Master Class: Intermediate Ballet with Megan Marvel Cranfill

Monday, September 19th; 4-5:30pm

Dance Studio, 2307 Carmichael

Focusing on dynamic movement and clarity of line within the basic ballet vocabulary. This class will include fundamental discussion of correct placement that will serve the dancer in all dance styles.

Megan Marvel grew up in Raleigh and trained at The Raleigh School of Ballet until moving to Pittsburgh at 16 to study with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. Other training included The School of the Atlanta Ballet, and the Houston Ballet Academy. Megan attended NC State University, obtaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology in 1998. She received a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Degree from NC State in 2004, focusing on psychological motivations of choreography and dance design. While a student at NC State, she was a member of the NCSU Dance Company under the direction of Robin Harris. Ms. Marvel served as the Assistant Director of the NC State Dance Program from 2001­2006. She has continued to perform and choreograph for the NCSU Dance Company and Robin Harris.

Mrs. Marvel’s choreographic work has also been performed by Meredith College Dance Theatre and Raleigh Dance Theatre (RDT), and her work was selected by adjudication twice to be performed by RDT at the Southeast Regional Ballet Association Emerging Artist’s Programs. Megan now serves as the Associate Director of RDT and has served on faculty at The Raleigh School of Ballet since 1998. Megan is also a massage therapist and owns Natural Marvels Massage Therapy in Apex, where she lives with her husband, Rob Cranfill, and their daughter, Jacqueline.

Master Class: Samba with Gabriella Kuznik

Wednesday, September 21st; 6-7:30pm

Dance Studio, 2307 Carmichael

Learn the basic moves of Samba, Samba Reggae, Samba Afro and more. You would work with Bahia beats of Salvador and Rio de Janeiro like Samba reggae, pagode, funk, samba afro, and samba no pé. In Gabriella’s classes, you will dance from the top to the bottom of your feet. Brasilian attire: sneakers, or latin dance shoes (for the intermediate 2 or 3­inch heels) dance clothing. Be prepared to work every part of your body in this high­energy dance class. Gabriella’s concept of dance encourages her students to express art, freedom and interpretation of the songs and it’s natural subjects to radiate on the dance floor. Come and be vibrant to the beats from Brasil!

Master Class: Cunningham Technique with Justin Tornow

Tuesday, October 4th; 5:30-7pm

Dance Studio, 2307 Carmichael

Justin Tornow will lead a technique and composition class based in Cunningham Technique. The shorter technique portion of the class will lead the group through some traditional Cunningham

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Technique sequences to warm up the body. The following composition workshop will introduce tools and methods primarily based in chance procedures; members of the class will develop movement sequences independently and collaboratively, which will culminate in a shared performance score.

Master Class: Acrobatic Dance with Autumn Mist Belk

Friday, October 28th; 4-5:30pm

TBA

If you love to be upside­down, this is the class for you! Experience a mix of cartwheels, handstands, arm balances, and other inversions within contemporary dance technique and choreography. A few conditioning exercises will also be taught to strengthen the wrists, shoulders, and core to prepare the student for more advanced inversions. No previous gymnastics experience is required; however, it is recommended students are comfortable performing weight­bearing exercises on to their hands.

Master Class: Laban Movement Analysis for Performers with Beth Fath

Friday, November 4th; 4-5:30pm

Dance Studio, 2307 Carmichael

TBA

Dance Program’s Fall Recital

Wednesday, November 11th; 8pm

Stewart Theater

TBA

NCSU Libraries Presents:

Women’s Forms: An Experiential Writing Workshop

Saturday, August 27th; 1-3pm

Hunt Library, Auditorium

Join Mia Self, University Theatre assistant director, for a two­hour session focused on the lived experience and expression of the body as a "form" for performance­based writing. The traditional structure of a play has a linear, chronological, and/or action centered through line informed by 2000+ years of theatre. Contemporary playwrights, particularly women and people of color, may not see themselves reflected in this style of writing and have explored new modes of expression.

