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Looking for a highly interactive, educational, and fun experience? The Global Water Center’s Mobile Discovery Center (MDC) addresses one of the most serious issues facing the world – the lack of clean, safe water. Affecting 2.2 billion people, the global water crisis is urgent and enormous, but solvable. The MDC tells the story of water and this crisis through cutting-edge technology and interactive exhibits. It is free to the public and made for all ages. The Mobile Discovery Center is visiting Charlotte Premium Outlets from Wednesday, May 5 to Sunday, May 9, open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (3 p.m. on Sunday). It is touring throughout the U.S. in 2021, but this is the only scheduled Charlotte event. Don’t miss out on this first-of-its-kind exhibit and the opportunity to make a difference.

Immerse yourself in a serene environment that you feel safe, held, and FREE. Be amongst the trees, flowers, birds, and the breeze. Acres of space to spread out and breathe fresh air as you flow with ease. Perfect reciepe for de-stressing and resetting. Mats are optional, as we re-connect and ground down into the earth. This is a 60 minutes yoga flow for all levels, and for every-body. Beginners welcome and encouraged. Come prepared to activate your voice before and after class with community discussion on your intentions, your experience, and conscious -awareness topics in order to build positive habits of self care that induce growth both individually, and collectively. Come experience the magic and the benefits of yoga outdoors! Explore the physical, emotional, mental and energetic benefits of grounding here: https://www.healthline.com/health/grounding Please arrive at least 10 minutes early to check-in. If you have never been to any of Habitual Roots' events, please consider registering yourself in the system and signing our waiver to allow a quicker check in process. To sign the waiver please follow the link below. Note this is a one-time pre-check in waiver and it will take you approx. 3 mins: https://habitualroots.typeform.com/to/qUSQkHHw How to Find Us: This class is accessible to ALL as it is free , with the opportunity to donate to Habitual Roots Nonprofit. Habitual Roots is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to connecting communities by spreading the knowledge of emotional intelligence and mindfulness. Our goal is to create a world where everyone has the opportunity to know themselves well and improve their sense of inner peace. [www.habitualroots.com] Visit our webiste for more events and elevating happenings in your neighborhood! Proceeds also benefit GreatWoods Nature Inc. Nonprofit dedicated to providing a 28-acre natural green space for the Charlotte, North Carolina community.

Kids and teens, transform vinyl records into art inspired by music! This virtual camp puts a new spin on the classic technique of collage by highlighting favorite musicians. Charlotte-based artist Jaianna McCants will teach 11 to 16 year-old students the fundamentals of digital and physical collage-making by generating digital concepts that they will bring to life on recycled records with images and paint. Artwork created during the week will be shown in a virtual Artwork Showcase on the last day of class. Students will need access to a printer for this camp. All supplies for the week will be provided in the camp art box. Delivery to Mecklenburg and Gaston counties are included in the camp cost. If you are outside these counties, you will be contacted to pay a $15 shipping fee.

Kids and teens, piece together a story through unique imagery! In this virtual camp led by Charlotte-based artist Carla Aaron-Lopez, 11 to 16 year-old students will create their own bodies of work to tell personal stories through the medium of collage. They will learn about collaging as an imaginative art by connecting images that would not normally fit together, while getting to know the history of mixed media artists and local artists working in the same creative space. Artwork created during the week will be shown in a virtual Artwork Showcase on the last day of class. All supplies for the week will be provided in the camp art box. Delivery to Mecklenburg and Gaston counties are included in the camp cost. If you are outside these counties, you will be contacted to pay a $15 shipping fee.

Kids and teens, harness your artistic decision-making through caricature drawing! Charlotte-based artist Lo’Vonia Parks will virtually teach 11 to 16 year-old students the fundamentals of drawing faces along with the history and techniques of the caricature style. Later in the week, students will develop their own caricature drawings with the use of color while increasing their drawing speed. Artwork created during the week will be shown in a virtual Artwork Showcase on the last day of class. All supplies for the week will be provided in the camp art box. Delivery to Mecklenburg and Gaston counties are included in the camp cost. If you are outside these counties, you will be contacted to pay a $15 shipping fee.

