United Arts Wake County

Scatterbrain Screenings
2025-06-14 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Artspace, 201 East Davie Street, Raleigh, NC, 27601, United States
Join Scatterbrain Screenings for a free curated animation screening featuring five local animators!

Scatterbrain Screenings is a screening series highlighting the animation community in and around the NC Triangle. Join us for a screening and Q&A session with a lineup of five amazing animators!
The screening begins at 5pm. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required, but helps us anticipate attendance.
Animators //
Anna Lee – Host and 2024 Artspace NC Emerging Artist in Residence
Kent Ortiz
Jacob Garcia
Luke Liscom
Daniel Silveira
Chloe Howarth
About Scatterbrain Screenings //
Quarterly animation screenings featuring North Carolina artists hosted by Anna Lee. Follow Scatterbrain Screenings on Instagram @scatterbrainscreenings to learn about future screenings.
More about Artspace //
Artspace is a non-profit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to explore exhibitions featuring national and community artists, engage with more than 35 artists working in their studios, and enjoy art classes and community events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace, visit artspacenc.org
Parking and Accessibility //
Free street parking is available on Davie Street. Metered parking is available on adjacent streets. There are also several pay lots/decks nearby: City Market parking lot, Blount Street parking deck, and several Secure P lots for night + weekend parking (314 E Davie St, 415 S Person St, 417 S Person St).
Explore accessibility information with our Know Before You Go Guide.

Burning Coal Theatre Company Presents: WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS! 2025: The Mansion of Many Apartments by Bronwen Carson
2025-06-14 17:00 - 19:30 | Burning Coal Theatre, 224 Polk St, Raleigh, 27604
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents Wait Til You See This! 2025, its Second Stage Series of collaborations with emerging artists. This year’s productions include Ride The Cyclone (written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, directed by Jireh Ijeoma; co-production with Pure Life Theatre), The Mansion of Many Apartments (written and directed by Bronwen Carson), Sea Change (written by Tamara Kissane, directed by Rebecca Holderness), and Forgive Us, Gustavito (devised and performed by the ensemble). The four plays will run in repertory, June 11 – 29, 2025 at Burning Coal Theatre, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC 27604. For additional information, visit us at https://burningcoal.org/second-stage/ or call 919.834.4001
The Mansion of Many Apartments by Bronwen Carson will perform Sunday, June 22nd, and Saturday, June 28th at 2:00pm; Saturday, June 14th at 5:00pm; Wednesday, June 11th, Saturday, June 21st, and Friday, June 27th at 7:30pm at Burning Coal Theater. Tickets are $10 and available for purchase at https://burningcoal.org/second-stage/

Passion Fruit Dance Company
2025-06-14 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-06-15 15:00 - 16:30 | Jones Auditorium, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, 27607
Saturday, June 14 at 7:30 pm *Post-Performance Discussion
Sunday, June 15 at 3:00 pm
ADF Commissioned World Premiere • Co-presented by Meredith College
Program: DIM3NSIONS
Running time: 70–90 minutes, no intermission
Tickets: $27
Tickets are purchased through Duke University’s Box Office.
Company Website: https://linktr.ee/PassionFruitDanceCo
Ticket Discounts & Packages: https://americandancefestival.org/ticket-discounts/
Passion Fruit Dance Company invites you to experience an immersive and interactive art exhibition version of DIM3NSIONS. This multi-disciplinary theater work blends street/club dance, body casting, motion capture, projections, animation, live music, live painting, and photography. Centered around perception shifts, DIM3NSIONS stimulates critical conversations by exploring the physical, spiritual, and spatio-temporal intricacies of multiple dimensions. Through this multimedia-infused performance, the artists engage audiences in a dynamic exploration of complex and evolving perspectives.
Photo Credit: Geneva White