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In this workshop, we will play collaborative games to warm­up and get to know each other, explore breath and sound, respond to images and verbal prompts to generate performance texts, and share our creations in this interactive session. Free and open to the public. Pre­registration requested – register at lib.ncsu.edu. This workshop, co­presented by the NCSU Libraries and University Theatre and is part of the Women's Theatre Festival. For more information about the Festival, visit www.womenstheatrefestival.com

Documentary Film Screening- Thank you for Playing

Thursday, September 1st; 7pm

Hunt Library, Auditorium

When Ryan Green, a video game programmer, learns that his young son Joel has cancer, he and his wife Thank You for Playing follows Ryan and his family over two years through the creation of “That Dragon, Cancer” as it evolves from a cathartic exercise into a critically acclaimed work of art that sets the gaming industry abuzz. Lauded as "unimaginably intimate" by The New Yorker and "profoundly moving" by Indiewire, Thank You for Playing is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the ability of art and technology to document profound experiences in the modern age. Following the film, attendees will have the opportunity to play “That Dragon, Cancer” in the Hunt Library’s Game Lab.

Documentary Film Screening- American Shift

Wednesday, September 14th; 7pm

Hunt Library, Auditorium

In May of 2015, shortly after graduating from NC State, Erik Vosburgh and a friend custom­built road bikes, installed them with cameras, and rode more than 3,700 miles from Raleigh, North Carolina to Brandon, Oregon. Staying with friends and strangers, they interviewed urban planners, scholars, and everyday people, and endured rain, windstorms, and the inevitable breakdowns. After returning home, Vosburgh created American Shift , “a documentary study on the Urban, the Sprawl, and the importance of A to B.” NCSU Libraries is proud to present the film’s debut and Vosburgh will be on­hand for a post­screening Q&A.

Experiencing King at the Hunt Library

Saturday, September 17th; Drop in from 10am-4pm

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Hunt Library

Experience the internationally­recognized scholarship of NC State researchers as they explore the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This open tour will include stations for viewing restored audio, photographs, interviews, and resources from Dr. King’s first “I Have a Dream” speech delivered in Rocky Mount, NC on Nov. 27, 1962 and interactive and innovative engagements with Dr. King’s February 16, 1960 “A Creative Protest [Fill Up the Jails]” speech in Durham, NC. At 2:30 p.m., Pulitzer Prize­Winning David Garrow, Dr. King’s biographer, will close the event with an on­stage conversation. For more information, visit http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/experiencing­king/

Banned Books Performance

Tuesday, September 27th; 7pm

Studio Theatre, Thompson

To celebrate National Banned Books Week, NC State students will perform a Readers Theatre­style performance of scenes and monlogues from banned and challenged books. Celebrate your freedom to read! Co­presented by the NCSU Libraries, University Theatre and Alpha Psi Omega (ΑΨΩ) National Theatre Honor Society Sounds of September: Reflections from 9/11

Thursday, October 13th; Drop in between 5-7pm

Hunt Library, Teaching and Visualization Lab

Mark Evans, Master's candidate in NC State’s College of Design, will present a multi­media installation of his autobiographical memories of 9/11 delivered in a surround­sound experience. The piece is comprised of original sounds, raw news files, personal files, sound effects and various types of musical backdrops. Documentary Film Screening- She Makes Comics

Tuesday, November 1st; 7pm

D.H. Hill Library, Auditorium

She Makes Comics traces the fascinating history of women in the comics industry. Despite popular assumptions about the comics world, women have been writing, drawing, and reading comics since the medium’s beginnings in the late 19th century. And today, there are scores of women involved in comics and its vibrant fan culture. Winner of the Best Documentary at the 2015 Comic­Con International.

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Comics and Graphic Novels- The New Literature

Thursday, November 3rd; 3pm

D.H. Hill Library, Auditorium

Maggie Simon, assistant professor of English at NC State, will discuss how academics are using comics and graphic novels such as Fun Home to teach literature and how the creators of comics are employing traditional journalism techniques in new ways.

Short Film Student Showcase

Tuesday, November 8th; 7pm

Hunt Library, Auditorium

Don’t miss this audience favorite as NC State students screen their best short animated and experimental films. Students will be on hand to discuss their work. Co­presented by the NCSU Libraries, the Department of Communication, and the Art+Design Department.

We are History: A People’s History of Lebanon with Fabiola Hanna

Thursday, November 10th; 7pm

Hunt Library, Teaching and Visualization Lab

Fabiola Hanna, an artist from Lebanon, is a PhD candidate in the Film and Digital Media program at the University of California Santa Cruz. She will be discussing her project We are History , an experiment in using software and algorithms to “create impossible conversations” out of oral histories from people with different perspectives on Lebanon’s complex history. Following the discussion, attendees may view the interactive piece in the Gab Lab. This program is co­presented by the NCSU Libraries and NC State’s Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies. A/V Geeks at the Hunt Library - "When Data Is Art" Friday, November 18 at 6:00 p.m. Hunt Library, Teaching and Visualization Lab

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NC State alumnus and founder of A/V Geeks Skip Elsheimer will join NC State faculty to screen and discuss vintage films about computer arts, including computer­generated music. What Did We Find Living on Our Campus?: The Results of the Wolfpack Citizen Science Challenge Tuesday, November 29 at 7:00 p.m. Hunt Library, Teaching and Visualization Lab After months of volunteer teams taking camera trap photos of the wildlife living on campus, what animals can we see? What did we learn? At this closing event for Wolfpack Citizen Science Challenge. Dr. Roland Kays and selected student participants will will not only show off the new wildlife photographs, but will also analyze the patterns of habitat use by animals. By comparing our campus with regional surveys of wild and developed landscapes, we hope to gain a better understanding of how wildlife and humans coexist in North Carolina.Dr. Roland Kays is the head of the Biodiversity Research Lab at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and a research associate professor at NC State.

MoHo Realty Architecture Movie Series - The Nature of Modernism: E. Stewart Williams, Architect Thursday, December 1 at 7:30 pm. Hunt Library, Auditorium E. Stewart Williams (1909­2005) was a prolific Modernist architect based in Palm Springs. This film traces Williams’ family history and professional career, from the early days designing a home for Frank Sinatra, to the later years, producing civic structures, including the Crafton Hills College, Palm Springs Art Museum and Santa Fe Federal Savings, now the Palm Springs Art Museum’s Architecture and Design Center, Edwards Harris Pavilion.

NCSU Crafts Center Presents:

Pinhole Camera Challenge

Saturday, September 17th; 9:30am-4pm

Crafts Center

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Bring a light tight box such as an oatmeal container or cookie tin and make your own camera! Then sign up for either the Saturday or Sunday morning picture-taking sessions. Load your camera, spend as much time as you like going out taking pictures and come back to process your images in the darkroom. Maybe yours will be the winning photograph in a competition aimed at capturing NC State!

Bowl Turning

Thursday, September 22nd; 6:30-9:30pm

Crafts Center

Turn wooden bowls and spindles! In this introductory class, students will have the opportunity to explore the very different experiences found in turning the side grain of a spindle and the end grain found in making a bowl.

Crafts on the Porch

Saturday, October 1st; 10am-3pm

Crafts Center

Especially for Parents & Families Weekend. Spin some clay, turn a piece of wood, and get your picture taken behind our cool NC State Memory frame…and be sure to step inside to create your own block “S” using the Shopbot. Weather permitting, we’ll have our activities on the Crafts Center’s front porch for you to “think and do.”

Pumpkin Carving

Thursday, October 13th; 6:30-9:30pm

Crafts Center

Carve a clay pumpkin for Halloween! We provide a small wheel-thrown clay pumpkin and tools for you to carve your own jack-o’-lantern. Will you carve a frightening face? A haunted house? Whatever you craft – the possibilities are endless – don’t miss this unique opportunity! We will glaze and fire it in time for you to pick up by October 31st.

