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Sunday, September 1
| 11:30 am
Explore a selection of the NCMA’s treasures in this docent-led tour.
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Thursday, September 5
| 9:15 am
Now at a new, earlier time! Preschoolers, ages 2–5, and their caregivers have fun while exploring art together. Each session introduces a work of art from the Museum and...
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Thursday, September 5
| 10:15 am
Now at a new, earlier time! Preschoolers, ages 2–5, and their caregivers have fun while exploring art together. Each session introduces a work of art from the Museum and...
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Thursday, September 5
| 11:15 am
Now at a new, earlier time! Preschoolers, ages 2–5, and their caregivers have fun while exploring art together. Each session introduces a work of art from the Museum and...
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Friday, September 6
| 5:30 pm
Welcome the weekend with Iris after Dark, an evening experience offered by the NCMA’s Iris restaurant every Friday starting at 5:30 pm. Lounge with friends to the spins and...
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Friday, September 6
| 7 pm
Due to expected inclement weather, Friday’s performance by Paperhand Puppet Intervention has been canceled. Ticket holders can apply their tickets to either the Saturday or...
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Saturday, September 7
| 10:30 am
Be a curator for 30 minutes! Discover your new favorite work of art and make your own choices to fill an imaginary gallery.
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Saturday, September 7
| 11:30 am
Explore a selection of the NCMA’s treasures in this docent-led tour.
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Saturday, September 7
| 7 pm
Paperhand Puppet Intervention marks its 20th annual puppet pageant with a new spectacle called We Are Here. As always, the special anniversary production features giant...
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Sunday, September 8
| 10:30 am
Be a curator for 30 minutes! Discover your new favorite work of art and make your own choices to fill an imaginary gallery.
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Sunday, September 8
| 11:30 am
Explore a selection of the NCMA’s treasures in this docent-led tour.
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Sunday, September 8
| Noon
Free art-making activities for all ages; no reservations needed.
Wish your family and friends a sweet new year by exploring traditions of Rosh Hashanah. Create a delicious...
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Sunday, September 8
| 1 pm
Teens, Inspired is an exhibition for high school students statewide that is created, juried, and curated in a collaboration between Museum staff and members of the Teen...
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Sunday, September 8
| 7 pm
Paperhand Puppet Intervention marks its 20th annual puppet pageant with a new spectacle called We Are Here. As always, the special anniversary production features giant...
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Wednesday, September 11
| 6 pm
Meander along the Museum Park’s new Meadow Trail, with stops for light hors d’oeuvres and a discussion with North Carolina potter Daniel Johnston about his new outdoor...
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Thursday, September 12
| 6:30 pm
Hailed as the epitome of Renaissance art, Michelangelo’s David has inspired contemporary artists from Warhol to Banksy—but how was the David seen in the Renaissance? Author...
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Friday, September 13
| 7 pm
Enjoy an evening in the Museum Park creating art inspired by the lunar cycle, and then take a guided 1.5-mile walk under the light of the full moon. Interacting with nature...
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Saturday, September 14
| 10 am
What if you could ride a scaffold right up to the face of the David and look him in the eye? Chris Evans, lead technical animator at Epic Games, has developed a platform to...
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Saturday, September 14
| 10:30 am
Be a curator for 30 minutes! Discover your new favorite work of art and make your own choices to fill an imaginary gallery.
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Saturday, September 14
| 11:30 am
Explore a selection of the NCMA’s treasures in this docent-led tour.
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Saturday, September 14
| 1 pm
What if you could ride a scaffold right up to the face of the David and look him in the eye? Chris Evans, lead technical animator at Epic Games, has developed a platform to...
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Saturday, September 14
| 3 pm
What if you could ride a scaffold right up to the face of the David and look him in the eye? Chris Evans, lead technical animator at Epic Games, has developed a platform to...
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Saturday, September 14
| 8 pm
Formed by bassist and composer Michael League in 2003 with fellow jazz students from the University of North Texas, Snarky Puppy has grown into “a barnstorming,...
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Sunday, September 15
| 10 am
What if you could ride a scaffold right up to the face of the David and look him in the eye? Chris Evans, lead technical animator at Epic Games, has developed a platform to...
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Sunday, September 15
| 10:30 am
Be a curator for 30 minutes! Discover your new favorite work of art and make your own choices to fill an imaginary gallery.
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Sunday, September 15
| 11:30 am
Explore a selection of the NCMA’s treasures in this docent-led tour.
