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Bring family and friends to enjoy a magical, live performance while learning the art, history, and mechanics of puppetry from teaching artist Tarish "Jeghetto" Pipkins. The audience will have the opportunity to interact with the puppets after the show!

Join Dr. Brooke Bauer, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, as she discusses her new book, Becoming Catawba: Catawba Indian Women and Nation Building, 1540-1840 and signs copies of her book after the program. Event is free, but seating is limited. Pre-register for seats using the link.

Come Soy-Lebrate all things soybean with us on Sunday, August 26th.  The North Carolina Soybean Producers Association will be hosting a Soybean Day at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market.  You will learn the Rea-Soy-N for why Soy-Stainability is Nec-Soy-Ssary.  Attendees can visit with farmers, check out their tractors and other equipment, pick up some kids activity books, receive some Soy-Veniers and other Soy-Prises are in store.  Everyone is going to have an Ab-Soy-Lutely Ex-Soy-Llent time. 

Whether you are an experienced actor or just want to try something new, come on out and audition at Encore Center for "Miracle on 34th Street" and/or "Don't Dress for Dinner"! We have roles for children through adults!

Whether you'd like to be make suggestions for our actors, or sit in the audience and laugh, there is something for everyone ages 16+ at this special comedy event. Encore Unscripted is a fully improvised performance made up of games that put the audience in the director's chair. Suggestions from the audience will lead our actors through a show that no one has ever seen before or will see again! Join us on Saturday, August 26th to be part of the funny.

Join UCity | The Church as we host one of our biggest community events of the year! We are thankful to be a part of the University City area of Charlotte so we're throwing our annual Parking Lot Party to bring our community together to just have a good time before the summer ends! We will have food trucks, live music, community vendors + resources, games and free school supplies for students and teachers (while supplies last)! Entrance to the party is FREE! Invite everyone you know!!

The Arts Council of York County presents the 34th Annual Juried Competition at the Center for the Arts. Each year, the Juried Competition is open nationally to artists 18 and older. Only original work, created in the last two (2) years, and not previously shown at the Center for the Arts, Dalton Gallery is accepted.

The Arts Council of York County presents the 34th Annual Juried Competition at the Center for the Arts. Each year, the Juried Competition is open nationally to artists 18 and older. Only original work, created in the last two (2) years, and not previously shown at the Center for the Arts, Dalton Gallery is accepted.

Join us for a fun, fast-paced day of learning with some of the country’s most remarkable professors. You’ll learn something new, meet new people and have a great time.

Get your ticket at www.onedayu.com/bcncmedicare or call 800-300-3438.

“Liberty Mountain, The Revolutionary Drama” by Playwright Robert Inman, depicts the dramatic events leading to the October 7, 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain. It brings to life the story of these Carolina Backcountry patriots, who with their victory helped secure our nation's liberty. The indoor drama features full theater action, music, epic battles, & special effects.

Kings Mountain Little Theatre, Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit, produces the play. Sigmon Theatrical, LLC, Artistic Director Caleb Sigmon, and Bob Inman are the creative team. Gilbert and Jancy Patrick are the Founding Sponsor. Albemarle is the Presenting Sponsor. KM Tourism Development Authority is a Major Sponsor.

Performances are each weekend beginning September 15, 2023, and ending October 8, 2023. Group discounts and VIP packages are available.

Specifics at www.libertymountaindrama.com www.kmlt.org and 704-730-9408.

The Borgen Project is a non-profit organization that is addressing poverty and hunger, by advocating, mobilizing, and educating those around the world. This informational session is designed for those to learn more about the organization, and to hopefully volunteer to help fight against world hunger and poverty.

PLAYDEAD is an unforgettable community event happening on Saturday, October 7th, 2023 at GreenLife Family Farms in Concord, NC- A 30 acre oasis right outside of Charlotte.

Get ready to groove and wag your tails together and celebrate two of life's greatest joys: dogs and the legendary Grateful Dead - all while helping raise money for K9s for Warriors.

This year, with help from Habitual Roots, a local nonprofit dedicated to mental and emotional wellness, PLAYDEAD is raising money and awareness for this incredible cause.

Determined to end veteran suicide, K9s For Warriors provides highly-trained service Dogs to military veterans suffering from PTSD, traumatic brain injury and/or other serious trauma. With the majority of dogs coming from high-kill rescue shelters, this innovative program allows the K9/Warrior team to build an unwavering bond that facilitates their collective healing and recovery.

While the mission is serious, the event is filled with excitement, generosity and great fun. There’ll be songs to fill the air from noon to 11pm featuring an eclectic blend of local and regional talents, adoptable 'dogs in a pile' in the barn from a local rescue, a shakedown street full of local vendors and their crafts, a silent auction, and plenty of food and drink options from local food trucks and breweries .

