Monday morning arts news, February 19

THINGS TO DO

Daily

• Crafts Center: Dominick Rapone: Nature’s Whispers. The exhibition runs through April 22.

Tuesday, February 20 through Saturday, February 24

• Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Three exhibitions are open. Leading by Design celebrates the 75th anniversary of the NC State College of Design. Selections from the Collections features a sampling of the many different kinds of pieces in the Gregg collection. The Art of John Mark Hall is an exhibition of photographs drawn from some of Hall’s favorite works. Galleries are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thursday, February 22

• Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Free dance master class (Native American pow wow with Ryan Dial). Open to NC State students, faculty and staff. Carmichael Gym, Dance Studio 2307. 5:30 p.m.

• Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Film screening of MANA – beyond belief. Recently retired Gregg Museum director Roger Manley, co-director of MANA, will introduce the film with Q&A afterward. 6 p.m.

• Department of Performing Arts and Technology: NC State Jazz Spring Showcase, featuring the Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Lab Band. 7:30 p.m. Stewart Theatre.

Friday, February 23

• University Theatre: Auditions for TheatreFEST 2024 (day 1 of 3), open to students, campus and the community.

• University Theatre presents the Comedic Improvisational Alliance. 7 p.m. Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre.

Saturday, February 24

• University Theatre: Auditions for TheatreFEST 2024 (day 2 of 3), open to students, campus and the community.

Sunday, February 25

• NC State LIVE Kidstuff Series: Axis Theatre of Vancouver in Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch. 3 p.m. Stewart Theatre.

• University Theatre: Auditions for TheatreFEST 2024 (day 3 of 3), open to students, campus and the community.

CHECK. IT. OUT.

• Multicultural Student Affairs hosts a screening of 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime. The film delves into the aftermath of the Feb. 10, 2015 shooting deaths of Muslim-Americans Deah Barakat; his wife, Yusor Abu-Salha; and Yusor’s sister, Razan Abu-Salha. Barakat and Yusor earned bachelor’s degrees at NC State in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Razan was a sophomore at NC State at the time of her death. Monday, Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. in the Witherspoon Cinema.

• Are you familiar with the DASA Tech “how to” site for common tech support items?

• Crafting Resilience: Origami Notebooks. Join Prevention Services and NC State University Libraries for experiential opportunities to engage in self-care through crafting. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2 p.m. at D.H. Hill Jr. Library.

• Zine and Rhyme: Windhover, NC State’s literary and art magazine, will host an open mic and zine-making event. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 6 to 8 p.m. Caldwell Hall lounge.

• The Global Film Series will present a screening of Yuni. Yuni is a female Indonesian high school student with big dreams of attending university. Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 6:30 p.m. in Witherspoon Cinema.

• Film studies professor Marsha Gordon will moderate a conversation with Mia Mask, professor of film at Vassar College, about The Harder They Fall, a 2021 film directed by Jeymes Samuel, an American Western whose principal cast members are all Black. Thursday, Feb. 22 at 11:30 a.m. in Tompkins G121. Open to all.

• From House to Maplekore: The Evolution of Electronic Music. Join Christopher Dunstan, a doctoral candidate in the geospatial analytics program at NC State, for an interactive presentation on the history and culture of house music. Thursday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. at the African American Cultural Center.

• Overlooked Black Narratives of the American West: The College of Design and NC State University Libraries welcome guest speaker Mia Mask, professor of film at Vassar. Dr. Mask is the author of Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film and Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western.  Thursday, Feb. 22 at 4:30 p.m. in Burns Auditorium inside Kamphoefner Hall.

• Wolfpack Pictures screening: Twilight. In this 2008 film, Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest and falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Thursday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. in Hill Library auditorium.

• Early voting in Talley continues through March 2. Those who are registered to vote in Wake County – including NC State students, faculty and staff – can cast their ballot in the U.S. primary elections at Talley Student Union.

• Need a new headshot? The Career Development Center has an Iris professional photo booth, a new service for free professional photos for NC State students, faculty, staff and alumni.

IN THE NEWS

• CVNC: Through 2/16: When We were Queens at NCMA. Review of the NC State LIVE commissioned performance by artists Murielle Elizéon and Shana Tucker, presented in partnership with the North Carolina Museum of Art.

• Technician: Drama, desperation and duality with University Theatre’s Jekyll & Hyde. Technician writer Campbell Depken recaps the “high caliber” University Theatre production.

• Technician: Jekyll & Hyde. Student Media photographers Emily Peedin, Jermaine Hudson and Katie Ryder have created a gallery of images from the University Theatre production of Jekyll & Hyde.

• Technician: Libraries, OIED promote linguistic diversity, culture of inclusion. Technician writer Emilia Rivadeneira highlights new resources to promote diversity, equity and inclusion on campus.

• Technician: 29 Days of Healing: Black Book Blitz Exhibit. Jermaine Hudson, Agromeck editor-in-chief, shares photos from the opening of the 29 Days of Healing exhibit at the African American Cultural Center.

• Bold Journey: Meet Rich Holly. Bold Journey magazine interviews our now-retired executive director for the arts, Rich Holly.

See a two-month list of campus arts events and exhibitions, posted on the first day of each month.