Community Calendar

DINOSAUR! has made their way back to CSC! Get ready to come face-to-face with jaw-dropping fossils, thrilling prehistoric discoveries, and hands-on Jurassic fun for explorers of all ages.

The ROAR of prehistoric fun is her, don’t miss it!

The Department of Music presents a Faculty & Friends concert, showcasing the department's voice faculty, with pianist Claudio Olivera. Sequina DuBose Winston, Brian Arreola , Susan Gouthro, Monica Hunter, and Christina Pier will perform a program of arias, songs, and song cycles, including Richard Strauss's profoundly moving Four Last Songs and the evocative Mirabai Songs by John Hairston, featuring dance professor Kaustavi Sarkar.

This concert is free for everyone!

A comedy of manners…without the manners. Winner of the 2009 Tony Award®, God of Carnage is a brash and hilarious exploration of human nature. After one 11-year-old is hit by another, their parents meet to find a mature resolution. As the evening wears on, their attempt at a civilized discussion quickly devolves into finger-pointing, name-calling, stomping around and throwing things. And that’s before they break out the rum! What begins as protective parenting ends as an excuse to let loose the primordial beast buried in each of us. This dark comedy reminds us of how close we are to crossing a line, and how ridiculous it looks when we do.

"A Tragedy of the Commons" is an exhibition made up of large-scale text and image linocut, inkjet, and silkscreen prints created by artist Sean Caulfield in collaboration with Susan Colberg (typography) and Steven Hoffman (text). Accompanying these linocuts are a selection of sculptures with printed elements, made from reused/found wood, which speak to the forms and themes within the prints.

Embark on a fascinating journey through the skies and cosmos in the interactive aerospace exhibition Above and Beyond!

Above and Beyond celebrates the incredible innovations that have shaped flight – from the earliest dreams of the Wright brothers to today’s space exploration and tomorrow’s cutting-edge aviation technologies.

Explore the frontiers of air and space travel through immersive simulations, hands-on design challenges and dynamic storytelling that brings the history and future of aerospace to life. The journey begins in a wraparound immersive theater, then expands into five themed galleries featuring dozens of interactive stations.

2026 Charlotte Area Chamber Business Expo @ The Park Expo & Conference Center

Mark your calendar for the 2026 Charlotte Area Chamber Business Expo—one of the region’s premier business networking events! This dynamic gathering brings together local and regional business leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals for a full day of connection, collaboration, and opportunity.

Attendees will have the chance to explore a vibrant exhibit floor, discover new products and services, build meaningful relationships, and gain valuable insights to help grow their business or career. Whether you are looking to expand your network, generate leads, or stay ahead of industry trends, this event offers something for everyone in Charlotte’s thriving business community.

This year’s Expo will also feature Speed Networking presented by Dr. Angel Taylor of Soulful Sounds Entertainment, an engaging and high-energy experience designed to help participants make authentic connections in a short amount of time. Through intentional conversations and interactive activities, attendees will leave with new contacts, fresh opportunities, and a deeper connection to the Charlotte business ecosystem.

Who should attend:
Business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, sales professionals, and anyone looking to build relationships, discover partnership opportunities, and grow within the Charlotte business community.

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and elevate your business at the 2026 Charlotte Area Chamber Business Expo!

Step back 66 million years and journey through the final chapter of the age of dinosaurs in Dinosaur Evolution—a thrilling immersive experience that brings the Cretaceous world to life. Witness feathered raptors on the hunt, armored giants defending their turf, and the mighty T. rex at the top of the food chain. But even these perfectly evolved creatures couldn’t escape Earth’s most devastating extinction event. Stunning visuals and cutting-edge science reveal how evolution shaped the dinosaurs—and how birds, their modern-day descendants, continue their legacy. It's a prehistoric adventure that will inspire the next generation of paleontologists and conservationists alike.

DINOSAUR! has made their way back to CSC! Get ready to come face-to-face with jaw-dropping fossils, thrilling prehistoric discoveries, and hands-on Jurassic fun for explorers of all ages.

The ROAR of prehistoric fun is her, don’t miss it!

The final Personally Speaking series event of the year explores how down-on-their-luck messiahs and wandering poets in the sixteenth-century Afghan highlands challenge us to rethink what we know about Afghanistan, the history of Islam, and our relationship to the past and to language. Using research from the recently published Singing with the Mountains: The Language of God in the Afghan Highlands, William E. B. Sherman explores a remarkable Muslim movement known as the Roshaniyya—or the ‘illuminated ones’—who believed not only in following the word of God, but in making their own words divine and revelatory. │religiousstudies@charlotte.edu

5:15 p.m. with a reception at 4:15 p.m.

The program features a screening of the short film Hair Daze by director Tyla Barnes, followed by the panel discussion "Black Women Navigating the Film Industry." Together, the panelists explore how cinema functions as a global language of affirmation and cultural influence. Drawing from personal experience and professional insight, the conversation examines voice and identity in shaping narratives, expanding representation, and building culture for Black women on screen and behind the camera. Grounded in the history of women in cinema and focused on the future, this discussion highlights film as a tool for storytelling, access, and collective imagination.

In partnership with the Independent Picture House.