Entertainment Calendar

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.

Now-April 4 TR Campus faculty members will have their artwork displayed in the East Fork Gallery during regular school hours. The works include portraits, surreal, abstract and conceptual pieces. For more information, email art associate professor Angel Fernandez at angel.fernandez@tccd.edu.

Now-April 30 The paintings, drawings, sculptures and ceramics of current SE studio art students are 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.

Now-April 30 Students’ poster designs, as part of the annual Arbor Day Poster Design Competition, are on exhibit 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.

April 2-23 The NE spring student art competition exhibition will be at the Haltom City Northeast Center. The artwork is done by NE Campus art students who can win $25-$150 for placing fourth or better. An artists’ reception will be noon-1:30 p.m. April 9. For more information, contact NE art department chair Martha Gordon at 817-515-6571.

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 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.

April 1 A variety of NE music faculty and staff will perform an April Fool’s Day concert at 7:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. The concert will include unusual music. For more information, contact music instructor Stan Paschal at 817-515-6236.

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.