United Arts Wake County

Burning Coal and TÉA Artistry present Being Chaka
2025-03-13 19:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Burning Coal Theatre, 224 Polk St, Raleigh, 27604
Burning Coal Theatre Company is proud to announce its production of Being Chaka, created by TÉA Artistry, written by Tara Amber, Chuk Obasi, and Nalini Sharma, directed by Chuk Obasi and Vieve Radha Price. Being Chaka will run March 13th-30th, 2025, at the Murphey School, located at 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC 27604. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. All tickets are $30, or $25 for seniors (65+) or $20 (students, teachers, active military). People 18 and under can get a ticket to any performance for $5. Friday, March 14th is College night: $5 dollar admission for college students. Sunday, March 16th at 2 pm is ‘Pay What You Can’ day. Tickets and additional information can be found at www.burningcoal.org or by calling the box office at (919) 834-4001.
Being Chaka tells the story of Chaka, a 16 year old black high school student who transfers to a private school. Chaka is haunted, literally and metaphorically, by the ghosts of generational trauma and systemic racism. Over the course of the play, Chaka and his friends Kunzang, Ethan and Maddy must learn to grapple with their histories, families and cultures– or else let the past consume them.

Alice in Wonderland
2025-03-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-03-13 19:00 - 22:00 | AJ Fletcher Opera Theater, 2 E SOUTH ST, RALEIGH, NC, 27601-2337, United States
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – The White Queen, speaking to Alice in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
Welcome the impossible – go down the rabbit hole with Alice as she travels through Wonderland. Meet the enigmatic Mad Hatter and the formidable Queen of Hearts. Guest choreographer Gianna Reisen returns for a world premiere of Alice in Wonderland with set design by artist Rebecca Rebouché. Included in this program is Jerome Robbins’ Fanfare.

Raleigh Camerata with NCMC: The Grand Motet
2025-03-09 16:00 - 17:30 | Ravenscroft School, Jones Auditorium, 7409 Falls of Neuse Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27615, United States
Raleigh Camerata, together with the NC Master Chorale and NC Master Chorale Youth Choir, presents: The Grand Motet.
Enjoy an afternoon of graceful French sacred motets by the greatest composer you’ve probably never heard of, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville! Winners of the second annual High School Baroque Artist Residency Competition will also perform with the Raleigh Camerata on François-Joseph Gossec’s Symphony in D Major, No. 1, Op. 12. Hear the delightful sounds of baroque flutes, oboes, and strings with a full choir.
​This event is part of Mallarme Music’s HIP Festival 2025.
Sunday, March 9th, 4 PM
Jones Auditorium, Ravenscroft School
7409 Falls of Neuse Rd, Raleigh, NC
Dr. Kelly Nivison and Dr. Dan Monek, conductors
​Tickets: $20 General, $15 Senior, $5 Student, or Pay What You Can
HIPster passes accepted – but we highly recommend you reserve a free HIPster pass ticket to ensure you get a seat!
Music to include:
François-Joseph Gossec: Symphony in D Major, No. 1, Op. 12
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville: Magnus Dominus
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville: In Exitu Israel
Instrumental Musicians:
Allison Willet, Matvey Lapin, Gabriel Richard, Erika Cutler, Tyler Lewis, Andy Bonner: violins
Marta Howard, Suzanne Rousso: violas
Sarah Wines, Lisa Liske, Chris Nunnally: cellos
Robbie Link: violone
Kelly Nivison, and Barbara Norton: traverso
Sarah Schilling, Will Thauer: oboes
Kelsey Schilling, and Chuck Wines: bassoons
Rachel Niketopolous: horn
Jennifer Streeter: organ
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Circle and Square
2025-03-08 10:00 - 12:30, 2025-03-01 10:00 - 12:30
Circle and Square is a play designed for ages 2-5 and their parents/caregivers to attend and enjoy together. In this interactive, mostly nonverbal story, audiences meet the free spirit Circle, followed by highly structured Square. These two characters have a hard time figuring out how to play together because they are so different. Throughout the play, Circle and Square discover each other’s unique gifts and how they can be combined to have even more fun together than apart.
Originally devised by Rhonda Bell, JaneMarie Erikson, Elizabeth Ingram, Jeremy Kisling, Meredyth Pederson Cooper for Lexington Children’s Theatre. Produced with permission from Lexington Children’s Theatre.
Presented by Small is All Productions and Aggregate Theatre Company.
Show times at 10am and 11:30am both days. Performance runs approximately 30 minutes.

Pieces of Gold
2025-03-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
Every March, United Arts partners with the Wake County Public School System to present Pieces of Gold, featuring over 700 students performing in a packed auditorium of over 2,000 parents, teachers, and community leaders.
Tickets will sell out, so grab yours today! Program and ad sales can be bought here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/pogpa/

Fiber Arts: A Bag To Die For (Women Only)
2025-03-03 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-24 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-17 13:00 - 16:00 | The Joel Fund, 822 S White Street, Wake Forest, 27587
Learn how to naturally dye fabrics to transform a simple bag into accessory art. Make a personalized tote bag using a pocket face made from naturally dyed fabrics. Your unique textile collage pocket will bear artwork made from stitch meditations from your own hand as you learn from the instructor, Grace McFetters Caldwell, how to use specialized stitches to create a composition then apply to the tote bag as a pocket. No one in the world will have a matching tote bag like yours, and you’ll be learning skills like dyeing with natural materials like plants and bugs and hand stitching techniques that can be used every day to embellish, mend, and create.
Students will participate in the Spring Student Showcase in May 2025 to showcase their work.
Specific dates: 1/13, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3 (make up date 3/10)
SKIP 1/20 (MLK Day) and 2/17 (Presidents Day)
A make up date will be used if a class is canceled due to the instructor’s illness, inclement weather, or an emergency. If you are running late to class, or will miss a class, please contact the instructor directly or the Operation ART Program Manager at isabella@thejoelfund.org or 919 200 0886.
This class is for women only.
We offer scholarships for those who cannot afford the registration fee. To receive the scholarship promo code, email the Operation ART Program Manager at isabella@thejoelfund.org with your name and military connection.

Laugh Out Loud: Black & Proud - Black Magic
2025-03-02 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-03-01 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-02-28 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-02-27 20:00 - 21:30 | TR Studio, 3027 Barrow Drive, Raleigh, 27616
“Laugh Out Loud: Black And Proud” transcends the traditional bounds of comedy, offering a unique celebration of African-American humor, storytelling, and artistic expression. This innovative production showcases a fusion of uproarious sketches, dynamic stand-up performances, and musical interludes.
We’re bringing the magic of Black folklore and fairy tales to life, with a modern twist, and we want YOU to be part of it. From exploring workplace BS and microaggressions to celebrating unity and reproductive rights, the writers are hard at work crafting sketches that will make you laugh, think, and feel.
LOL: BAP is not just a show; it’s a celebration of Black culture through laughter.
Performances 2/20-2/23 will be at Mettlesome Theatre in Durham (800 Taylor St Suite 9-156, Durham, NC 27701)
Performances 2/27-3/2 will be at TR Studio in Raleigh (3027 Barrow Dr, Raleigh, NC 27616)
Recommended only for Mature Audiences

Dead End Band Performance - Dada 2.1, The Cream Puff Version
2025-02-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Artspace, 201 East Davie Street, Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States
The Absurdist Theater presents: “Dada 2.1, The Cream Puff Version” brought to you by the Dead End Band!
Hear about Dada (the original anti-social art movement of 1914) and shout out the movement with the Dead End Band of 2025! (featuring Gerry Lynch and Susan Parrish)
This event will be hosted at Artspace, a nonprofit visual arts center in downtown Raleigh.
About the Dead End Band:
This “odd” band of local painters, sculptors, musicians, singers, poets and performers formed a band just for fun, but it quickly morphed into a musical, noise and anti-social social event

Black Culture at the MIC
2025-02-26 18:30 - 20:30 | CAM Raleigh, 409 W Martin St, Raleigh, 27603
Griot and Grey Owl & CAM Raleigh Presents a Fundraising Concert Wednesday Feb 26th
Special Performance : Comedy, Poetry & Music starts at 6:30pm
Tickets $15
Cam Raleigh, 409 Martin St. Raleigh, NC

ASM Music Series presents Jean Park, pianist
2025-02-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Ashe School of Music, 201 W Center St, Holly Springs, NC, 27540, United States
Ashe School of Music is excited to present our inaugural event for the ASM Music and Arts Series. We will invite various musicians, visual artists, and other members of the arts community to share their talents with us throughout the year. This music and arts series is presented in cooperation with the Holly Springs Arts Council.
Our first concert is this Sunday evening, February 23rd, anticipated to be one hour in length. Jean Park, pianist, will conduct a masterclass at 6:00pm followed by a “mini” recital at 6:30pm.
We hope you will join us for this event, free of charge and open to the public. The concert will be held at our main studio downtown, 201 W Center St in Holly Springs. It is kid friendly!

