of art & design
Grains of Time
Tuesday, April 30 at 7pm
Jones Auditorium at Meredith College
3800 Hillsborough Street
It’s time for the Grains’ spring concert, where they’ll be releasing their newest album, Shades of Grains.
For more than four decades, the Grains of Time have been a part of NC State’s campus life. Performing a wide variety of music with the use of just a few men’s voices, the group remains one of a kind when compared to most collegiate a cappella groups. They work to bridge contemporary a cappella with that of professional groups, all while creating a performance style that lends itself to both excellent musicianship and showmanship.
The Grains will be donating 10 percent of all funds raised by ticket and merchandise sales to the American Cancer Society in memory of Ian Peterson (pictured above). Last October, Ian (an NC State senior and president of Grains of Time) was diagnosed with leukemia; he passed away on February 27, 2013.
Call Ticket Central at 919-515-1100
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the upcoming Ticket Central relocation for the Talley Student Center construction project, advance sales for this concert will end at 6pm on Thursday, April 25. Tickets will be available at the door on April 30 (cash or check only).
Gregg Museum Closing Reception
Wednesday, April 24, 6-8pm
This is it: the last big event before the Gregg moves out of Talley!
There will be ice cream and cake and all kinds of other goodies. And it’s free.
This event also marks the closing of our current exhibitions: Peter Goin’s Humanature photos, and Farfetched – Mad Science, Fringe Architecture and Visionary Engineering.
In keeping with the sci-fi theme, lab coats, deely-bobbers and goggles are encouraged! The best mad science or space alien look will win a prize. The first 100 people to check in at the party, as well as all registered Friends of the Gregg who attend, will receive a free copy of the 130-page catalogue for the Farfetched show.
For the last two decades, the Gregg Museum of Art & Design has been attached to the front of NC State’s Talley Student Center. This summer the current building will be demolished. A demise like this is rarely something to celebrate, but in this case it represents a metamorphosis: before long the Gregg will reemerge at its new location on Hillsborough Street as the Triangle’s newest cultural landmark.