Gary Knight: Forensic Photography in Today's Criminal Justice System (Warning: graphic content)

Wednesday, October 19th; 6pm

Crafts Center

Gary is back and will touch on procedures, ethics and how photography is put to use in solving the most challenging criminal cases. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn

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more as he shares his knowledge and experience in this exciting field of photography. If you like CSI, you’ll love this lecture!

Fall Crafts Fair

Saturday, November 11th; 10am-5pm

Crafts Center

Spend an hour or more browsing the annual Crafts Fair where students of the Crafts Center sell their wares just in time for the holidays. If you attend this event, you must ask 3 different vendors questions about their craft, which you will address in your reflection.

NC State Live Presents:

The Capitol Steps

Saturday, September 10th; 4pm

Stewart Theatre

You know them, you love them… and has there ever been an election year with so much juicy material? For thirty-five years, the Capitol Steps have been putting politics and scandal to music. They began when Reagan was president and ketchup was a vegetable. As fans know, the Steps are the premiere political comedy troupe in the nation, and the only group in Washington that attempts to be funnier than the Congress.

Evening with Martin and Langston

Friday, September 16th; 8pm

Stewart Theatre

Danny Glover and Felix Justice, who first met as struggling actors years ago, have honed a stellar performance that stems from a long history of friendship and mutual respect.

An Evening with Martin and Langston draws audiences inside the worlds of two of the greatest orators of the 20th century: Martin Luther King, Jr., and Langston Hughes. The evening begins with Justice`s critically acclaimed portrayal of Dr. King; through

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the words of his most memorable speeches, Justice transforms into the legendary civil-rights leader, recreating the power of the man and his message. He then introduces “an old friend of mine I think you may have heard of,” and Glover enters the stage to bring to life the words and poetry of Langston Hughes, portraying one of the great American writers in modern history.

The evening will conclude with an audience discussion with these acclaimed actors, examining the importance of the arts in education, and the intersections of art, culture and activism.

Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio

Saturday, October 22nd; 8pm

Stewart Theatre

With a career spanning over five decades, Dr. Lonnie Smith stands as the preeminent Hammond B-3 organist in jazz today. Earlier this year, he returned to the Blue Note label with the release of Evolution – a wildly acclaimed album that again demonstrates that Dr. Smith is a master of foot-tapping grooves, sophisticated harmonic voicings and indelible melodicism.

On June 13, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that Dr. Smith has been named as one of the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Fellows, recipients of the nation’s highest honor in jazz.

The Other Mozart

Friday, November 11th; 8pm

Saturday, November 12th; 3pm

Saturday, November 12th; 8pm

Thompson Theatre

This charming, intimate play shares the true and untold story of Nannerl Mozart, the sister of Amadeus. She was a prodigy, keyboard virtuoso and composer, who performed throughout Europe with her brother, to equal acclaim, but her work and her story faded away, lost to history. Until now.

Created and performed by Sylvia Milo, the monodrama is set in a stunning 18-foot dress (designed by Magdalena Dabrowska from the National Theater of Poland). The Stage (London) calls The Other Mozart “a gem of a show,” and TheaterMania hails it

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as “fascinating and irresistibly intelligent.”

Billy Childs: Reimagining Laura Nyro

Saturday, November 19th; 8pm

Stewart Theatre

When jazz pianist and composer Billy Childs was 11 years old, his older sister introduced him to the work of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Laura Nyro (1947-1997). Nyro’s blend of Broadway inspired melodies, jazz improvisation and socially conscious lyrics have stayed with him.

Now Childs has returned to his early source of inspiration for conceiving and orchestrating his latest project. He’ll be joined by two electrifying young vocalists: Becca Stevens (a North Carolina native now making a big splash in New York) and Alicia Olatuja, who first grabbed the national spotlight when performing as the featured soloist with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir at President Obama’s 2013 inauguration.

