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:20261119T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261119T220000 DTSTAMP:20261013T144341Z CREATED:20261013T144334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T144341Z UID:10000075-1795111200-1795125600@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Vinyl Lounge DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Another Life \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Sep 24\, 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\, Sep 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1206 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \nSeptember’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1206 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 \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: Monk and Robot \n\n \n NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\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.\n \n\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?” \n \n \n \n \n \n October 29\, 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 NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\nIn December\, join other curious readers at Central Library to discuss Cory Doctorow’s sci-fi novel Walkaway.\n \n\nWALKAWAY BY CORY DOCTOROW\nIn Walkaway\, Hubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. 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 NOTE: Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/vinyl-lounge-3/ 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/2026/10/Benz-Micro-Needle-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261122T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261122T140000 DTSTAMP:20261020T012811Z CREATED:20260918T191720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T012811Z UID:10000065-1795350600-1795356000@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Field Trip: Piedmont Craftsmen's Fair DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Another Life \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Sep 24\, 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\, Sep 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1206 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \nSeptember’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1206 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 \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\nFIELD TRIPS\n\n\n\nField Trips are community art excursions to local\, arts-based organizations and institutions for an inside look at spaces that are shaping the cultural landscape in the North Carolina triad. The monthly meet-ups are led by NCMA Winston-Salem staff and may include collaborative art-making\, movement or sound explorations\, guided tours\, or creative prompts. Like the field trips of our childhoods\, they combine fun and learning\, all while showcasing unique\, local entities that are rooted in the arts. \n\n\n\nField Trips are free to attend but registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis program is part of the ongoing series NC Strong: Resilience\, Tradition\, and Innovation\, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. \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: Monk and Robot \n\n \n NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\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.\n \n\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?” \n \n \n \n \n \n October 29\, 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 NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\nIn December\, join other curious readers at Central Library to discuss Cory Doctorow’s sci-fi novel Walkaway.\n \n\nWALKAWAY BY CORY DOCTOROW\nIn Walkaway\, Hubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. 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 NOTE: Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/field-trip-piedmont-craftsmens-fair/ LOCATION:Benton Convention Center | 301 W Fifth St. 27101 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/laura-nyhuis-V3wmYOvqvf8-unsplash-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261203T180000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261203T190000 DTSTAMP:20261015T211654Z CREATED:20260709T203834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T211654Z UID:10000041-1796320800-1796324400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Book Club: Walkaway DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Another Life \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Sep 24\, 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\, Sep 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1206 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \nSeptember’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1206 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 \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\nBOOK CLUB\n\n\n\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\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: Monk and Robot \n\n \n NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\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.\n \n\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?” \n \n \n \n \n \n October 29\, 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 NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\nIn December\, join other curious readers at Central Library to discuss Cory Doctorow’s sci-fi novel Walkaway.\n \n\nWALKAWAY BY CORY DOCTOROW\nIn Walkaway\, Hubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. 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 NOTE: Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content. \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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261205T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261205T130000 DTSTAMP:20261015T211459Z CREATED:20260918T195035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261015T211459Z UID:10000066-1796468400-1796475600@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:ART/LIT Teen Art Club: Box Stitch Bookbinding DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Another Life \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Sep 24\, 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\, Sep 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1206 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \nSeptember’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1206 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 \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\nART/LIT\n\n\n\nStudents ages 12-17 are invited to explore the intersection of visual arts and literature at ART/LIT\, an art club for teens that meets monthly for hands-on workshops led by working artists at local library branches. Workshops are open to all skill levels and encourage curiosity\, creativity\, and connection through art. ART/LIT is presented in partnership with Forsyth County Public Library. All materials are provided. \n\n\n\nParticipation is free but registration is required. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis program is part of the ongoing series NC Strong: Resilience\, Tradition\, and Innovation\, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. \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: Monk and Robot \n\n \n NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\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.\n \n\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?” \n \n \n \n \n \n October 29\, 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 NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\nIn December\, join other curious readers at Central Library to discuss Cory Doctorow’s sci-fi novel Walkaway.\n \n\nWALKAWAY BY CORY DOCTOROW\nIn Walkaway\, Hubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. 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 NOTE: Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/art-lit-teen-art-club-box-stitch-bookbinding/ 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/2026/09/BoxStitchBk.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261211T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261211T210000 DTSTAMP:20261020T013736Z CREATED:20260918T180241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T013736Z UID:10000063-1797012000-1797022800@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Field Trip: UNCSA Design & Production Studios DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Another Life \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Sep 24\, 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\, Sep 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1206 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \nSeptember’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1206 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 \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\nFIELD TRIPS\n\n\n\nField Trips are community art excursions to local\, arts-based organizations and institutions for an inside look at spaces that are shaping the cultural landscape in the North Carolina triad. The monthly meet-ups are led by NCMA Winston-Salem staff and may include collaborative art-making\, movement or sound explorations\, guided tours\, or creative prompts. Like the field trips of our childhoods\, they combine fun and learning\, all while showcasing unique\, local entities that are rooted in the arts. \n\n\n\nField Trips are free to attend but registration is required. \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: Monk and Robot \n\n \n NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\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.\n \n\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?” \n \n \n \n \n \n October 29\, 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 NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\nIn December\, join other curious readers at Central Library to discuss Cory Doctorow’s sci-fi novel Walkaway.\n \n\nWALKAWAY BY CORY DOCTOROW\nIn Walkaway\, Hubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. 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 NOTE: Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/field-trip-uncsa-design-production-studios/ LOCATION:UNCSA | 1533 South Main St 27127 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/UNCSA-School-of-Design-Production.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261212T130000 DTSTAMP:20261020T011743Z CREATED:20261019T174150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261020T011743Z UID:10000076-1797069600-1797080400@ncmawinstonsalem.gov SUMMARY:Art in the Park: Stamped & Embroidered Patches DESCRIPTION:/ \n Events \n / \n Book Club: Another Life \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Free \n \n \n \n Book Club: Another Life\n \n\n \n \n Thursday\, Sep 24\, 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\, Sep 24\, 2026 \n \n \n \n \n 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM \n \n \n \n Coffee Park | 1206 Reynolda Rd. 27104\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n \nSeptember’s discussion of Another Life will take place at Coffee Park (1206 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 \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\nART IN THE PARK\n\n\n\nArt in the Park is a free pop-up series presented by NCMA Winston-Salem and Winston-Salem Recreation & Parks. Designed for all ages\, Art in the Park invites you to explore your creativity at scenic local parks. Drop by between 10:00 and 1:00 to enjoy a unique\, hands-on tutorial led by our featured local artist. \n\n\n\nMaterials are provided\, and if you can’t stay to create\, we’ll happily send you off with supplies to help spark your imagination later. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis program is part of the ongoing series NC Strong: Resilience\, Tradition\, and Innovation\, supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. \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: Monk and Robot \n\n \n NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\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.\n \n\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?” \n \n \n \n \n \n October 29\, 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 NCMA Winston-Salem Book Club is going solarpunk this season. 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.\nIn December\, join other curious readers at Central Library to discuss Cory Doctorow’s sci-fi novel Walkaway.\n \n\nWALKAWAY BY CORY DOCTOROW\nIn Walkaway\, Hubert and Natalie decide to give up fully on formal society and walk away. 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 NOTE: Walkaway contains mature adult themes and content. \n \n \n \n \n \n December 3\, 2026 URL:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/event/art-in-the-park-embroidered-patches/ LOCATION:Polo Park Community Center | 1850 Polo Rd. 27106\, 1850 Polo Rd.\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27106 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ncmawinstonsalem.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/minh-triet-c5TYG4b2QvI-unsplash-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR