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Shimmering. Tender. Reflective. Principal Harpist Andrea Mumm Trammell takes center stage to perform Debussy's Danses sacrée et profane, a shimmering and alluring work that evokes the sounds of Ancient Greece and Rome. Richard Strauss composed Metamorphosen during the turmoil of World War II, utilizing 23 solo string parts as a reflection on the destruction he witnessed in Munich. Andrea Mumm Trammell, harp Christopher Warren-Green, conductor DEBUSSY Danses sacrée et profane R. STRAUSS Metamorphosen

January 27, 12 pm to 2 pm https://charlotte.score.org/event/small-business-cybersecurity-lunch-learn-workshop-jan-27-2021 The SBA and FTC partnered together to produce cyber guidance designed for small businesses. Our business-leader focused presentation will dive into these topics explaining how to leverage this practical and pragmatic guidance to help protect businesses from cyber-attacks. • What does the SBA say are the most likely cyber attacks and how do you protect your business from these? • Why businesses should focus on the cyber basics such as encryption, user management, and backups? • If you have partners that touch your data or systems - such as hosted email, outsource HR, or managed IT - how do you best protect yourself? • What are the best ways to protect your email system? • Discuss the broad range of cyber protections including insurance, physical security, and user education.

JazzArts Charlotte is offering tuition-based jazz programs with weekly online instruction from the area’s finest educators. Whether beginner or advanced, enjoy discovering jazz in small group settings. Now introducing adult classes to the JazzArts Academy! Explore your passion.

If being more active is a goal this year, WFAE's "Charlotte Walks" can keep you moving. Commit to run, walk or hike during our virtual step challenge Jan. 11-Feb. 28.

You can pick one of three distance levels:

Level 1: 1.3 miles per week (9.07 miles total)
Level 2: 9.07 miles per week (63.49 miles total)
Level 3: 13 miles per week (90.7 miles total)

Each week, a participant from each level will win a prize.

A portion of the registration fee will support WFAE.

The American Lung Association in North Carolina’s Fight For Air Climb presented by Landmark Builders will take place outdoors for the first time at Truist Field, Home of the Charlotte Knights, on March 27. The event typically takes place in the stairwells of The VUE but was reimagined as an outdoor climb challenge for the safety of participants, volunteers and staff. The organization is also offering a "Climb Your Way" option for those who can't make it to the physical event.

Join the North Carolina Humanities Council on January 19 at 6:30 PM for "Whose Water Is it Anyway?,” an interactive panel discussion on drought, water rights, our water supply, and other themes present in their “Watershed Moments: Statewide Read” novel "The Water Knife" by Paolo Bacigalupi. This virtual, free event features award-winning writer and NC State Professor John Kessel, author Jacqui Castle, and NC Drought Management Advisory Council member Klaus Albertin in a conversation moderated by Charlotte Readers Podcast host Landis Wade. Want to be part of the conversation? Submit your questions to North Carolina Humanities Council’s Facebook and Twitter pages (@NCHumanities) using #WatershedMoments before the start of the event. If they select your question to be answered during the event, you’ll receive an exclusive environmental-themed prize! Need a copy of the book? The North Carolina Humanities Council's “Watershed Moments: Statewide Read” is a statewide book club that invites you to read "The Water Knife" by Paolo Bacigalupi and "Dry" by Jarrod and Neal Shusterman as the jumping-off point for meaningful conversations about matters in our communities and state. 1. Claim your free e-book copy of both books using this registration form while supplies last: https://bit.ly/2X9vDLH 2. For a limited time Bookmarks is offering 20% off hard copies of both books. Use the discount code 21WATER at checkout to claim this offer. a. Buy "The Water Knife": https://www.bookmarksnc.org/book/9780804171533 b. Buy "Dry": https://www.bookmarksnc.org/book/9781481481977

We’re all staying home, but we don’t have to be alone. Until it’s safe to gather in person, your Library Foundation brings the authors to you! Final Draught: Home Edition is a virtual chat with a writer. Kick off a healthy new year and join us Tuesday, January 26 at 7 p.m. for a conversation with Lisa Leake, the New York Times best-selling author of the 100 Days of Real Food cookbook series, moderated by Cristina Wilson. Tickets on sale now.

Local Live(s): WFAE brings together journalists and community members for a night of entertainment and conversation. Think TED Talk or the Moth except with stories from journalists and Charlotte locals.

Featured guests:

+ Tommy Tomlinson, WFAE commentator and host of "SouthBound"
+ Laura Brache, WFAE reporter covering immigration and deportation
+ Si Kahn, singer-songwriter and activist
+ Diashanna Logan, spoken word artist

SWATS of GameBreaxs will provide live music.

