BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//NCMA Winston-Salem - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:NCMA Winston-Salem X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov X-WR-CALDESC:Events for NCMA Winston-Salem REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T190000 DTSTAMP:20260702T144324Z CREATED:20260601T152046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260702T144324Z UID:10000027-1784311200-1784314800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Field Trip: ART CRUSH DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/field-trip-art-crush/ LOCATION:Arts District\, Downtown Winston-Salem ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Art-Crush-4222023-14-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260716T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260716T210000 DTSTAMP:20260710T162302Z CREATED:20260612T133700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T162302Z UID:10000029-1784224800-1784235600@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Opening Party: Unboxed: Art beyond the Museum DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/opening-party-unboxed-art-beyond-the-museum/ LOCATION:NCMA Winston-Salem Downtown | 400 W Fourth St. Ste. 130\, 400 W Fourth St. Ste. 130\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/UNBOXED-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260716T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260716T180000 DTSTAMP:20260618T193040Z CREATED:20260603T144330Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260618T193040Z UID:10000028-1784221200-1784224800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Member Preview: Unboxed: Art beyond the Museum DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n Members \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Ticket \n \n \n \n Students \n \n \n \n Military \n \n \n \n Small Groups \n \n \n \n 65 Years + \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/member-preview-iunboxed-art-beyond-the-museum-i/ LOCATION:NCMA Winston-Salem Downtown | 400 W Fourth St. Ste. 130\, 400 W Fourth St. Ste. 130\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DSC00903-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260711T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260711T140000 DTSTAMP:20260701T143803Z CREATED:20260522T021425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260701T143803Z UID:10000023-1783767600-1783778400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:2nd Saturday: Bold Shapes & Bright Colors DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/2nd-saturday-bold-shapes-bright-colors/ LOCATION:Winston Square Park | 310 N Marshall St. 27101\, 310 Marshall St. N\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/UNBOXED-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260627T130000 DTSTAMP:20260616T153628Z CREATED:20260423T122331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T153628Z UID:10000013-1782558000-1782565200@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:ART/LIT: Pocket-sized Stories DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/art-literacy-pocket-sized-stories/ LOCATION:Central Library | 660 W Fifth St. 27101\, 660 W Fifth St.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Art-Literacy-Pocket-Sized-Stories.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T200000 DTSTAMP:20260616T154137Z CREATED:20260513T140945Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T154137Z UID:10000019-1782493200-1782504000@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Park Hangs: Cosmic Collective DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/park-hangs-cosmic-collective/ LOCATION:Bailey Park | 445 Patterson Ave. 27101\, 445 Patterson Ave.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Cosmic-Collective.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T140000 DTSTAMP:20260602T185121Z CREATED:20260501T130542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T185121Z UID:10000018-1781348400-1781359200@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:2nd Saturday: Dandelion Printmaking DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/2nd-saturday-dandelion-printmaking/ LOCATION:Winston Square Park | 310 N Marshall St. 27101\, 310 Marshall St. N\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/City-of-W-S-Dandelions.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T190000 DTSTAMP:20260512T160626Z CREATED:20260421T200809Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T160626Z UID:10000011-1781200800-1781204400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Field Trip: Delta Arts Center DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/field-trip-delta-arts-center/ LOCATION:Delta Arts Center\, 2611 New Walkertown Rd.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Delta-Arts-Center.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T230000 DTSTAMP:20260522T033225Z CREATED:20260504T164941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T033225Z UID:10000020-1780164000-1780182000@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Party at the Moon Tower DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/party-at-the-moon-tower/ LOCATION:Back Table\, 816 South Elm St.\, Greensboro\, 27406\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-04-at-12.40.24-PM.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260529T200000 DTSTAMP:20260526T193830Z CREATED:20260428T155307Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T193830Z UID:10000016-1780074000-1780084800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Park Hangs: Tre. Charles DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/park-hangs-tre-charles/ LOCATION:Bailey Park | 445 Patterson Ave. 27101\, 445 Patterson Ave.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Tre-Charles.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T190000 DTSTAMP:20260522T022043Z CREATED:20260421T195749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T022043Z UID:10000010-1779991200-1779994800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Field Trip: Culture WS DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/field-trip-culture-ws/ LOCATION:Culture WS\, Liberty Plaza\, 102 W 3rd St. #470\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/annie-spratt-jCrftLHe3ec-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T180000 DTSTAMP:20260512T154818Z CREATED:20260421T162953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T154818Z UID:10000009-1779386400-1779386400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Book Club: Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/book-club-vanishing-world-by-sayaka-murata/ LOCATION:Lot 63\, 614 S Main St.