BOLÉRO
2025-02-23 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-22 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-15 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-15 14:00 - 16:00 | AJ Fletcher Opera Theater, 2 E SOUTH ST, RALEIGH, NC, 27601-2337, United States
The Spring Season opens with a playful and unique interpretation of Maurice Ravel’s “Boléro”, choreographed by the imaginative Lynne Taylor-Corbett. A “perfect” couple prepares for a “perfect” day at the beach.
“The elements conspire against them to ruin their day,” Taylor-Corbett explains. “It’s just a pure, unadulterated fantasy.”
Included in this program is a new ballet from Amy Hall Garner.

Engaged to Death: An Interactive Murder Mystery
2025-02-22 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Zin Yoga Studio & Wine Lounge, 104 Rand Mill Rd, Garner, 27529
Seed Art Share is excited to step into historic downtown Garner for an evening of laughs, mystery, and a celebration of community! We are proud to present Doug Simpson’s interactive 1920’s whodunnit adapted specifically for the Garner community. A hilarious cast of local musicians, improvisers, and actors will lead us through the “Breezy Speakeasy” – aka Zin Yoga and Wine. As the wine and laughs flow, mayhem ensues at this engagement party requiring guests to solve a murder by voting on one of multiple endings!

United Strings of Color at International Children's Day
2025-02-21 08:00 - 17:00 | City of Raleigh Museum, 220 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, 27601
Artists Studio Project, in collaboration with The Friends of the City of Raleigh Museum and United Strings of Color, is excited to announce the 3rd Annual International Children’s Day event. This event forms part of the 10th Annual El Quixote Festival.
There is an exciting line up in our program that includes lots of Local Children’s Authors. United Strings of Color will perform about 2:00 pm.
This year’s presentations include the participation of:
– Local Children’s Authors – Bilingual Book Fair
– Bilingual Storytime with Wake County Public Libraries
– Paperhand Puppet Intervention
– Luke Vandergriff – Pepito & The Trash Cans
– Master Puppeteer Jeghetto – Tarish Jeghetto Pipkins
– Ballet Folklorico Orgullo y Alma Latina – Fabian Vargas
– United Strings of Color – Ijapa and Mr. Igbin
– Craft Table, Balloons and much more!

Shadow Casting: Live Words with Live Sounds
2025-02-19 19:00 - 21:00
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 an intimate, candlelit space at the Raleigh Denim curatory. Doors open at 7; the experience begins promptly at 7:20.

Romance in the Air
2025-02-16 16:00 - 17:30 | The Rialto, 1620 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, 27608
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 Feel the Love Tonight?”. Raleigh’s iconic Rialto Theatre serves as a new venue for this concert.

Impact Series: Valentine's Concert with Tactile Tour of Instruments
2025-02-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Church of the Nativity, 8849 Ray Rd, Raleigh, NC, United States
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 of Instruments! The concert will also be recorded and streamed with captions on the NCCMI YouTube Channel on March 2 at 5:00pm.
Attendance is free and open to the general public. Attendees are requested to register at https://forms.gle/T75DZqQhjPMEb4P5A

Digging Deeper: Stories in Local Archaeology Surviving Extinction: Land Claims & Tuscarora Treaties
2025-02-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Mordecai Historic Park, 1101 Wake Forest rd., Raleigh, NC, 27604, United States
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 colonists, we better comprehend the diplomatic strategies and cultural philosophies of each culture. Discussions include ancient Tuscarora archaeological sites across the State, conflict with Europeans during the colonial era, the establishment of Wake County and the City of Raleigh, and the NC Assembly’s longstanding policy of Tuscarora disenfranchisement.
