Featured Events in Davie in February, 2025 (May Updated)

Put your dancing shoes on and grab your partner or friend for this beginner level Latin dance workshop at Artspace in partnership with Mambo Dinámico. This one hour class will cover Merengue, Bachata, Cumbia, Cha-cha-cha, Salsa, and more. Tickets are $15 and no prior experience necessary! -- Ponte los zapatos de baile y busca pareja para este taller de baile latino de nivel principiante en Artspace, en colaboración con Mambo Dinámico. Esta clase de una hora incluirá merengue, bachata, cumbia, chachachá, salsa y más. Los boletos cuestan $15 y no se necesita experiencia previa! About Artspace // Artspace is a non-profit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to explore exhibitions featuring national and community artists, engage with more than 35 artists working in their studios, and enjoy art classes and community events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace, visit artspacenc.org Acerca de Artspace // Artspace es un centro de artes visuales sin fines de lucro ubicado en Downtown Raleigh. Visita Artspace y disfruta de exposiciones de artistas nacionales y locales, interactúa con más de 35 artistas que trabajan en sus estudios, y participa en clases de arte y eventos comunitarios para todas las edades y habilidades. Para obtener más información sobre Artspace, visita artspacenc.org Information Source: Artspace | eventbrite

Celebrate friendship and creativity during our Wine + Watercolors: Besties' Edition workshop. Join us for an unforgettable experience where you and a friend will explore the fluidity of watercolors while enjoying some fine wine. Participants will leave with a masterpiece that reflects the beauty of their love and friendship. Tickets are sold in pairs and includes all materials and wine. Participants are also welcome to bring their own beverage of choice. Instructor: Janice Withers Are you an Artspace member? Email Danny Peña, Education Manager at dpena@artspacenc.org for your one-time promo code and receive your discount. Information Source: Artspace | eventbrite

Led by performers of TOA III, Bella Waru, Fallon Te Paa & Kaycee Merito, this workshop gives participants an introduction to the traditional practice of Mau Rākau. Anchored in the unique philosophy and values of Te Ao Māori & the teachings of Te Whare Tū Taua o Aotearoa, participants will learn footwork, stances, language and weaponry basics. Rākau will be provided. We suggest wearing comfortable clothing and bringing water. Everyone is welcome! Matriarchs Uprising is supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program For full event descriptions and more info on our programming, artists, and festival partners please visit:www.matriarchsuprising.com Information Source: O.Dela Arts | eventbrite

WHEN: Saturday February 1, 2025/ 1-5:30PMWHERE: Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2G6, FARIS THEATRE30 online spots available 10 drop in spots avail on the day of All Workshops $5 Please email info@vanvoguejam.com for limited PWYC options. Information Source: Van Vogue Jam Arts Society | eventbrite

Join FUSHU DAIKO at the SOUTH FLORIDA TAIKO DOJO in Davie, FL for an energizing TAIKO DRUMMING INTRO CLASS for ADULTS and TEENS, every FIRST SUNDAY and THIRD THURSDAY of the Month. Learn taiko basics from the performing members of Fushu Daiko and South Florida Taiko Dojo. No musical experience is necessary or required, only a positive spirit and willingness to learn. A Taiko drumming practice is energetic while working on focus, timing and movement. You play on a big drum, use big sticks (bachi), and stand up while playing. The TAIKO INTRO CLASS is for ADULTS and TEENS (13+) with a participating guardian. This class is required before joining the South Florida Taiko Dojo as a practicing member ($60-$85 per month) or drop-in student ($20 per class). For questions: please contact Chris at (754) 208-1010 ext 3 or email info@fushudaiko.org LEARN MORE about Fushu Daiko - www.fushudaiko.org Information Source: Fushu Daiko | eventbrite

