EVENTS
Monday, November 2
• University Theatre: How to Theatre series. Historic sewing techniques: learn basics of 16th century and earlier garment construction techniques, including seaming techniques, hand-bound eyelets and cartridge pleating. 1pm.
• University Theatre: Preparing the Performer. What is applied theatre? Join applied theatre artist (and Arts NC State outreach and engagement manager) Amy Sawyers-Williams for a crash course. 4pm. Students only.
• University Theatre: Out Loud series. Reading Macbeth (part 1 of 2). 7pm.
• University Theatre: Devised 2020. Phase II: Generation of Material. Join Lormarev Jones as she introduces participating students to the conception of original work through ensemble devising. 7pm. Students only.
Tuesday, November 3
• ELECTION DAY: The polls will be open from 6:30am to 7:30pm in North Carolina. On Election Day, you vote in your assigned precinct. You can check your polling place information online here.
• Gregg Museum: Galleries open 10am-5pm. Free timed ticket required.
• University Theatre: Strictly Speaking series. Kaitlin Gill Rider is a lighting designer experienced in theatre, dance, musical theatre, architectural and fashion show lighting, and is director of outside sales for WHOCO Lighting and Controls. 6pm.
• University Theatre: Devised 2020. Phase II: Generation of Material. Join Lormarev Jones as she introduces participating students to the conception of original work through ensemble devising. 7pm. Students only.
Wednesday, November 4
• Gregg Museum: Galleries open 10am-5pm. Free timed ticket required.
• Dance Program: Lunchbox Series. Screendance: Moving us forward or moving us back? With Autumn Mist Belk. 12pm. (registration closes at 10am)
• University Theatre: How to Theatre series. Join Dave Jensen and Mike White to learn how to create a cutting file and operate the Shopbot. 4pm.
Thursday, November 5
• Gregg Museum: Galleries open 10am-5pm. Free timed ticket required.
• University Theatre: Strictly Speaking series. Pornchanok (Nok) Kanchanabanca is a Thai artist, sound designer, musician and composer. A Yale Drama grad, she has worked with theatre companies across the U.S. including McCarter, Steppenwolf and Lincoln Center. 6pm.
• University Theatre: Out Loud series. Reading Macbeth (part 2 of 2). 7pm.
• Gregg Museum: A conversation about art, the last of three interviews with Roger Manley, director of the Gregg. Available on the Gregg YouTube channel. 4pm.
Friday, November 6
• Gregg Museum: Galleries open 10am-5pm. Free timed ticket required.
• Dance Program: Presenting a virtual STEAM event for middle and high school includes a dance class and a panel of NC State STEM students who will discuss the intersection of STEM and the arts at NC State.
• NC State LIVE: Join in on a free lunchtime conversation and jam with Grammy and Latin Grammy-Award winning Afro-Jazz musician Arturo O’Farrill. Learn more and register here (deadline is November 5 at noon). 12pm.
• University Theatre: The Institute. A new project that aims to introduce students, and eventually audiences, to site specific, interactive and immersive storytelling experiences. 4pm.
• Football: Miami (home). 7:30pm.
Saturday, November 7
• University Theatre: Argo premieres on Facebook Live and Zoom. Check out the awesome one-minute trailer, and join in on the virtual voyage of Jason and the Argonauts. 7:30pm.
Sunday, November 8
• Red and White Week 2020 begins. Discover how you can participate in a virtual celebration of NC State, November 8-14.
CHECK. IT. OUT.
• Want to see something fun? Take a look at this photo from NC State LIVE @ the Lot. Justine Hollingshead, mayor of DASAland, took this terrific drone shot just as the concert was beginning on October 23. The drive-in concert with the fabulous Rissi Palmer took place at NC State’s Spring Hill Park and Ride Lot, adjacent to Dix Park.
• The Crafts Center’s new personal branding class begins on Friday. Part of the C:LAB initiative, this class takes you through the entire process of creating a personal, professional brand, and is taught by Greg Carter from the College of Design. Learn more and register.
• Wolf Tones, the magazine of the Department of Music, went virtual for fall 2020. This issue includes stories of an unconventional percussion recital, the Brickyard Broadcast coming up in November, and how members of the music faculty have adapted to teaching online during the pandemic. Read it online here.
• The Crafts Center has added three jewelry/metals classes to the online class lineup: Metal Embossing (begins November 8), Stacking Rings (begins November 11), and Spinner Ring (begins December 2). Find details for the new classes here, and explore other classes available online or in-person.
• The Power Sound of the South – the world’s most dangerous marching band – dialed up the Howl-oween fun this year with a video of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Check it out on YouTube, or on IGTV (ncstatemusic), where it’s had over 7,000 views as of Sunday!
• Installation has begun on Daniel Johnston – A Thousand Throws, an exhibition that opens November 10 at the Gregg Museum. In an unusual move, the installation process is open to the public. You can visit the Gregg (free timed ticket required) to watch (and interrupt) the artist as he proceeds with the project, and gain insight into his thinking and decision-making process as the work develops. A wire-lattice structure resembling a two-story farmhouse is already taking shape in the Gregg’s largest gallery.
• Students in the NC State Wind Ensemble have produced a video presentation of Samuel Barber’s “Commando March” as a class project, directed by Dr. Paul Garcia, recorded remotely from home, and edited by ensemble member Tolar Ray.
• When you release a new album during a pandemic, the typical playbook goes out the window. Learn how jazz bassist Jason Foureman, an applied lecturer in music, marked the occasion with an online concert (that’s still available for your listening pleasure).
IN THE NEWS
• Technician: Puppetry class takes the stage at NC State. This spring semester, Victoria Ralston, coordinator for the visual arts concentration in art studies, will be teaching IDS 495, the Art and History of World Puppetry.
• Our State Magazine: How Much Do You Know About North Carolina’s Wood-Carvers? Test your knowledge in this Our State quiz, and you’ll discover a connection to the NC State University Crafts Center.
