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the Say Anything (Canceled)

CANCELED - Friday, September 1 | 8:30 pm - 11 pm

Say Anything 
(1989) Written and directed by Cameron Crowe. John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney. (100 min.) PG-13

Underachieving aspiring kickboxing Lloyd Dobler has the...

Family Fun Saturdays: Impressionism Reinvented (Sold Out)

SOLD OUT - Saturday, September 2 | 10 am - 12 pm

Paint like an impressionist artist—with a twist! Enjoy painting en plein air in the Museum Park using techniques from artists like Monet, and then transform your work with...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Architecture Adventure

Saturday, September 2 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Explore works of art inspired by buildings and houses in the Museum collection.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, September 2 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Saturday, September 2 | 1 pm - 3 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Family Fun Saturdays: Impressionism Reinvented

Saturday, September 2 | 1 pm - 3 pm

Paint like an impressionist artist—with a twist! Enjoy painting en plein air in the Museum Park using techniques from artists like Monet, and then transform your work with...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, September 2 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

An American in Paris (New Date)

Saturday, September 2 | 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm

An American in Paris 
(1951) Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant. (113 min.)

George Gershwin’s classic songs tell the story of a GI who...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Architecture Adventure

Sunday, September 3 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Explore works of art inspired by buildings and houses in the Museum collection.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, September 3 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Sunday, September 3 | 1 pm - 3 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, September 3 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

What's in the Box?: Parts of Art

Thursday, September 7 | 10:15 am - 11 am

Come to the Museum to explore a part of art. What will be in the box this week? Lines, shapes, colors, textures, or patterns?

Have fun while exploring art together. Each...

What's in the Box?: Parts of Art

Thursday, September 7 | 11:15 am - 12 pm

Come to the Museum to explore a part of art. What will be in the box this week? Lines, shapes, colors, textures, or patterns?

Have fun while exploring art together. Each...

What's in the Box?: Parts of Art

Thursday, September 7 | 1:15 pm - 2 pm

Come to the Museum to explore a part of art. What will be in the box this week? Lines, shapes, colors, textures, or patterns?

Have fun while exploring art together. Each...

Lunch and Lecture: Artist Talk—Andrea Donnelly

Friday, September 8 | 11 am - 12 pm

Andrea Donnelly combines photography and hand-woven fibers in a unique process that can be viewed in her exhibition We’ve Met Before, which opened August 26. She discusses...

Opening Reception for Andrea Donnelly: We've Met Before

Friday, September 8 | 6 pm - 9 pm

Meet North Carolina–raised artist Andrea Donnelly in the gallery and talk with her over a glass of wine about the inspiration for her exhibition We’ve Met Before. In this...

Paperhand Puppet Intervention presents Of Wings and Feet

Friday, September 8 | 7 pm - 9 pm

Featuring giant puppets, stilt dancers, shadow puppets, masks, and original live music, Paperhand’s 18th annual production is a wild, wondrous spectacle for all ages,...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Architecture Adventure

Saturday, September 9 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Explore works of art inspired by buildings and houses in the Museum collection.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, September 9 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Saturday, September 9 | 1 pm - 3 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, September 9 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Paperhand Puppet Intervention presents Of Wings and Feet

Sold out - Saturday, September 9 | 7 pm - 9 pm

Featuring giant puppets, stilt dancers, shadow puppets, masks, and original live music, Paperhand’s 18th annual production is a wild, wondrous spectacle for all ages,...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Architecture Adventure

Sunday, September 10 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Explore works of art inspired by buildings and houses in the Museum collection.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, September 10 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Sunday, September 10 | 1 pm - 3 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, September 10 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Paperhand Puppet Intervention presents Of Wings and Feet

Sunday, September 10 | 7 pm - 9 pm

Featuring giant puppets, stilt dancers, shadow puppets, masks, and original live music, Paperhand’s 18th annual production is a wild, wondrous spectacle for all ages,...

Gallery Games: A Reality Show Adventure

Friday, September 15 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Go here to sign up for Gallery Games on October 20.