Beginner to intermediate training over 2 days. All course materials, consoles and equipment during training are included in the price. Note: Event starts at 10AM and ends at 5PM on both days. 1. MagicQ Buttons, Windows and Layouts 2. Getting Started with MagicQ Setting up DMX outputsPatching 3. Editing Include & UpdateRecord Merge Current CueRecord Merge Multiple Cues 4. Using Dimmers Patching Dimmers and FixturesSetting Channel Levels in the ProgrammerSelecting Heads 5. Head Control & Palettes Defaults & LocateRecording Palettes 6. Playback Options Cue Stack OptionsAdd / SwapDefault PlaybacksBlind Mode & Clear 7. Group Masters 8. Theatre Programming Move When DarkMark Cues 9. Time-code & Scheduled Events 10. File Management Merging ShowsFile Manager 11. Execute Window 12. Pixel Mapping 13. Macros and Automation 14. Networking and Artnet, multi-console and tracking backups. Introduction only. Information Source: ChamSys Training - In Person - USA | eventbrite

Join us for a monthly gathering of working artists from Raleigh and surrounding areas! This group meets on the second Saturday of the month in Studio 206 at Artspace. These lively sessions are centered around creativity, networking and collaboration. Bring your sketchbook or a work in progress as well as any materials you may need to create during the session. Hosted by Studio Artists Adriana Ameigh (Studio 203), and Jackie Sanders (Studio 220), the duo behind Level Up Artists Podcast and membership group. Free! Please register so that we may anticipate attendance. Masks are optional, but strongly encouraged, while at Artspace. About Artspace // Artspace is a non-profit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to explore exhibitions featuring national and community artists, engage with more than 35 artists working in their studios, and enjoy art classes and community events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace, visit artspacenc.org Information Source: Artspace | eventbrite

Presencing in Resonance – Let’s Play! In this lecture, I will explore my creative and intellectual journey, shaped by personal experiences and socio-cultural contexts. Starting with my formative years in divided Berlin, I will discuss how the city’s geopolitical landscape influenced my early artistic development. I will trace my academic path from studying Fine Arts in the U.S. to pursuing a Master’s in Art Business in London. Upon returning to Berlin, my work as an art dealer provided new perspectives on the art market and curating practices with diverse artists. At my children’s art school, I integrated artistic expression with art therapy principles, which reshaped my understanding of art as a dynamic, interactive process. This lecture will examine how these interdisciplinary experiences led to a holistic approach to art, creating a resonant space for healing and transformation. I will also discuss the role of horses in the creative process and how this practice fosters deeper engagement with art. Lastly, I will present my research on transgenerational collective healing through integrating Expressive Arts and Equine-Guided Education. To conclude, I will guide the audience through an experiential art activity, inviting participants to engage directly in the creative process in the gallery space. 2pm Thursday, Sunday, February 9 in Artspace Gallery Two.Rilana Vorderwuelbecke is a German expressive arts therapist living and working in Berlin. After receiving her BA in Fine Arts in Sculpture and Art History from Boston University and MA in Art Business from the University of Manchester/Sotheby’s, Rilana worked as an artist and art dealer in Berlin for many years. In 2008, she founded an art school for children and has subsequently expanded into art therapy through studies at the Medical School in Hamburg, and healing work with Ariana Strozzi Mazzuchi (California), using horses as healers. Through Skyhorse Academy, Rilana offers workshops that combine the fundamentals of healing with horses and the application of the visual and expressive arts. Small School and Artspace are partners on this and many other events. Information Source: Small School | eventbrite

Join Creative Director Annah Lee for a tour of our current exhibitions. These free guided tours are designed to give viewers a deep dive of Artspace's current exhibitions and leave space for questions and conversations about the art and themes behind it. If you're looking for a simple way to learn more about art and how exhibitions are designed, our Art Break Tour is a fantastic place to start. Approximately 45 minutes. Acompaña a la directora creativa Annah Lee en un recorrido por las exposiciónes. Los recorridos guiados gratuitos buscan que quienes participan se sumerjan en las exposiciones de Artspace, y dejan espacio para preguntas y conversaciones sobre el arte y los temas que este abarca. Si buscas una forma sencilla de aprender más sobre arte y como se diseña una exposición, nuestro Art Break Tour es el lugar ideal para comenzar. El recorrido dura alrededor de 45 minutos. Happening the second Friday of the month! 2025 Schedule: February: IN KIND, curated by Anna Weaver and Morrow Dowdle March: Solo show with work by Andrea Keys Connell April: Solo show with work by Kevin Kao May: Solo show with work by André Leon Gray, inaugural Emerging Artist in Residence at Artspace (2000) June: Solo show with work by Ciara Stewart, 2024 HBCU Artist in Residence at Artspace July: No tour - summer break About Artspace // Artspace is a non-profit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to explore exhibitions featuring national and community artists, engage with more than 35 artists working in their studios, and enjoy art classes and community events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace, visit artspacenc.org Artspace es un centro de artes visuales sin fines de lucro ubicado en Downtown Raleigh. Visita Artspace y disfruta de exposiciones de artistas nacionales y locales, interactúa con más de 35 artistas que trabajan en sus estudios, y participa en clases de arte y eventos comunitarios para todas las edades y habilidades. Para obtener más información sobre Artspace, visita artspacenc.org Information Source: Artspace | eventbrite

