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Rallies are happening from Atlanta to Los Angeles — including in Galveston, Texas, where the holiday was born. Amid a reckoning around race, this year's Juneteenth has an even more urgent meaning.

Albert and Aidan Sykes have protested against racial injustice for years. What makes this moment especially tough, says Aidan, 14, "is knowing that could have been me."

Settlements for police misconduct can range from multimillion-dollar payouts to far less. But the financial impact of police misconduct on cities and taxpayers is often overlooked.

Brian McLaren, an influential evangelical leader, suggests in a new book that Jesus is not the only way to salvation. Traditional evangelicals fiercely object to his ideas. But McLaren is tapping into a generational divide between young evangelicals and their parents.

Last week's attack has reignited debates over free speech, censorship and offensiveness that were already heated back in 1989, when an op-ed by a former president called Rushdie's book an "insult."

Two Iraqi men accused of trying to send missiles to al-Qaida came to the U.S. as part of a program to resettle thousands of refugees. When one of those men applied to the program, Homeland Security officials didn't know the military had lifted his fingerprints from a bomb designed to hurt U.S. troops in Iraq.

The No. 1 concern of prospective electric vehicle owners is the availability of charging stations.

Donald Trump addressed the National Rifle Association convention Friday. His past positions on guns have been far more liberal than the NRA.

The denomination held a summit in Nashville, Tenn., this week to consider how the Gospel speaks to race relations. It wasn't easy, and moving from words to actions may be a challenge.

The heavyweight who lost the "Rumble in the Jungle" to Muhammad Ali before authoring an inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman was 76.

Elizabeth Hawse, a pediatrician in Lexington, Ky., says she's seen a big increase in the number of children testing positive for the coronavirus. The governor has shut schools' in-person classes.

Bobby McDonald's wife, a nursing student who works at a hospital, fell asleep after a long shift. McDonald thought he had a good shot at winning a seat on the Walton, Ky., city council, so he didn't wake her up to vote.

Indian tradition meets blues, rock and jazz in this brilliant globalFEST performance.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is Black, made his race central to the story of his political rise. Many Black people criticize his decision not to file charges in Breonna Taylor's death.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan presents a roundup what movie critics are saying about the weekend's new movie releases. Out this week: Domino, Elizabethtown and The Squid and the Whale.

Common Thread Theatre Collective (CTTC), a collaboration between Davidson College and North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T), is pleased to announce its third season of summer productions. Continuing with a mission to produce theatre by and about traditionally underrepresented communities, this season CTTC will produce the Pulitzer-Prize winning show by North Carolina native James Ijames, Fat Ham, directed by Vanecia Boone, NC A&T Theatre Professor. The play will take place in June 2024, in the Barber Theatre on the campus of Davidson College in Davidson, NC, this season will mark the first performances by CTTC in Greensboro at the Paul Robeson Theatre on NC A&T’s campus

Award-winning playwright Ijames reinvents Shakespeare’s masterpiece Hamlet as a delectable comedic tragedy. The lead character Juicy is a queer, Southern college kid, already grappling with some serious questions of identity, when the ghost of his father shows up in their backyard, demanding that Juicy avenge his murder. It feels like a familiar story to Juicy, who is well-versed in Hamlet’s woes. What’s different is Juicy himself, a sensitive and self-aware young Black man trying to break the cycles of trauma and violence in service of his own liberation. From an uproarious family barbecue emerges a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy. [From Concord Theatricals]

Location:
Davidson College – Barber Theatre, Cunningham Theatre Center 310 N. Main Street, Davidson, NC 28035

Dates and Times
Friday, June 14 @7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 15 @7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 16 @2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, June 19 @7:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 20 @7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 21 @7:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 22 @ 2:00 p.m.
Saturday. June 22 @7:30 p.m.

This is a full-scale interactive exhibition experience, here for a limited time and included in Museum admission.

Step into the world of deep-sea exploration onboard an interactive replica of OceanXplorer—the world’s most advanced research and filmmaking vessel. Navigate the ship or choose an ocean mission focused on humpback whales, orcas or great hammerhead sharks.

Humpback Whales – study how humpback whales use their habitat to communicate.

Orcas – study orca group dynamics and how they share their habitat with other species.

