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The Seattle musician and their hard-hitting band fuse rock, soul, hip-hop, pop and R&B for songs that teem with insights about identity, injustice and power.

House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., called the CEOs of four oil companies to appear and answer questions about climate change. She said the companies have spread misinformation for decades.

After gracing the world’s stages (both physical and virtual), Grammy-nominated acoustic R&B group The HamilTones share some harmonious Christmas memories and hopes for Charlotte in the new year in this encore Amplifier.

Black people don't swim, right? It's not true, according to the producers of a new show that will explore, celebrate and reclaim the history and renaissance of Black swimming in Charlotte.

Mixed Metaphors Productions will present SwimCap, which combines traditional theatre, visual art, and aerial performances to trace the ways that Black swimming has shaped Charlotte.

SwimCap runs from August 18th-August 20th, with shows on Friday at 7:30 pm, Saturday at 2 pm and 7:30 pm, and Sunday at 2 pm and 7:30 pm. It will take place at Brooklyn Grace in uptown Charlotte. Tickets are $20 at Eventbrite.

During this powerful multi-sensory show, you’ll see and participate in art of different mediums in a festival-style experience that culminates in a celebration of Black swimming. Join us for a fascinating evening and a fresh perspective on our collective experience.

Musical Theatre

After selling out two performances last year at Cain Center for the Arts, Forever Young is back! Forever Young follows one unforgettable group of friends as they discover the greatest hits of all time! Set in a music-filled suburban basement, this unbelievable heartfelt true story is guaranteed to take you back to the first time you pushed play, tuned in, and set the needle down. Featuring songs by; Billy Joel, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Huey Lewis & The News, Styx, Queen, Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Brooks & Dunn, The Black Crows, Bon Jovi, and many more, this multi-award-winning production is jam-packed with powerhouse vocals, dynamite choreography, and one sensational true story that is guaranteed to make you feel forever young.

What if there was a theater company dedicated to bringing the best of queer theater to the Queen City? There are so many incredible stories, but no one dedicated to bringing them to the stage. We’ve decided to find out if Charlotte is ready for such a venture!

Our first production – Hello, Daddy! – springs from the genius of Clay Smith and his drag alter ego, Delighted Tobehere. Charlotte audiences, and GMCC especially, know Delighted well. Fabulous looks, amazing singing (none of that lip-syncing for her!), and a razor-sharp wit make for an evening of side-splitting laughter. Spend the evening with Delighted as she pulls out all the stops to prove she has what it takes, and will do WHATEVER it takes, to get the role. Any role.

The Charlotte Youth Ballet brings to the stage its 43rd annual Spring Show production, Cinderella, with the the choreography of Charlotte legend Gay Porter and Bridget Young.

Enjoy our classic storybook ballet with friends and family of all ages.

PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES
Friday March 8th, 2024 *10:30am school show
* especially for schools, homeschool, preschool and seniors (55+). All seats $10. Full run time.

· Saturday March 9th, 2024 2:00pm & 7:00pm
· Sunday March 10th, 2023 2:30pm

Girl Scouts can enjoy a special Before the Curtain presentation before the Sunday matinee performance and receive a free patch. Register at our Girl Scout Page $25 per group for the event.

October 16-18 at 7:30 p.m., October 19 at 2 p.m.
Written by Kate Hamill
Based on the novel by Bram Stoker
Directed by Mark Sutch
Scenic Design by Dolph Orthwein '26
Plays in the Barber Theatre

Both terrifying and riotous, Kate Hamill’s imaginative, gender-bending “feminist revenge fantasy” is like no Dracula you’ve ever seen—exploring the nature of predators and reinventing the story as a smart, disquieting, darkly comic drama. Hamill’s signature style and postmodern wit upends this familiar tale of Victorian vampires—driving a stake through the heart of toxic masculinity.

Please be advised that this production contains simulated acts of violence onstage and considerable gore. Suitable for ages 14 and up.

Regional carriers such as Atlantic Coast Airlines, SkyWest, and Air Wisconsin are contracted by United Airlines to provide service from small market airports to the larger hubs. They're actually making money. Robert Siegel talks with Douglas Abbey, aviation consultant with AvStart, about how these smaller airlines operate and how United's bankruptcy might affect them.

The musical — which is up for 11 Tony Awards this Sunday — subverts and reimagines decades of Black theater and pop culture.

The House Judiciary Committee has threatened to subpoena Amazon founder Jeff Bezos if he does not voluntarily address the company possibly misleading Congress in earlier testimony.

After a decade of unbridled innovation, 2019 felt like a tightening of the reins in hip-hop, delivering stellar albums where artists rapped with back-to-basics clarity and precision.

There are many Broadway musicals that don’t hit the road, or even get a revival, because they’re too expensive unless you do them in concert — and one Charlotte theater company specializes in that. We hear about Queen City Concerts' next production: "Sunset Boulevard."

Power outages and snowstorms have suspended mass vaccination clinics in Missouri and Texas. Vaccine managers are working to reschedule appointments and to limit the impact of disruptions.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will continue in their leadership roles in the next Congress. But control of the chamber won't be decided until January.

"Does the president have the authority to use a weaponized drone to kill an American not engaged in combat on American soil?" the attorney general asks. "The answer to that question is no."

WASHINGTON — A leading Senate ally of President Donald Trump introduced a resolution Thursday condemning the Democratic-run House for pursuing an…

Here's a rare chance to see the Thai psych band, led by an instrument called an electric phin, record a jam in its everyday environment.

Several hundred people could have dropped the small bag of cocaine near a door to the West Wing. But without fingerprints, DNA or video evidence, the Secret Service can't figure out who did it.

Daniel Robison came to WNED in Buffalo, New York and the Innovation Trail from WFIU in Bloomington, Indiana, where he was assistant news director for two years. Robison has filed for All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition Sunday, Voice of America, the Ohio River Radio Consortium and has been featured on NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook.