Now-April 2 The Carillon Gallery on South ends its exhibit Ryder Richards: The Idyll. The Carillon is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by reservation. The Idyll is described as an unadorned temple of high modernism with a sci-fi twist. For more information, email fine arts department chair Joshua Goode at joshua.goode@tccd.edu.
Now-April 3 The NW art department continues Dada Day in the Lakeview Gallery for all students, faculty and the public to participate. Dada Day explores the ideas of free expression. Paint, brushes and collage materials will be provided, and all visitors are encouraged to add their own contributors. For more information, contact Fred Spaulding at 817-455-1305.
April 4 Jazz guitarist Pete Weise will conduct a clinic noon-2 p.m. in the band hall (NFAB 1129) on NE Campus. Weise’s clinic will cover jazz improvisation. For more information, contact music associate professor Philippe Baugh at 817-515-6496.
April 7 Music Through the Centuries will be presented 7-9 p.m. on NE Campus. The audience will meet in Center Corner (NSTU 1615A) and be escorted to different locations to hear music from the baroque, classical, romantic and modern eras. For more information, contact NE music department chair Karen Parsons at 817-515-6567.
April 9 The NE music department will host a preparatory piano recital 7:30-8:30 p.m. in College Hall (NCAB 1111) on NE Campus. Students from the preparatory piano program, grades one-12, will perform a variety of pieces from different eras. For more information, contact NE department chair Karen Parsons at 817-515-6567.
April 9-11 NW’s dance company, the Mosaic Dance Project, and students from dance classes will perform A Return to Home 7:30-8:30 p.m. in WTLO Theatre Northwest. General admission will be $7. For more information, contact dance associate professor Amy Sleigh at 817-515-7174.
April 11 The Frontier Brigade Band will present a concert 2-3 p.m. in the Larry Darlage Center Corner (NSTU 1615A) on NE Campus. The band re-creates performances from the American Brass Band Movement (1840-1880) and the Golden Age of American Bands (1880-1920) by performing original arrangements from that time. For more information, contact student activities at 817-515-6688.
April 16-18 The South theater program will present Fools by Neil Simon at 7:30 p.m. in the Joe B. Rushing Performing Arts Center. The play is a comic fable in which a schoolteacher struggles to lift the curse of stupidity placed on the citizens of a long-ago Russian village. Tickets go on sale at 7 p.m. in the box office on the day of the performance. Prices are $6 for the general public, $3 for seniors and non-TCC students and free for TCC students, faculty and staff. There is no late seating. For more information, call theater director Lindy Benton at 817-515-0476.
April 22-25 Theatre Southeast will present The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde at 7:30 p.m. April 22-25 and 1:30 p.m. April 24-25 in the Roberson Theatre (ESEC 1401). The production is a satirical comedy set in Victorian England. It depicts life and the different social classes during that period. Admission is free for TCC students, faculty and staff, $3 for non-TCC students and seniors and $6 for the general public. The box office will open an hour before showtime. Contact the box office for reservations or more information at 817-515-3599.
April 23-May 7 South will hold its annual Juried Student Art Exhibition in the Carillon Gallery, which is open Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appointment. Students have until April 21 to submit their work. They must also complete entry forms and pay a $3 entry fee for each piece of art. Students can give entry forms to their studio art professors or directly to associate art professor Kara English, who is overseeing the show. For more information, contact English at kara.english@tccd.edu or 817-515-4604.
