United Strings of Color is presenting an immersive experience of Black history using music, theatre, and mixed media arts to educate about the lives, countries, times, systemic laws, and iconic contributions of the four Black abolitionists: Ignatius Sancho, Joseph Bologne "Chevalier", Solomon Northrup and Frederick Douglass. Pre-show interactive immersive activities will take place in the…

Join Lauren Demberg and Jean Gay (jgCello) for a 90-minute restorative yoga class accompanied by live cello, designed to create a deeply healing, relaxing, and rejuvenating experience through the powerful energy of sound. This class will hold passive poses on the floor for longer than other styles of yoga. With the use of props, you…

Come join us as Donnie "Rahnàwakęw" McDowell leads the presentation, “Surviving Extinction: Land Claims & Tuscarora Treaties”, which analyzes the unique relationships the ancestors of the Tuscarora Nation established with the colonial government of the State of North Carolina. By placing a lens on the original agreements made between the Tuscarora and the new coming…

Tactile Tour at 1:45 pm/ Concert at 3pm. Church of the Nativity 8849 Ray Rd. Raleigh With close seating and accessibility for wheelchairs and audio descriptions provided by Arts Access. Sensory kits are available. NCCMI Chamber Music Ensembles and Faculty Artists perform classical and popular music for the Valentine's holiday. With a preconcert Tactile Tour…

Celebrate your Valentine’s Day with a 16-voice chamber choir, piano, bass, and drums. This season we feature the pop mega hits of the legendary piano men Billy Joel and Elton John. Come enjoy classics like Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are”, “The Longest Time”, as well as Elton John’s “Your Song” and “Can You…

Come experience a graceful night of spoken word and integrated live soundscape. We're elevating ritual and taking you along with us. Jean Gay, Johnny Lee Chapman III, Sam Stifelman, and Sam Pepple will weave together a blend of poetic voices and instruments (cello, guitar, flute, various percussion, sound bowls) to take you places, all in…