Hot Sardines’ Holiday Stomp

Saturday, December 3rd; 8pm

Stewart Theatre

The Hot Sardines effortlessly channel New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets and New Orleans jazz halls. In the talented hands of this New York-based ensemble, music first made famous decades ago comes alive through their brassy horn arrangements, rollicking piano melodies, and vocals from a chanteuse who transports listeners to a different era with the mere lilt of her voice.

And, of course, there’s the amazing tap dancer.

For the Holiday Stomp, the Sardines infuse yuletide classics with their unique twist, from beloved chestnuts like White Christmas and Please Come Home For Christmas, to lesser-known gems such as Edith Piaf’s Le Noël de La Rue, Ella Fitzgerald’s Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney, and even The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

NCSU Women’s Center Presents:

Guante- Spoken Word

Wednesday, November 12th; TBA

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NCSU University Theatre Presents:

Creative Artist Play Reading: Of Ghosts and Strangers

Friday, August 19th; 7:30-9:30 PM

Studio Theatre, Thompson Hall

A reading of OF GHOSTS AND STRANGERS, winner of the 2016 Creative Artist Award August 19, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in Thompson Hall. (Written by Arts Village alumni Teal Lepley)

Critical Response Feedback Workshops

Friday, September 9th; TBA

Carmichael Dance Studio

Love/Sick

Preview: Wednesday, September 21st; 7:15pm

Wednesday, September 28th; 7:30pm

Thursday, September 29th; 7:30pm

Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

A darker cousin to ALMOST, MAINE, John Cariani’s LOVE/SICK is a collection of nine slightly twisted and completely hilarious short plays. Set on a Friday night in an alternate suburban reality, this 80-minute romp explores the pain and the joy that comes with being in love. Full of imperfect lovers and dreamers, LOVE/SICK is an unromantic comedy for the romantic in everyone.

Baltimore , Play Reading

October 13th; 7:30pm

One Earth, Talley

Gross Indecency

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Thursday, October 20th; 7:30pm

Wednesday, October 26th; 7:30pm

Studio Theatre, Thompson Hall

In early 1895, the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Wilde’s young lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, left a card at Wilde’s club bearing the phrase “posing somdomite.” Wilde sued the Marquess for criminal libel. Wilde’s art and literature was denounced as immoral, leading the prosecuting attorney to declare, “It would appear that what is on trial is not Lord Queensberry but Mr. Wilde’s art!” In the end Queensberry was acquitted, and evidence that had been gathered against Wilde compelled the Crown to prosecute him for “gross indecency with male persons.” His hit plays, running in London’s West End, were forced to close and Wilde was reduced to penury. Eventually Wilde was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment at hard labor. He was separated forever from his wife and children, and wrote very little for the rest of his life. In addition to Wilde, Douglas and Queensberry, characters ranging from Queen Victoria to London’s rent boys, to a present-day academic are assembled to explore how history is made and how it can be so timely revisited in the theatre.

Julias Caesar (All Female Cast)

Monday, November 14th; 7:30pm

Talley Ballroom

An Ideal Husband

Preview: Tuesday, November 8th; 7:15pm

Wednesday, November 16th; 7:30pm

Thursday, November 17th; 7:30pm

Titmus Theatre, Thompson Hall

To illustrate Oscar Wilde’s genius as one of the most important of English playwrights, University Theatre is mounting a production of one of his most successful plays. Sir Robert Chiltern is a respected government official and a loving husband. His friend, Lord Arthur Goring, is a notorious womanizer who lives a life of casual lounging, meaningless flirtations and multiple illicit affairs. But when old acquaintance Laura Cheveley arrives in London to stir up trouble, the lives of the two men become increasingly complicated and intertwined, and their true natures are revealed.

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NCSU Music Department Presents:

Wind Ensemble Concert

Thursday, November 3rd; 7pm

Stewart Theatre

A concert from the Music Department’s wind ensemble.