Come, share your eyes, ears, and mind with your local contemporaries and peers.   Bring your work. Let's talk about it. Let's keep each other busy and enthusiastic about making art and developing our local art scene. 

All work is welcome - 2D, 3D, video, installation & digital.   BEGINNING IN MAY 2020, THE MONTHLY ARTIST MEETUP WILL BE HELD ONLINE IN GOOGLE MEET UNITL FURTHER NOTICE. The link to the Google Meet will be listed on the Arts Council’s webpage the week before the Monthly Artist Meetup is scheduled to occur. Click JOIN just before the scheduled meeting time to enter the video chat.   GOOGLE MEET LINK | available at https://www.yorkcountyarts.org/artistmeetup Please EMAIL digital representations of your artwork in advance to: Mike Gentry, Gallery Manager | mgentry@yorkcountyarts.org ADMISSION | FREE

Encore Center presents our first Dinner Theatre in partnership with Ashten’s to create a memorable romantic memory this Valentine’s Day. Come follow the life long story of a couple and their Love Letters while enjoying chef prepared creations by Ashten’s. Follow the 50-year love story of Melissa, played by Laura Morgan (Mrs. Senior North Carolina), and Andy, played by Bill Sahadi (Host of All Things Moore County). Performances are Friday, February 12 and Saturday, February 13 at 6:30 pm and tickets include a full meal and wine and Saturday, February 13 and Sunday February 14 at 2:00pm and tickets include a charcuterie board and wine. Shows will be held in our indoor space at 160 E New Hampshire Avenue in Downtown Southern Pines. In the interest of safety for both staff and audience and in accordance with local regulations, audience numbers are limited to 25, and socially-distanced seating will be enforced. Seating is assigned and limited and ticket sales will be closing February 6th so please don’t delay in reserving your tickets. For tickets or more information about Love Letters, or other upcoming productions, visit our website EncoreCenter.net or call the box office at (910) 725-0603.

Old factory complexes across North Carolina are finding new lives, but in downtown Davidson, developers have tried for years to redevelop an aging cotton mill without success. That's because cancer-causing asbestos is buried on the site. Between the cost of cleanup and the risk of stirring up asbestos, nobody has been willing to take on the job.

WFAE's new series, Asbestos Town, investigates the history of asbestos in Davidson, the attempts to renovate the mill and how contamination in the historically Black neighborhood nearby has stirred up old tensions.

Join us for a community conversation about what's happening with asbestos removal and the possibility for redevelopment at the old Linden Mill.

Confirmed panelists (subject to change):

• Rusty Knox, mayor of Davidson
• Mark Miller, developer
• Linda Reinstein, president of Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
• Rosalia Polanco, a University of Pennsylvania graduate student and 2018 Davidson College graduate who has researched the environmental justice aspects of Davidson's asbestos issue

Moderator:
David Boraks, WFAE's environmental reporter and host of Asbestos Town

JazzArts Charlotte’s monthly virtual live music series is excited to present bassist Dave Vergato and his quartet, playing some of your favorite jazz standards. Charlotte-based bass Dave Vergato is the name you call when you want a bassist, with extensive performance experience in a wide variety of musical styles from jazz to classical, musical theater, rock, funk, and contemporary Christian music. Dave Vergato has been offering his knowledge to the next generation in schools for years, and is also currently an Adjunct Professor at Wynthrop. Tune in to Keep Jazz A-Live-Streaming to hear local jazz musicians live, straight to your living room via YouTube and Facebook Live, directly from Crown Station. Featuring: Sean Higgins, piano Tim Scott, drums Troy Conn, guitar Free Event - Thanks to our sponsors, Knight Foundation, O’s Place Jazz, Arts and Science Council, NC Arts Council, Crown Station and our many donors who keep jazz thriving.

African American Builders and Architects explores the extraordinary buildings across the state of NC constructed by free black artisans and slaves during the pre-Civil War era. Learn about the building styles and tools used by these individuals, as well as African folkways and traditions. In addition, Redefining Builders: The African American Communities of Cleveland County, co-curated by Chavis Gash and Zach Dressel for the Earl Scruggs Center, transitions from traditional builders to transformational builders of communities. This part of the exhibit documents how African Americans built vibrant communities filled with churches, civic organizations, and businesses. African American Builders and Architects was produced by the Historic Preservation Foundation of NC in cooperation with the Gallery of Art & Design at North Carolina State University.