Celebrate love and creativity in a unique and romantic way with our special Valentine's Day workshop, Wine + Watercolors: Lover's Edition. Join us for an unforgettable experience where you and your partner will explore the fluidity of watercolors while enjoying some fine wine. Participants will leave with a masterpiece that reflects the beauty of their love and connection. Tickets are sold in pairs and includes all materials and wine. Participants are also welcome to bring their own beverage of choice. Consider dining with a nearby restaurant for a special night out in Downtown Raleigh. Instructor: Janice Withers Are you an Artspace member? Email Danny Peña, Education Manager at dpena@artspacenc.org for your one-time promo code and receive your discount. Information Source: Artspace | eventbrite

Experience an unforgettable evening at the Gamma Gamma Sigma Blue & White Movie Date event in Davie. Join us at the Cinemark Paradise 24 and XD on February 15, 2025, located at 15601 Sheridan Street, Davie, FL 33331. Immerse yourself in the captivating atmosphere while enjoying a movie screening in the company of fellow attendees. Tickets are available for $19.14 to $25, offering an affordable opportunity to partake in this exclusive event. Don't miss out on this unique cinematic experience that promises entertainment and enjoyment for all who attend.

Crochet, knitting, embroidery, quilting - whatever your passion, bring something to keep your hands busy and join us for a fun afternoon of community and connection with fellow fiber lovers. Coffee provided, or bring your own beverage of choice. Hosted by Studio Artists Aliyah Bonnette and Michelle Wilkie. Please note, this is not an instructor-led workshop, but a casual monthly get together of artists. Free! Please register so that we may anticipate attendance. About Artspace // Artspace is a non-profit visual arts center located in Downtown Raleigh. Visit Artspace to explore exhibitions featuring national and community artists, engage with more than 35 artists working in their studios, and enjoy art classes and community events for all ages and abilities. To learn more about Artspace, visit artspacenc.org Images, l-r: detail of work by Michelle Wilkie, detail of work by Aliyah Bonnette Information Source: Artspace | eventbrite

Champion Hoop Dancer Beany John (Cree/Taino from Kehewin, Alberta) will lead participants in an Introductory Workshop to Hoop Dance. Come learn about the history, culture and forms of Hoop Dance! Gain experience and appreciation for this form of Indigenous dance and culture. Hoops will be provided. We suggest wearing comfortable clothing and bringing water. Everyone is welcome! Matriarchs Uprising is supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program For full event descriptions and more info on our programming, artists, and festival partners please visit:www.matriarchsuprising.com Information Source: O.Dela Arts | eventbrite

In celebration of the transmission of culture across generations, we gather in circle to share stories of resilience and accounts of how our dances have the power to transform and uplift our spirits. Join host, Olivia C. Davies in this Talking Truths circle conversation with choreographers Lara Kramer, Starr Muranko, Sophie Dow, Samantha Sutherland, Christine Friday and Bella Waru as we speak our truth and celebrate Indigenous contemporary dance. This event is catered by the team catering at the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society led by Chef Heat Laliberte. Matriarchs Uprising is supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program For full event descriptions and more info on our programming, artists, and festival partners please visit:www.matriarchsuprising.com Information Source: O.Dela Arts | eventbrite

