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:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20250101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T143000
DTSTAMP:20260728T154943Z
CREATED:20260728T154202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T154943Z
UID:10000048-1791628200-1791642600@ncmawinstonsalem.gov
SUMMARY:2nd Saturday: Community Day at Reynolda House Museum of American 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/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