Open up your student planners to pencil in time for fun and engaging activities that will entertain as well as educate. The Austin Community College’s Arts and Humanities Division has organized a variety of stage and screen events open to the public as well as the ACC community.

The highlight this spring will be Carnival ah!, a two-day arts and humanities festival. This year’s theme is “ASL Rocks! Ah!” and will feature the addition of events created by, and for, the Deaf community in celebration of the recent opening of the Gallaudet University Regional Center at ACC.

“Carnival ah! has been a huge success for two years, and now we are finding a way to join forces with the American Sign Language/Interpreter Preparation Program. And the drama, dance, creative writing, and art departments keep bringing exciting and challenging programming,” says Lyman Grant dean of Arts and Humanities.

“This is going to be a great semester.”

Here’s what’s coming up:

Steve Kramer Retrospective

Feb 1-Mar 10

Rio Grande Campus Gallery, Bldg. 3000

Check the Arts and Humanities website for reception date and location. Free. Call for more information: 223.3263

Dance Movie Night

Feb 17, 6 p.m.

Rio Grande Campus, Gallery Theater

Free. Call for more information: 223.3384.

Kevin Clark & Wendy Barker Poetry Reading

Feb 24, 7 p.m.

South Austin Campus, Rm 1130

Clark teaches creative writing at Cal Poly in California, and Barker is poet-in-residence and a professor of English at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Free. Call for more information: 223.3226

Rough Magic

Feb 25-27, Mar 4-6 • Fri-Sat 8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m.

Rio Grande Campus, Mainstage Theater

In this action-adventure-fantasy, a vengeful Prospero steps out of the pages of Shakespeare’s “Tempest” and threatens death and destruction in modern Manhattan. Who in the world can save the day? A female dramaturg with magical powers and a team of motley misfits who must scramble to save the world. Directed by ACC Drama Adjunct Associate Professor David Yeakle, who is also artistic director of Austin’s Tongue & Groove Theatre Company. Suggested donation is $5 for students, $10 for general audience. All proceeds benefit the Drama and Dance Scholarship Fund. Call for more information: 223.3345

Guest Curator Exhibit

Mar 25-Apr 18

Rio Grande Campus Gallery, Bldg. 3000

Free. Call for more information: 223.3263

“Earth Based Spirituality” Interfaith Panel

Apr 6, 7 p.m.

Eastview Campus, Room 8500

Free. Call for more information: 223.3225

35th Annual Student Art Exhibit

Apr 6-28

Dougherty Arts Center, Julia C. Butridge Gallery

Reception and Awards Ceremony Apr 7, 6-8 p.m. Free. Call for more information: 223.3263

“Women, Education, and the Social Contract” Philosophy Lecture Series

Apr 7, 7-9 p.m.

Eastview Campus, Rm 8500

Sponsored by the ACC Austin Philosophy Forum. Free. Call for more information: 223.3011

“Manifest the Whale, the Teacup Destiny”

Apr 8-9, 8 p.m.

Rio Grande Campus, Mainstage Theatre

An interdisciplinary theatrical installation by Arthur Adair, inspired by Lydia Gibson’s short story “The Teacup Whale,” Shakespeare’s “Timon of Athens,” and the concept of Manifest Destiny. Suggested donation is $5 for students, $10 for general audience. All proceeds benefit the Drama and Dance Scholarship Fund. Call for more information: 223.3345

Carnival ah! “ASL Rocks”

Apr 12-13

Rio Grande Campus

ACC’s annual Arts and Humanities Festival is a public celebration of academic/artistic offerings of live music, dance, drama and performance art, as well as a student art sale, literary readings, philosophy and humanities discussions, open mic sessions, and film festival. Sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Division. Visit the Carnival ah! for information about specific activities.

Camille Dungy Reading

Apr 13, 7 p.m.

Rio Grande Campus, Gallery Theater

An award-winning poet and editor of “Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry.” Free. Call for more information: 223.3226

“Small Works of Great Art”

Apr 25-June 3

Rio Grande Campus Gallery, Bldg. 3000

Fund-raiser for the Steve Kramer Art Scholarship Fund. Reception April 29, 6-8pm. Free. Call for more information: 223.3263

“In 2 the West”

Apr 28-30, 8 p.m.

Rio Grande Campus, Gallery Theater

Co-produced by the Creative Writing Department and the Drama Department. Directed by Amparo Garcia and Sidney Brammer. Suggested donation is $5 for students, $10 for general audience. All proceeds benefit the Drama and Dance Scholarship Fund. Call for more information: 223.3345

“The Rio Review” Publication Celebration

May 4, 6-8 p.m.

Rio Grande Campus, Gallery Theater

ACC’s literary journal features poems, prose, screenplays, and artwork by students. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Department. Free. Call for more information: 223.3226

Spring Choreographers’ Showcase

May 6-7, 8 p.m.

Rio Grande Campus, Mainstage Theater

Dance Department features the best of the student work and three faculty choreographers. Suggested Donation of $5 for students, $10 for General Audience. All proceeds benefit the Drama and Dance Scholarship Fund. Call for more information: 223.3384

Spring Dance Informance

May 12, 7 p.m.

Rio Grande Campus Dance Studio, Room 130

Free. Call for more information: 223.3384

ACC Literary Coffeehouse

Jan 31, Feb 28, Mar 28, Apr 25, 7 p.m.

Austin Java, 1206 Parkway

The ACC Creative Writing Department sponsors monthly student literary gatherings open to all students and the public. Visit the Creative Writing website for information about these events. Free. Call for more information: 828.9368

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