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Sunday, September 15
| 1 pm
What if you could ride a scaffold right up to the face of the David and look him in the eye? Chris Evans, lead technical animator at Epic Games, has developed a platform to...
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Sunday, September 15
| 3 pm
What if you could ride a scaffold right up to the face of the David and look him in the eye? Chris Evans, lead technical animator at Epic Games, has developed a platform to...
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Monday, September 16
| 9 am
This is your ticket for a whirlwind art-making adventure! Begin each day in a new country and create works of art inspired by the places you visit.
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Wednesday, September 18
| 5 pm
Join Ingrid Saddler-Walker from WythaBalance Yoga in a family-friendly walking meditation. Through conscious focusing of the breath and the emptying of the mind, this...
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Wednesday, September 18
| 6:30 pm
Join Michelle C. Johnson in exploring how to take heart-centered action in response to this cultural and political moment. Through deep breathing and movement, we remind...
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Thursday, September 19
| 10:15 am
Join us for story time in the galleries! Each half-hour session includes books and activities that extend our understanding of a work of art in the Museum. Best for...
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Thursday, September 19
| 11 am
Join us for story time in the galleries! Each half-hour session includes books and activities that extend our understanding of a work of art in the Museum. Best for...
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Friday, September 20
| 6 pm
Join NCMA Egyptologist Caroline Rocheleau as she reveals mysteries of the Museum’s only mummy—the one featured in the exhibition What in the World Is a Grain Mummy?. Learn...
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Friday, September 20
| 8:30 pm
(2018) Directed by George Tillman Jr. Written by Audrey Wells. 132 min. PG-13
High schooler Starr is an eyewitness to a friend’s fatal shooting by a police officer....
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Saturday, September 21
| 10:30 am
Be a curator for 30 minutes! Discover your new favorite work of art and make your own choices to fill an imaginary gallery.
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Saturday, September 21
| 11:30 am
Explore a selection of the NCMA’s treasures in this docent-led tour.
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Saturday, September 21
| 8:30 pm
(2018) Directed and written by Alfonso Cuarón. 135 min. R
Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón lovingly crafted his semi-autobiographical elegy that follows a year in the...
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Sunday, September 22
| 10:30 am
Be a curator for 30 minutes! Discover your new favorite work of art and make your own choices to fill an imaginary gallery.
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Sunday, September 22
| 11:30 am
Explore a selection of the NCMA’s treasures in this docent-led tour.
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Sunday, September 22
| Noon
Festivities include one-of-a-kind performances on and around Heather Hart's temporary rooftop sculpture by 9th Wonder and a dance troupe inspired by George Clinton. Bring a...
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Sunday, September 22
| 2 pm
The Killers
(1946) Directed by Robert Siodmak. Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien. (105 min.) DCP. New restoration from Universal Pictures and the Film...
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Wednesday, September 25
| 7:30 pm
The prodigiously talented Rhiannon Giddens returns to the NCMA in a remarkable collaboration with acclaimed Italian pianist and percussionist Francesco Turrisi. The...
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Thursday, September 26
| 5:30 pm
Join Kamara Thomas of Hella Witchy Tarot for a mythological exploration of “the oracle” and themes of the wild, fierce, and mystical feminine. This event includes a...
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Friday, September 27
| 10 am
Join the NCMA’s Mellon scholar in residence, Helena Feder, to explore ekphrasis, the way in which visual art is translated into written language. Participants read examples...
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Friday, September 27
| 5:30 pm
Maize (Zea mays) is one of the earliest cultivated grains in the Western Hemisphere. Join North Carolina State University ethnobotanist Jillian De Gezelle at the corn maze...
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Saturday, September 28
| 10:30 am
Be a curator for 30 minutes! Discover your new favorite work of art and make your own choices to fill an imaginary gallery.
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Saturday, September 28
| 11:30 am
Explore a selection of the NCMA’s treasures in this docent-led tour.
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Sunday, September 29
| 10:30 am
Be a curator for 30 minutes! Discover your new favorite work of art and make your own choices to fill an imaginary gallery.
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Sunday, September 29
| 11:30 am
Explore a selection of the NCMA’s treasures in this docent-led tour.
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Sunday, September 29
| 2 pm
The World of Henry Orient
(1964) Directed by George Roy Hill. Peter Sellers, Tippy Walker Merrie Spaeth, Angela Lansbury. (106 min.) 35mm print from Park Circus.
Two...
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