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Even if you don't know R.A.P. Ferreira belongs among the greats, it's clear that he does.

Tosco Music presents Viva La Música CLT! on Saturday, March 15 at 2:00 PM at Independence Regional Library! FREE

A celebration of Charlotte's diverse musical talents!

Featuring:
The AV Trio

Reinaldo Brahn duo

Vadim Kolpakov duo

Chinobay

Viva La Música CLT! bridges cultures through music with shows across Charlotte featuring musicians from various backgrounds and genres. The event is *FREE*, so bring your family and friends! You won't want to miss this multi-cultural music experience for all ages.

Tosco Music presents Viva La Música CLT! on Saturday, May 17 at 2:00 PM at University City Library! FREE
A celebration of Charlotte's diverse musical talents!


Featuring:
The AV Trio
Eduardo de Rosamaria duo
Chinobay
Reinaldo Brahn duo


Viva La Música CLT! bridges cultures through music with shows across Charlotte featuring musicians from various backgrounds and genres. The event is *FREE*, so bring your family and friends! You won't want to miss this multicultural music experience for all ages.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Neils Nielsen from Bethesda, Md. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WETA in Washington.

Just because marijuana is now legal in Canada doesn't mean the market for it is easily quantifiable.

Film critic Bob Mondello offers his opinion on the new movie Elizabethtown. Director Cameron Crowe's romantic comedy, set in Elizabethtown, Ky., stars Kirsten Dunst, Orlando Bloom and a large supporting cast.

Family music comes in a broad range of styles — folk, rock, punk and even polka. But, compared with its popularity among adults, there have been very few R&B and soul music albums for kids. Enter Shine and the Moonbeams.

Martin, who's working on the long-awaited sixth volume of his series A Song of Ice and Fire, rarely gives interviews — but NPR's Scott Simon recently caught up with him onstage at an awards ceremony.

The art market is booming in Santa Fe, N.M., but the highbrow scene leaves some artists feeling out of place. So, one collective made a space of their own — with a big boost from the fantasy author.

Dr. Halide Salam continues a 40-year focus on the intersections between the biological, the ecological, and the
spiritual in art, leading her into an increasingly deeper understanding for her own position within her practice.
This exhibition will include recent paintings from Salam’s new series of paintings (TransPlace, TransLight, and
TransMigration), within which she explores her own personal growth as a Muslim immigrant in modern
America. A central focus for Dr. Salam is a poem by the 13-century Sufi poet Rumi:

I died as a mineral and became a plant,
I died as plant and rose to animal,
I died as animal and I was Man.
What should I fear?
When was I less by dying?

Dr. Halide Salam was born in West Bengal, India, but spent much of her early life in East Pakistan. She began
her studies in Chattogram, Bangladesh, but migrated to the United States in 1971 at the insistence of her
parents. She received her MA in Painting from New Mexico Highlands University and continued on to earn her
Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Texas Tech University. She later studied Sacred Geometry and Sacred Art Traditions
at the Royal College of Art, London. In 2020, Dr. Salam retired as a Professor of Art from Radford University
after 40 years of teaching. She lives and works in Blacksburg, VA.

The House has approved a bill to fund the federal government through the end of September. The continuing resolution introduced by Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY), who heads the Appropriations Committee, would avoid a potential government shutdown on March 27.

RE: THE SQUIRRELS COMING SOON TO HICKORY COMMUNITY THEATRE
Looking for a unique, funny, and thought-provoking night at the theatre? Don’t miss The Squirrels, on stage at the Firemen’s Kitchen at Hickory Community Theatre from October 18 through November 2! This dark comedy takes a wild look at the battle for survival and power in a world where even squirrels aren’t safe from conflict. With biting humor and unexpected twists, The Squirrels is sure to make you laugh, think, and maybe even squirm a little!

Please note, this production is rated R for mature themes. Get your tickets today at hickorytheatre.org or call the box office at (828) 328-2283. That’s The Squirrels, October 18 through November 2 in the Firemen’s Kitchen. You won’t want to miss this unforgettable show.

Liz Truss is just the latest Prime Minister to be tripped up trying to tackle productivity.

Also: a history of novels written entirely in dialogue; the subversiveness of Harriet the Spy.

Investigators in Rhode Island try to learn why last week's blaze spread so quickly inside a West Warwick nightclub, killing at least 97 patrons. The state attorney general wants answers from the club's owner. Among the issues: whether rock band Great White had permission for pyrotechnics. NPR's Tovia Smith reports.

The imagery shows the scale of the destruction in parts of Kentucky, Arkansas and Illinois.

Susan Higgins plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro

NPR's Vicki Que reports that the group trying to bring the "French abortion pill" to American women is having trouble raising the money it needs. The Population Council, a non-profit group in New York, set up a private, non-profit company to market RU 486 in the United States. But the company is having trouble raising the estimated $20 million it needs, in part because the drug is so controversial.

- Daniel visits 15-year-old Zak Forrest, who just won the grand prize in a nationwide American Film Institute contest with his two-and-a-half minute film called "Saturday." Zak shot the film himself and did all the editing on his computer. TV and movie actor Tim Allen was one of the judges in the contest...Danny talks with him about the film, and about the advances in technology that make filmmaking accessible to more people.

In a recent report, Charlotte ranked 111th out of 200 top cities for music fans. But if you ask Charlotte creative leader Tim Scott Jr., who’s been the artist-in-residence at Charlotte Center City Partners and toured the world with Grammy Award-winning North Carolina group The Foreign Exchange, you’ll hear how the Queen City deserves to sit higher up on the list of music cities. He talks about it in the latest Amplifier.