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Selected chapbooks from the Jiménez Porter Writers’ House and zines from the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library’s Special Collections in Performing Arts will be on display. Take a moment to read others' stories, and maybe even perform someone else's words using the Visual Poetry Synthesizer!
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The Unity Mural project has brought together students and faculty from Bowie State University and University of Maryland to create a mural that takes a stand against divisiveness and reflects upon themes of peace, justice and unity. View the installation, watch a 20-minute documentary about the creation process, and engage in a lively discussion about the mural’s significance.
Unwind with some tunes by School of Music jazz professors. This seriously fun study in jazz, features features Steve Fidyk on guitar, Tom Baldwin on bass, Jon Ozment on piano and Mike Kuhl on drums.
At the crossroads of art, science and technology, ARTECHOUSE presents true 21st century art experiences as the first innovative platform for experiential multimedia art exhibitions. Conceived and produced by ARTECHOUSE with the assistance of digital media artist Simon Alexander-Adams, Lucid Dreaming immerses the attendees of the festival in vibrant projections of fluid, ethereal motion that echo the movement of their bodies. The interactive motion systems seamlessly capture the movement of the viewer’s hand, allowing them to direct the flow of projected imagery.
A new school year calls for a new you! Write down old bad habits or ways of thinking that you want to leave behind, then paste them on Artsphere’s 6-foot-tall sculpture made of cardboard and paper mache! Walk away renewed and get ready to build better ones for the new semester! Artsphere will have newspapers, magazines, glue and paint for everyone's use to make the sculpture as fun as possible.
The Clarice’s Costume Shop is emptying its storage closets with a doorbuster sale of items ranging from fashionable to wacky and weird in the Dance Lobby. This is your once-a-year chance to own a unique piece of a production presented at The Clarice!
Costume Sale Schedule
Takoma Park’s own Dance Exchange brings awareness to the stories of sexual violence and abuse survivors. "A body, home" is a multimedia, intergenerational dance piece on sexual violence performed in the back of a moving truck. The performance asks audiences to consider: What does it take to move from past traumas? What needs to get packed and unpacked in the process? What is the world that we are moving towards?
Join two student-led groups, TEMPO New Music Ensemble and Immersive Atoms, as they present newly composed work at the intersection of technology, art and music!
Often, art is considered the safe space for dangerous ideas. JPEGMAFIA is a reminder that in a dangerous world, sometimes nowhere is safe. If trap music is the sound of the street, then JPEGMAFIA is trap’s subconscious; dark but not without a humor that makes things even more uncomfortable. His role as villain or satirist, hood protector or nihilist is intentionally hard to put one’s finger on. What more appropriate way to embody the frightening and confusing reality of America today?
Indie rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan is on the brink of something huge. Her voice rises and falls with electricity throughout Lush, her debut album as Snail Mail, spinning with bold excitement and new beginnings at every turn. Jordan’s clear and powerful voice, acute sense of pacing and razor-sharp writing cut through the chaos and messiness of growing up: the passing trends, the awkward house parties, the sick-to-your-stomach crushes and the heart wrenching breakups.
