Category Archives: Variety

BlackLight Summit at Clarice Smith, Feb 9-11

BlackLight Summit at Clarice Smith, Feb 9-11

BlackLight Summit 2023

Thursday, February 9, 2023–Saturday, February 11, 2023
Thu, Feb 9, 2023 . 09:00AM to 10:00PM
Fri, Feb 10, 2023 . 09:00AM to 10:00PM
Sat, Feb 11, 2023 . 09:00AM to 10:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

We need some R&R! Not rest & relaxation, but risk and regeneration. Perhaps even rage & repair. There is no returning to what came before, so how can we fall into new possibilities, realities and ways of being? For this next season, how do we hold that “if no one goes first, how can anyone follow?” BlackLight 2023 is taking the leap into risking wrong, risking right, risking being loved and seen. In order to take these steps, how are we recovering and regenerating? We have lost so much. How can we find who we are and who we want to be? Join us for some much needed R&R.

Through three days of groundbreaking dance performances, inspiring keynote speeches, energizing movement workshops and intimate panel discussions, The Clarice’s BlackLight Summit aims to activate the unimagined possibilities in dance. It is a convening that envisions dance as a conduit to galvanize resilience and inventiveness, and in 2023 offers a combination of free and Pay What You Wish in-person events and free livestream events. Throughout the 2022–23 season, the BlackLight Summit will continue to foster community connection by facilitating a series of mentoring and professional development opportunities, conversations and performances.

Events are Free or Pay what you wish. Click here to register.

Kreativity Open Mic Night at Clarice Smith, Feb 3

Kreativity Open Mic Night at Clarice Smith, Feb 3 & Mar 31

Kreativity Diversity Troupe Open Mic

Fri, Feb 3, 2023 . 7:30PM
Fri, Mar 31, 2023 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Free, no tickets required. Online.

Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for an open mic night, full of music, dance and spoken word.

Interested in learning more about Kreativity? Email kreativity.troupe@gmail.com and like them on Facebook!

Free, no tickets required. Online, here

The Muses – Original Works Project at Clarice Smith, Dec 11

The Muses – Original Works Project at Clarice Smith, Dec 11

The Muses – Original Works Project (Fall)
Sunday, December 11, 2022 . 3PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Cafritz Foundation Theatre.

Come see a variety of 10-minute staged readings of plays written, directed and performed by students!

Free, no tickets required

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed.

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at Clarice Smith, Dec 9

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at Clarice Smith, Dec 9

Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
UMD Treble Choir, UMD Men’s Chorus, University Chorale, Femmes de Chanson and MännerMusik

Friday, December 9, 2022. 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. In person.

Five choirs, brass quintet and organ bring the joy of the season to life with carols, hymns and spoken word that epitomize hope and goodwill.

On the day of the performance, tickets will be available only at Memorial Chapel beginning at 7PM.

New Music Director of Choral Activities Jason Max Ferdinand continues the holiday tradition of bringing Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols to campus for its 21st year. Choirs, brass quintet and organ combine to bring the joy of the season to life with carols, hymns and spoken word that epitomize hope and goodwill.

Tickets: Regular $20, Seniors: $15, Student/Youth $10. Click here.

Kreativity End of Semester Show at Clarice Smith, Dec 3

Kreativity End of Semester Show at Clarice Smith, Dec 3

Kreativity Diversity Troupe End of Semester Show
December 3, 2022. 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Free, no tickets required.

Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for an open mic night, full of music, dance and spoken word.

Want to try out your own performance chops? Show up and sign up! Just looking for a night of entertainment from some of the most talented students in the metro area? Simply take a seat and enjoy the show.

Free, no tickets required.