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Pay What You Can Night for the Velveteen Rabbit! All proceeds go to our Non-profit Partner, Thompson CFF (https://www.thompsoncff.org/) Pay What You Can Performance: Thursday, April 23rd at 7:30 pm Suggested donation: $10 per person (any amount accepted). General admission only, with donations collected at the door (cash or credit). The Velveteen Rabbit April 24 - May 3, 2026 Book by Scott Davidson Based on the Novel by Margery Williams Directed By Jill Bloede "The Velveteen Rabbit" is a timeless children's classic that has captured the hearts of audiences for generations. This heartwarming story follows the journey of a toy rabbit who longs to become "real" through the power of love and imagination. With themes of friendship, resilience, and the transformative nature of love, this enchanting tale continues to resonate with people of all ages. Tickets for regular performance dates at https://www.matthewsplayhouse.com/.../2025-2026-the...

Wide variety of plants for sale including natives, perennials annuals and houseplants. All proceeds will fund gardening education in Mecklenburg County. We will offer educational booths with demonstrations on the following subjects: Growing tomatoes, Pesticide-free mosquito control and tool sharpening. We will be giving away FREE plants to the first 50 visitors and will be offering free tree and shrub saplings (while supplies last). We will also provide free tool sharpening (up to 2 hand tools, first come-first served). Extension master gardeners will be on site to answer questions and provide gardening expertise. Will include Children's gardening activities. Donut I Love U food truck will be on site selling donuts and coffee.

Blast off with Charlotte Roller Derby at Cosmic Clash! The Bad Assets are set to collide with Rocktown in a stellar battle that’s sure to shake the galaxy. You won’t want to miss this high-speed, full-contact action!

Friday's a cult classic stoner-comedy starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker as friends in South Central Los Angeles who must hustle to pay a drug dealer $200 by 10 p.m. after smoking his inventory. The film follows their comedic, often tense encounters with neighbors and the local bully, Deebo.

Viewer discretion is advised. This film is rated R.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy's a satirical comedy film directed by Adam McKay and starring Will Ferrell. Set in the 1970s, it follows top-rated San Diego news anchor Ron Burgundy, whose career and male-dominated newsroom are threatened by the arrival of an ambitious female co-anchor, Veronica Corningstone.

Rated PG-13

Who Framed Roger Rabbit's a live-action/animated hybrid film set in 1947 Los Angeles, where cartoon "Toons" live alongside humans. When superstar Roger Rabbit is framed for murdering businessman Marvin Acme, he teams up with a cynical human detective, Eddie Valiant, to prove his innocence and uncover a sinister conspiracy led by the evil Judge Doom.

Rated PG

The LEGO Movie's an animated adventure comedy following Emmet Brickowski, an ordinary, rule-following construction worker mistaken for the Special, a prophesied Master Builder. Alongside allies like Wyldstyle and Batman, Emmet battles the tyrannical Lord Business to stop him from gluing the universe into rigid, permanent stasis.


Rated PG

Shop our wide variety of local favorite and unusual plants, Wing Haven legacy plants, trees and shrubs assisted by our knowledgeable staff and volunteers. All proceeds benefit Wing Haven gardens, programs and educational outreach.

This year, we will be providing free 20-30 min workshops on Friday and Saturday afternoons during the sale. Find the full list of topics and schedule on our website.

Admission to Wing Haven’s gardens is free during the plant sale—donations accepted and appreciated! Enjoy the beautiful spring weather with a stroll through the gardens after shopping plant favorites.

The Charlotte Center hosts the Forum featuring Derek Thompson, staff writer at The Atlantic and No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, for a forward-looking conversation on how we can move from a world defined by scarcity to one shaped by abundance. With clarity and optimism, Thompson explores how bold ideas, innovative policies and risk-taking strategies can help us unlock extraordinary growth and possibility.

In this talk, drawn from his book Abundance (co-written with Ezra Klein), Thompson examines how to expand affordable housing, transform energy infrastructure and spark a new wave of technological breakthroughs. He highlights concrete ways businesses and governments can clear barriers to progress—like reducing red tape to accelerate building—and reveals how rethinking our legal, cultural and political paradigms can open the door to an era of abundance.

Spend an evening with Kate Bowler—bestselling author, Duke professor and expert at telling the truth about being human—in conversation with Charlotte's Christ Church Rev. Chip Edens. Together, they'll discuss joy that doesn’t require us to pretend everything's fine. Expect laughter, honesty and the rare relief of hearing the truth: You can’t always be happy, but you can be joyful, anyway.

Included in the admission price, each attendee will receive a pre-signed copy of Joyful, Anyway.

Calling all divas!

Residency is hosting a sing-along party here at the Carolina Theatre in our lobby on April 11!

Dress in your best sequins and shimmery attire and get ready to scream-sing your favorite pop hits from queens like Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey, Madonna and more!

A live pianist in the middle of the room, vocals led by the amazingly talented Lynsea and lyrics to these pop-bangers projected on the wall will make this a party you won’t want to miss.

It's your perfect karaoke party -- but everyone sings along together.

