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Local Charlotte harpists - ensemble and soloists - playing traditional Christmas carols!

Annual holiday event with medieval and Renaissance music, readings of the season, and carols for all to sing. Bob Sweeten, director of the Bob and Sheri Show, returns to tell the Christmas story. Musicians appear in period attire. Concert on period instruments with voices.

Primary Trust
Written by Eboni Booth

Directed by Tiffany Bryant-Jackson
https://www.threebonetheatre.com/events/2526/primary-trust

Starring
Miles Thompson as Kenneth
Marvin King as Bert
Frandasia Williams* as Corrina/Wally’s Waiter/Bank Customers
Tim Huffman as Clay/Sam/Le Pousselet Bartender
*indicates Three Bone Theatre debut

February 6-22, 2026
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m.
Sundays at 2 p.m.​

Performances will be held at
The Arts Factory
1545 W. Trade St

WINNER- 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
WINNER- 2024 Outer Critics Circle Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play
Edgerton Foundation New Play Award


Do you have the courage to change? Meet Kenneth, a 38-year-old bookstore worker who spends his evenings sipping mai tais at the local tiki bar. When he’s suddenly laid off, Kenneth finally begins to face a world he's long avoided – with transformative and even comical results.

Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Primary Trust is a touching and inventive play about new beginnings, old friends and seeing the world for the first time. The New York Observer says, “it will restore your faith in theatre’s elemental storytelling powers.” This production includes themes of grief, mental health, loneliness, and emotional trauma. It contains moments of strong language and depictions of isolation and personal struggle. Recommended for ages 14+
Community Partner Organization: Charlotte Art on Prescription with The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

“NYC’s best new play... beautifully written... a 95-minute, intermission less, buffed-to-gleaming jewel.” - THE DAILY BEAST

“The glory of both the writing and acting was in letting us experience the character’s sadness and, even more, the hard work behind his efforts to stay afloat in a painful world.” - THE NEW YORK TIMES


“Tender, touching... Eboni Booth has created Kenneth’s world with loving attention to detail... Primary Trust explores the terrain of loneliness and the gentle joy of connection between one human being and another.” - THEATER PIZZAZZ

“Eboni Booth’s portrait of one man's loneliness and the danger of coping mechanisms will restore your faith in theater’s elemental storytelling powers." - THE OBSERVER

This dynamic jazz musical tells the story of pioneering pianist Lillette Jenkins-Wisner, whose 85-year career spanned clubs, USO tours, and the Broadway stage. With vibrant choreography, live jazz, and stunning visuals, Born to Swing celebrates an icon of American music.

Real-life Broadway couple Libby Servais (Glinda- Wicked) and Stephan Stubbins (Mary Poppins) dazzle with show-stopping songs, humor, and heart. Featuring hits from Phantom of the Opera, Frozen, Jersey Boys, and more, this romantic concert brings the magic of Broadway to the stage.

Hosted in The Galleries at the Cabarrus Arts Council

Founded in 1970 by seven local artists, the Cabarrus Art Guild has grown to more than 100 members representing a wide range of mediums, from painting and sculpture to fiber arts, glass, and weaving. Based in the historic Clearwater Gallery and Studios, the Guild fosters creativity and community through workshops, demonstrations, and exhibitions. This show celebrates the diversity and talent of artists from Cabarrus and surrounding counties, inviting visitors to explore original works and connect with the thriving local arts scene.

Artist Talk: April 25, 2-3 pm
Workshop: April 30, 6-8 pm

Through the Ether is a group of mixed media works deeply influenced by and connected to film editing. April collects and stores unrelated images from different modalities and mediums—3D modeling, photographs, paintings, advertisements. She removes the color, texture, and context from which they originate. These elements form a visual depository or footage bin, from which she uses the montage process to construct a new landscape independent of their source. This reconstruction process resembles building a scene in a film. However, it creates an emotional landscape unto itself, devoid of the requirements of narrative and story—nullifying the necessity of a beginning, a middle, and an end.

About April Simmons: April received her BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design and her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in film. She worked as an experimental non-narrative filmmaker and as a film editor for both nonfiction and fiction films. Her films have screened at the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center (Views), Anthology Film Archives in New York, the Rotterdam Film Festival, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) in Chicago, among others. April taught film production, theory, and history at the university level for nearly two decades. She began working in digital photo collage and mixed media in 2022. Her work has been shown at The Galleries at Cabarrus Arts Council (“Liminal”) and at The Mint Museum (“Coined in the South”) in Uptown Charlotte.

GRAMMY-winning musician, historian, and storyteller Dom Flemons brings to life 100+ years of American roots music with banjo, bones, and deep soul. A founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, he delivers a rich, rollicking journey through folk, blues, country, and beyond.

French-Chinese-American chanteuse Jessica Fichot blends French chanson, gypsy jazz, and 1940s Shanghai swing into an unforgettable global sound. With accordion in hand and a four-piece band, she invites you on a musical journey that's both vintage and visionary.

Trailblazing singer Rissi Palmer made country music history with her debut single "Country Girl" and continues to shine in both the Country and Americana scenes. From the Grand Ole Opry to The White House, her powerful voice and presence have captivated audiences nationwide.

Midland's own Dawn Anthony leads an exciting ensemble of the region's top musicians in a vibrant celebration of Motown's legacy and founder Berry Gordy Jr. This engaging show invites you to sing, dance, and experience the timeless hits that made Hitsville USA legendary.

Registration is now open for Civics 101 - our signature mini-series about Local and State government! Please register to secure your spot today - there is a 70-person class limit.

Never before has it been so important to be informed about local government and to understand how it works in North Carolina. Over 7 weeks on Wednesday evenings, we will deliver in-depth information about all areas of local government and how you can get engaged and connected.

Learn more & register at the link below.

Sessions include:
1. Mecklenburg County Board of Elections
2. City of Charlotte Government
3. Mecklenburg County Government
4. State Government
5. NC Courts (26th District)
6. CMS Board of Education
7. Local Media

Spread the word to your friends, colleagues, and family. Grab a friend to join you for this essential program!

Any questions? Please send them to: civics101@goleaguego.org

Immerse yourself in unseen worlds with scientist and photographer Jennifer Hayes and underwater photographer David Doubilet. These globetrotting partners in work and life have produced stories together about every topic under the sea, from endangered coral reefs to what lies below polar ice. Known as the “Audubon of the Sea,” David’s photography brilliantly captures life above and below the water’s surface. Onstage, these two master storytellers combine decades of knowledge, passion, and experience into a remarkable visual odyssey that tells the unique story of our ocean like never before.

Using research from Cooperation and Hierarchy in Ancient Bolivia: Building Community with the Body, Sara Juengst, Ph.D. discusses how ancient Bolivians organized their communities through several notable sociocultural and environmental changes, as reflected through disease, diet, and trauma on human skeletal remains. This Personally Speaking lecture asks, how can burials and skeletons teach us about the lives of past people and how their societies shifted in the face of environmental, social, and economic change? │ chess.charlotte.edu

5:15 p.m. with a reception at 4:15 p.m.

Celebrate Día de los Reyes Magos (Epiphany) at the Mint Museum Randolph in conjunction with the exhibition Art of Devotion: The Santos de Palo Tradition of Puerto Rico. Enjoy exhibition tours, along with an afternoon of music, dance, storytelling, arts and crafts, a traditional Pastorela performance, and a taste of Rosca de Reyes (Three Kings Bread). Fun for all ages!

The final Personally Speaking series event of the year explores how down-on-their-luck messiahs and wandering poets in the sixteenth-century Afghan highlands challenge us to rethink what we know about Afghanistan, the history of Islam, and our relationship to the past and to language. Using research from the recently published Singing with the Mountains: The Language of God in the Afghan Highlands, William E. B. Sherman explores a remarkable Muslim movement known as the Roshaniyya—or the ‘illuminated ones’—who believed not only in following the word of God, but in making their own words divine and revelatory. │religiousstudies@charlotte.edu


5:15 p.m. with a reception at 4:15 p.m.

Author David Rahahę·tih Webb (Tuscarora Indians of Kahtenuaka Territories) decolonizes the history of Carolina’s Indigenous peoples and presents the full histories of four ethnolinguistic groups. These nations adapted to colonization through ethnogenesis, forging new alliances, intermarrying with traders, and navigating shifting political landscapes. In time, once-powerful nations were reduced to stateless, English-speaking refugee communities, and aside from groups like the Catawba and Tuscarora, their distinct tribal identities faded into the generic label, “Indian.” Finally, in recent decades, they revitalized their governments and reclaimed their identities.

Presented in person and virtually. To attend via Zoom, register via this link: http://bit.ly/4rG2BAg

Why has modernity become the age of genocide? This presentation will explore the idea that genocide is a byproduct of organizing ourselves into a global order of states and therefore a structural dysfunction. Featuring Martin Shuster, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and the Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte│capitalismstudies.charlotte.edu
Tuesday, Jan. 13; 6 p.m. at Independent Picture House (4237 Raleigh St, Charlotte);

Celebrate Kwanzaa and the principle of Kujichagulia (self-determination), which means “to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves.” This family-friendly event features a holiday marketplace showcasing local entrepreneurs and small businesses, a Kwanzaa table presentation by Kwanzaa Charlotte to explore the holiday’s history and traditions, and plenty of fun activities including arts & crafts, family photos, and live music throughout the day. Join us for a vibrant celebration that honors culture and the joyful spirit of the holiday season!

Photo Credit: SHAE Movement African Arts

Join Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center for a complimentary lunch and an eye-opening conversation about hearing health!

What to Expect:
-Short presentation: How Hearing Affects Your Overall Wellbeing
-Hearing aid product demos
-Q&A with our audiology experts

Why Attend?
Discover how hearing impacts your mental, physical, and social health. Learn about the latest hearing solutions and how they can transform your life.

Reserve Your Spot Today! Limited seating available. Call (704) 523-8027