An incredible event to bring friends, family, and of course, friendly four-legged companions. Ticket prices start at $25.00. Kids 12 and under are free. Overnight camping is available. PLAYDEAD is a unique opportunity to save the lives of dogs and veterans all while having a great time.

Andrea Vail’s assemblages are defined by her use of reclaimed materials. More than weavings, these works expand and project in unrestrained dimensions, mimicking our insatiable hunger for material
possessions. She explains, “I am interested in the emphasis that American culture places on amassing stuff in pursuit of happiness and the ironic emptiness to which it leads. My research explores trends of mass-production, habits of consumption, and systems of artifice and authenticity. Hinged on textile traditions and techniques, my practice materializes as sculpture, installation, and collaborative exchange.”

Vail is an interdisciplinary artist based in Western North Carolina who makes connections between objects, people, or their collective communities. She received an MFA in Craft/Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University and BFA in Visual Art from UNC Charlotte. She is also a Goodyear alumni artist.

(Image: Pile/Assembly (circles and glitz), 2019, Pre-owned objects, jersey knit fabrics)

Austin based,Santa Cruz CA raised, singer songwriter Taylor Rae has consistently been playing music since she was a sophomore in high school. A decade later, Taylor's found a way to modernize her unique 60s/70’s inspired sound blending w/ jazz, folk and blues/rock.

The Function of an Imaginary is a site-specific installation by April Marten. Originally based on her MFA thesis at the University of Tennessee, this will be the work’s first showing. It extends from the schema of a cathedral, though wonky and unfamiliar.

Patrons enter the liminal space of a narthex through an entrance flanked by floating, upside-down furniture, before entering the nave. Emanating
light, moving images, sweet smells, and sounds layer the central space with an ominous yet attractive, multi-sensory experience. Tucked behind hidden passages, viewers discover the realm of manufactured magic-making materials. Within the subverted worship space, personal contemplation dominates historically imprinted ideas and the power to emancipate oneself becomes evident.

(Image: model view for proposed installation)

Lavett Ballard is a New Jersey-based artist, art historian, curator, and author. She holds a dual BA in Studio Art and Art History with a minor in Museum Studies from Rutgers University, and an MFA in Studio Art from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She has been commissioned twice as a cover artist for Time Magazine: the first for a special 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage edition released March 2020; a second in February 2023 for a cover and internal art feature inspired by the writing of Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabelle Wilkerson’s book CASTE: Origins of our Discontent.

Ballard views her works as re-imagined visual narratives of people from African descent. Her chosen imagery reflects social issues primarily focused on the roles of Black women within a historical context. Her current body of work uses collaged photos adorned with paint, oil pastels, and metallic foils. These photos are deconstructed and layered onto reclaimed wooden fences, referring to fences’ use to keep people in and out and symbolic of how racial and gender identities can do the same socially.

Ballard is jointly represented by Long-Sharp Gallery (Indianapolis/New York) and Galerie Myrtis (Baltimore).

Ballard will be present at this closing reception and will speak about her work. The exhibition, May All Your Fences Have a Gate, is on view July 15-October 13.

(Image: We Shall Not be Moved, 2018, mixed media collage on reclaimed wood)

The Leaders in Action Lecture Series provides the McColl School of Business and Queens University’s campus community with an opportunity to interact with and be exposed to a variety of leaders with varying leadership styles and experiences. The lecture events are hosted in an intimate setting where the audience can ask questions and hear personal and professional leadership experiences from our guests.

The lecture begins at 6:00pm and a networking reception
will immediately follow each lecture.

Contact, Jane Williams, williamj@queens.edu to learn more.

The Leaders in Action Lecture Series provides the McColl School of Business and Queens University’s campus community with an opportunity to interact with and be exposed to a variety of leaders with varying leadership styles and experiences. The lecture events are hosted in an intimate setting where the audience can ask questions and hear personal and professional leadership experiences from our guests.

The lecture begins at 6:00pm and a networking reception
will immediately follow each lecture.

Contact, Jane Williams, williamj@queens.edu to learn more.

A community market for Local farmers & artisans.

Bound by a passion for playing music of the 17th and 18th-Centuries, Heartland Baroque dives into the baroque musical world with vigor, showing off the immediacy and technical brilliance, the vivacity and profundity, the lilt, complexity, and spontaneity of its composers. Their September 18, 2023 concert is at 8:00 PM in the Abbey Basilica on the campus of Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, NC. Entitled “Wheel of the Innocents”, it features music from the well-known Venetian Ospitale della Pietà, a charitable community, known for its female orchestra of “orphans” lead by a number of performer/composers including Vivaldi. Come hear music of the 17th century and readings of Venice at this time. The ensemble features strings, theorbo, guitar, dulcian and bassoon. The concert is free to the public. Donations are gladly accepted.