Choir Concert

Friday, November 4th; 7pm

Stewart Theatre

The State Chorale is the premier choral ensemble at NC State. This 50-voice choir is dedicated to upholding and advancing the art of choral music in the collegiate tradition through the performance of the finest choral literature of all eras. The chorale performs regularly throughout the year, including occasional tours.

Jazz 1 Ensemble

Thursday, November 10th; 7pm

Stewart Theatre

NC State’s Jazz Ensemble performs Swing, Be-bop, and contemporary jazz using scored and improvisational formats.

Pipes and Drums

Saturday, November 12th; TBA

Stewart Theatre

NCSU Pipes and Drums is a traditional Scottish bagpipe band associated with the Music Department of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Since 1968, the band continues the long tradition of students and community members performing for community events, ceremonies and Celtic events throughout the area. In addition to performing, the award winning band competes in many highland games across the southeastern United States.

Ladies in Red Concert

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Saturday, November 12th; 7pm

Stewart Theatre

Ladies in Red is NC State’s Music Department-sponsored female a cappella group. The Ladies in Red are committed to continuously achieving high standards of performance, bringing excitement to stages both on and off campus. With members drawn from NC State choral ensembles, and with their own student leadership, the group creates a dynamic range of styles and energy.

Orchestra Concert

Sunday, November 13th; 4pm

Stewart Theatre

Orchestra Concert

Sunday, November 20th; 4pm

Stewart Theatre

Jazz 2 Ensemble

Monday, November 21st; 7pm

Stewart Theatre

NC State’s Jazz Ensemble performs Swing, Be-bop, and contemporary jazz using scored and improvisational formats.

Wind Ensemble/ Jazz Holiday Concert

Thursday, December 1st; 7pm

Stewart Theatre

Concert from the NCSU wind and jazz ensembles.

Choir Concert

Friday, December 2nd; 7pm

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Stewart Theatre

The State Chorale is the premier choral ensemble at NC State. This 50-voice choir is dedicated to upholding and advancing the art of choral music in the collegiate tradition through the performance of the finest choral literature of all eras. The chorale performs regularly throughout the year, including occasional tours.

Grains of Time Concert

Saturday, December 3rd; 7pm

Stewart Theatre

Grains of Time is NC State’s Music Department-sponsored male a cappella group. The Grains have been part of NC State’s campus life for more than four decades, and have a loyal following on campus and throughout the state. With members drawn from NC State choral ensembles, and with their own student leadership, they create a performance style that lends itself to both excellent musicianship and showmanship.

Faculty Recital: Wes Parker

Thursday, December 8th; 7pm

Stewart Theatre

As the Director of Jazz Studies at NC State, Dr. Wes Parker leads the jazz ensembles and combos, and teaches jazz history and improvisation. But as a professional trombonist, Parker ably straddles the line between jazz, classical and contemporary styles.

Off Campus Event:

Memphis

Sunday, August 28th; 3:00pm- Leave at 2:30pm to walk to RLT as a group.

Raleigh Little Theatre

Musical. Explosive dancing, irresistible songs, and a thrilling tale of fame and love. Inspired by actual events, about a white, radio DJ who wants to change the world and a black club singer who is ready for her big break. Come along on their incredible

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journey to the ends of the airwaves.

Paperhand Puppets: Beautiful Beast

Sunday, September 11th; 7pm- Van will leave Talley Tomato Cage Elevator at 5pm.

North Carolina Museum of art

How do we decide what is beautiful and what is beastly? Where do monsters come from? And who are the true monsters of our modern world? The Beautiful Beast explores these questions by illuminating ancient stories, digging through myths and legends, and contemplating our relationships with monsters, beasts, the wild, and our own humanity.

Kinky Boots

Thursday, September 15th; 7:30pm - Buses will leave T town around 6pm

DPAC

KINKY BOOTS is Broadway’s huge-hearted, high-heeled hit! With songs by Grammy® and Tony® winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, this joyous musical celebration is about the friendships we discover, and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind. Inspired by true events, KINKY BOOTS takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan.

Sparkcon

Sunday, September 18th

Downtown

SPARKcon is an interdisciplinary creativity, art & design festival produced by the non-profit creativity incubator, Visual Art Exchange, in Raleigh NC. SPARKcon happens each September (since 2006!) in Downtown Raleigh.

Mothers and Sons

Sunday, September 25th; 3pm

RLT

A powerful contemporary drama. A woman pays an unexpected visit to the New York apartment of her late son’s partner. He is now married to another man and has a young son. This mother is challenged to face how society has changed around her. Generations collide as she revisits the past and begins to see the life her son might

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have led.

The Civilians: The Undertaking

Friday, September 30th; 8pm

Duke

This boundary-breaking troupe presents their newest play, The Undertaking, a creative investigation of one of the last great cultural taboos: death. This piece looks at the ways we deal with the end of life and asks profound questions: what might happen to our bodies and souls after we die, and how does dying change what it means to be alive? The show’s verbatim stories play out as attempts at finding truth, and reflect the complexity, humor, pathos, and idiosyncrasies of our lived experience. The Civilians’ show comes to Duke directly from its premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Detroit 67

Sunday, October 2nd; 2pm

Playmakers

1967. The world is shifting for two siblings running an after-hours joint to make ends meet. Tensions mount when dreams diverge, their tight-knit community is threatened by an outsider and the streets erupt in violence in this riveting new play set to a driving Motown beat.

Carolina Ballet: Don Quixote

Sunday, October 23rd; 2pm

Fletcher Opera Theatre

Scenes of love and battles with windmills have filled our hearts with humor and pathos since 1605 when Cervantes first set forth his tarnished knight, Don Quixote, into the world along with his loyal sidekick Sancho Panza. Robert Weiss finished his quest to tell this centuries old tale in 2008 when the News and Observer dubbed it “one of his very best creations, a huge crowd pleaser.” Don Quixote is imagination come to life. This production commemorates the 400th anniversary of Cervantes' death in 1616.

Trisha Brown Dance Co: In Plain Site

Sunday, October 30th; 2:30pm

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Duke Gardens

Trisha Brown has serious avant-garde and postmodern dance bona fides: she was a founding member of the experimental Judson Dance Theater before striking off on her own in the late 1960s to become a pioneering choreographer. Her work with Trisha Brown Dance Company distilled the form down to pure movement, often taking the work outside of concert halls entirely, with her performers suspended from ceilings and rooftops and dancing down walls. "Works by Brown don't just challenge our perceptions; they expand our minds and untether our spirits," wrote The Village Voice.

With Brown’s retirement, her company has launched an initiative to breathe new life into her existing masterpieces: In Plain Site, an ambitious project to present Brown’s dances in unconventional new spaces. For their performance at Duke, they will recombine and reshape each work specifically for two iconic locations, The Nasher Museum of Art and the Sarah P. Duke Gardens. These familiar spaces are repurposed to close the distance between dancers and audience, invigorating Brown’s work anew.

Opera: Hercules vs Vampires

Monday, October 31st; 7:30pm

Meymandi Concert Hall, Duke Energy Center

What happens when a cutting edge Hollywood composer meets a classic sword and sandals flick from the 60s? Hercules vs. Vampires combines a performance of singers, orchestra, and Patrick Morganelli’s new operatic score performed live in sync with a screening of Mario Bava’s 1961 film Hercules in the Haunted World. Music, muscles, myth – this show has everything, including a special Halloween night performance!

First Friday

Friday, November 4th; 6pm-8pm

Downtown

Downtown Raleigh’s monthly celebration of the arts.

