2014 NextNOW Fest

NextNOW Fest

The Fruits
 

Thursday, September 11 - Sunday, September 14, 2014

For the first time ever, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is kicking off our season with four days of fun and frolic with the NextNOW Fest! Discover the next big thing in small, intimate and surprising environments: sonic massages, subway buskers, Terptastic jazz, deep theatre for your short attention span, dance mysteries, late-night art explosions, food frolics, an arts tailgate, and toast… and then something curious… and then…

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is building the future of the arts now! We are breaking through traditional boundaries in art making and audience experience by being a hub of innovation and possibility. We are creating artistic opportunities that build connections, foster exploration and invigorate you to find your voice.

Most events are free. All events are freeing.

In case you missed it…

Didn't make it to the NextNOW Fest? Here's a video summary of what went down!

SCHEDULE

Thursday, September 11
4PM – 12:30AM

Time Event Location
4-10PM Combat Paper NJ Front Plaza
4:30-10:30PM Nichole Canuso Dance Company Kay Theatre
6-10PM Costume Sale Costume Shop
6-10PM MFA Design Expo Grand Pavilion
6-10PM Performing Arts Library Sale Performing Arts Library Piano Room
7-7:30PM Opening Fest Celebration
- 7 – 7:10PM Too Many Zooz
- 7:15 – 7:30PMA Curious Invasion
Grand Pavilion
7-8PM MakerLAB Scene Shop
7-10PM Johann Sebastian Joust Front Plaza at TERPRIDE
7-10PM Terrapin Beats Society: NextNOW Lounge Theatre Courtyard
7:30-8:15PM Wollesonic Laboratories Cafritz Foundation Theatre
7:30-8:30PM Larissa Dedova and Mikhail Volchok, piano Gildenhorn Recital Hall
7:30-8:30PM Maryland Community Band Dekelboum Concert Hall
7:30-8:30PM The Neo-Futurists

Dance Theatre

8:30-9:30PM The Jazz Professors Kogod Cabaret
9-10PM District5 and Excelsa Gildenhorn Recital Hall
9-10PM Gamer Symphony Orchestra Dekelboum Concert Hall
9-10PM NextDANCE Dance Theatre
9-10:30PM dog & pony dc Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
9:30-10:15PM Wollesonic Laboratories

Cafritz Foundation Theatre

10-11PM Too Many Zooz Kogod Cabaret
10:30-11:30PM Opera Jam Session Gildenhorn Recital Hall
11:30PM-12:30AM BOOMScat Kogod Cabaret
Ongoing The Unpoppables: Balloon Bass Various Locations
Ongoing New Balloon Art Creations by Addi Somekh Grand Pavilion
Ongoing Clarice YouBooth Grand Pavilion

 

Friday, September 12
4PM – 1AM

Time Event Location
4-7:30PM Thinkathon Schoenbaum Rehearsal Studio, Rm. 3732
4:30-10:30PM Nichole Canuso Dance Company Kay Theatre
6-8PM Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Grand Pavilion
6-10PM Costume Sale Costume Shop
6-10PM MFA Design Expo Grand Pavilion
6-10PM Performing Arts Library Sale Performing Arts Library Piano Room
7-7:30PM Amkoullel Kogod Cabaret
7-8PM MakerLAB Scene Shop
7-8PM NextDANCE Dance Theatre
7-8:30PM dog & pony dc Performing Arts Library
7-10PM Johann Sebastian Joust Front Plaza at TERPRIDE
7-10:30PM Late-Night Arts Explosion

Rever Rehearsal Studio

7:30-8:15PM Wollesonic Laboratories Cafritz Foundation Theatre
7:30-10:30PM Johann Sebastian Joust Front Plaza at TERPRIDE
7:45-8:30PM Student Shorts Kogod Cabaret
8-9:30PM Igudesman and Joo Dekelboum Concert Hall
9-10PM Inscape Chamber Orchestra Kogod Cabaret
9-10PM The Neo-Futurists Dance Theatre
9:30-10:15PM Wollesonic Laboratories Cafritz Foundation Theatre
10:30PM-1AM Terrapin Beats Society: Grand Pavilion Takeover Grand Pavilion
Ongoing Clarice YouBooth Grand Pavilion

 

Saturday, September 13

9AM – Noon

Arts Tailgate

NextNOW Fest’s Arts Tailgate joins the ranks for friends, families, supporters and Terp lovers for a parking lot of creative fun and frolic.

Please note all NextNOW Arts Tailgate activities begin on The Clarice Lawn across from the Riggs Alumni Center.

Featured entertainment

  • Arts On A Roll
  • Bombshell Boom Boom (!)
  • Combat Paper NJ
  • Mighty Sound of Maryland: Interactive History
  • The Fruits Daredevil Aerial Dance (Australia)

Sunday, September 14
11AM – 4:30PM

Time Event Location
11AM-2PM NextNOW Fest Brunch Grand Pavilion
3-4PM UMD Chamber Singers Gildenhorn Recital Hall
3-4:30PM dog & pony dc Performing Arts Library

Fest Happenings

In addition to NextNOW performances, all kinds of interactive arts experiences, food frolics and fun will be happening throughout the Fest.

Food Frolic

Throughout the Fest; Various Locations

The NextNOW Fest is also an artful experience with food and drink:

  • Experience wine and cider tastings from Great Shoals Winery (Thursday & Friday, 6-10PM)
  • Discover surprising menus, including $5 tapas plates, $2 cheesecake lollipops and $2 frozen bars by Lady Epicure (Thursday & Friday, 6-10PM)
  • Make your hours a little happier with the Clarice-A-Rita, our specialty cocktail margarita with Jose Cuervo Tequila;
  • Grab a drink from the Encore bar and Kogod Cabaret bars;
  • And have Sunday Brunch in the middle of an orchestra!
  • Both credit and cash will be accepted at the Encore, Kogod Cabaret and NextNOW Lounge bars.

The Clarice YouBooth

Throughout the Fest; Grand Pavilion

The NextNOW Fest is about connection, exploration and finding your voice. The Clarice YouBooth is an opportunity to express yourself, share your story and see the NextNOW people in our community. Sing a song. Dance your dance. Be who you are meant to be.

New Balloon Art Installation

Throughout the Fest; Grand Pavilion

Balloon artistry of a scale and design that will make your eyes pop. A self-taught balloon twister, Addi Somekh will create a towering, one-of-a-kind architectural installation in The Clarice Grand Pavilion, and interact with guests to create balloon garb that reflects the wearer’s personality, using comic delivery and improvisational performance.