EVENTS
Monday, April 12
• University Theatre: Out Loud series. Join Mia Self for a reading of Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks (Part 1 of 2). Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this play tells the story of two brothers – Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke – as they navigate poverty, racism, and the bonds of brotherhood. 7pm.
Tuesday, April 13
• Gregg Museum: Visit your museum! Beginning today, patrons will not be required to make reservations for their visit. Get the details. Galleries open 10am-5pm.
• University Theatre: Strictly Speaking. Annalisa Mickelson has worked in marketing for Broadway and off-Broadway productions of Mamma Mia!, RENT, Cirque du Soleil’s Zarkana, and as a producer for Blue Man Group and TV. 6pm. (APRIL 12 UPDATE: This event has been CANCELED by the speaker.)
Wednesday, April 14
• Gregg Museum: Visit your museum! Galleries open 10am-5pm.
• Dance Program Lunchbox Series: Arts, Activism and Public Health. Rabbi Nancy Epstein, professor of public health at Drexel, and Drexel graduate student Clara Pinsky lead a discussion of the relationship between the arts and public health. These virtual conversations are free and open to all. Program at noon; registration closes at 10am.
• NC State LIVE: Choreographers with Cocktails and Mocktails. Join in a happy hour Zoom event with Ephrat Asherie, artistic director of Ephrat Asherie Dance, to watch a preview of her recent work, Odeon, and have a discussion of the creative process with her brother and collaborator, jazz pianist Ehud Asherie. 5:30pm (please register by noon).
• University Theatre: Out Loud series. Join Mia Self for a reading of Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks (Part 2 of 2). Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this play tells the story of two brothers – Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke – as they navigate poverty, racism, and the bonds of brotherhood. 7pm.
Thursday, April 15
• Wellness Day (no classes).
• Gregg Museum: Visit your museum! Galleries open 10am-5pm.
• Crafts Center: Elements of Creative Reflection. On Wellness Day, join artists and facilitators Annelies Gentile and Greg Whitt for a free one-hour mini-retreat for NC State students, faculty and staff, part of the CraftCare series. Using imagination, language, imagery, sound and mindfulness to tease the senses, you are invited to tap into a creative flow state of physiology that promotes health and well-being. Presented in collaboration with the NC State Counseling Center and Prevention Services. Virtual event, registration required. 1pm.
• NOTE: All other CraftCare activities scheduled for April 15 are full.
• Gregg Museum: Third Thursday Virtual Tour. Gregg education program assistant Christina Wytko Marchington will lead guests on a live virtual tour of the museum’s current exhibitions. Registration required. 4pm.
Friday, April 16
• Gregg Museum: Visit your museum! Galleries open 10am-5pm.
• The annual Student Art Sale goes live at noon. For the second year, the sale will be virtual, but that offers pluses: you can shop from the comfort of your safe space, and the NC State student artists can share a broader selection of their work. When you visit the Arts NC State website, you will find 183 pieces for sale, all original artwork created by current NC State students. Once you click through to the individual student pages, you’ll find even more artwork, close to 400 pieces total. Last year’s sale – that pivoted to online at the last minute – put over $10,000 in the pockets of student artists. Let’s top that this year, shall we?
Saturday, April 17
• University Theatre: Devised 2020. In a student-written performance piece, NC State students will explore themes of isolation and anxiety in a collage of scenes and songs – reflecting on the events of 2020 and how their world has changed. Directed by Lormarev Jones, with assistant direction and dramaturgy by Griffin James, a UT alum and member of the class of 2020. Free outdoor performances on Stafford Commons at 2pm and 5pm. Registration required.
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• On Friday, April 16 at 7pm, NC Museum of Art Film Club will host a virtual screening and discussion of Fragile (2020), a documentary short about dance and trauma directed by Francine Ott, NC State dance lecturer and artistic director of the Panoramic Dance Project.
• Jo Ellen Westmoreland, assistant director of the Crafts Center, has a fused glass piece – Beach Windows – in the 2021 Delphi Art Glass Festival. Congrats, Jo Ellen!
• The Crafts Center has announced the lineup of summer 2021 classes, both in-person and online. Registration for summer classes begins on April 19 for NC State Students and on April 26 for everyone else.
• The NC State Dance Program Drive-Up Concert scheduled for April 21 sold out on the first day. But keep an eye out for pop-up dance performances on campus during the week of April 19.
• Pan-Afrikan Week: April 10-17. Celebrated annually since 1970, the UAB Black Students Board presents a week of events to honor the diversity of Black culture and foster a sense of community and unity among students, staff, faculty and alumni of the African diaspora.
IN THE NEWS
• Technician: Jamming out at NC State LIVE@ the Lot with Violet Bell. Technician videographer Aden Bonet shares the drive-in concert experience.
• Walter Magazine: Live Music is BACK! Here’s Who to See this Spring. This Walter story includes a shout-out for the NC State LIVE @ the Lot concert series.
• Raleigh Weekend: Get Inspired at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design. With the relaxing of visiting restrictions, it’s a great time to plan a visit to the Gregg.
• Visit Raleigh Insider: How the Performing Arts are Returning to the Stage in Raleigh, N.C. NC State LIVE @ the Lot concerts are featured.
• CLTure: Carolina Complexions: Celebrating Black artists and creatives in North Carolina. NC State College of Design alum (and Friends of Arts NC State Board of Advisors member) Dare Coulter is highlighted in this feature.
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