Exhilarating. Swinging. Spirited. On May 14 & 15, the sounds of joy return to the Belk stage as your CSO performs for a live audience for the first time since March 2020! Jazz royalty and three-time Grammy Award-winner Branford Marsalis joins your CSO to perform Ibert's lyrical and soaring Concertino da camera and Schulhoff's jazz-inspired Hot Sonate. Entranced by songs he overheard being sung by a Transylvanian maid, Bartok composed his Romanian Folk Dances - each movement using a melody from a different region of Transylvania. Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Branford Marsalis, saxophone BARTOK Romanian Folk Dances SCHULHOFF Hot-Sonate GERSHWIN Lullaby IBERT Concertino da camera

Filmmaker Carlos Saura follows one of the most famous Italian architects in the world, Renzo Piano, in the construction of one of his most iconic projects, the Centro Botín art gallery in Santander, Spain. From its elevated glass and steel walkways to the ceramic tiles that reflect the sunlight and the sea, the building makes a strong visual statement. Saura creates an intimate portrait of Piano, the brilliant designer behind structures including the Center Pompidou in Paris, the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, and The New York Times Building in midtown Manhattan.

With DCP as your guide, guests will stroll to six different downtown Davidson locations where popular scenes from Shakespeare’s works will be performed by our wonderful actors. This special event is free of charge and brought to you through the generosity of The Town of Davidson, Carrburritos, Main Street Books, and Kindred and The Village Store. Reservations are required and space is limited. See our website for more information.

Experience the intensity of Mozart's unconventional Symphony No. 40 when Music Director Christopher Warren-Green takes the baton in this virtual performance. Arguably Mozart's most popular symphony, this work has captivated music-lovers - and popular culture - since its creation in 1788. Christopher Warren-Green, conductor HANDEL Entrance of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon MOZART Symphony No. 40

Celebrate Earth Day with a drive-through event in Ballantyne where you can securely shred documents, recycle electronics, donate children’s books and discard unused medicines or medical supplies! This FREE opportunity, powered by Northwood Office, is open to the community! Shred documents with Shred-It. Guidelines. Donate electronics to be safely recycled or refurbished with Goodwill. Guidelines. Donate new and used children’s books to Promising Pages. Volunteer from home and drop off letters of encuragement or homemade bookmarks for students in need! Guidelines. Safely dispose of medications and medical supplies via the local shreff's department program Operation Medicine Drop.

Enjoy The Lion King (2019) on the big screen! The whole family is invited to the heart of Ballantyne for a festive outdoor drive-in movie. Tickets are just $30/vehicle, and a portion of proceeds benefit Promising Pages.

The month of March is filled with celebrations for women. International Women’s Day and Women’s History month are highlighted during this month. The contributions women have made to the United States and recognition of the specific achievements women have made over the course of American history in a variety of fields and across the globe are commemorated and honored during this time. Because EmpowHERment is about girls and women, we will host our annual March virtual event and fundraiser, on Tuesday, March 30. The event’s theme is “When She Succeeds, We Succeed” and it will consist of an engaging happy hour, a dynamic keynote speaker along with some great panelists. It will be an inspiring evening. Ticket proceeds will benefit EmpowHERment's Leadership Academy, our mentoring program that activates the leadership skills of girls in grades 9 - 12. The first 100 registrations will receive a luxe HER swag box in the mail!

