NextNow Fest 2021: Where Creativity and Community Converge at Clarice Smith, Sep 13-19, In Person

NextNow Fest 2021: Where Creativity and Community Converge at Clarice Smith, Sep 13-19, In Person

NextNOW Fest 2021
Monday, September 13, 2021 – Sunday, September 19, 2021

Mon, Sep 13, 2021 . 04:00PM to 07:30PM
Tue, Sep 14, 2021 . 05:00PM to 09:00PM
Wed, Sep 15, 2021 . 01:00PM to 05:00PM
Thu, Sep 16, 2021 . 11:00AM to 05:00PM
Thu, Sep 16, 2021 . 06:30PM to 08:00PM
Fri, Sep 17, 2021 . 11:00AM to 05:00PM
Fri, Sep 17, 2021 . 06:00PM to 11:45PM
Sat, Sep 18, 2021 . 06:00PM to 11:45PM
Sun, Sep 19, 2021 . 11:00AM to 03:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. In Person.

The Clarice’s NextNOW Fest is an inspiring arts experience that celebrates imagination, creativity and community. By amplifying the voices of intriguing, inventive artists from around campus and our community, NextNOW Fest creates a forward-looking microcosm where art transforms our future and (re)connects us all.

NextNOW Fest is a signature event in University of Maryland’s new Arts for All initiative, which leverages the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to address the grand challenges of our time. In addition to our traditional student, academic and touring arts lineup at The Clarice on Sep 17 and 18, we’re thrilled to forge new partnerships with more student-led groups, academic departments and community organizations to expand the festival to seven days at sites throughout campus and into College Park!

To register, click “Add to Cart” on the 2021 NextNOW Fest Registration item and follow check-out instructions. All events are free, but some will be ticketed.

To view the festival schedule and to register, visit: https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2021/nextnow-fest-2021

Opera New Work Reading: Sunder at Clarice Smith, Aug 27, In-person

Opera New Work Reading: Sunder at Clarice Smith, Aug 27, In-person

Opera New Work Reading: Sunder
Maryland Opera Studio
Friday, August 27, 2021 . 7:30PM

Fri, Aug 27, 2021 . 07:30PM to 09:00PM

Nailah Nombeko, composer
Alicia Haymer, librettist
Amanda Consol, stage director
Jonathan King, music director

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. In person, general admission

Co-produced with Annapolis Opera, the University of Maryland School of Music’s Maryland Opera Studio presents the rescheduled performance of last season’s New Work Reading: Sunder.

Heartfelt chants ring out in a southern small town that’s had enough of the police criminalizing the poor. White protestors have occupied space downtown in the People’s Plaza, fighting for the freedom of homeless Black people who have been arrested for petty crimes, and given astronomical bail. Turmoil threatens to come between two close friends at the helm of the movement, as the protestors decide if they should remain peaceful, or amp up their efforts with force. In the midst is a Black police officer, who struggles to find his authenticity in a hotbed of justice, race and morality. What will become of a movement, once mighty, that loses its way because of a need for power?

Watch this behind-the-scenes preview film that was produced during the Spring 2021 semester.

Tickets: free, registration recommended. Click here.

Summertime ft UpSpring at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Aug 21, In Person

Summertime featuring UpSpring at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Aug 21, In Person

On Stage at Joe’s presents: Summertime featuring UpSpring

Saturday Aug 21, 2021, at 7 pm

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium.

Masks are required for this in-person event.

Break out your beach party best and join UpSpring Studio at Joe’s Movement Emporium for Summertime, an outdoor aerial event. This performance features new choreography on trapeze, sling, and more set to favorite summer tunes. August 21st at 7pm. (Rain date August 22nd.)

Feel free to bring your own chair and any snacks you would like. Parking is available up and down the street in front of Joe’s and the residential spaces around the corner.

Tickets $20 General Admission; $10 Seniors, Veterans, Under 16. Click here.

PriceFest 2021: A New Black Renaissance at Clarice Smith, Aug 2-23, Online

PriceFest 2021: A New Black Renaissance at Clarice Smith, Aug 2-23, Online

PriceFest 2021: A New Black Renaissance
Presented by the International Florence Price Festival
August 20-23, 2021

Fri, Aug 20, 2021 . 09:00AM to 08:00PM
Sat, Aug 21, 2021 . 09:00AM to 08:00PM
Sun, Aug 22, 2021 . 09:00AM to 08:00PM
Mon, Aug 23, 2021 . 09:00AM to 08:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Online

PriceFest 2021: A New Black Renaissance is presented by the International Florence Price Festival and sponsored by the University of Maryland School of Music with many events being livestreamed from The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Now in its second year, PriceFest 2021 continues to elevate the work of trailblazing composer Florence Price alongside historic and new works by more Black composers. The festival will feature more than twelve hours of diverse content including:

The premiere of My Lisette, a documentary on the evolution of Haitian folksong
Performances by renowned artists including Marquita Lister, Melissa Givens and Kevin Wayne Bumpers
Zoom Green Room Sessions where you can virtually meet the artists and scholars
A mixed media event from multivalent artist Kamilla Arku. Check out this sneak peak of her work
A special curated recital featuring Florence Price performance submissions by fans

Festival Registration:

Registration is free for all students and University of Maryland faculty and staff. Simply add to the registration form a shared link to a photo of your school or university ID.

Registration is $50 for the general public.

To view the festival schedule and to register, visit: http://www.pricefest.org

Pygmalion by MAD, July 31

Pygmalion by MAD, July 31

Goddard’s Music and Drama Club presents:
An online public reading of:
Pygmalion
By George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Eliot Malumuth
Produced by Jon Gardner

Saturday, July 31, 2021, 8pm, online

Location: Goddard Space Flight Center’s MAD Theater, online.

Pygmalion is the play that the beloved musical My Fair Lady was based on.

MAD is forming a play-reading group, which will rehearse several times and then perform public readings of scripts. The goal of the group is to have fun participating.

Performance will be live online. Click here.