Seasonal ingredients pair with an on-demand virtual cooking class from Chef Alyssa's Kitchen for a creative culinary journey at home this Valentine's Day weekend. You'll learn Chef Alyssa Wilen’s classic cooking techniques to create and artistically plate a three-course meal for two! You'll also receive two specially-commissioned art prints from McColl Center. Order by February 7 for pickup or delivery on February 12. Vegetarian option available.

JazzArts Charlotte presents the regional premiere of “We Insist” during the 60th anniversary of this jazz suite’s groundbreaking artistic statement of civil rights and social justice. “We Insist,” Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, is a classic protest jazz album released in 1960 on themes related to the civil rights movement. This performance, created on Charlotte’s Black Lives Matter mural plaza, is presented in conjunction with Black History Month. Composer and drummer Max Roach, born in Newland, North Carolina, is considered one of the most important jazz drummers in history. He is one of the many influential jazz musicians from this region that makes the Carolina’s a well of jazz history. The Carolina’s continues to be a source of world-class jazz musicians. There is a historic link between jazz and civil rights. As the leading genre of music of the 1950s and ’60s, it offered both a common ground between white and black communities and created an artistic outlet for the message of equality. Music led by special guest trumpeter Sean Jones. Jones is an internationally-recognized performer, leader, composer, and educator, served as lead trumpeter for Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra and is currently the President of Jazz Education Network. Performed on the Black Lives Matter mural as a combined artistic statement to reinforce the desire to elevate the message of social justice, equity and inclusion, and make it a priority. Sean Jones is joined by regional musicians, speakers, and dancers on the mural for an integrated artistic expression, then and now. This production was developed by JazzArts Charlotte, in partnership with Charlotte Center City Partners, Levine Museum of the New South, US Bank, and Knight Foundation. PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE: Sean Jones, trumpet Dawn Anthony, vocalist Elijah Freeman, tenor saxophone Lovell Bradford, piano Ocie Davis, drums Shannon Hoover, bass Tyrone Jefferson, trombone Johnny Vegara, congas Noah Munford, congas Gary Munford, congas Rajuma Bey, congas Dr. Willie Griffin, speaker & historian at the Levine Museum of the New South Quentin Talley, poet & Program Director at Hayti Heritage Center Tamara Williams, choreographer Dinora Ramirez, Lydia Heidt, & Raquelah Conyers, dancers

Wishes need STARS like YOU! ⭐ While the world is facing extraordinary challenges, local children continue to be diagnosed with critical illnesses every single day. These kids are facing some of their hardest days but YOU can help be a light of hope! Join us for our 2021 Wish Ball on February 26th - taking place VIRTUALLY for the first time! This LIVE event will feature inspiring stories from our wish families, live and silent auctions, and opportunities to grant wishes. The pre-show will start at 6:30 PM and the program will begin promptly at 7 PM. Help us make the stars align for local wish kids! Sign up for the event for FREE at ncwishball.org and don't forget to invite your family and friends to join as well. It's going to be an inspiring and uplifting night and you are not going to want to miss it!

We’re all staying home, but we don’t have to be alone. Until it’s safe to gather in person, your Library Foundation brings the authors to you! Final Draught: Home Edition is a virtual chat with a writer. Kick off a healthy new year and join us Tuesday, February 23 at 7 p.m. for a conversation with Theresa Payton, author of Manipulated: Inside the Cyberwar to Hijack Elections and Distort the Truth, moderated by Barb Ellis. Tickets on sale now.

Black colleges and universities are a haven for Black intellectuals, artists and revolutionaries and have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field. Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities examines the impact these institutions have had on American history, culture, and national identity.

Carolina Pro Musica continues the 43rd season with “The Flowering of the English Baroque” –featuring the music of Henry Purcell as well as those non-English composers who continued to make England’s music charming. These are Handel, J.C. Bach, Pepusch and Gottfried Finger all composers from Europe. There are instrumental works for two eighteenth-century flutes, as well as trios for recorder and viola da gamba solo. Vocal works are the famous “Music for a While” by Purcell, “As when the Dove” by Handel and two Italian arias by J.C. Bach (the London Bach), son of J.S. Bach. This is a virtual concert.

Alzheimer’s causes changes in memory, thinking and behavior that are not normal aging. Join us to learn about: » The difference between normal aging and Alzheimer’s. » Common warning signs. » The importance of early detection and benefits of diagnosis. » Next steps and expectations for the diagnostic process. » Alzheimer’s Association resources To register: https://tinyurl.com/MPLMar210Signs Or call 800.272.3900