Rieka Speaks is a versatile artist shaping narratives through poetry, acting, and comedy writing. As the co-founder of Issa Rae's Daughters Sketch Comedy Team, a sketch team led by Black women, Rieka brings a unique blend of humor and authenticity to her craft. Rieka's poetry delves into themes of mental health, sex positivity, relationships, recovery, and self-love. Rieka is a Best of Button poet and the 2023 Grand Slam Champion of The Writer's Den RVA. She was a member of the Virginia Commonwealth University slam team, Good Clear Sound, which placed third at the 2018 College Union Poetry Slam Invitational. | Free, ticket required | Open Mic Sign-up 5:30 P.M.

Multiverse focuses on the recognition, conscious or subconscious, and interpretation of the concept of the multiverse in contemporary visual art. The exhibition features digital art from Europe and the Americas, juxtaposed with analog works by artists from the northeastern United States.

Is anything the matter? Drawings by Laylah Ali includes more than one hundred drawings dating from 1993 to 2020. In her work, Ali explores the amalgam of race, power, gendering, human frailty, and murky politics. Join Ali for an artist talk about her exhibition.

Gonzalo Hidalgo Ardila, conductor
Featuring winners of the Concerto/Aria Competition

Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s program will center on Woke, an activist piece created in response to continuing racial violence and discrimination in American society. | Tickets $65-$30; Five College Students and Youth 17 & Under $20-$15

Book by Douglas Carter Beane and music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, Directed by Rose Schwietz Malla | Escape with us into the glittering world of the pastels, spandex and synthesizers of the roller disco! Ancient Greek Muse Clio goes undercover as a leg-warmer-wearing Australian to help hapless wannabe artist Sonny find his purpose. Along the way, she finds she has an important choice to make between immortality, or love and art. Xanadu is pure joy and silliness, with the hummable tunes of ELO mastermind Jeff Lynne. It will leave the audience rolling with laughter – and on skates! Recommended for children age 10 and up - mild references to sex, some coarse language.

Book by Douglas Carter Beane and music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, Directed by Rose Schwietz Malla | Escape with us into the glittering world of the pastels, spandex and synthesizers of the roller disco! Ancient Greek Muse Clio goes undercover as a leg-warmer-wearing Australian to help hapless wannabe artist Sonny find his purpose. Along the way, she finds she has an important choice to make between immortality, or love and art. Xanadu is pure joy and silliness, with the hummable tunes of ELO mastermind Jeff Lynne. It will leave the audience rolling with laughter – and on skates! Recommended for children age 10 and up - mild references to sex, some coarse language.

Book by Douglas Carter Beane and music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, Directed by Rose Schwietz Malla | Escape with us into the glittering world of the pastels, spandex and synthesizers of the roller disco! Ancient Greek Muse Clio goes undercover as a leg-warmer-wearing Australian to help hapless wannabe artist Sonny find his purpose. Along the way, she finds she has an important choice to make between immortality, or love and art. Xanadu is pure joy and silliness, with the hummable tunes of ELO mastermind Jeff Lynne. It will leave the audience rolling with laughter – and on skates! Recommended for children age 10 and up - mild references to sex, some coarse language.

Timothy T. Anderson, conductor

Matthew Westgate & Lindsay Bronnenkant, conductors