IT’S MARCH MADNESS AT THE PUSH!!!
We’re proud to announce the return of the Push Comedy Theater 3 on 3 Improv Tournament.
Don’t miss it as 16 teams battle it out in an elimination-style competition for 3 on 3 improv supremacy! Will one of the improv powerhouses be crowned champion, or will a Cinderella story take it all?
It all starts with the sweet 16! Each team will be given just five minutes to dazzle both the audience and our secret panel of judges with their improv skills.
Need a Fun Girl’s Night Out? Show your support for women in comedy.
GirlProv is an all-female improv show that showcases some of the funniest women in the area. Our ladies take your one-word suggestions and stories, then weave them into a series of hilarious scenes right in front of your eyes. Imagine a sorority house party vibe combined with a girl’s night out on the town. That’s the kind of fun you’d find hanging out with these amazing women.
Girlprov is a fan-favorite show at The Push Comedy Theater and will leave you in stitches. So, spend an evening with us and celebrate women in comedy every first Friday of the month. Smash the patriarchy and leave with a smile on your face afterward.
Our show consists of two halves with a (roughly) 10-minute intermission. That’s plenty of time to refresh your beverage and take a bathroom break. It’s also plenty of time for the occasional dance party that breaks out in the aisle.
“When asked to curate this exhibition, I came to the assignment with little preconception of what art I might encounter or, indeed, what type of show might come out the other end of the hand wringing and mental gymnastics. It quickly became apparent from the large quantity of high-quality work submitted that one could assemble many different fascinating shows. The talent runs deep here at ODU, and it is clear that the Art Department is fostering a hotbed of material and media investigation and cross-pollination.
On my digital wander through the many excellent student entries, I found myself drawn again and again to those works that in some way delivered insight into the lives of their makers. Through their faces, their fascinations, and their fears, the artists in this show give us a peek into their proverbial fridge and a boo when we see ourselves reflected in the chrome. In this sense, the concept of portraiture is vast and can be one useful lens to understand the interstitial bonds between the works here.
Upon repeated examination, other enticing connections and contradictions emerged. Whether captured in a frozen pose or rendered in the glow of active labor, some subjects yearn for eye contact while others shyly avoid your gaze. A wise horse peers into your soul while a drunken octopus passes out amidst a scene of modest debauchery. Introspective self-portraits make close company with constructed iconographies of reified Big Macs and glistening nuggets in a pointed reminder that we are what we eat.
Several artists take us on realtor’s tours through their banal yet oddly vulnerable domesticated spaces while others take us by the hand and lead us into the forest to romp and frolic with mushroom friends. Fantasies of disparate utopian models float above works grounded in the current desire for grim political resistance. Both paths serve as a form of healthy escapism from a sense of helplessness in the face of the firehose of cruelty and cultural negativity.
Lastly, I have always been captivated by the attention demanded by tiny objects. I included a collection of finely crafted small works that I imagined as talismans endowed with the power to protect. I grouped these tiny treasures with a pair of impeccable renderings of the coughed-up contents of people’s pockets. In some ways, even in the total absence of corporeal representation, these tiny objects and meticulous drawings are the most revealing portraits in the show.
I hope that you choose your own adventure as you traverse the exhibition and find works that bring you joy while challenging your beliefs and bias.”
– Benjamin Wright, Artist | Curator | Educator, Chair of Visual Arts: Governor’s School for the Arts
On view from March 7th- April 5th
Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by Anthony Mark Stockard
Don’t miss the 10th Anniversary Revival Production of Norfolk State University’s first production to be invited to the International Black Theatre Festival and first to win national honors at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brothers Size! Inspired by the rich tradition of the Yoruba people of West Africa, The Brothers Size transforms three West African Warrior Gods into everyday men as we follow the recently paroled Oshoosi as he seeks to jumpstart his life in the Louisiana bayou. Oshoosi quickly finds himself torn between his strict older brother Ogun, loyalty to his friend Elegba, and his dreams. Flights of poetry, music and West African mythology slam together in a visceral tale that begins in ritual and evolves into a hot-blooded tough and tender drama about the need for freedom, what it looks like and who it belongs to.
Rope making is a chance to learn and create with your hands in an interactive way.
Discover how rope and rope making has been implemented on board ships for hundreds of years and how it impacted economic trade throughout the world’s oceans.
Rope making doesn’t just have to involve producing rope for sailing. Help craft your own colorful rope bracelet using technology our ancestors did as we dive into all these topics while spinning your way through history.
Something you don’t want to miss!
Something you don’t want to miss!
Join us for the new Jr Master Gardeners series! The Junior Master Gardener (JMG) program is an innovative 4-H gardening program for children and families. JMG engages children in “hands-on” group and individual learning experiences that promote a love of gardening, develop an appreciation for the environment, and cultivate the mind.
CLASS SCHEDULE:
Saturday, March 15 | Seed Explorers
Saturday, March 22 | Sunshine Science
Saturday, March 29 | Incredible Edibles