Peter and the Starcatcher
2025-06-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-15 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-06-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Theatre Raleigh Arts Center, 6638 Old Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, 27616
June 11 – 22, 2025
The Tony-winning play, based on the best-selling novels, upends the century-old story of how an orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan.
Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair… and the bonds of friendship, duty and love. Though not a musical, this play incorporates innovative musical elements to create magical storytelling.
While Peter and the Starcatcher is not considered a children’s show, it is appropriate for audiences 8 years and older.
ASL interpreted performance on Saturday, June 21 at 2:00 p.m. To purchase tickets with guaranteed viewing of the ASL interpreters, please email boxoffice@theatreraleigh.com

Burning Coal Theatre Company Presents: WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS! 2025: Sea Change by Tamara Kissane
2025-06-14 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-15 14:00 - 16:30 | Burning Coal Theatre, 224 Polk St, Raleigh, 27604
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents Wait Til You See This! 2025, its Second Stage Series of collaborations with emerging artists. This year’s productions include Ride The Cyclone (written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, directed by Jireh Ijeoma; co-production with Pure Life Theatre), The Mansion of Many Apartments (written and directed by Bronwen Carson), Sea Change (written by Tamara Kissane, directed by Rebecca Holderness), and Forgive Us, Gustavito (devised and performed by the ensemble). The four plays will run in repertory, June 11 – 29, 2025 at Burning Coal Theatre, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC 27604. For additional information, visit us at https://burningcoal.org/second-stage/ or call 919.834.4001.
Sea Change by Tamara Kissane performs Sunday June 15th, and Sunday, June 22nd at 2pm; Thursday, June 12th, Saturday, June 14th, Saturday, June 21st, and Wednesday, June 25th at 7:30 pm; at Burning Coal Theater. Tickets are $10 and available for purchase at https://burningcoal.org/second-stage/.

The Color Purple
2025-06-14 20:00 - 22:30, 2025-06-15 15:00 - 17:30, 2025-06-20 20:00 - 22:30 | Raleigh Little Theatre, 301 Pogue St, Raleigh, 27607
This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of this epic story. With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, The Color Purple is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love, and a celebration of life.
Based upon the novel written by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment motion picture
Book by Marsha Norman
Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray
Directed by Tia James
THE COLOR PURPLE was produced on Broadway at the Broadway Theater by Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders, Roy Furman and Quincy Jones. The world premiere of THE COLOR PURPLE was produced by the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Color Purple Revival is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.theatricalrights.com

Dial M for Murder by Jeffrey Hatcher
2025-06-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre at Frank Thompson Hall, 2241 Dunn Avenue, Raleigh, 27695
Jeffrey Hatcher’s new adaptation of the celebrated murder mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece!
Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. While the affair may be over, his jealousy is not. Tony spins a web of deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both in danger, recrimination and murder.
Frederick Knott’s Dial M for Murder premiered in London in 1952 before opening on Broadway later that year. The 1954 film adaptation, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starred Ray Milland and Grace Kelly.
Directed by Mia Self.
Cast —
TONY………………………………….Gus Allen
MARGOT…………………………….Alex Bailey Hodson
MAXINE………………………………Jean Jamison
LESGATE…………………………….Kevin Aponte
INSPECTOR HUBBARD…………Michael Parker
SWING………………………………..Katie Barrett
SWING………………………………..Brayden S. Hearn
Community Nights are Friday, May 30 and June 6. All general public seats only $20.
Supertitles projected May 30, June 1, 5, 13 and 15.
TheatreFEST is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission.

Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward
2025-06-15 14:00 - 16:00 | Titmus Theatre at Frank Thompson Hall, 2241 Dunn Avenue, Raleigh, 27695
Novelist Charles Condomine invites the eccentric medium Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his temperamental first wife, Elvira, after the séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles’s marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost.
Directed by Danica Jenelle Jackson
CAST —
CHARLES CONDOMINE……………Nicholas Barbato
RUTH CONDOMINE…………………Elizabeth Ann Johnson
ELVIRA……………………………………Callie Banholzer
MADAME ARCATI…………………….Lynda Clark
DR. BRADMAN………………………..Benjamin Tarlton
VIOLET BRADMAN…………………..Abbe Fralix
EDITH…………………………………….Shelby Barros
SWING…………………………………..Emma Roe
SWING…………………………………..Colin Mayhorn
Performed by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
TheatreFEST is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission.