Join us for a double bill of performance works by Raven Spirit Dance & Friday Creeations. Tracing Bones, by Raven Spirit Dance, is a duet about memory and presence. It reflects upon the question – what memories do we hold onto, what do we tuck away, what gets forgotten or transformed over time? Bawaajgun: Visions IN Dreams, by Friday Creeations, is an excerpt of Thunderbird Rising premiering to ignite the transformative spirit of dance traveling through dimensional realms of existence - ancestors, dreams, blood memory and the land directly connected to our Anishinaabek way of living, awakening the healing of our Nation's future. Bawaajgun: Visions IN Deams combines traditional and contemporary dance elements featuring Christine Friday & Beany John. Matriarchs Uprising is supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program. For full event descriptions and more info on our programming, artists, and festival partners please visit:www.matriarchsuprising.com Information Source: O.Dela Arts | eventbrite

Join us for a double bill of performance works by Samantha Sutherland (Ktunaxa) and Sophie Dow (Métis-Assiniboine). Samantha Sutherland's ensemble work naⱡa follows four characters representing four branches of one soul, unraveling the intricacies and multiplicities of identity within each one of us. naⱡa is a grammar device used In the Ktunaxa Language, naⱡa is added to a word to imply plural, we, or many. In all roads lead home 3.0, Sophie Dow performs nine days away from her thirtieth solar return, and invites the audience to travel with her through nearly 3 decades of triumphs, tribulations and magic. Matriarchs Uprising is supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program. For full event descriptions and more info on our programming, artists, and festival partners please visit:www.matriarchsuprising.com Information Source: O.Dela Arts | eventbrite

Christine Friday, Anishinaabe Kwe based on Bear Island in her community of Temagami First Nation, leads a contemporary dance workshop including freestyle improvisational techniques to support the participant's connection and expression of storytelling. We suggest wearing comfortable closing and bringing water. Everyone is welcome! Matriarchs Uprising is supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program For full event descriptions and more info on our programming, artists, and festival partners please visit:www.matriarchsuprising.com Information Source: O.Dela Arts | eventbrite

Join us for Gorgeous Tongue by Lara Kramer, a multidisciplinary artist of mixed Oji-cree and settler heritage based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. Anchored in this world and orbiting a universe beyond, a lone performer unfolds memories on stage through rhythmic scores. For Gorgeous Tongue, Lara Kramer invites Nêhiyaw/Métis dance artist Jeanette Kotowich to embody stories, dreams, and songs that stem from Lara’s Anishinaabe lineage. Entering Kramer’s artistic constellation, Kotowich performs multiple movement sequences to embrace the past and usher in a new world. Gorgeous Tongue is a celebration of Indigenous transmission, transformation, and futurity. Born out of two artists’ chemistry and kinship, this solo oscillates between the need for regulation and the discovery of a new appetite. Following Windigo (2018, FTA) and Them Voices (2021 and 2022, FTA), Lara Kramer explores the need and drive for pleasure and the strength of instinctual connections. And we are asked, “Do you still want to go?” This is them stories of our journey from the stars. Of how we came to be. Somewhere amongst all these strands, we are weaving our imagination. Dreaming for hard loving and future journeys. Transporting in soft gorgeous tongue. ~Lara Kramer Matriarchs Uprising is supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program. For full event descriptions and more info on our programming, artists, and festival partners please visit:www.matriarchsuprising.com Information Source: O.Dela Arts | eventbrite

Starr Muranko (Omushkegowuk Cree / Moose Cree First Nation - Treaty 9) leads an introductory workshop for all levels of experience focusing on connecting more deeply with your body and breath while finding your natural movement expression. Class will consist of a basic warm-up, exercises across the floor and movement exploration drawing on themes of land, place and identity. We suggest wearing comfortable clothing and bringing water. Everyone is welcome! Matriarchs Uprising is supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program For full event descriptions and more info on our programming, artists, and festival partners please visit:www.matriarchsuprising.com Information Source: O.Dela Arts | eventbrite