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Vanishing-World_Sayaka-Murata-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T130000 DTSTAMP:20260512T155341Z CREATED:20260421T144313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T155341Z UID:10000008-1778925600-1778936400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Art in the Park: Paper-Mâché Clouds DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/art-in-the-park-paper-mache-clouds/ LOCATION:Merschel Plaza | 122 W Fourth St. 27101\, 180 W Fourth St.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Paper-Mache-Clouds.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T220000 DTSTAMP:20260512T153815Z CREATED:20260508T141813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T153815Z UID:10000022-1778871600-1778882400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:ART CRUSH: Color the District DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/art-crush-color-the-district/ LOCATION:Arts District\, Downtown Winston-Salem ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Art-Crush-May-15.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T140000 DTSTAMP:20260501T130958Z CREATED:20260501T130414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T130958Z UID:10000017-1778324400-1778335200@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:2nd Saturday: Sculpting Our Downtown Story DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/2nd-saturday-sculpting-our-downtown-story/ LOCATION:Winston Square Park | 310 N Marshall St. 27101\, 310 Marshall St. N\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/jonathan-borba-2pjNCNwqrlA-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260502T130000 DTSTAMP:20260527T155125Z CREATED:20260421T142403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T155125Z UID:10000007-1777719600-1777726800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Art & Literacy: Peel Back the Image DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/art-literacy-peel-back-the-image/ LOCATION:Southside Branch Library\, 3185 Buchanan St.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27127 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Art-Literacy-May-2026.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260424T200000 DTSTAMP:20260522T025447Z CREATED:20260421T134142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T025447Z UID:10000006-1777050000-1777060800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Park Hangs: Blue Cactus DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Monk and Robot \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Monk and Robot\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n Add to Calendar \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n Overview \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Oct 29\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \n\nOctober’s discussion of Monk and Robot will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion. \nMonk and Robot by Becky Chambers\nIn Monk and Robot\, the robots of Panga have long ago achieved self-awareness and retreated into the forests\, where they’ve become the stuff of legends and myth. However\, when a robot checks in on a tea monk one day\, honoring its ancient duty\, it cannot leave until the monk answers the simple question: “What do you need?” \nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world. \nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP \n \n \n\n \n \n Share: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n Related Events \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Parable of the Sower \n\n \n Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler\nOriginally published in 1993\, Parable of the Sower is a seminal dystopian and speculative fiction novel by Octavia E. Butler. Set in a near-future California devastated by climate change\, economic collapse\, and wealth inequality\, Parable of the Sower follows young Lauren Olamina as she flees her burning home and attempts to establish a new\, survivalist community.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n August 27\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life \n\n \n September’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104). Attendees are welcome to purchase coffee and baked goods at the airstream and bring them to the discussion.\nAnother Life by Sarena Ulibarri\nSarena Ulibarri’s Another Life is a solarpunk novella published by Stelliform Press. Set in a sustainable\, post-collapse community in Death Valley called “Otra Vida\,” the story explores the ethical dilemmas of a society discovering scientific proof of reincarnation.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n September 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Book Club: Walkaway \n\n \n Walkaway by Cory Doctorow\nHubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. After all\, now that anyone can design and print the basic necessities of life—food\, clothing\, shelter—from a computer\, there seems to be little reason to toil within the system. It’s still a dangerous world out there\, the empty lands wrecked by climate change\, dead cities hollowed out by industrial flight\, shadows hiding predators animal and human alike. Still\, when the initial pioneer walkaways flourish\, more people join them. Soon the walkaways discover the one thing the ultra-rich have never been able to buy: how to beat death. Now it’s war\, and it threatens to turn the world upside down.\nPlease be advised that Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content.\nNCMA Winston-Salem Book Club\nBook Club is going solarpunk this fall. An emerging subgenre of speculative fiction\, solarpunk envisions futures in which climate change triggers innovation\, resilience\, community building\, and closer bonds with the natural world.\nJoin other curious readers and dive headfirst into contemporary literary fiction. Led by NCMA Winston-Salem Executive Director and former English professor Bill Carpenter\, Book Club offers guided conversations covering a range of topics\, from themes and imagery to plot structures and character development\, with selections ranging from national bestsellers to experimental novels. All are welcome at Book Club\, even those who don’t finish the book. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/park-hangs-blue-cactus/ LOCATION:Bailey Park | 445 Patterson Ave. 27101\, 445 Patterson Ave.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/SMALL_20250730_BlueCactus_EQ_11-copy.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR