Two months: NC State arts events, Aug. and Sept. 2023

To complement our weekly Monday morning NC State arts updates, we offer a two-month list of upcoming events and exhibitions published on the first day of each month.

Questions? Contact Mark Tulbert at mktulber@ncsu.edu.

AUGUST 2023

Thursday, August 3

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Free screening of To Be or Not To Be (1942), an American comedy film that follows a troupe of actors in Nazi-occupied Warsaw who use disguises and acting skills to fool the occupying troops. 6 p.m.

Monday, August 7

University Theatre: UT hosts Sips and Scripts. Playwright sign-up begins at 5 p.m., readings begin at 6 p.m. Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre.

Wednesday, August 16

NC State LIVE: Subscriptions go on sale for the 2023-24 season. Subscriptions will be available with no ticketing fees through Sunday, August 27.

Thursday, August 17

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Wolfpack Welcome Week tour of current exhibitions. Join education staff at the Gregg Museum for a tour of current exhibitions, including This is Not: Aldwyth in Retrospect and the museum’s recent installation of permanent collection objects. 3 p.m.

Friday, August 18

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Annual back-to-school poster sale begins, open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through August 25, outside the north side of Talley Student Union.

NC State LIVE: Tickets for the August 25 show by The Second City go on sale to NC State students.

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Jazz ensembles audition clinic and jam session. An opportunity for any student interested in jazz to bring their instrument and gain a better understanding of what the audition process is like. Price Music Center, Room 101. 4:30 p.m.

Monday, August 21

University Theatre: Single tickets for the 2023-24 Producing Series go on sale beginning at 10 a.m.

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Choir auditions begin, running August 21 to 25. Sign up for a ten-minute audition appointment. See all audition details.

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Orchestra auditions begin, available August 21 and 23. Sign up for a ten-minute audition appointment. See all audition details.

The Crafts Center reopens for fall semester.

University Theatre: Open house. Thompson Hall. 4 to 6 p.m.

The Crafts Center: Crossroads, an exhibition of work by Nic Jackson, wood studio manager at the Crafts Center, opens today.

Tuesday, August 22

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Jazz ensemble auditions begin, running August 22 to 25 and August 28. Sign up for a ten-minute audition appointment. See all audition details.

University Theatre is hosting interest meetings for student employment (6 p.m. in Stewart Theatre) and stage management (7 p.m. in Frank Thompson Hall).

Wednesday, August 23

NC State LIVE: Registration for 2023-24 School Matinee Series opens at 7:30 a.m.

NC State LIVE: Tickets for the August 25 show by The Second City go on sale to staff, faculty and the public.

Thursday, August 24

University Theatre is hosting interest meetings for the scene shop (3 p.m., repeating at 5 p.m.), costume shop (3:30 p.m., repeating at 5:30 p.m.), lighting/sound shop (4 p.m., repeating at 6 p.m.), stage management (4:30 p.m.), plus a meeting for students interested in QuickSCRIPTS and playwriting for the Creative Artist Award (6:30 p.m.). All meetings are thirty minutes long and take place in Frank Thompson Hall.

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Wolfpack Welcome Week dance master class. Learn more about the dance companies and auditions at this class led by the directors of the Panoramic Dance Project and the State Dance Company. Carmichael Gymnasium, Dance Studio 2307. Registration required. 5:30 p.m.

Friday, August 25

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Final day of the annual back-to-school poster sale, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., outside the north side of Talley Student Union.

NC State LIVE: Comedy show by The Second City. Stewart Theatre. 7 p.m.

University Theatre: Out Loud series. Final reading of What We Grew Up With by Kiran Soma. Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre. 7 p.m.

Saturday, August 26

Packapalooza! NC State’s annual street festival and block party. Visit the Arts Zone. Hillsborough Street. 2 to 10 p.m.

Monday, August 28

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Auditions for the Panoramic Dance Project. Carmichael Gymnasium, Dance Studio 2307. 6:30 p.m.

University Theatre: Audition orientation for Peter and the Starcatcher. Thompson Hall. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, August 29

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Auditions for the State Dance Company. Carmichael Gymnasium, Dance Studio 2307. 6:30 p.m.

University Theatre: Auditions for the October production of Peter and the Starcatcher (day 1 of 2). Thompson Hall. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, August 30

University Theatre: Auditions for the October production of Peter and the Starcatcher (day 2 of 2). Thompson Hall. 7 p.m.

Thursday, August 31

NC State LIVE: Single tickets and Kidstuff packages go on sale.

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Free dance master class (ballet with Sara Roe). Open to NC State students, faculty and staff. Carmichael Gym, Dance Studio 2307. 5:30 p.m.

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Dance Faculty Concert, with works by Amy Love Beasley, Autumn Mist Belk, Beth Wright Fath and Tara Z. Mullins. Titmus Theatre. 7 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 2023

Thursday, September 7

The Crafts Center: Opening reception for Nicholas Jackson: Crossroads. 5 to 7:30 p.m.

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Opening for Leading by Design, an exhibition celebrating 75 years of the NC State College of Design. 6 to 8 p.m.

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Free dance master class (musical theatre with Ashley Anderson). Open to NC State students, faculty and staff. Carmichael Gym, Dance Studio 2307. 5:30 p.m.

Monday, September 11

University Theatre: Out Loud series reading. Details TBA.

Tuesday, September 12

University Theatre: Audition orientation for the November production of What We Grew Up With by Kiran Soma. Thompson Hall. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, September 13

University Theatre: Auditions for the November production of What We Grew Up With by Kiran Soma (day 1 of 2). Thompson Hall. 7 p.m.

Thursday, September 14

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Free dance master class (progressing ballet technique with Ashley Anderson). Open to NC State students, faculty and staff. Carmichael Gym, Dance Studio 2307. 5:30 p.m.

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Curator talk with Mark Brown (This is Not: Aldwyth in Retrospect). 6 p.m.

University Theatre: Auditions for the November production of What We Grew Up With by Kiran Soma (day 2 of 2). Thompson Hall. 7 p.m.

NC State LIVE: Concert by the Colombian joropo band Cimarrón. Stewart Theatre. 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, September 17

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Abstractum, music by contemporary Iranian composers, performed by Olga Kleiankina and Kelariz Keshavarz. Stewart Theatre. 4 p.m.

Tuesday, September 19

WELLNESS DAY

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Wellness Day sound bath meditation (students only, registration required). 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Thursday, September 21

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Artist talk by photographer and visual artist Susan Harbage Page. 6 p.m.

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Free dance master class (contemporary with Frankie Lee III). Open to NC State students, faculty and staff. Carmichael Gym, Dance Studio 2307. 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 23

University Theatre: QuickSCRIPTS. Details TBA.

Thursday, September 28

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Cyanotypes in the sun. A free workshop led by photographer Cynthia Cukiernik using a 170-year-old photographic printing process. Open to NC State students only. 2:30 p.m.

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Free dance master class (bhangra with Rohit Bulchandani). Open to NC State students, faculty and staff. Carmichael Gym, Dance Studio 2307. 5:30 p.m.

NC State LIVE: Concert by Malian singer and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara. Stewart Theatre. 7:30 p.m.