Entertainment Calendar

March 6 The exhibit of works of by former NE photography instructor René West closes in SE Campus’ Art Corridor II. René West: rePresentation includes digital archival prints. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-10 p.m..

Now-March 29 The NW visual arts department presents GameDev: The Art of Game Design and Development in the Lakeview Gallery (WFAB 1135A). An 11 a.m.-2 p.m. reception with an artist’s talk at noon will end the exhibit March 29. The exhibition features the projects of four local game designers including a 3-D real-time strategy game, an interactive installation and several Adobe Flash games. The artists are showing sketches, coding and concept designs used in the development process as well as short films and playable demos. Students considering game development as a career choice are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact art associate professor Christian deLeon at 817-515-7606. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.

March 20-April 30 The paintings, drawings, sculptures and ceramics of current SE studio art students will be displayed in SE’s Art Corridor I as part of Studio Details: Annual Student Exhibit. For more information, contact SE art curator Christopher Blay at 817-515-3406.

March 21-April 30 Students’ poster designs, as part of the annual Arbor Day Poster Design Competition, will be displayed in SE Campus’ Art Corridor III. For more information, contact SE art curator Christopher Blay at 817-515-3406.

March 27-April 30 The wall drawings and paintings of Micah Why and Nathan Green, two contemporary Texas artists, will be displayed in SE Campus’ Art Corridor II. The opening reception will be 5-7 p.m. March 27 in Art Corridor II. For more information, contact SE art curator Christopher Blay at 817-515-3406.

March 17 A NE Campus music department faculty concert of Irish music will be 2-3:30 p.m. in NFAB 1104. The instruments played will include a pennywhistle, piano, percussion and vocals. For more information, contact department chair Karen Parsons at 817-515-6567.

March 18 Music instructor Karen Parsons will perform Keyboards Through the Centuries with guest performer Douglas Parsons at 7:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. This part-lecture, part-concert will feature the harpsichord, clavichord, organ and piano played in historical order. For more information, contact Karen Parsons at 817-515-6567.

March 21 NE Campus alumna Tabitha Boxerman will perform her doctoral recital preview concert 7:30-9:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. She currently attends the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. For more information, contact music instructor Karen Parsons at 817-515-6567.

March 23 NE Campus music instructor Stan Paschal will present the lecture Opera Go Round, which will focus on female characters in opera and explain how they are women ahead of their times. The presentation is 2-3:30 p.m. in the NE Campus theater (NFAB 1104). For more information, contact Paschal at 817-515-6236.

March 24 The NE Campus Chamber Singers ensemble will perform madrigals and other vocal literature in a Dessert Theater concert 7:30-10 p.m. in Center Corner (NSTU 1615A). Each of the 13 students in the ensemble will have a solo. For more information, contact music assistant professor Bobbie Douglas at 817-515-6570.

March 24 A percussion ensemble will perform 7:30-10 p.m. in the NE Campus theater (NFAB 1205). A Caribbean flavor will mix in with traditional percussive music. For more information, contact music instructor Warren Dewey at 817-515-6434.

March 25 NE Campus music associate professor and virtuoso string artist Jerry Ringe will perform a concert with a clarinet quintet at 7:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111). For more information, contact Ringe at 817-515-6685.

March 27 NE Campus’ jazz lab band will perform a concert 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the NE Campus theater (NFAB 1205). The band is a 22-piece jazz orchestra playing arrangements of jazz standards. Friends and family are welcome. For more information, contact music assistant instructor Philippe Baugh at 817-515-6496.

March 27 Piano preparatory students will perform a recital 7:30-9:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. For more information, contact continuing education music and arts instructor Renetta Frisque at 817-515-6683.

March 27 The NW music department will host the Faculty Noontime Recital at 12:30 p.m. in the recital hall. The recital will feature NW music faculty performing classical works. For more information, call music director Richard Powell at 817-515-7226.

March 31 NE Campus adjunct music instructor and trumpet soloist Michael Attaway will perform with a brass quintet 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Center Corner (NSTU 1615A). For more information, contact Attaway at michael.attaway@tccd.edu.

March 3-21 TR students interested in attending 2nd Chance Prom: Celestial Night in Paris on May 3 can purchase tickets noon-2 p.m. Monday-Thursday on TRTR Main Street. The prom will feature a disc jockey, finger food and a live band. Tickets are $10 for singles and $15 for couples and will also be sold at the door for $15-$20. For more information, email TR Equality in Education president Billy Smith at billy.smith300@my.tccd.edu.

March 28 Spring Showcase, the student talent show, will be held on TR Campus starting at 7 p.m. in the Energy Auditorium. Seating begins at 6:30 p.m. Performances will be judged by faculty, and participants are permitted to bring guests. For more information, email drama club president Tamara Kelly at tamara.kelly@my.tccd.edu.

March 7 Continuing with the 15th anniversary celebration, the NW dance program presents the District Faculty and Guest Dance Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Theatre Northwest (WTLO 1108). TCC district dance faculty and guest artists will perform dance works personally choreographed. A reception will follow the program. General admission is $5 and $1 with student ID. For more information, contact dance associate professor Amy Sleigh at 817-515-7174.

March 28, 29 The NW dance program continues its anniversary celebration with In Retrospect 15 at 7:30 p.m. both days at the W.E. Scott Theater at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. Alumni, current students and faculty will perform both new and old dance routines. Admission is $7. For more information, call dance associate professor Amy Sleigh at 817-515-7174.