In honor of National Holocaust Days of Remembrance, we are releasing the new filmed version of Protective Custody PRISONER 34042 for free on demand streaming April 4-11. This project is sponsored by Culture Blocks- a community partnership funded by Mecklenburg County. Protective Custody PRISONER 34042 brings the audience on Susan’s personal experiences as a young woman in Europe during the rise of Nazism and her riveting survival of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camps. A universal story of survival and the strength of the human spirit in the most extreme circumstances, the story is told beautifully by a two-person cast as they bring Susan’s experience to life and reflect on the current rise of antisemitism. The world premiere of Protective Custody PRISONER 34042 was presented in November 2019 by Three Bone Theatre under the direction of famed Charlotte director Dennis Delamar. Filmed by Will Jenkins and the team at SimplisticPhobia, this new version brings the magic of the theatre experience into your home or classroom. In honor of National Holocaust Days of Remembrance, you can stream Protective Custody PRISONER 34042 for free April 4-11 on www.ThreeBoneTheatre.com/pcstream. Protective Custody PRISONER 34042 was written by Charles LaBorde based on the memoir by Susan Cernyak-Spatz.

**Please pre-register as space is limited** Be led on an extraordinary journey of sacred cacao, guided visualizations, and expressive movement led by Jane the Guide! The plant cacao is said to heal the heart, balance the mind, and free the body! Jane's cacao is ceremonial grade, made with intention, and offers incredible healing benefits. While allowing the energies of the cacao to settle in, be guided in a powerful meditation on letting go. We will free the ego-ic mind of attachment, excess chatter, and expectations to find joy and peace within. This meditation promotes clarity in your being and life, allowing yourself to express openly, diminishing limitations to live your best life! As you begin to feel the properties of the cacao, join us in this unique flow that empowers one to explore the connection of body and breath by inviting in freeform movement, as the heart opens to healing. While listening to sacred sound, we learn to let go without specific steps and postures to follow; one can loose themselves to the rhythm, and move freely, as the music takes them into a form of meditation in motion. Evoke a trance like state and a feeling of complete ecstasy. End this session feeling uplifted, transformed, lighter, and clearer as you find a new way to express yourself without speech, aligning with your personal truth. Leran more about the healing properites of cacao, Jane the Guide, and her other offers. Your kind contribution supports 2 nonprofits: Habitual Roots and ALC Mosiac. Habitual Roots is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to connecting communities by spreading the knowledge of emotional intelligence and mindfulness. Our goal is to create a world where everyone has the opportunity to know themselves well and improve their sense of inner peace. ALC Mosaic is a self-directed educational collective that strives to be a transformative community that reflects Charlotte’s diversity of races, ages, physical abilities, ethnicities, religious and spiritual groups, socioeconomic statuses, sexual orientations, and gender expressions. We use our practices of Self-Directed Education to name and disrupt racism, classism, ageism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of oppression as we care for ourselves, one another, our wider communities and all humans through expressions of radical love. To take precautions during this time, we will offer mat spray, hand sanitizer, and NO hands on assists to keep you safe and feeling comfortable. Face masks required upon entry. Social distancing is practice and respected.

This month, we explore jazz, spirituality, and the society in which we live. Music Director Greg Jarrell, vocalist Dawn Anthony and Ministers W. Benjamin Boswell and Matthew Caine of Myers Park Baptist Church join Curtis Davenport to explore these interconnections. “Justice, spirituality and race have always been part of American life,” says Greg Jarrell. Much of the jazz tradition grew up from the church, and also developed its voice in the reconstruction era. There is a natural connection. Recently this conversation has resurged, Greg sees opportunity stemming from the pandemic, and discusses the way in which music can facilitate dialogue. Joining us will be: Greg Jarrell, Saxophonist & Jazz Music Director W. Benjamin Boswell, Senior Minister Matthew Caine, Minister of Music & Worship Dawn Anthony, vocalist & music educator Tune in every 2nd Tuesday of the month to discover outstanding musicians, past and present, regional and international. Our interactive events are a chance for you to engage with the artists who are usually up on the stage.

