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The Charlotte Podcast Festival is designed to to inform, enrich and inspire the region's audio storytellers and podcasters. Virtual and panel discussions and workshops will cover content and production, audience engagement, monetization and more.

The festival is a partnership WFAE, Blumenthal Performing Arts, Queen City Podcast Network and Eclecs Creative Agency.

Charlotte Podcast Festival sessions include:

• “Life on the Mic:” How to be the best interviewer/host with Tommy Tomlinson (WFAE’s SouthBound), Sheri Lynch (Oddcast), Bernadette Joy (Dear Bernadebt Joy) and Mark Peres (On Life & Meaning)

• “From Script to Screen:” Writing and recording with Morgan Givens (Flyest Fables) and Kevin Patterson (Detective Samwel Sift’s Loved One Discovery or Recovery Services)

• “Audio Editing 101:” Tips for recording and editing audio with Konata Edwards (Charlotte Newsmakers, Locked on Hornets) and Andy Goh (The Goh Show)

• “Hey, Is This Thing On?:” Comedy podcasting with Rod and Karen Morrow (The Black Guy Who Tips) and Cale Evans (The Podcast from Hell)

Visit CharottePodcastFestival.com for more information.

The special Schaefer Center Presents production will include a recorded introduction by BalletX co-founder Christine Cox, the BalletX 15th Anniversary Season video, and mixed rep selections “Increasing” and “Fancy Me.” In honor of BalletX's 15th Anniversary Season, the company has commissioned a documentary film by Daniel Madoff that highlights its growth, trajectory, and continued commitment to redefining ballet in the 21st century. Known as Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company, BalletX commissions choreographers from around the world to create new ballets that are “fresh, inclusive, and connect to what people want” (Philadelphia Citizen). Led by Artistic & Executive Director Christine Cox, BalletX has produced nearly 100 world premiere ballets by more than 50 choreographers, and performed for over 100,000 audience members at home and on tour, including appearances at such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center, Vail Dance Festival, Joyce Theater, and Jacob's Pillow.

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.

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

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.

The Humana Festival of New American Plays is a major event in the theater world. More than 400 plays by some of the world's top playwrights have made their world premieres there since Actors Theatre of Louisville founded it in 1976. And every year Actors Theatre commissions a play specifically for the company's apprentice actors. This year's apprentice show, Sleep Rock Thy Brain, is a suite of three one-acts that all use brain research and stage flying effects to explore the experience of sleep and dreams.

In one year, 45,000 died by gun in the U.S. Most of those lives were taken one by one in homicides or suicides. They didn't make national headlines but left huge holes in their communities.

Selling betel nut is a popular way for women to earn income. But their husbands sometimes beat them or force them to hand over their earnings.

There are just a few shopping days left until Christmas, and many people are still on the hunt for that perfect gift for a special loved one. In today’s…

Guy Raz is the host, co-creator, and editorial director of three NPR programs, including two of its most popular ones: TED Radio Hour and How I Built This.Both shows are heard by more than 14 million people each month around the world. He is also the creator and co-host of NPR's first-ever podcast for kids, Wow In The World.

At the dawn of the internet, some believed the new technology would make “democracy finally possible.” In many ways, the opposite happened. From hate speech to misinformation, some products of the internet have only worsened democratic ideals. Still, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna argues digital equality can be restored.

We’re spending time this week listening to some of our favorite interviews of 2024. We begin with opera star Denyce Graves, who came to town in February to appear in a production centering on Mary Cardwell Dawson, who grew up during Jim Crow but founded the first Black opera company in America. Graves talks about her mission to preserve Dawson’s legacy and more.

Ford announced it will retool its Louisville Assembly Plant to focus on electric trucks. Its goal: to bring down prices for U.S. buyers and compete with Chinese EV makers on the global market.

Food service director Sharlene Wong had a dream: Start a community garden in the Wallingford school district.

MacArthur Fellow Deborah Willis has spent 30 years writing about the Black American image in photography. She explains her new photo exhibition "Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits."

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.