Burning Coal Theatre Company Presents: WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS! 2025: Ride The Cyclone by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell
2025-06-15 17:00 - 19:30, 2025-06-18 19:30 - 22:00 | Burning Coal Theatre, 224 Polk St, Raleigh, 27604
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents Wait Til You See This! 2025, its Second Stage Series of collaborations with emerging artists. This year’s productions include Ride The Cyclone (written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, directed by Jireh Ijeoma; co-production with Pure Life Theatre), The Mansion of Many Apartments (written and directed by Bronwen Carson), Sea Change (written by Tamara Kissane, directed by Rebecca Holderness), and Forgive Us, Gustavito (devised and performed by the ensemble). The four plays will run in repertory, June 11 – 29, 2025 at Burning Coal Theatre, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC 27604. For additional information, visit us at https://burningcoal.org/second-stage/ or call 919.834.4001.
Ride The Cyclone by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, will perform Saturday, June 14th at 2:00pm; Sunday, June 15th, Saturday, June 28th, and Sunday, June 29th, at 5:00 pm; Friday, June 13th and Wednesday, June 18th at 7:30 pm at Burning Coal Theater. Tickets are $20 and available for purchase at https://www.purelifetheatre.com/buy-tickets.

Music Production Summer Camp
2025-06-16 09:00 - 2025-06-27 16:00 | Strong Tower Christian Fellowship, 1104 Great Falls Ct Suite A, Knightdale, NC, 1104 Great Falls Ct Suite A, Knightdale, 27545
JUMP Academy, founded by Grammy winning producer J. Pelham, is a nonprofit dedicated to developing young leaders through music production & education.
Our 2-week camp will provide a safe space where students will learn how to fully produce, write, and record a song while building life skills such as character, collaboration, and creative expression.
Camp Details:
Location: Strong Tower Christian Fellowship, 1104 Great Falls Ct Suite A, Knightdale, NC
Dates: June 16 – 27
Youth Ages: 10 – 14 years
More details in the attached flyer.
To register, please visit: https://www.jumpacademync.org/register
We’re also in need of Instructors & Counselors for the camp. Paid and volunteer opportunities available. We’d love to connect with high schools and colleges for students who want a fun way to satisfy community service requirements as well.
If you have any questions or need additional information, feel free to reach out directly at jumpacademync@gmail.com.

PineCone Beginners’ Bluegrass Jam
2025-06-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Harry’s Guitar Shop, 556 Pylon Dr, Raleigh, 27606
This jam is open to all musicians, not only beginners! It is a learning jam, though, to help those who are still learning the basics of bluegrass music and playing with other musicians. It is open to participants of all ages and abilities. This is a great opportunity for participants to learn basic jam etiquette before jumping into a traditional jam. We’ll spend the first hour playing together in a single large group, stopping frequently to discuss the songs. The second hour, we like to break off into two smaller groups and put our new jam skills into practice!
Facilitator Jef Walter is a local musician who plays with Hank Smith & the Beer & Banjos All-Stars (every Tuesday at The Raleigh Times Bar) and other groups; he also mentors The Loblollies youth bluegrass band.

Beer and Banjos: The Loblollies
2025-06-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard, 1930 Wake Forest Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27608, United States
Beer and Banjos is a free, family-friendly weekly gathering of music lovers with a rotating cast of musicians onstage at Raleigh’s Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard. The music starts at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday, either on the patio under the stars when weather allows, or tucked cozily inside by the bar.
Tips are gratefully accepted to support the musicians. Parking at Bowstring is free, but there are limited spaces. More free parking is available at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church off Whitaker Mill Road, and there are paid lots nearby.
This week’s guest band is the Loblollies, talented local young people who formed a band after meeting at PineCone’s summer bluegrass camps and youth jams. The Beer and Banjos Allstars will host, and a very special guest will stop by.

