Community Calendar

On your mark. Get set. Run Jen Run! Support Charlotte’s breast cancer community at Go Jen Go’s 14th Annual Run Jen Run 5K and Festival. Following the 5K and Fun Run, enjoy music, food vendors, beverages, an expo area, family fun zone. Sign up to run or walk today.

"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.

Join us for the fifth annual Dog Jog at McAlpine Creek Park! Whether you have a furry friend or not, Charlotte’s Dog Jog offers something for everyone. Our 5K run takes place on one of the most famous cross-country courses in the Southeastern United States and is suitable for all ages and fitness levels!

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.

These monthly mini pop-up art sales offer original works by Native American artists, perfect for gifts or your personal art collection!

The March market features canned goods and beadwork by Shannon George (Catawba Nation) and jewelry by Dakota Little Hawk Simerly (PAIA Lower Eastern Cherokee Nation SC).

Admission is free and open to the public!

Join us for an inspiring conversation that celebrates the women whose presence alone shifts rooms, moves minds, and ignites change. The Power of Presence invites you into a space where confidence, authenticity, and purpose take center stage—where leadership is felt before it is spoken. In a time when Black women are navigating unprecedented challenges and visibility gaps, this session honors the power of how we show up, stand firm, and lead with intention. Come be reminded that your presence is not optional—it is influential, necessary, and transformative.

Shop for original works by local Native American artists and hear more from the artists themselves at USC Lancaster's Native American Studies Center, beginning Saturday, July 19!

These mini pop-up art sales offer original works by Native American artists, perfect for gifts or your personal art collection! Meet the artists and shop their creations from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on the following Saturdays this year:

· July 19
· Aug. 16
· Sept. 20
· Oct. 18
· Nov. 15
· Jan. 17
· Feb. 21
· March 21
· April 18

Admission is free and open to the public.

#DSTCLT invites the public to the March 2026 Delta Book Club. The book selection is Walter Mosley's Farewell, Amethystine. This event is free and open to the public. Local book clubs are encouraged to attend.

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!