Arts Events
From performances and exhibitions to workshops and lectures, discover the latest arts events.
Featured Events
Aug
08
Play in Clay Workshop
Sat. Aug 08
Studio A, Stamp Student Union
Join one of Studio A’s ceramics technicians to experiment with clay and the pottery wheel. Learn how to wedge and center clay, and even try your hand at pulling a cylinder on the wheel.
Sep
20
-
Sep
26
Henson Week 2026
Sep 20
-
Sep 26
09:00 am
University of Maryland
Multi-day
Every year the University of Maryland community has a little extra fun in honor of two of its most creative alumni, Jim '60 & Jane '55 Henson around September 24.
Sep
23
Jazz Jams at Busboys and Poets
Wed. Sep 23
Busboys and Poets Hyattsville
A partnership between Clarice Presents and Busboys and Poets, Jazz Jams bring D.C.-based saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed to perform and lead a community-wide jam!
Oct
02
UMD Wind Orchestra Season Premiere
Fri. Oct 02
Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
The UMD Wind Orchestra highlights works by American composers, including Robert Kurska’s Suite from The Good Soldier Schweik and Michael Daugherty’s Fifteen: Symphonic Fantasy on the Art of Andy Warhol.
Oct
03
Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Eroica": UMD Symphony Orchestra
Sat. Oct 03
Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Multi-day
The UMD Symphony Orchestra opens its 2026–27 season with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica,” a revolutionary masterwork that influenced symphonic form for centuries after its debut.
Oct
04
Counterpoint: Rhapsody in Blue ft. Conrad Tao & Caleb Teicher
Sun. Oct 04
Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
A one-of-a-kind project—part dance, part piano recital, with a dose of theatrics!
Oct
07
Leslie Jones
Wed. Oct 07
Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Multiple Emmy Award-nominee Leslie Jones rolls out a night of jokes, celebrity stories and some unexpected surprises for a laugh-filled set you won't forget!
Oct
09
-
Oct
18
Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play
Oct 09
-
Oct 18
Kay Theatre, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Multi-day
What stories survive at the end of the world? In Anne Washburn’s daring dark comedy, Mr. Burns, A Post‑Electric Play, a band of survivors transform pop culture into myth and parables and TV characters into mythic figures of the time before the collapse.
Oct
18
Takács Quartet Plays Haydn, Simon & Schubert
Sun. Oct 18
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Internationally respected for their innovative programming, the renowned quartet performs works by Haydn and Schubert plus a world-premiere by Carlos Simon.
Oct
21
Jazz Jams at Busboys and Poets
Wed. Oct 21
Busboys and Poets Hyattsville
A partnership between Clarice Presents and Busboys and Poets, Jazz Jams bring D.C.-based saxophonist Elijah Jamal Balbed to perform and lead a community-wide jam!