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  • Jazz in the Square – Enloe Jazz Ambassadors and Juno Hill

    Moore Square 200 S. Blount St., Raleigh, NC

    Jazz in the Square returns to Moore Square with live performances from some of the Triangle’s top jazz musicians. This free concert series invites you to kick back with friends, enjoy great food, and soak in the soulful sounds of summer in Downtown Raleigh. Each evening features: Food trucks on-site Wine & beer available for purchase Space for blankets and chairs for lawn seating 2025 Lineup Sept. 11 – Enloe Jazz Ambassadors and Juno Hill Sept. 18 – Shirlette Ammons Sept. 25 – Brevan Hampden y sus Hermanos Let’s make the city swing—join us under the stars! Presented in partnership with Downtown Raleigh Alliance and Sleepy Cat Records. Details Days: Thursdays Time: 6 - 8 p.m. Ages: All Cost: Free

  • Artist Talk | Wandering Between Worlds

    Pullen Arts Center 105 Pullen Rd., Raleigh, NC, United States

    Join us at Pullen Arts Center on Thursday, September 18, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. for an artist talk with Allison Coleman, Min (ZC) Zhong, Ari Ferro, and Nancy Goodrich.   Event Details Date: Thursday, September 18 from 5:30pm-7:00pm Location: Pullen Art Center, 105 Pullen Road, Raleigh, NC Parking: Visitors must have a parking permit between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Check in at Pullen Arts Center’s front desk for a license plate-based parking permit. View our parking map Cost: Free and open to the public To purchase artwork, contact Pullen Arts Center for details. About the Exhibition Pullen Art Center's Wandering Between Worlds Exhibition features work from Allison Coleman, Jenn Hales, Marcia Moran, Ari Ferro, Min (ZC) Zhong, K. Orr Ambrose and Nancy Goodrich Artwork will be on display from Aug. 2 to Oct. 26, 2025. A closing reception will be held at Pullen Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.  Learn more about the Exhibition at Pullen Arts Center.

  • Jazz in the Square – Shirlette Ammons

    Moore Square 200 S. Blount St., Raleigh, NC

    Jazz in the Square returns to Moore Square with live performances from some of the Triangle’s top jazz musicians. This free concert series invites you to kick back with friends, enjoy great food, and soak in the soulful sounds of summer in Downtown Raleigh. Each evening features: Food trucks on-site Wine & beer available for purchase Space for blankets and chairs for lawn seating 2025 Lineup Sept. 18 – Shirlette Ammons Sept. 25 – Brevan Hampden y sus Hermanos Let’s make the city swing—join us under the stars! Presented in partnership with Downtown Raleigh Alliance and Sleepy Cat Records. Details Days: Thursdays Time: 6 - 8 p.m. Ages: All Cost: Free

  • Opening Reception: September-October Gallery Exhibitions at Sertoma Arts Center

    Sertoma Arts Center 1400 Millbrook Road, Raleigh, NC, United States

    Join us at Sertoma Arts Center on Saturday, September 20, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. for an opening reception. Meet the artists, learn about their work and creative processes, and enjoy an afternoon at the Sertoma Arts Center. About the Exhibition In this two month exhibit, the Raleigh Room will feature "Portraits, Perplexments and Other Past Peculiarities by Kevin Peddicord", the Hall Gallery will feature "Strucure Engaging Spontaneity" by Brain Imfeld,  and the Lobby will feature "Mountains to Sea Trail Sketches" by Jeff "Sketch Guy" Rezeli, "Deliberate Texture" by Ann Haigler, and "Everything in Between" by Matt Murray. Learn more about the Exhibition at Sertoma Arts Center. Event Details Date: Saturday, September 20; 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Sertoma Arts Center, 1400 Millbrook Road, Raleigh, NC 27612 Cost: Free and open to public To purchase artwork, contact Sertoma Arts Center for details.

  • Jazz in the Square – Brevan Hampden y sus Hermanos

    Moore Square 200 S. Blount St., Raleigh, NC

    Jazz in the Square returns to Moore Square with live performances from some of the Triangle’s top jazz musicians. This free concert series invites you to kick back with friends, enjoy great food, and soak in the soulful sounds of summer in Downtown Raleigh. Each evening features: Food trucks on-site Wine & beer available for purchase Space for blankets and chairs for lawn seating Let’s make the city swing—join us under the stars! Presented in partnership with Downtown Raleigh Alliance and Sleepy Cat Records. Details Days: Thursdays Time: 6 - 8 p.m. Ages: All Cost: Free

  • Ciba Punch

    DIX Park 1030 Richardson Dr, Raleigh, NC

    his workshop is part of a SEEK Raleigh public art project, Ciba Punch 女拳手打糍粑. Ciba Punch 女拳手打糍粑 is a participatory performance led by the Chinese Artists and Organizers Collective (CAO). Rooted in an ethic of care, the project invites community members to join in the process of transforming steamed sticky rice into ciba (糍粑 – traditional Chinese rice cakes often enjoyed with brown sugar or other toppings) by punching the rice. In bringing the making of Ciba into public space, the artists aim to honor and reframe the traditionally feminized labor of cooking, while highlighting food as a living archive for community connection, cultural exchange, and movement building. Participants are invited to channel emotions such as rage, grief, and love into the shared labor of food-making. During the performance, “Spiritual Figures” will move through the space, offering quiet guidance through humming and breathwork, embodying the presence of queer/feminist ancestors and future selves. Audience Participation All are welcome to participate in the Ciba Punch. Sanitation gloves will be provided; however, the food produced during the performance will not be prepared under regulated food safety conditions. Consumption of the rice cakes will be at the participants’ own risk. Event Details Date: Sunday, Sept. 28 Time: 3 - 5 p.m. Location: Dorothea Dix Park – grassy field […]

  • Jazz in the Square – Patrick McGrew Trio and Também

    Moore Square 200 S. Blount St., Raleigh, NC

    Jazz in the Square returns to Moore Square with live performances from some of the Triangle’s top jazz musicians. This free concert series invites you to kick back with friends, enjoy great food, and soak in the soulful sounds of summer in Downtown Raleigh. Evening features: Food trucks on-site Wine & beer available for purchase Space for blankets and chairs for lawn seating Details Days: Thursdays Time: 6 - 8 p.m. Ages: All Cost: Free

  • Iron Pour at Sertoma: Art in the Making

    Sertoma Arts Center 1400 Millbrook Road, Raleigh, NC, United States

    Join artist Jim Gallucci and his team for an iron pour and see public art for Sertoma Park being created in real time! Watch as molten iron is poured into sand molds during this dramatic and high-energy event and learn about the scratch block process—a unique way to design cast iron artwork. Enjoy the sights, sounds, and heat of the pour, grab a bite from local food trucks, and take part in a fun, creative experience for all ages. The event starts at 11am with the furnace lighting around noon. Enjoy food trucks and crafts while you wait for the iron to reach 3000 degrees Farenheit—the temperature at which the molten iron can be cast. Jim and his team will pour almost 1,400 lbs from 2 to 4pm. Learn more about Public Art at Sertoma Arts Center. In the event of a weather cancellation, a rain date will occur Sunday, October 12.

  • Weaving Plastic Bags: Artist-Led Workshop #2

    Walnut Creek Wetland Center 950 Peterson St, Raleigh, NC

    Help create a public artwork by weaving reused materials!   Join SEEK Raleigh artist Patrizia Ferreira at Walnut Creek Wetland Park to co-create a public artwork out of reused plastic bags. Workshops are free to the public. While registration is not required, we encourage you to RSVP on Eventbrite (click the register button above) so we can plan accordingly and receive any event updates. Learn more about the project   About the Instructor Patrizia Ferreira is an artist and educator living in Cary, NC. Her work laboriously incorporates the debris of her surroundings—namely, textiles and plastic—to create poetic pieces that speak of our society of over consumption and the state of our environment. By giving life to otherwise inanimate materials, she invites viewers to reflect upon the repercussions our actions cause on our planet. A native of Uruguay, a great part of her work reflects on being an immigrant and being a woman. Patrizia received a BA in textile design from the Institute of Industrial Design in Uruguay and an MS in textile design for prints from Philadelphia University.

  • Visible History: A Celebration of North Carolina Native American Culture | Block Gallery Artist Reception

    Block Gallery 222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC

    Date: Wednesday, Oct. 22 Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Join us for a Block Gallery artist reception. Our featured artist, Alexandra Williams, captures the proud cultural history and representation celebrated at the Dix Park Inter-Tribal Pow Wow. Her photography highlights the rich traditions of North Carolina’s original residents to bring visibility to this vibrant community. Learn more about the exhibition.