Two months: NC State arts events, Sept. and Oct. 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.

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.

Saturday, September 9

University Theatre Workshop Series: Tamara Kissane leads a playwriting workshop. Learn more and register. 3:30 p.m.

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 (ballet conditioning 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 Sloan (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.

Friday, September 15

University Theatre Workshop Series: Danica Jackson leads a free performance master class on the use of accents and dialects in acting. Learn more and register. 2 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.

University Theatre Workshop Series: Costume Crafting Night. Learn more and register. Two sessions: 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Thursday, September 21

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: (9/19 update) Photography tour of Selections from the Collection. This replaces the artist talk by photographer and visual artist Susan Harbage Page that has been postponed. 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. Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre. 8 p.m.

Tuesday, September 26

Arts Now Series: Photographic artist Alan Dehmer will talk about his art and solutions to various technological and aesthetic problems that arise in photography (day 1 of 2). Withers Hall, room 150. 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 28

Arts Now Series: Photographic artist Alan Dehmer will talk about his art and solutions to various technological and aesthetic problems that arise in photography (day 2 of 2). Withers Hall, room 150. 1:30 p.m.

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.

Arts Now Series: Heroes, Heroines, Antiheroes and Computer Music. Fixed electronic music and performances by Rodney Waschka II, including music by Michael Dellaira, Mike McFerron and Tera de Marez Oyens. Price Music Center. 8 p.m. Free admission, no tickets.

Friday, September 29

University Theatre Studio Series: Comedic Improvisational Alliance. NC State’s oldest and only improv troupe, the CIA, presents a night of improv comedy where every scene and joke is without a script. Reserve a spot. 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 30

University Theatre Workshop Series: Tamara Kissane leads a playwriting workshop. Learn more and register. 3 p.m.

OCTOBER 2023

Monday, October 2

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.

Tuesday, October 3

University Theatre: In partnership with the NC State University Libraries, UT presents the annual reading of banned books. Free, but registration is required. Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre. 7 p.m.

Thursday, October 5

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Staff-guided tour of This is Not: Aldwyth in Retrospect. 6 p.m. This is your last chance to take a guided tour before the exhibition closes on October 7.

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

NC State LIVE: Dance concert by Gaspard & Dancers. Stewart Theatre. 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 7

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Last day for This is Not: Aldwyth in Retrospect. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday-Tuesday, October 9-10

FALL BREAK.

Thursday, October 12

NC State LIVE School Matinee Series: Manual Cinema in Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster, based on two books by Mo Willems. Stewart Theatre. (day 1 of 2)

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Artist talk with Michelle Van Parys, in conjunction with Click! Photography Festival. Her work is on view in the Selections from the Collections exhibition. 6 p.m.

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

Friday, October 13

NC State LIVE School Matinee Series: Manual Cinema in Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster, based on two books by Mo Willems. Stewart Theatre. (day 2 of 2)

University Theatre Workshop Series: John Nyrere Frazier leads the “MOVE” performance workshop, an introduction to the use movement for self-discovery. Learn more and register. 2 p.m.

Saturday, October 14

NC State LIVE Kidstuff Series: Manual Cinema in Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster, based on two books by Mo Willems. Stewart Theatre. 1 p.m.

Monday, October 16

University Theatre Workshop Series: Allan Maule leads a writing workshop about how to create characters with dramatic arcs. Learn more and register. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 18

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Wind Ensemble in concert. Stewart Theatre. 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 19

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Yoga in the lobby led by Jeff Manning, presented in partnership with the Alexander Family YMCA. 10 a.m.

University Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher (day 1 of 9). 7:30 p.m. Titmus Theatre.

Friday, October 20

University Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher (day 2 of 9). 7:30 p.m. Titmus Theatre.

NC State LIVE: Hiromi’s Sonicwonder in concert. Stewart Theatre. 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 21

University Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher (day 3 of 9). 7:30 p.m. Titmus Theatre.

Sunday, October 22

University Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher (day 4 of 9). 2 p.m. Titmus Theatre.

University Theatre: Jekyll and Hyde audition orientation. Thompson Hall. 7 p.m.

Monday, October 23

University Theatre: Jekyll and Hyde auditions (day 1 of 2). Thompson Hall. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, October 24

University Theatre: Jekyll and Hyde auditions (day 2 of 2). Thompson Hall. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 25

University Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher (day 5 of 9). 7:30 p.m. Titmus Theatre.

Thursday, October 26

Gregg Museum of Art & Design: Free film for Halloween. The Brain That Wouldn’t Die. 6 p.m.

University Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher (day 6 of 9). 7:30 p.m. Titmus Theatre.

Friday, October 27

University Theatre Studio Series: Comedic Improvisational Alliance. NC State’s oldest and only improv troupe, the CIA, presents a night of improv comedy where every scene and joke is without a script. Reserve a spot. 7 p.m.

University Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher (day 7 of 9). 7:30 p.m. Titmus Theatre.

Saturday, October 28

University Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher (day 8 of 9). 7:30 p.m. Titmus Theatre.

Sunday, October 29

University Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher (day 9 of 9). 2 p.m. Titmus Theatre.

Department of Performing Arts and Technology: Acappology in concert. Stewart Theatre. 7:30 p.m.

Exhibitions at the Gregg Museum

This is Not: Aldwyth in Retrospect (February 2 to October 7).

Selections from the Collections (open-ended).

Leading by Design (September 7 to April 13).

Exhibitions at the Crafts Center

Crossroads, an exhibition of work by Crafts Center wood studio manager Nic Jackson. (August 21 to November 2).

See a weekly arts update with events, tips and news clips, posted each Monday morning at 7 a.m.