Entertainment Calendar

Now-Feb. 17 NW Campus is sponsoring Pottery Week 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday in WFAB 1147. All students are invited to experiment with pottery making. Faculty and staff will be available for assistance. For more information, contact art associate professor Fred Spaulding at 817-515-7557.

Now-Feb. 17 NW Campus has the art exhibit Time/Shape/Joy on display in the Lakeview Gallery (WFAB 1135A). Drawings, sculptures, collages and videos created by art associate professor Fred Spaulding are on display. The exhibit is open during regular campus hours. For more information, contact Spaulding at 817-515-7557.

Now-Feb. 25 SE Campus is hosting Studio Focus: Dana Ferrara in Art Corridor I in the ESEC Wing. SE art assistant professor Dana Ferrara is exhibiting work by her studio class’ paintings, designs and drawings. For more details, call instructional assistant Christopher Blay at 817-515-3406.

Now-March 2 South Campus has works by Texas artist Gerald Lopez on display in the Carillon Gallery in the Joe B. Rushing Performing Arts Center. The collection of painting on photographs is called The Revival: Surrealism, Fantasy and Folk. For more information, contact art associate professor Joshua Goode at 817-515-4641.

Now-March 31 SE Campus is hosting Ya Casi: Paintings by Erika Duque in Art Corridor II. The gallery is exhibiting paintings of TCU Master of Fine Arts candidate Erika Duque. The free exhibit is open to the public and available for viewing during normal school operating hours. For more information, contact instructional assistant Christopher Blay at 817-515-3406.

Feb. 16 The Sonata Club will host the My House Blend Jazz Quartet 10-10:50 a.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. The performance is open to faculty, students and the public. Coffee will be served prior to the performance at 9:30 a.m. For more information, email warren.dewey@tccd.edu or call 817-515-6434.

Feb. 16-18 South’s theater program will present Those Before Me, a compiled play that honors women’s history, at 7:30 p.m. in the Joe B. Rushing Performing Arts Center. Sign language interpreters will be available for the Feb. 18 performance. Admission for non-TCC students and senior citizens is $3, general public is $6 and TCC students, faculty and staff attend for free. Tickets go on sale at the box office 30 minutes before showtime. No late entry is allowed.

Feb. 17 Michael Morey will perform Bach lute suites and more starting at 7 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. For more information, email karen.parsons@tccd.edu or call 817-515-6677.

Feb. 21 SE Campus’ music program will host a concert by music professor Greg Dewhirst 7:30 p.m. in the Band Hall (ESEC 1321). Dewhirst will be joined by fellow musicians for an evening of jazz. For more information, contact Dewhirst at 817-515-3718 or gregory.dewhirst@tccd.edu.

Feb. 22-24 The SE drama program will present the Ten-Minute Play Festival 7:30-9 p.m. each night  with a 1:30 p.m. matinee the 24th in the C.A. Roberson Theatre. The festival will feature 10-minute plays written by TCC students Kristen Lee and Carlos Romero. General admission is $6 while children 17 and younger and seniors 65 and older are $3. For more information, contact speech and drama associate professor Pert Durapau at 817-515-3131 or pert.durapau@tccd.edu.

Feb. 23 A Preparatory Piano Recital (K-12) is at 7:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. The recital is open to faculty, students and the public. For more information, contact music adjunct instructor Sarah Alexander at sarah.alexander@tccd.edu or 817-515-6683.

Feb. 24 The SE fine arts department will host the American College Dance Festival Showcase 1-1:30 p.m. in the Dance Studio. Members of Fusion Dance Company will perform two dances they will present at the American College Dance Association’s South Central Conference as well as adjunct instructor Claire Augustine’s “Mountain/Valley.” For more information, contact dance associate professor Brandy Niccolai at 817-515-3844 or brandy.niccolai@tccd.edu.

Feb. 27-March 29 NW Campus will display the TCC NW Faculty Invitational art exhibit in the Lakeview Gallery (WFAB 1135A). The exhibit will feature ceramics, drawings, photography, sculptures and mixed-media art pieces created by NW faculty. The exhibit will be open during regular campus hours and available to the public. A reception will be held noon-2 p.m. March 25 in the gallery. For more information, contact art associate professor Christian de Leon at 817-515-7606.

Feb. 28 The NW visual arts department invites students and faculty to the Ceramics Studio (WFAB 1147) for the Raku Extravaganza. Participants can experiment with raku ceramic firing techniques. Students and faculty will be available for assistance. For more information, contact art associate professor Fred Spaulding at 817-515-7557.

March 3-4 After several performances for elementary schools, the NW Campus drama program will have two performances of Miss Nelson is Missing! for the public. Miss Nelson’s misbehaving class begins to worry when their kind-hearted teacher goes missing and is replaced by an appalling substitute teacher. Public performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday in Theatre Northwest (WTLO 1108). Admission for the production is free for TCC students, faculty and staff, $3 for non-TCC students and senior citizens and $6 for the general public. Tickets can be purchased the day of the performance at the Box Office or in advance by calling 817-515-7724. For more information, contact drama instructor Brent Alford at 817-515-7797.