BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//NCMA Winston-Salem - ECPv6.17.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20250101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE 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:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260730T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260730T190000 DTSTAMP:20260728T150709Z CREATED:20260615T183759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T150709Z UID:10000030-1785434400-1785438000@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Location History 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 Ticket \n \n Free \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/artist-talk-location-history/ 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/png:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/NCMA-Artist-Talk-Cover-Image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T163000 DTSTAMP:20260730T141636Z CREATED:20260701T135313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T141636Z UID:10000034-1785598200-1785601800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:[CANCELLED] Field Trip 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-cohab-space/ LOCATION:Cohab.Space | 1547 W English Rd. High Point\, 1547 W English Rd.\, High Point\, NC\, 27262 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Hanna-in-gallery-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260803T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260803T140000 DTSTAMP:20260729T184237Z CREATED:20260721T133415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T184237Z UID:10000044-1785754800-1785765600@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Member Monday 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 \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-monday/ 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/2026/07/2G4A0540.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260806T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260806T190000 DTSTAMP:20260728T143412Z CREATED:20260624T183320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T143412Z UID:10000033-1786035600-1786042800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Open Studio: Clay Forms 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/open-studio-expressive-portraits-2/ 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/darla-bethea-IEd8dre7s7w-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T140000 DTSTAMP:20260616T192819Z CREATED:20260522T032654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T192819Z UID:10000026-1786186800-1786197600@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:2nd Saturday: Paper Ziggurats 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-paper-ziggurats/ 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/beyza-yurtkuran-gRaY1pY08ck-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260813T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260813T190000 DTSTAMP:20260727T181614Z CREATED:20260615T223715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T181614Z UID:10000031-1786644000-1786647600@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Portrait Mode 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/artist-talk-portrait-mode/ 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/png:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/NCMA-Artist-Talk-Cover-Image-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260815T130000 DTSTAMP:20260803T160935Z CREATED:20260727T232207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T160935Z UID:10000046-1786788000-1786798800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Art in the Park: Found Object Puppets 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-found-object-puppets/ LOCATION:Granville Park | 700 Granville Dr. 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Image.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260820T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260820T220000 DTSTAMP:20260729T163830Z CREATED:20260706T151143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T163830Z UID:10000035-1787248800-1787263200@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Vinyl Lounge 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/vinyl-lounge/ 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/2026/07/DSCF9349-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T200000 DTSTAMP:20260720T175729Z CREATED:20260522T024150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260720T175729Z UID:10000024-1787331600-1787342400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Park Hangs: Coconut Cake 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-coconut-cake/ 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/ncma-bailey-park-20.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260822T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260822T130000 DTSTAMP:20260706T154216Z CREATED:20260706T154210Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T154216Z UID:10000036-1787396400-1787403600@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:ART/LIT: Poster Art 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-lit-poster-art/ LOCATION:Central Library | 660 W Fifth St. 27101\, 660 W Fifth St.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-06-at-11.40.19-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260827T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260827T190000 DTSTAMP:20260727T142854Z CREATED:20260706T155448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T142854Z UID:10000037-1787853600-1787857200@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Book Club: Parable of the Sower 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-parable-of-the-sower/ LOCATION:Central Library | 660 W Fifth St. 27101\, 660 W Fifth St.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NCMA-Book-Club-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260828T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260828T200000 DTSTAMP:20260811T154614Z CREATED:20260805T212449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T154614Z UID:10000053-1787936400-1787947200@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Park Hangs: General Purpose 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-general-purpose/ LOCATION:Bailey Park | 445 Patterson Ave. 27101\, 445 Patterson Ave.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/generalpurpose.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T190000 DTSTAMP:20260728T162109Z CREATED:20260728T161403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T162109Z UID:10000050-1789063200-1789066800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Field Trip: S.I.D.E. Chair Library 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-s-i-d-e-chair-library/ LOCATION:S.I.D.E. Chair Library at Salem College | 430 Leaders Ave. 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Chair-Library-0137-1-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260912T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260912T160000 DTSTAMP:20260803T160750Z CREATED:20260803T160002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260803T160750Z UID:10000052-1789203600-1789228800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Educator Workshop: Reading the World Through Art 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 Educators \n \n Free \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/educator-workshop-reading-the-world-through-art/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Reading-the-World-Through-Art-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260912T140000 DTSTAMP:20260728T152642Z CREATED:20260728T152025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T152642Z UID:10000045-1789210800-1789221600@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:2nd Saturday: Sign Painting 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-sign-painting/ 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/2026/07/nathan-dumlao-oXuP1i2nEls-unsplash-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260919T130000 DTSTAMP:20260727T144637Z CREATED:20260421T202109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T144637Z UID:10000012-1789812000-1789822800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Art in the Park: Botanical Gelli Prints 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-botanical-gelli-prints/ LOCATION:Miller Park Community Center\, 400 Leisure Ln.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27103 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Art-in-the-Park-Botanical-Gelli-Prints.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260924T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260924T190000 DTSTAMP:20260727T142934Z CREATED:20260706T163348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260727T142934Z UID:10000038-1790272800-1790276400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Book Club: Another Life 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-another-life/ LOCATION:Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/9.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T200000 DTSTAMP:20260710T210919Z CREATED:20260710T210526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T210919Z UID:10000042-1790355600-1790366400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Park Hangs: Kit McKay 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-kit-mckay/ LOCATION:Bailey Park | 445 Patterson Ave. 27101\, 445 Patterson Ave.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-10-at-4.39.07-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261001T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261001T190000 DTSTAMP:20260728T145325Z CREATED:20260728T144739Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T145325Z UID:10000047-1790874000-1790881200@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Open Studio: Hidden Layers 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/open-studio-hidden-layers/ 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/2026/07/andrej-lisakov-JSqEgBhl_Ds-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T143000 DTSTAMP:20260812T161816Z CREATED:20260728T154202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260812T161816Z UID:10000048-1791628200-1791642600@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:2nd Saturday: Community Day at Reynolda House 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-community-day-at-reynolda-house-museum-of-american-art/ LOCATION:Reynolda House Museum of American Art | 2250 Reynolda Rd. 27106 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Reynolda-House-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T200000 DTSTAMP:20260710T212451Z CREATED:20260710T212146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T212451Z UID:10000043-1792170000-1792180800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Park Hangs: Real Companion 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-real-companion/ LOCATION:Bailey Park | 445 Patterson Ave. 27101\, 445 Patterson Ave.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Real-Companion-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261029T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261029T190000 DTSTAMP:20260731T140722Z CREATED:20260709T202951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T140722Z UID:10000040-1793296800-1793300400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Book Club: Monk and Robot 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-monk-and-robot/ LOCATION:Coffee Park | 1208 Reynolda Rd. 27104 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/8.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T140000 DTSTAMP:20260728T160130Z CREATED:20260728T160050Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T160130Z UID:10000049-1794650400-1794664800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:2nd Saturday: Secret Shapes 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-secret-shapes/ 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/2026/07/siora-photography-fz_aFtsHOWQ-unsplash.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261203T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261203T190000 DTSTAMP:20260731T140653Z CREATED:20260709T203834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T140653Z UID:10000041-1796320800-1796324400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Book Club: Walkaway 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-walkaway/ LOCATION:Central Library | 660 W Fifth St. 27101\, 660 W Fifth St.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/7.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR