Arts & Entertainment

Each of the "Art What You Eat" photographers works with food as their subject matter but has a unique approach to tell their individual story. Whether it is the captured moments of food preparation by Anna Routh Barzin, the frozen-in-time images of Harsha Sipani, or the abstracted, minimalist design approach of Dhanraj Emanuel, their work reflects and celebrates our current culture. Artist Reception Join us at the Block Gallery reception to meet the artists. This event is free and open to the public. Date: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 Time: 6-8 p.m. Location: Block Gallery, 222 W. Hargett Street (inside Raleigh Municipal Building) Parking: Visitors can park in the Municipal Complex Parking Deck at 201 W. Morgan Street, Raleigh, NC 27601

The 2026 Raleigh Medal of Arts Awards will feature presentations and performances honoring extraordinary achievements in the arts. 2026 Medal awardess are Lauren Kennedy Brady, Alec and Georgia Donaldson, Chasta Hamilton, Living in Color Exhibit, Peter Marín, Rafael A. Osuba, Michelle Pearson, Zalman “Zali” Raffael, Seed Art Share, Lizette Cruz Watko. Event Details When: Monday October 19, 2026, 6:00-9 p.m. Where: Stewart Theatre in NC State University's Talley Student Union The pre-show reception with live entertainment begins at 6 p.m., and the awards program starts at 7 p.m. Ticket Details   Reserve your ticket on Eventbrite! Tickets are free, general admission, and first come, first served. There is a two-ticket limit per order. Learn more about the 2026 Medal of Arts Ceremony and Awardees   Accessibility The Stewart Theatre at Talley Student Union is an accessible venue and information about parking, navigation and more can be found on the venue’s accessibility webpage. ASL interpretation, audio description, captioning, large print materials and quiet space can be provided upon request. For questions or to request accommodations or services, please contact Barbette Hunter (barbette.hunter@raleighnc.gov / 919-996-3610) at least two weeks before the event so we can make every effort to meet your needs. Requests received after this date will be accommodated, when possible, but […]

Syllabary Aug. 2 - Oct. 25, 2026 Join us for a closing reception for Syllabary on Saturday, Oct. 24 from 2:30 - 4 p.m. Check out the artwork, meet the artist, and enjoy an afternoon of community at Pullen Arts Center Featuring the artwork of interdisciplinary Durham-based artist Jason Lord, Syllabary is an evolving body of work emerging from questions I have returned to for years about the relationship between parts and wholes, the ways rules generate possibility rather than merely constrain it, the strange power of language to gather the world into names while inevitably leaving something outside them, and the different kinds of thinking that become possible through making. These questions are not illustrated by the work so much as discovered through the process of making it, emerging through assembling and disassembling, repeating and revising, working within self-imposed constraints, and allowing materials, forms, and images to migrate across different contexts. The objects in this exhibition are not expressions of ideas that existed beforehand. They are the material record of thought taking shape. Learn more about the Exhibition at Pullen Arts Center. Location:  Pullen Arts 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 […]