Community Calendar

The Charlotte Film Festival returns for six days at the Independent Picture House, showcasing original stories, fresh perspectives, and bold filmmaking from around the world. Enjoy screenings, filmmaker talks, and special events that celebrate the spirit of independent cinema.

Discover Different — only at Charlotte Film Festival.

The Charlotte Film Festival returns for six days at the Independent Picture House, showcasing original stories, fresh perspectives, and bold filmmaking from around the world. Enjoy screenings, filmmaker talks, and special events that celebrate the spirit of independent cinema.

Discover Different — only at Charlotte Film Festival.

The Charlotte Film Festival returns for six days at the Independent Picture House, showcasing original stories, fresh perspectives, and bold filmmaking from around the world. Enjoy screenings, filmmaker talks, and special events that celebrate the spirit of independent cinema.

Discover Different — only at Charlotte Film Festival.

The Charlotte Film Festival returns for six days at the Independent Picture House, showcasing original stories, fresh perspectives, and bold filmmaking from around the world. Enjoy screenings, filmmaker talks, and special events that celebrate the spirit of independent cinema.

Discover Different — only at Charlotte Film Festival.

The Charlotte Film Festival returns for six days at the Independent Picture House, showcasing original stories, fresh perspectives, and bold filmmaking from around the world. Enjoy screenings, filmmaker talks, and special events that celebrate the spirit of independent cinema.

Discover Different — only at Charlotte Film Festival.

The Midwood Mile is a long-term placemaking initiative to create both an amenity and an attraction for everyone to enjoy on The Plaza between Parkwood Avenue and Central Avenue. This street is both a gateway and main travel spine for our neighborhood, as well as a thruway for our Charlotte neighbors. Our vision is to create a safe, welcoming, vibrant, and people-friendly place that encourages activity, facilitates connections, and builds community. Imagine what beauty and interest might be created with a sustained effort to implement landscaping, art, and more along our neighborhood’s driveway.

The Charlotte Film Festival returns for six days at the Independent Picture House, showcasing original stories, fresh perspectives, and bold filmmaking from around the world. Enjoy screenings, filmmaker talks, and special events that celebrate the spirit of independent cinema.

Discover Different — only at Charlotte Film Festival.

Conor Knighton is a correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning” and the author of the New York Times best seller “Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park.” Described by BookPage as “entertaining, informative, and inspirational,” Leave Only Footprints is an account of the year Knighton spent wandering through America’s “best idea,” exploring the threads that tie our national parks together and that tie us to nature. Join us for a discussion and “meet-and-greet.” This event has two tiers of ticket access. “VIP Reception” tickets cost $60 for general admission and $51 for members of Grandfather Mountain’s Bridge Club – plus tax. “Presentation” tickets are $25 for general admission and $20 for Bridge Club members. Tickets go on sale online for this event at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 26.

Miles 2 Hearts was born from the eyes of a truck driver who saw more than just highways - he saw people hurting, forgotten, and alone on streets across the country. Instead of looking away, he decided to take action. That action became a mission. That mission became a movement.

Miles That Matter 5K isn't just a race - it's a call to the community to care deeper, to step forward, and to run with heart.

Join us for Claudia’s 5K: Call Out for Courage—a powerful event where fun meets purpose, all in support of mental health. Hosted by icuTalks, a Charlotte-based ministry working to break the stigma around mental health and create spaces for healing and hope, this 5K promotes courage, connection, and real change.