Using our favorite reality shows as inspiration, we’ll spend time in the NCMA House with Big Brother–style challenges,...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Architecture Adventure

Saturday, September 16 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Explore works of art inspired by buildings and houses in the Museum collection.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, September 16 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Saturday, September 16 | 1 pm - 3 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, September 16 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

5th Annual The Dude Abides Party with special guest Jimmie Dale "Smokey" Gilmore

Saturday, September 16 | 6 pm - 11:30 pm

Jimmie Dale Gilmore, followed by outdoor screening of The Big Lebowski

For our fifth The Dude Abides Party, we’ve invited the great Texas singer-songwriter Jimmie Dale...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Architecture Adventure

Sunday, September 17 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Explore works of art inspired by buildings and houses in the Museum collection.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, September 17 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Sunday, September 17 | 1 pm - 3 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Sights and Sounds Concert Series: Anniversaries for Lenny

Sunday, September 17 | 2 pm - 5 pm

Acclaimed pianist Lara Downes presents a program of Leonard Bernstein’s Anniversaries for Piano along with 20 newly commissioned Anniversaries in celebration of the...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, September 17 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

School's Out Camp: A Natural Fit, Ages 6-10 (Sold Out)

Canceled - Monday, September 18 | 9 am - 4:30 pm

With falling temperatures and changing leaves, there is no better time to explore the Museum Park. Get up close and personal with nature outdoors and in the galleries. See...

What's in the Box?: Movement

Thursday, September 21 | 10:15 am - 11 am

Up, down, round and round, stomp your feet and twirl around! Explore all kinds of creative movement at the Museum.

Have fun while exploring art together. Each session...

What's in the Box?: Movement

Thursday, September 21 | 11:15 am - 12 pm

Up, down, round and round, stomp your feet and twirl around! Explore all kinds of creative movement at the Museum.

Have fun while exploring art together. Each session...

What's in the Box?: Movement

Thursday, September 21 | 1:15 pm - 2 pm

Up, down, round and round, stomp your feet and twirl around! Explore all kinds of creative movement at the Museum.

Have fun while exploring art together. Each session...

Notorious (Sold Out)

SOLD OUT - Friday, September 22 | 8 pm - 11 pm

(1946) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains. (101 min.) 35mm.

A woman’s tainted reputation as a heedless party girl makes her vulnerable...

Threads of Africa: A Celebration of Art, Nature, and People

Saturday, September 23 | Noon - 5 pm

Join us as we unveil the newly reinstalled African art gallery in our East Building with a daylong celebration of African art, nature, music, and culture! The Museum Park...

Angélique Kidjo with Diali Cissokho and Kaira Ba

Sold Out - Saturday, September 23 | 6:45 pm - 9 pm

To conclude our Threads of Africa celebration and the 20th anniversary summer concert series, the NCMA presents a free concert by Angélique Kidjo, hailed by Time magazine...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, September 24 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Sunday, September 24 | 1 pm - 3 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Sunday, September 24 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

Final Friday in the Museum Store: Local Confections

Friday, September 29 | 10 am - 9 pm

Final Fridays in the Museum Store feature trunk shows, special products, author signings, and other events to celebrate the Museum Store’s unique offerings. They’re held on...

Kedi (Sold Out)

SOLD OUT - Friday, September 29 | 8 pm - 11 pm

(2016) Directed by Ceyda Toron. (79 min.) Digital.

The street cats of Istanbul move freely between two worlds, neither wild nor tame, enriching the lives of the people...

Weekend Family-Friendly Tours: Architecture Adventure

Saturday, September 30 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Explore works of art inspired by buildings and houses in the Museum collection.

Teen Mixed Media Workshop: Personal Mythologies (Sold Out)

SOLD OUT - Saturday, September 30 | Noon - 4 pm

Interdisciplinary artist Saba Taj leads a workshop that incorporates painting and collage to create hybrid figures and dreamlike landscapes. Drawing from patterns and...

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, September 30 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...

“Ask Me!” Roaming Docent

Saturday, September 30 | 1 pm - 3 pm

Ask a question, learn the inside story about what’s on the walls, or just talk about what you see. Look for a docent with an “Ask Me!” badge in the galleries.

Meet Your Museum Tour

Saturday, September 30 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

With a 164-acre campus, two buildings, an amphitheater, a park, and several gardens, the NCMA offers much to see and do. This free guided tour introduces visitors to the...