Monday morning arts news, November 22

EVENTS

Monday, November 22

• Crafts Center: Spring 2022 crafts class registration is open for everyone beginning at 9 a.m. today. Explore classes in clay, fibers, glass, jewelry and metals, lapidary, mixed media, new media, photography, and wood.

• Dept. of Music: Guitar recital of music minor Colton Strandberg, a student of applied music lecturer JC Martin. He will be accompanied by Jared Faulk on guitar, Matt Decker on bass and Chandler James on drums. In-person and YouTube; get the registration details. 7 p.m.

• University Theatre: Out Loud Series. Reading of A Case of Salt by Gaven Bell, winner of the 2021 Arts NC State Creative Artist Award in theatre. This murder mystery highlights the expectations, fears and assumptions about disability that a group of high school theatre students face. Learn more and register. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 23 through Wednesday, November 24

• Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Visit your museum! Galleries open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and until 8 p.m. and the first and third Thursday of each month. Three exhibitions are open for viewing: Crossed Kalunga by the Stars and Other Acts of Resistance, Chris Hondros – Conflict photography, and Will Henry Stevens – Pastels and drawings.

Thursday, November 25

• Thanksgiving Day.

Friday, November 26

• Home football game vs. UNC. 7 p.m.

Friday, November 26 through Saturday, November 27

• Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Open!

Sunday, November 28

• Hanukkah begins at sundown.

CHECK. IT. OUT.

• NC State has a new arts entrepreneurship club. The group will meet bi-weekly beginning in spring 2022, and will plan professional and student art residencies, workshops, and art shares. The club is open to all students looking to gain knowledge about entrepreneurial arts ventures. Those who are interested in participating should complete this short form.

• The dedication of the Global Courtyard – featuring Heath Satow’s Dream of Flight sculpture – took place on Nov. 8. Video of the event and a photo gallery are both available.

• Windhover, NC State’s literary arts magazine, is accepting submissions in four categories: visual art, literature, audio and video. The priority deadline is Nov. 23, with final deadlines in December and January.

IN THE NEWS

• Technician: Will Henry Stevens draws North Carolina’s mountains in the abstract. Technician writer Patsy McKee offers an introduction to the paintings of Will Henry Stevens, on exhibition at the Gregg Museum through Jan. 8, 2022.

• Technician: NC State student helps choreograph Carolina Ballet’s ‘Unique Departures’. Jenny Palmer, an accounting student in the Poole College of Management, retired from dancing after seven seasons with Carolina Ballet. The Carolina Ballet program presented this past week included a piece (“A New Day”) that she choreographed.

• Latino USA: A Spoken History of The Nuyorican Poets Café. Back in March 1994, Center Stage (now NC State LIVE) presented a poetry slam by the Nuyorican Poets. The staff spent considerable time explaining what to expect since a poetry slam was not a common thing in these parts back then. Last week, WUNC radio shared a story from Latino USA about this cultural institution.

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