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"There is a war on my body and a war on my rights," Paxton Smith said. She was allowed to finish the well-received speech, but the school district says it will look into preventing future switches.

Climate scientists say Colombia's glaciers could disappear within 15 years. Wet highland areas that provide much of the country's fresh water are getting warmer and drier. And each year, flooding becomes more severe. The coastal area of Tumaco has become an example of how environmental and security pressures are undermining previously stable communities.

Dr. Brooke M. Bauer’s “Becoming Catawba: Catawba Indian Women and Nation-Building, 1540–1840” is the first book-length study of the role Catawba women played in creating and preserving a cohesive tribal identity over three centuries of colonization and cultural turmoil. Bauer, a citizen of the Catawba Nation of South Carolina and Assistant Professor of History at the University of Tennessee, weaves ethnohistorical methodologies, family history, cultural context, and the Catawba language together to generate an internal perspective on the Catawbas’ history and heritage in the area now known as the Carolina Piedmont. She will talk about and provide a reading from the book.

To attend the lecture in person, please call (803) 313-7172 or email usclnasp@mailbox.sc.edu to reserve your spot.

To attend via Zoom, register via this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpcu6vrjgjE9zsjE1x_i6GOxKfi6fHPmkR

On the next Charlotte Talks, members of the production team of the new Hulu series, "Sam: A Saxon," share his true story as they visit Davidson College.

More than a thousand people signed up for auditions in hopes of becoming an extra in the upcoming opera of "The Handmaid's Tale" in Detroit.

This year's Pulitzer Prize board awarded its first audio reporting award to the staff of This American Life for a piece on the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy.

Fisher-Price is recalling parts of over 2 million infant swings across the U.S., Canada and Mexico due to a serious suffocation risk.

The funky and flamboyant R&B singer debuts two new songs in this Tiny Desk Meets SXSW concert.

Clad in white and backed by a six-piece band in all black, the effervescent R&B powerhouse delivered a set designed to make it difficult for anyone within earshot to keep still.

The tracks Bob Boilen shares on this week's All Songs Consideredall have a cinematic quality, from a new Thom Yorke cut for the film Motherless Brooklyn,to Ride's best new album in 20 years.

After buying 100 barrels of crude oil and delivering it to a pipeline, NPR's Planet Money team goes to a refinery to see it turned into gasoline.

https://charlotte.score.org/event/pricing-profit-and-growth-jan-21 January 21, 10 am to 12 pm How to Price for Profit and Growth Smarter Pricing Guidelines for Small Businesses Fee: $20 Are you one of the 75% of small business owners that: do not have a quick and effective pricing model and/or consistently under-price your work? If so, this Live Online Workshop is for YOU! You will be put on the path to a better understanding of: The difference between mark-ups and your actual profit margins How to calculate and utilize your Cost of Goods Sold in pricing How drive time impacts service delivery businesses while fixed costs impact production oriented businesses Using fixed or variable costs to price for profit This Workshop will engage the business owner to analyze costs to better format various pricing models: Cost Plus Pricing Competition-based Pricing Good / Better/ Best models Margin-based Pricing When to utilize Premium vs. Discount strategies How to calculate a Break-even sales goal

In honor of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, please join us for the production of “Black History Heroes, Soldiers & Spies,” performed by Bright Star Touring Theatre. In this play, audiences will have the opportunity to experience, celebrate and learn about amazing people throughout Black History. We’ll take the audience westward to see the work of the Buffalo Soldiers and Col. Charles Young, join the Tuskegee Airman as they take flight to help win a battle in World War II, and meet Mary Elizabeth Bower, a spy who worked with the Union during the Civil War. All ages welcome!

When the total solar eclipse crosses North America next month, one city will be dark for the longest time. Hopkinsville, Ky., is a small town making big preparations for the big event.

In an interview with David Greene, two men from Webster County, Ky., argue over race at first, but then a disclosure about deeply personal history leads to a bit of unexpected common ground.

What happens when six unsuspecting strangers are invited to a dinner party thrown by an anonymous host? That’s the question Matthews Playhouse intends to answer with its latest production, Clue, a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery, running April 14- 23, 2023 at the Fullwood Theatre in downtown Matthews.
Don't miss the hilarious hit play that The New York Times calls a “welcome throwback to an era of physical comedy” and Broadway World describes as “ tremendous, old-fashioned fun,”. This farce-meets-murder mystery is sure to have audiences laughing out loud, get your tickets now before they mysteriously vanish! Suitable for audiences ages 13 and up. 
Get Tickets: https://www.matthewsplayhouse.com/clue
Meet the Cast: https://www.matthewsplayhouse.com

This event happens on the following Dates:

Apr 14, 2023, 7:30pm to 9:30pm EDT
Apr 15, 2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Apr 15, 2023, 7:30pm to 9:30pm EDT
Apr 16, 2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Apr 19, 2023, 7:30pm to 7:30pm EDT
Apr 20, 2023, 7:30pm to 7:30pm EDT
Apr 21, 2023, 7:30pm to 7:30pm EDT
Apr 22, 2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Apr 22, 2023, 7:30pm to 9:30pm EDT
Apr 23, 2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT

Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts is thrilled to announce it will once again partner with Indian Trail Parks and Recreation to present an exciting evening of dining and entertainment with an all-new dinner theatre production, THE ANNIVERSARY! This moving story about timeless love is an original musical theatre piece featuring beloved classics such as Cheek to Cheek, Young at Heart, Love & Marriage, I'm Gonna Live Till I Die and more. ​​Performances will take place May 10-11, 2024 at the VFW James Crump Post 2423 in Indian Trail, NC.

"Audiences will laugh, cry and sing along as they enjoy performances by some of Charlotte's favorite musical theatre actors,” says Matthews Playhouse Executive Director, Sarah Baumgardner. “This collaboration with Indian Trail signifies our commitment to bringing innovative and engaging entertainment to our community."


​Performance Dates:

Friday, May 10, 2024 @ 6pm

Saturday, May 11, 2024 @ 1pm

Saturday, May 11, 2024 @ 6pm


Location: VFW James Crump Post 2423 in Indian Trail, NC.


Tickets: $50 Per Person. Ticket price includes admission, dinner, beverages (non alcoholic) and dessert. Tickets can be purchased by going to www.matthewsplayhouse.com/dinner-theatre


Food: Dinner will be provided by Mario’s Italian Restaurant. The menu will consist of Chicken Parmesan, Penne Vodka, Green Beans, Caesar Salad, Garlic Knots and Dessert. Iced tea and water will be provided and a cash bar will be available to audience members.


For more information, please visit www.matthewsplayhouse.com.

Happens on the following Dates:
May 10, 2024, 6:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: EDT
May 11, 2024, 1:00pm to 4:00pm Timezone: EDT
May 11, 2024, 6:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: EDT

The pop charts were dominated by feel-good summer songs during the summer of '63. But there was an alternate reality on the R&B charts, and young white listeners were tuning in.

The Southeast London rapper drops off his first project since being named one of NPR's Slingshot artists, playing hopscotch with trance, alternative R&B and hip-hop all at once.

Nicole Bus' sound is reminiscent of vintage R&B, yet still feels current and capable of transcending age and demographics.