The Crucible

Sunday, November 6th; 3pm

Playmakers

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Miller’s landmark play gripped our audience 40 years ago, but couldn’t be more timely today. PlayMakers crowns its 40th Anniversary with a fresh look at this masterful drama exploring the slippery slope of mass hysteria.

nora chipaumire: portrait of myself as my father

Thursday, November 10th; 7:30pm

UNC

For the past decade, Bessie Award-winning dancer/choreographer and former Urban Bush Women star nora chipaumire has challenged stereotypes of Africa and the black performing body, art and aesthetic. Deepening her investigations, portrait of myself as my father celebrates and critiques masculinity—its presence, presentation and representation. This profound work considers the African male through the lens of cultural traditions, colonialism, Christianity and liberation struggles, exploring how these ideas might impact the African family and society on a global scale. Performed by chipaumire, Senegalese dancer Papa Ibrahima N’diaye a.k.a. Kaolack and Shamar Watt, portrait is timely in its examination of black maleness, asking: What is it about the black male body that we fear?

College Night NCMA

Friday, November 18th; 7pm

NCMA

Each fall our College Advisory Council presents a distinctive Museum experience for college students, featuring music, art, and activities inspired by our major exhibitions.

Messiah Choruses and More

Friday, December 2nd; 8pm

Meymandi Concert Hall, Duke Energy Center

Gregg Museum Events:

Art & Science of Pollinator Gardens

Monday, October 2nd; 3pm

aLoft Hotel, Tactic Room

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Associate Professor Anne Spafford of the NC State Dept. of Horticultural Science offers a lively presentation on the aesthetic and functional aspects of designing for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, with emphasis on supporting native bee populations. Learn how to create environmentally friendly home gardens with year-round interest.

Music of Art & Math

Thursday, October 20th; 6pm

aLoft Hotel, Tactic Room

Scott Laird, Instructor of Music and Director of Orchestra at the NC School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, discusses how Vernon Pratt’s work explores geometric patterns and numeric systems, which have musical equivalents.

First Friday Gallery Talk & Concert: Vernon Pratt

Friday, November 4th; 6:30pm

McCain Art Gallery, Duke Energy Center

First Friday gallery talk for Permutations, Progressions + Possibilites = The Art of Vernon Pratt with Curator of Education Zoe Starling, followed by an Ovations pre-concert performance in the gallery 7:15-7:45pm.

Film Director Mini Fest: Grab a Hunk of Lightning

Wednesday, November 16th; 6pm

Studio Theatre, Thompson Hall

For many, Dorothea Lange’s iconic 1936 Migrant Mother photograph represents the very essence of the Great Depression of the 1930s. But it was only one of many achievements in the much larger story of Lange’s amazing life. Dyanna Taylor’s award-winning film about her own grandmother includes never-before-seen interviews and images that reveal the astounding breadth of her work and artistic vision.

Film Director Mini Fest: VANISHED!!

Thursday, November 17th; 6pm

Studio Theatre, Thompson Hall

In 1934, 20-year-old artist-poet Everett Ruess wandered into the canyons of southern Utah and was never seen again. His disappearance - a murder mystery? - turned him

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into a folk hero and Native American legend. VANISHED!! follows his footsteps into an unforgiving wilderness that remains one of the most spectacular places on Earth.

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Scholars Program Events:

Dr. Elliot Engel

Monday, August 29th, 1:55pm, and Tuesday, August 30th, 2:30pm

Witherspoon Cinema

Dr. Elliot Engel will be discussing the Bronte sisters and Mark Twain.

Shana Tucker

Monday, September 12th, 1:55pm, and Tuesday, September 13th, 2:30pm

Witherspoon Cinema

SHANA TUCKER is a singer-songwriter and cellist who credits her genre-bending ChamberSoul™ journey to the influences of her jazz and classical roots interwoven with 80's & 90's pop music, movie soundtracks, and world music.

Lisa Jolley

Monday, November 7th, 1:55pm, and Tuesday, November 8th, 2:30pm

Witherspoon Cinema

Broadway (and local) actress Lisa Jolley will be singing Broadway tunes and discussing her career.

Saul Flores

Monday, November 14th, 1:55pm, and Tuesday, November 15th, 2:30pm

Witherspoon Cinema

Saul Flores will be sharing photographs and stories.

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