Events for September 19, 2025

Please come join us in celebrating the state finalists of this year's North Carolina Senior Games, Silver Arts Division. There will be multiple artists on display in four different galleries, as well as two days of fierce (but fun) competition and performances in the Cary Arts Center theater. Thursday: Silver Arts Cheerleader showcase - competition begins at 5:00 PM, this is a free event to the public. Friday: Heritage, Visual, and Literary Arts showcase - opens to the public from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Friday: Silver Arts Follies variety showcase - shows begin at 4:00 PM; this is a ticketed event. For more information and tickets: https://www.ncseniorgames.org/sf-silverarts

The Made in NC program features the world premiere of four ADF-commissioned works by North Carolina artists. In 2022, Alejandro Cerrudo was appointed artistic director of Charlotte Ballet. Born in Madrid, Spain, his career includes work with Victor Ullate Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater 2, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Gerri Houlihan has been on the faculty of ADF since 1981 and currently teaches at ADF’s Samuel H. Scripps Studios in Durham. She received ADF’s Balasaraswati Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching and served as Co-Dean and Dean of the ADF School from 2010 to 2015. Norberto “Betto” Herrera, an Ecuadorian immigrant, founded the Mambo Dinamico Dance Company in 2002 and now teaches Afro-Latin dance at Carmen’s Cuban Cafe in North Carolina. He has been recognized for his contributions to dance and culture, including receiving the 2020 Arts and Culture Diamante Award and working with prestigious institutions like the Nasher Museum of Art and North Carolina Symphony. Tanu Sharma, a dance artist and choreographer from India, has taught dance to all ages and participated in various cultural outreach programs and lecture demonstrations. She has been involved in fundraising events, including Dancing with the Carolina Stars at the Carolina Theatre of Durham and supporting the Two Cents of Hope student organization at NCSU. Know Before You Go This is NOT a drop off event. Parents and guardians must stay with their child the entire time. This event is open to the public. This event is suitable for all ages.