Join us for an in-person screening of the 5 Indigi-Dance on Screen video works by Jeanette Kotowich, Ngaire May Lyden-Elleray, Katina Olsen, Amelia Jean O'Leary and Raven Spirit Dance. Nimîhtowin Askîhk - Jeanette Kotowich The creative process of this work took many iterations in the embodied journey to uncover and reveal Nimîhtowin Askîhk. What has taken shape is our dynamic and complicated, yet beautiful relationship to Dancing the Land - Nimîhtowin Askîhk. As we sensitized ourselves to each landscape, it became clear that even in our heartfelt attempts to inhabit our surroundings without imposition, the Land itself has been imposed upon in irreversible & unavoidable ways. And so… we followed our intuition, senses and Spirit in the mindful extraction and shaping of this work. In collaboration with the Land we attuned our ideas to site, weather, sun, cloud, sky, tide and time of day. This process called for our whole selves to be in observation, integration, reflection, and creative activation. Nimîhtowin Askîhk means Dancing the Land in the Cree language. Taha, Ua (One, Two) - Ngaire May Lyden-Elleray Combining poetry, dance, and film, “Taha, Ua (One, Two)” navigates the grief of displacement, the kinship of community and the resistance of reconnection. The film explores what it means to be ‘home’ when from an Indigenous diaspora perspective. Blakwork - Katina Olsen Blakwork is a dance film collaboration of Wakka Wakka Kombumerri choreographer dancer Katina Olsen and Gomeroi poet and legal researcher Alison Whittaker. Created through yarns using inspiration from Alison’s book of the same name, Blakwork speaks to those who came before us; our mothers, aunties and grandmothers, their work and the work we continue in their footsteps against all adversity in so-called Australia. The work we do as First Nations women is a resistance to the colony and a continued celebration of our resilience and strength. In this film we hear Alison’s words of our matriarchs strength and Katina’s movement as she traverses the rocks, a slow unfolding journey representing the cycles of passing on knowledges, strength and responsibilities to our next generations of women. Yinarr - Amelia Jean O’Leary Yinarr is a glimpse into the discovery and exploration of Gamilaroi Woman, Amelia Jean O’Leary’s, journey with identity. Yinarr means ‘Aboriginal Woman’ in Gamillaray Langauge. With music, editing, filming and dance by O’Leary, she shares a raw physical depiction of the internal vortex of identity, sisterhood and culture. In this iteration of Yinarr, O’Leary reflects on how sisterhood and the Blak Matriarchy have strengthened her as Yinarr. ‘What is my purpose? What does it mean to be a woman? What does it mean to dance? Whilst in my journey I discovered that what I am doing right now is enough. That being able to share, create, learn my art form is very powerful.’ – Amelia Jean O’Leary. Ch’odza - Raven Spirit Dance Ch’odza is a Han word that translates into She is Dancing. Ch’odza is a call to the world. In their dancing, these young dancers are a manifestation of Indigenous joy and hope. Their gestures are interwoven with the land and the water that surrounds them indelibly linking them to legacy and matrilineal power they all hold within. It is a reminder to dance with the land, that the world is beautiful and what powerful young Matriarchs we have leading us forward with bravery and grace. Matriarchs Uprising is supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program For full event descriptions and more info on our programming, artists, and festival partners please visit:www.matriarchsuprising.com Information Source: O.Dela Arts | eventbrite

Join us for TOA III by Bella Waru, a Māori multidisciplinary artist of Ngāti Tukorehe, Taranaki Tūturu & Celtic descent based in Wurundjeri lands (AUS). Join us after for our catered Festiva Closing Reception with live performance by Tsimka Martin and Michael Red. From three Māori artists and practitioners of Mau Rākau - Māori Martial Arts, comes TOA III. Drawing from embodied knowledges, we fight; to carry legacy, dance with fear, travel beyond pain, and carve out an ancient-future from our physical vessels, with the blueprints of our ancestors. Devised and performed by Bella Waru, Fallon Te Paa & Kaycee Merito, TOA III is a cross-disciplinary work, merging the embodied ancestral knowledge of Mau Rākau with contemporary dance. As practitioners of 4, 11 & 9 years respectively, each artist has grappled with discipline, responsibility, consequence, integrity & purpose, and are well-versed in taking a hit, adapting to change, remaining calm under pressure, functioning as a unit & persevering under all conditions. TOA III presents a holistic, authentic & proudly Indigenous image of the modern day ‘warrior’. Matriarchs Uprising is supported through The Dance Centre’s Special Projects and Partnerships program. For full event descriptions and more info on our programming, artists, and festival partners please visit:www.matriarchsuprising.com Information Source: O.Dela Arts | eventbrite