Great Hammerhead Sharks – study the Bahamian waters to determine why they are a hot spot for great hammerhead sharks.

As you explore the OceanXplorer vessel and engage in hands-on STEM-based research tasks, your journey is tracked and enhanced with RFID technology. Your adventure culminates in an interactive facilitated HoloLab experience and powerful cinematic scenes in the 360-degree immersive area.

Exhibition Areas + Highlights

OceanXperience recreates rooms on the OceanXplorer vessel to give visitors a sense of being a real ocean scientist onboard. Filled with soundscapes, tactile experiences and visually dynamic media, the exhibition is sure to engage all senses.

Mission Control – ROV stations, mapping table, sonar stations

Bridge – pilot stations, mapping table, immersive lookout windows, captain’s switch board, tagging station

Wet Lab – hologram station, mahi-mahi model dissection, coral samples, living rock display

Dry Lab – genetic sequencer, data collection tools, projection microscope

Sub Hangar – Triton submersible replica, engineering interactives, submersible stations, porthole lookout windows

HoloLab and Immersive Area – mission debrief interactive touchscreens, 360-degree immersive footage and environmental soundscapes

OceanXperience is a traveling exhibition produced and toured internationally by Flying Fish, based on the National Geographic series OceanXplorers, produced by BBC Studios Natural History Unit and OceanX in association with Lightship Earth Productions.

2022 NEA Jazz Master, New Orleans cultural torchbearer, and saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison Jr. joins the JAZZ ROOM to perform his hard-swinging improvisational style and his original creation, "Nouveau Swing," a blend of jazz with R&B, hip-hop, rock, and soul. JazzArts welcomes Big Chief Donald and his quintet from the Crescent City celebrating the kickoff to JAZZ ROOM Season 16 and Jazz Appreciation Month. Donald Harrison: A master of every era of jazz, soul, funk, and classical music, Donald Harrison Jr has created three influential styles of jazz: nouveau swing, a modern second-line, and quantum jazz. The TV series Treme’ is loosely based on his life. Awarded the 2022 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy, Donald Harrison Jr. is recognized as Big Chief of Congo Square in Afro-New Orleans culture, sharing that unique New Orleans jazz with the world, and mentoring artists as diverse as The Notorious Big, Jonathon Batiste, Trombone Shorty, and Esperanza Spaulding. The JAZZ ROOM provides a casual and intimate setting with tables and a full bar, reminiscent of the classic jazz rooms of yesteryear. At this time, masks are not required at the Stage Door Theater and the bar has returned. Thank you to the program sponsors and supporters, who each bring jazz alive in Charlotte: Infusion Fund, Knight Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, North Carolina Arts Council, and O's Place Jazz.

PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 28, 2022 In celebration of Black History Month, please join us for a panel exploring Black education in Charlotte and the creation of Carver College. Opened in September 1949 during the era of segregation, Carver College began as a junior college serving African Americans and was the counterpart to Charlotte College (which later became UNC Charlotte). Carver College operated out of the basement of Second Ward High School and offered courses in liberal arts, business, vocational studies, and an accelerated high school program. In 1963, the school’s name was changed to Mecklenburg College and then merged with the Industrial Education Center to form Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC). Join us virtually on February 16, 2022, at 4 pm for the panel discussion Fates Intertwined: Carver College and Its Connection to UNC Charlotte. The event will feature Atkins Library’s Adreonna Bennett in conversation with historian Pamela Grundy, Carver college alumnus John Love Sr., CPCC archivist Erin Allsop, and UNC Charlotte graduate student Sylvia Marshall. Atkins is proud to partner with CPCC and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Black Heritage Committee to bring you this event. We invite everyone to visit the corresponding Fates Intertwined exhibit, currently on display on the main floor of Atkins Library. The exhibit examines the creation of Carver College and its transition into Central Piedmont Community College. On display are selected materials from the special collections and archives of Atkins Library and Central Piedmont Community College.

Mecklenburg County Public Health will be hosting the Live Well Meck tour in Charlotte and each Mecklenburg County town to gather community members and partners to share local health data and get feedback on future health needs and priorities. Each event will review progress on the Community Health Assessment and help inform the 2026 Community Health Improvement Plan.

The tour will begin in February and run through the spring, culminating in the release of the 2026 Community Health Assessment. The events are free and open to the public.