Soo Hyun (Andy) Moon: Goose Father & Immigration Nests
In these two projection art installations, personal and global immigration experiences are visually represented on a grand scale.
Addi Somekh: New Balloon Art
Try on a floating balloon hat or a bubble champ outfit crafted by world-renowned balloon twister Addi Somekh, who returns to NextNOW Fest with his oversized balloon masterpieces!
This event is part of NextNOW Fest 2017
Humbalaya + invoke
What happens when a jazz funk band collides with a contemporary string quartet? Find out when College Park-based Humbalaya and UMD alumni-run invoke play their own music and ultimately share the stage in a combined performance.
This event is part of NextNOW Fest 2017
Transcend VR Demo
Transcend is a fantasy VR game for the Oculus Touch, boasting realistic controls, immersive gameplay and intense fight simulations. As a story-based adventure game filled with magic, sword, and bows, Transcend will leave you thirsting for more. About Transcend VR: Transcend VR’s journey began at the University of Maryland's 2016 Bitcamp hack-a-thon, where they experimented with Oculus Rift hardware before it went to market. One year later, Transcend VR has grown into a diverse, award-winning team of entrepreneurs, on a mission to tell engaging stories in virtual reality.
Library Rummage Sale
Love a good sale? This one is jam-packed with books on the arts, scores, CDs and hundreds of LPs ranging from the classic to the elusive. Presented in partnership with the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library.
This event is part of NextNOW Fest 2017
NextDANCE featuring Lynne Price & Kristen Yeung
Experience a collection of work choreographed and danced by undergraduate and graduate students from the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. The program includes the premiere of a commissioned work by Lynne Price & Kristen Yeung, the recipients of this year’s Alumni Dance Commission. This performance is a part of the NextNOW Fest Alumni Commissioning Project, which supports the creation of new work by alumni of the UMD School of Music and the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies.
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Maryland Filmmakers Showcase
Open to all students interested in making films, Maryland Filmmakers Club produces six to 10 short films each semester. Discover work by campus-based filmmakers during this showcase and learn how you can get involved.
Presented with Library Media Services & Maryland Filmmakers Club
This event is part of NextNOW Fest 2017
MILCK
She can’t keep quiet. MILCK’s stark and shuddering, yet disarmingly catchy song Quiet became the unofficial anthem of the Women’s March on Washington. Hear her music, then hear from her about how she uses her art as activism.
This event is part of UMD Leadership and Community Service-Learning's Voices of Social Change series.
Maryland Opera Studio: New Work Reading of Town Hall
In a small town, somewhere in America, a community gathers to ask their Senator questions about the politics of the day. But the conversation turns into a heated debate with mortal stakes when a retired librarian takes the event hostage, and forces a young intern to live-stream the proceedings on social media. Theo Popov (composer) and E.M. Lewis (librettist) are recipients of the Second Annual Opera Composition Commission, a partnership between the Maryland Opera Studio and the Artist Partner Program of The Clarice that supports the creation of new opera work.
Maryland Community Band: Scoring Pictures - A Night at the Movies
Since the days of silent pictures, movie directors have realized the power of music to help tell a story or set a scene. Some of our most prolific composers have even reached iconic status through their movie scores who otherwise may have faded in obscurity in concert halls alone. Maryland Community Band explores the music of film ranging from wartime drama and adventure to the fantastical, navigating across deserts, jungles, and high seas around the globe. Pirates and genies and dinosaurs, oh my!
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