Join us for a heartfelt celebration of folk, gospel and Western swing music with Women of Americana! This isn’t just a concert—it’s an exuberant exploration of this expansive and singular American genre that planted the roots of American music. Featuring vocalists and instrumentalists Cristina Vane and Brennen Leigh, together they'll perform iconic songs, including This Land is Your Land, This Train, Just Like a Woman, Angel From Montgomery, Car Wheels On a Gravel Road and more! Coinciding with the country's Semiquincentennial (250th anniversary of the United States’ founding), Women of Americana will entertain and inspire audiences at a historic moment in our nation’s history.

When an FBI agent goes undercover at the Miss United States pageant, she finds herself navigating gowns, glitz and an unexpected dose of heart in this beloved Sandra Bullock comedy.

Rated PG-13

Note: this is a screening of the listed film

Join us at Wing Haven for an evening of special wines while strolling through our gardens to kick off the annual Gardeners' Garden Tour.

Enjoy a tasting of fine wines staged throughout Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary and the SEED Wildlife & Children's Garden and learn from our garden staff and volunteers about the history of each garden area with insightful detail of the flora and fauna that surround you.

Price includes tastings of fine wines with curated paired bites, hosted garden conversation, live music, and (1) ticket to the Gardeners' Garden Tour on Saturday and Sunday, April 25-26.

Many thanks to title sponsor Garrett P. Nelson Studio

Photo credit: Daniel Coston Photography

Carolina Pro Musica presents Music on the Time of the American Revolution at the Gaston County Public Library. The program features the music from England and America that was popular around the time of the revolution. Many English songs were sung in the colonies with words changed to suit the circumstances. Dances and marches from manuscripts in Boston, Philadelphia and Williamsburg will be included. Bass-baritone Andrew Mahon is the featured soloist and will appear in music by Handel, Boyce, Arne, James Hewett, Hopkinson, and Dibdin.
Other musicians are Sung Lee, Baroque oboe, recorders and baroque flute; Janelle Davis, baroque violin and cello; and Karen Hite Jacob, harpsichord. The concert is Saturday, April 18, 2026, at 11:00 am at the Gaston County Public Library, 1555 E Garrison Blvd, Gastonia, NC 28054. Admission is free. The concert is made possible by the Gaston Arts Council, the NC Arts Council and the Gaston County Public Library. Information: www.carolinapromusica.org.
Photo Carolina Pro Musica: (l-r) Sung Lee, Karen Jacob, Janelle Davis, Andrew Mahon.
Taken by John Jacob

"Cold Mountain Field Notes"
Dr. Christopher Bundrick, USC Lancaster Professor of English

In August of 1997, Charles Frazier's "Cold Mountain" became the number one bestselling book on The New York Times fiction list—a place it occupied for many weeks. Critics raved about its evocative language, its complex take on historical context, its echoes of Homer's Odyssey, but most of all its immersive realism. Follow along as Dr. Bundrick discusses his attempt to rediscover aspects of Frazier's work, immersing himself in the story by recreating parts of the three hundred-mile walk the narrator's made from Raleigh to Cold Mountain, North Carolina.

Presented in person and virtually. To attend via Zoom, register via this link: https://bit.ly/3NvcVeO

Join us for special events as part of the Ag + Art Tour of Lancaster County!

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (while supplies last): Take-N-Make Corn Husk Doll Kits- Pick up a corn husk doll kit to make your own creation at your convenience!

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Homemade Canned Goods- Shop for jams, jellies, and more made by Catawba Nation artist Marie George.

10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.: Guided Garden Tours- Take a tour of the Center’s Three Sisters and Medicine Wheel Gardens with Master Gardener Intern and USC Lancaster Professor Claudia Heinemann-Priest.

Free and open to the public!

Step up, share your voice, and own the stage.

This month's theme is "People Watching & Other Observations."

Bring us your poems, stories, flash fiction, etc. to share! All work must be original and read by the author.

In Partnership with MUGS Coffee - a LIVE event for CWC Members and non-members to read their work on the fourth Friday of the month from 6:45pm - 9pm. Registration is limited to 12 readers.

(You do not need to register to come to listen and support your fellow writers.)

Registration is free! To Register, please go to: https://charlottewritersclub.org/events/

Join us for a fun family program to find out which flowers are blooming now and what critters are pollinating them!

We’ll play a game matching spring flowers and pollinators to explore the ecology of plant-insect interactions. We will then use our newfound knowledge to find those bugs and blooms around the gardens in a bingo-style bioblitz.

No registration required. Children of all ages welcome with adult accompaniment
Suggested donation: $5

Want to contribute your finds to science? Join the ecoEXPLORE program! https://www.ecoexplore.net/

Our program will be led by Dr. Annkatrin Rose, an associate professor in the Department of Biology at Appalachian State University and Gardens Advisory Board Member.

In this 2-hour demonstration, participants will join April Simmons to learn various mixed media techniques and processes.

April will demonstrate how she builds out her composition in Photoshop and then moves to acrylics, oils and the other mediums used to create her work.