Entertainment Calendar

Now-April 23 The NE spring student art competition exhibition is open at the Haltom City Northeast Center. The works are 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.

Now-April 29 The NE Faculty and Staff Art Exhibition is on display at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy St. Among the 62 works by 31 artists, visitors will find sculptures, photographs, drawings, prints and projections. The paintings represent oil, acrylic and gouache media. The exhibit allows students to see the talents of their instructors. The center is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday.

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.

Now-April 30 The wall drawings and paintings of Micah Why and Nathan Green, two contemporary Texas artists, are on display in SE Campus’ Art Corridor II. For more information, contact SE art curator Christopher Blay at 817-515-3406.

April 12-May 5 Reflections from the River, a student art exhibition, will be held in the East Fork Gallery (TREF 1315) during regular school hours on TR Campus. The exhibit will feature paintings, photography and other media. To find out more, email art associate professor Angel Fernandez at angel.fernandez@tccd.edu.

April 10 NE Campus preparatory piano students will have a recital at 7:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. Grades one through 12 will perform. For more information, contact continuing education music instructor Renetta Frisque at 817-515-6683.

April 13 NE Campus adjunct music instructor Lewis Pilot will give a lecture on the characteristics of music from the romantic era with performance examples 2-3:30 p.m. in NFAB 1104. For more information, contact the music department at 817-515-6567.

April 15 NE music associate professor Jerry Ringe will perform mathematically composed music with clarinet and guests 7:30-9:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. For more information, contact the music department at 817-515-6567.

April 17 The Sonata Club will host an honors student recital 10-11 a.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. For more information, contact the music department at 817-515-6567.

April 20 NE adjunct music instructor Lewis Pilot will perform 20th and 21st century music 2-3:30 p.m. in NFAB 1104 on NE Campus. For more information, contact the music department at 817-515-6567.

April 22 Fort Worth Symphony concertmaster Michael Shih will perform on his Stradivarius 7:30-9:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. For more information, contact music associate professor Hsinyi Wang at 817-515-6255.

April 23 The NE Campus Jazz Lab Band will have a concert 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Center Corner (NSTU 1615A). For more information, contact music assistant professor Philippe Baugh at 817-515-6105.

April 24 NE Campus preparatory piano students will have a recital 7:30-9:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111). For more information, contact continuing education music instructor Renetta Frisque at 817-515-6683.

April 25 The NE Campus string ensemble will perform a concert 5-7 p.m. in NFAB 1104. For more information, contact music associate professor Hsinyi Wang at 817-515-6255.

April 26 NE Campus preparatory piano students will have an end-of-semester solo piano recital 7:30-9:30 p.m. in Center Corner (NSTU 1615A). For more information, contact continuing education music instructor Renetta Frisque at 817-515-6105.

April 10-12 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) opens at 7:30 p.m. in the Joe B. Rushing Center for the Performing Arts on South Campus. The cast of three actors will play the roles of many different characters while acting out Shakespeare’s 37 plays in a comical and lighthearted way. Tickets are free for TCC students, faculty and staff, $3 for non-TCC students and senior citizens and $6 for the general public. Tickets are sold on the day of the performance at the box office beginning at 7 p.m. There is no late seating. For more information, contact the box office at 817-515-6687.

April 23-26 Theatre Northwest presents The Shape of Things, a romantic comedy/drama by Neil LaBute in the WTLO Theater. Showtimes start at 7:30 p.m. Danger, love and an affair combine to give this play an R rating for strong language and adult situations. General admission is $6, $3 for seniors and non-TCC students and free for TCC students, faculty and staff. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the box office at 817-515-7724.

April 23-26 SE’s music and theater programs will give a performance of Godspell, a musical based on the Gospel of Matthew that includes modern music set to lyrics from traditional hymns, at 7:30 p.m. in the C.A. Roberson Theatre with a 1:30 p.m. matinee performance April 25. General admission is $6, $3 for non-TCC students and senior citizens and free for TCC faculty, staff and students. To make reservations, call 817-515-3599.

April 23-26 NE Campus’ theater program will show Little Shop of Horrors: A Musical 7-9 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee April 26 in the NE Theater (NFAB 1204). A poor floral assistant becomes an overnight success when he discovers an exotic plant that grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore that offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite. “Audrey II” reveals itself to be an alien creature ready for global domination. Tickets are $6 for general admission, $3 for seniors and non-TCC students and free for all TCC students, faculty and staff. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the NE Playhouse reservation line at 817-515-6687.

April 24 The NW dance program’s modern dance classes will perform Making Waves with Dance at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. near the art sculpture and the WSTU lawn near the lake with music by Westin Portillo. For more information, call dance associate professor Amy Sleigh at 817-515-7174.

April 14 Students can register to perform in the dance department’s talent show, Rise and Shine, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in front of the bookstore in the WSTU building. The registration fee is $5 per person. For more information or to register via email, contact Brittany Osborn at brittany.osburn@my.tccd.edu.

April 16 The NW dance program will host Rise and Shine, a talent show, at 1 p.m. in WSTU 1303. Faculty will judge the acts, and students will vote for the winners. The top winners will receive prizes such as a professional voice recording session, dance lessons at Dance Makers/ DFW Dance Force Dance Studio and/or tickets to Hyena’s Comedy Club. The dance club will also perform at 1 p.m. For more information, email Brittany Osborn at brittany.osborn@my.tccd.edu.