Taste for the Arts - Hosted by United Arts Wake County
2025-06-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Westgate Wine, 6405 Westgate Rd Ste #113, Raleigh, NC, 27617-4757, United States
Taste for the Arts is a lively wine tasting series presented by United Arts Wake County. Enjoy a relaxing and engaging evening, sampling exquisite wines while mingling with fellow art lovers, hearing stories of impact, and supporting the vibrant, growing arts community right here in Wake County.
Featuring art by:

Melissa Gordon
Alicia De Dios Fernández
Sydney McBride
Maria Tavarez
Min Zhong ZC

Music by:

The Raleigh Music Collective Quartet in Residence
Jamie and Lynda Dawson

Tickets are available now. Grab yours and find more details HERE.

Burning Coal Theatre Company Presents: WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS! 2025: Forgive Us, Gustavito
2025-06-19 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-20 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-06-21 14:00 - 16:30 | Burning Coal Theatre, 224 Polk St, Raleigh, 27604
Burning Coal Theatre Company presents Wait Til You See This! 2025, its Second Stage Series of collaborations with emerging artists. This year’s productions include Ride The Cyclone (written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell, directed by Jireh Ijeoma; co-production with Pure Life Theatre), The Mansion of Many Apartments (written and directed by Bronwen Carson), Sea Change (written by Tamara Kissane, directed by Rebecca Holderness), and Forgive Us, Gustavito (devised and performed by the ensemble). The four plays will run in repertory, June 11 – 29, 2025 at Burning Coal Theatre, 224 Polk Street, Raleigh, NC 27604. For additional information, visit us at https://burningcoal.org/second-stage/ or call 919.834.4001.
Forgive Us, Gustavito devised by the ensemble performs Saturday, June 21st, and Sunday, June 29th at 2:00pm; Thursday, June 19th, Friday, June 20th, Thursday, June 26th, and Saturday, June 28th at 7:30pm at Burning Coal Theater. Tickets are $10 and are available for purchase at https://burningcoal.org/second-stage/ .

The Cookout comedy show
2025-06-19 20:00 - 21:30, 2025-06-20 20:00 - 21:30 | TR Studio, 3027 Barrow Drive, Raleigh, 27616
The Cookout is BACK, y’all! Get ready for the return of the hottest, Blackest comedy experience of the summer — The Cookout 2025 is firing up the grill and the stage for year two! We’re serving up a full plate of side-splitting stand-up, high-energy improv, mouthwatering BBQ vibes, and the unapologetic Black joy you already know and love.
This is more than a show — it’s a lituation. Bring your crew. Bring your jokes. Bring your appetite. The Cookout 2025 — you already know what it is.
BBQ will be available for additional purchase with our on-site vendor.
Produced by Roni Nicole
Note: The Cookout is an inclusive event, welcoming everyone to join in the celebration of Black excellence in comedy.

Art Exhibition
2025-06-21 09:00 - 16:00 | NC
One day art exhibition that focuses on paintings created in what the artist expresses as Neo-Soulism.
The exhibition is organized by the featured artist Donovan Woods, a 2025 United Arts Artist Support Grantee.
Saturday June 21, 9am-4pm
215 W. Main St . Garner . NC. 27529
This project is supported in part by United Arts Wake County and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

One Day Workshop: Kintsugi
2025-06-21 13:00 - 15:00 | The Joel Fund, 822 S White Street, Wake Forest, 27587
Instructor: Annelies Gentile
Location: TJF
When: Saturday, June 21st
Time: 1:00-3:00 PM
Kintsugi is a Japanese word that represents binding broken pottery with gold. In this workshop, we will modify this ancient process for new and varied learners and easy for all abilities. We will use tile, small bowls, or plates as the ceramic that will be broken and then bound back together with quick fuse glue and mica instead of traditional resin or real gold. Participants end the workshop with a piece that symbolizes the acceptance of imperfection and reinforces the beauty of resilience. All materials provided. You can bring your own piece of small pottery to use for the workshop if desired.
We offer scholarships for those who cannot afford the registration fee. Email the Operation ART Program Manager at isabella@thejoelfund.org to receive the scholarship promo code with your name and email address.
