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Celebrate the fifth anniversary of A Night of Artistic Renewal as the acclaimed multidisciplinary arts production returns to Booth Playhouse for the third time.

Each year, A Night of Artistic Renewal brings artists and audiences together around a new theme exploring the power of creativity and human connection. This year, Hope, Healing & Triumph explores how we move through life’s challenges, find hope, experience healing, and rise in triumph through live music, dance, performance poetry, visual art, song, and storytelling.

Produced by award winning performance poet, author, and arts advocate Dionne Hunter, the production brings together a remarkable company of nationally acclaimed and celebrated artists with deep Charlotte roots.

Recording artists Adayla Turner, Enacense, and Mason “Quill” Parker lend their voices to the stage, joined by saxophonist Bryan Patterson Jr., violinist Marcus R. Pyle, and ballroom dancers Robert Fitzgerald and Takeila Fox.

Ballet artists Raven Barkley and Maurice Mouzon Jr., appearing through the courtesy of Charlotte Ballet, bring movement and expression to the production, while visual artists Julianna O’Malley and Tajmah Allison add another dimension to the afternoon.

Powerful words and lived stories take center stage through an extraordinary company of performance poets. The lineup includes three time Emmy Award winner Boris “Bluz” Rogers, four time World Poetry Slam Champion Ed Mabrey, Charlotte’s Inaugural Poet Laureate and Individual World Poetry Slam Champion Junious “Jay” Ward, along with DS Will, Jaycee Cowan, Keith Allison, Linda Orji, Lisa Ann Markuson, producer and host Dionne Hunter, and cohost Laheelah Hunter.

What began as a Charlotte community arts experience has grown into a recognized platform reaching audiences through live stage performances, international film festivals, and national streaming platforms.
ASL interpretation will be provided for this performance.

Come experience an afternoon where music, movement, poetry, visual art, song, and storytelling meet on one stage, and leave inspired by the hope, healing, and triumph that can emerge when creativity brings us together.
Sunday, November 1, 2026. Presented for one performance only. Reserve your seats now.

After six weeks of emotionally charged testimony, jury deliberation begins in the New York federal trial of disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly. If convicted, he could spend 10 years to life in prison.

A federal trial of a former Louisville police detective who was part of the middle of the night raid that killed Breonna Taylor in 2020 is underway.

Trees are one of the best ways to fight deadly urban heat, but U.S. cities lose millions every year. And many low-income areas are starting at a disadvantage.

A jury found the disgraced R&B star guilty of charges that included sexual exploitation of a child, racketeering and sex trafficking. He faces a possible sentence of 10 years to life in prison.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper wants to increase state government spending next year by more than 5 percent, or $1.1 billion, and to issue about $350…

who's on assignment in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. Reid has seen what's touted as the world's tallest building, scheduled to be completed later this year. Reid, who was not impressed, says it looks like a building in a 1950s science fiction movie about the future.

Rather than create a live album spanning its greatest hits, the legendary Athens, Ga., band picked out an unlikely assortment of 39 songs known mostly to R.E.M. diehards. Hear Live at the Olympia in its entirety for the week leading up to the collection's Oct. 27 release.

Lexington, Ky., is one of four sites where the NCAA men's basketball tournament is being played. The visiting teams have been amazed by the locker suite. The $3.1 million facility was paid for with private donations.

Robert Siegel talks with Bruce Nussbaum, editorial page editor of Business Week, about the magazine's annual Best Product Design issue. The 2005 winners include a sleek update on training wheels, the iPod shuffle and a toilet design that "recasts the whole concept of the toilet."

Kolwezi has some of the world's largest copper and cobalt reserves and that makes it a key location at the heart of the U.S. and China's jostle for mineral supremacy on the African continent.

The book centers around two graduate students studying magic at Cambridge University who make a journey to Hell to rescue their recently deceased thesis advisor.

R.E.M. isn't exactly religious, but spiritual themes do creep into its music. Singer Michael Stipe says he comes from a "place of faith," and that generations of men in the Stipe family have been Methodist ministers. Widely billed as R.E.M.'s best album in ages, Accelerate takes inspiration from religious issues.

John Clifton "Jack" Bogle, founder of the Vanguard Group, passed away yesterday at the age of 89. Today we look back at his life and career.

A new recording of Allegro, a 1947 musical by Rodgers & Hammerstein, has just been released on CD. Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization President Ted Chapin joins Fresh Air to discuss the musical.

Light the World Giving Machines are a convenient and fun way to help those in need this Christmas season. Instead of traditional vending machines that sell candy and soda, Giving Machines allow people to purchase an item for someone else--across town or around the world. After the payment process is completed, a card representing the item drops into an enclosed display bin. 100% of your donations are given to the charity of your choosing. This year's featured charities include FeedNC, Latin American Coalition, The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Charlotte, CARE and Medicine For All People (MAP) International.

Make sure to check out the event calendar for something fun each day! dropbox.com/scl/fi/mb8ky…

For more information, head to the new 2024 GivingMachine.org page launching 11/13.

A law that allows the executive branch to direct industrial production is being used to spur firms to step up their output of scarce items, such as face masks and ventilators.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy may not like some of his wife's lyrics. In one cut, Carla Bruni compares her lover to high-grade heroin. We hear what Parisians think of the new album.

The morning after winning two Grammy awards, R&B singer H.E.R. received an Oscar nomination for the song "Fight For You" from the film Judas and the Black Messiah.