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Duolingo, an app that allows users to learn new languages, is adding Klingon to its course list. The language, used by a fictional alien race in Star Trek, should be available next year.

Contradicting Trump, the GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee greenlights a commission to rename Army installations bearing Confederate names. Lawmakers in the House are taking similar action.

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.

FlopHAUS Cabaret is a cabaret style social satire inspired by the famously provocative 'ThreePenny Opera' and the legendary Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, and Bertolt Brecht. Defiantly as sharp as Mack the Knife's blade, this raw dark comedy includes nineteen original and contemporary adaptations of Weill's works, such as 'Pimp Ballad’, 'Moon of Alabama', 'Je ne t'aime pas', and ‘Pirate Jenny’. In the tradition of the witty yet politically dissonant 'ThreePenny Opera', FlopHAUS Cabaret not only entertains but cunningly challenges hypocrisy, corruption and moral ambiguity in society with a sharp sense of humor. Expressed through theater, dance, jazz, and opera, this multi-media production is performed by over 35 national, regional and Charlotte-based actors, dancers, musicians, and singers. The show is intended for mature audiences.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports on the marathon Gore/Lieberman campaign swing through several key states yesterday. The tour began Sunday with a meeting with construction workers in Philadelphia, continuing to Flint, Michigan and Tampa Florida. The circuit ended in Louisville at a dinner sponsored by the AFL-CIO. Along the way, Al Gore spoke about issues he thinks will appeal to working families: tax breaks for the middle class, better wages, and lower prescription drug costs.

Obama picked Indiana, Florida, Louisville and Ohio State to advance to the final four. Unfortunately, the commander in chief has a checkered history picking NCAA winners.

A new batch of AI-powered devices known as AI agents are all the rage in Silicon Valley. They're devices with a voice assistant that can complete real-world tasks for you.

The Radio Television Digital News Association said Wednesday that WFAE has won four Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including Overall Excellence for the second year in a row.

Over the past five years, Washington, D.C.'s iconic Black Lives Matter street painting has served as a powerful symbol of activism and a gathering place for joy and resistance.

On conservative campuses, anti-critical race theory hovers.

The Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee ousted the churches for having female pastors. What's behind the decision is unclear, but the move has been criticized inside and outside the SBC.

Democrats want Israel and Ukraine funding to be linked together. House Republicans are proposing a standalone bill with roughly $14 billion for Israel offset with cuts to the Internal Revenue Service.

Charlotte struggles with transparency. Reporters have alluded to it for years, and now WBTV and Axios Charlotte have done a joint investigation. We hear what they found, what we’ve missed as a result and some suggestions for change.

Mike Collins and local journalists discuss this week's top stories, including why former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was removed from North Carolina voter rolls. Also, as predicted, our COVID-19 infection numbers are rising again. And South Carolina’s governor has inserted himself into the dispute over the Panthers’ Rock Hill headquarters.

Rising COVID-19 cases are starting to clog area hospitals and the state primary may now take place in June as the courts wrestle with voter maps. Charlotte City Council has made some zoning decisions and hears arguments for more changes.

Mecklenburg County joins other jurisdictions in changing mask requirements. The first draft in a redraw for maps for North Carolina congressional districts is released. And the newly appointed head of the Mayor’s Racial Equity Initiative steps down but controversy continues.