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Encore Center presents our first Dinner Theatre in partnership with Ashten’s to create a memorable romantic memory this Valentine’s Day. Come follow the life long story of a couple and their Love Letters while enjoying chef prepared creations by Ashten’s. Follow the 50-year love story of Melissa, played by Laura Morgan (Mrs. Senior North Carolina), and Andy, played by Bill Sahadi (Host of All Things Moore County). Performances are Friday, February 12 and Saturday, February 13 at 6:30 pm and tickets include a full meal and wine and Saturday, February 13 and Sunday February 14 at 2:00pm and tickets include a charcuterie board and wine. Shows will be held in our indoor space at 160 E New Hampshire Avenue in Downtown Southern Pines. In the interest of safety for both staff and audience and in accordance with local regulations, audience numbers are limited to 25, and socially-distanced seating will be enforced. Seating is assigned and limited and ticket sales will be closing February 6th so please don’t delay in reserving your tickets. For tickets or more information about Love Letters, or other upcoming productions, visit our website EncoreCenter.net or call the box office at (910) 725-0603.

Queens music, design, and communications programs collaborate to present Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe.

Saturday, November 12, 7:30pm

Sunday, November 13, 3:00 and 7:30pm

When Victorian fairies descend on the corrupt politicians of the English Parliament, madness, love, and hilarity result. Meant as an allegory for the rise of the women's suffrage movement, Gilbert’s ruthless political satire and surprisingly modern feminist ideals combine with Sullivan’s beautiful music to create magic worthy of fairies!

The Queens production will be directed by Alistair Donkin, award-winning director and former member of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company, the original theatrical company that staged Gilbert & Sullivan operas dating back to the 1870s. It is musically directed by Dr. Justin Smith, with sets designed by Professor Michael O’Neill.

Free tickets are available for student, civic, religious, and other groups. For more information, please reach out to Dr. Justin Smith at smithj11@queens.edu.

This week we're examining what one pharmacist calls the new normal for hospitals. In the Carolinas and across the country, hospitals are barely…

http://66.225.205.104/CT20120203.mp3Part One: Violin Prodigy Chad Hoopes 17-year-old Chad Hoopes has been very busy for the last few years, traveling…

The R&B veteran performs three songs from his latest album for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

The Toronto-based R&B duo bathed the Tiny Desk in vibrant blue, purple and orange light to make it feel more like a concert hall.

The LA-based trio makes an intricate blend of jazz, R&B and hip-hop. For their Tiny Desk set, they pulled out all the stops: flutes, flugelhorns, saxophones, keyboards, ukuleles and more.

In person, the master R&B vocalist impresses not just with her exquisite artistry, but with her radiant spirit of contentment and grace. Just ask her makeup artist.

Latest offering from Los Angeles-based R&B singer would fit seamlessly on a compilation album of Miami bass hits from two decades ago. And that's a good thing.

Santigold performs her genre-straddling R&B and electro-pop in a set that returns to her DIY, punk roots.

North Carolina is one of the most restrictive states in the nation when it comes to possession of marijuana.But the state has permissive laws when it comes to regulating hemp products, such as Delta 8, a psychoactive extract, and THC-A, which closely resembles Delta 9 THC, which is the active ingredient in marijuana.If you eat hemp flower with THC-A, there will be no impact to your body. But if you smoke THC-A, it converts to Delta 9 THC. That will get the user high.

JazzArts Charlotte’s virtual live music series is excited to present a night of blues, with the legendary Mac Arnold and Plate Full O’ Blues. Mac Arnold has blown the roof off THE JAZZ ROOM and set the Jazz at Victoria Yards night on fire. He’s back with his band, to bring the deep southern blues to your living room. Blues: A style originating from the deep South, is steeped in American history. It’s call-and-response style is irresistible, and the 12-bar structure and blues scale were a major influence on rock and roll. Mac Arnold: Mac’s first band included James Brown on piano. In Chicago, Arnolds toured and recorded with none other than the Muddy Waters Band, helping shape the electric blues sound that inspired the rock and roll movement. Moving to LA, his music career reads like a “who’s who” list of blues and R&B: producer on Soul Train, backup band for Otis Redding, B.B. King, and the Sanford & Son TV show. He has shared the stage with Eric Clapton, Big Mama Thornton and John Lee Hooker. Back to his South Carolina roots, Mac is serving up a mess of Blues with his own band, “Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues”. Featuring: Austin Brashier, guitar and vocals Max Hightower, keyboards, harmonica, guitar, bass, and vocals Dizzy Dizzy, drums and vocals Mac Arnold, vocals, bass and Gas Can Guitars Tune in to Keep Jazz A-Live-Streaming to hear local jazz musicians live, straight to your living room via Facebook Live & YouTube Live. Performances for this series, introduced by our host Braxton Bateman, come to you from Neighborhood Theater. Free Event - Donations and tips can be made at www.thejazzarts.org/support Thank you to our sponsors, Knight Foundation, Infusion Fund, NC Arts Council, Dorris Duke Foundation and our many donors who keep jazz thriving.

In 1964, President Johnson traveled to Martin County, Ky., to try to sell his "war on poverty" to the American public. What residents say they need now is steady work.

Here is a rundown of the action on the football fields from across the state.

Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019On the next Charlotte Talks, Mike delves into the science of meetings with two guests who have studied meetings extensively.…

The Charlotte 2040 plan hits a snag as does a bill in Raleigh mandating the reopening of all schools. The governor vetoes it, and the legislature fails to override it. Those stories and more.

North Carolina ties an incentive involving masks to the vaccination rate. Apple comes to North Carolina, and electric buses will soon be on the streets of Charlotte. Those stories and more on the Local News Roundup.

On this edition of Mike and the Mayor ... Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles and City Manager Marcus Jones talk about the newly proposed city budget, CATS, transparency and the latest on Eastland Mall redevelopment.

Mike Collins hosts a conversation with the mayors of Pineville, Matthews and Mint Hill. We hear about their achievements and their challenges.

A look at structural racism from slavery to Reconstruction, through urban renewal to today. Charlotte resident Greg Jarrell has examined the roles that race, policy, geography and theology have played in our past — and how it impacts our present — in his new book, “Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods.”