The Redfern Arts Center has a smashing schedule for its upcoming 31st season, and you’re invited to come check it all out on Wednesday, September 19, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The party starts with a catered reception in the Redfern lobby, and then you’ll get a sneak peek of season highlights, including video and live performances by Apple Hill String Quartet and members of KSC’s departments of Music and Theatre and Dance.

The Redfern’s 31st season ranges from the political satire of Capitol Steps to the 1970s music of rocker Todd Rundgren and the Ethel String Quartet to hip-hop artist Baba Brinkman’s take on evolution and Chicago’s Griffin Theatre Company’s hit production Letters Home. The roster includes modern dance legend Donald Byrd’s moving homage to Jewish artists of the Holocaust, Alaskan-born dancer Emily Johnson’s performance installation exploring cultural identity and place, and Keene State faculty dancer Candice Salyers’ series of dance solos. New Hampshire’s own Apple Hill String Quartet returns to the Redfern stage with MIT composer Christine Southworth, and the Alloy Orchestra plays their original score during the screening of the silent science fiction classic The Complete Metropolis.

The Preview Party will also include a jazz/percussion piece by music faculty member Chris Swist and a scene from last year’s production of Rashomon. Candice Salyers will present a short dance, and Sara Coffey from the Vermont Performance Lab will discuss Emily Johnson’s piece, Niicugni. Staff from the Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will speak about Spectrum Dance’s provocative work based on Jewish artists who performed in Nazi death camps.

The Season Preview party is free, but reservations are requested. To RSVP, please call the Redfern Box Office at 603-358-2168 or send them an email.