Black Lives Matter muralist Ricky Singh will paint live outside at the Gantt’s front door! For two hours he will be demonstrating a spray painted triptych piece, providing information on his artistic process and materials, as well as sharing his experience creating social justice murals around the city. Visitors and passersby can pop in on this experience and walk away having learned more about the medium of spray paint and how it works, while also learning about the artist experience in the context of activism. The theme of Ricky’s piece will be based on the voices of Charlotte youth and their impact. Stop by to take a look at the creation of this piece in real time and to see how it will capture the voice and impact of our city’s youth.

Imagine a blissful morning with your toes in the sand, breathing fresh air, moving intentionally as the sun rises over the water. A brand new day full of possibilities that align to your core, as you have set your tone for the day: ease, focus, and joy! Sound pleasurable? It is not you far fetched yoga vacation; it's do-able right here in Charlotte; Your new Friday morning routine! Start your peaceful morning with Jaeda Sykes on a revolutionary journey through the five great elements (air, earth, water, fire, and ether). Mats are optional, as we re-connect and ground down into the earth. This is a 60 minutes yoga flow for all levels, and for every-body. Beginners welcome and encouraged. Come prepared to activate your voice before and after class with community discussion on your intentions, your experience, and conscious -awareness topics in order to build positive habits of self care that induce growth both individually, and collectively. Come experience the magic and the benefits of yoga outdoors! Explore the physical, emotional, mental and energetic benefits of grounding here: https://www.healthline.com/health/grounding Please arrive at least 10 minutes early to check-in. If you have never been to any of Habitual Roots' events, please consider registering yourself in the system and signing our waiver to allow a quicker check in process. To sign the waiver please follow the link below. Note this is a one-time pre-check in waiver and it will take you approx. 3 mins: https://habitualroots.typeform.com/to/qUSQkHHw How to Find Us: Once you have arrived, proceed to the right and follow the road until you reach the sandy beach area. There is a parking directly across the lot on the left. This class is accessible to ALL as it is free , with the opportunity to donate to Habitual Roots Nonprofit. Habitual Roots is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to connecting communities by spreading the knowledge of emotional intelligence and mindfulness. Our goal is to create a world where everyone has the opportunity to know themselves well and improve their sense of inner peace. [www.habitualroots.com]

Hear from Charlotte DOT staff about how the Strategic Mobility Plan will shape a new mobility future for Charlotte and equip our city to respond to a changing world! You'll also learn how to give input on the plan. This online event is free and open to the public. Register by visiting www.sustaincharlotte.org/grow_smart_clt About Grow Smart CLT: With 50 people moving to Charlotte every day it's critical that we grow smarter. To help, in 2018 Sustain Charlotte launched an event series called Grow Smart CLT. These fun and informative events explore the multiple challenges that Charlotte faces due to our rapid increase in population and how these can be overcome through smarter growth.

Over 40 North and South Carolina Potters will be presenting and selling their ceramic artwork at this biannual event. Conveniently taking place the Saturday before Mother’s Day, there will be creative and beautiful work, both functional and decorative. This is an outdoor market, specifically designed to follow guidelines for social distancing in order to keep participants and public safe. Celebrating over 25 years of bringing pottery to Charlotte.

Celebrate Earth Day by helping Sustain Charlotte honor smart growth and sustainability leadership across the Charlotte region at Charlotte's premier sustainability networking event – the Charlotte Sustainability Awards presented by Duke Energy! This year’s nominees are leading the way toward sustainability and smart growth, and by their actions, inspire others to do the same. The event will take place virtually and will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the awards on April 22nd (Earth Day!). The event will still be fun and engaging and will include the awards ceremony honoring local businesses, government agencies, and nonprofits, networking opportunities, a raffle, and welcoming remarks from Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles! All proceeds from these awards help us further Sustain Charlotte’s mission to inspire choices that lead to healthy, equitable, and vibrant communities across the Charlotte metro region for generations to come. Learn more about this year's nominees and get your tickets by visiting www.sustaincharlotte.org/awards.