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Spend a fall Saturday outdoors with our team at NoDa Brewing Company to learn more about the incredible resources and support teams available to you and your growing family. Learn, shop and have fun - focused on the journey from conception through toddlerhood.
Some activities include build-your-own Sensory toy, free mini infant development assessments, tummy time tent, infant/toddler soft playground, pre-event perinatal yoga, face painting, story & music time, free maternal chair massage and so much more.
Free to the public.

The Wing Haven Foundation Al Fresco Fall Dinner fundraiser benefits Wing Haven’s two historically significant and nationally recognized properties on Charlotte’s Ridgewood Avenue and the SEED Wildlife & Children’s Garden, and celebrates our mission of cultivating sanctuary in nature, environmental stewardship and the legacy of Southern horticulture.

Guests will enjoy a seated artisan-style dinner by Best Impressions inspired by garden legacy and heirloom ingredients, an interactive Terra Forma art installation by Crista Cammaroto, live music, and a silent auction of fine art by local artists.

Limited reservations. Available first by mailed invitation to current members and donors with access code. Members call the office 704.331.0664 for code or to reserve. $280 per person.

Many thanks to all of our event sponsors. Title Sponsor: Wells Fargo.

Under the artistic direction of Cathy Youngblood, Caritas A Cappella Ensemble brings you the choral works of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (born Oct. 12, 1872), including his a cappella Mass in G Minor and Three Shakespeare Songs, as well as some of his best-known motets and hymns accompanied by organ.

Accompanied by Jerrick Cavagnaro, organist.

Soloists: Emily Shusdock, soprano, Shelby Cox, mezzo-soprano, Dakota Drake, tenor, Charlie Moore, bass

Our nonprofit partner is Dahlia Grove, a nonprofit social enterprise seeking to empower and employ women survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence and sexual exploitation.

You're invited to our inaugural [Re]Build the Roost fundraising event! Join us as we raise funds for our home repair programs while highlighting the work of local artists.


Sponsors and local artists are working together to create birdhouses that will be up for auction at [Re]Build the Roost. Please join us for an afternoon of fun! Who knows, you may fall in love with one of the birdhouses.


Tickets are available for purchase for $20 and cover the price of entry, small bites, and a drink ticket from Resident Culture.


Date: October 15th, 2022
Time: 2pm-5pm
Location: Victoria Yards, 209 E 7th St, Charlotte, NC 28202
Transportation Suggestions: Light Rail (7th Street Station), 7th Street Public Market Parking Garage, local Preferred Parking locations.

"Natives Dancing: The Presence, Practice, & Purpose of Dance in Native American Culture Today”
Jess Moore, Dance Education Specialist, Columbia College

In Native American cultures, dancing plays an important role in one’s identity, serving as a form of connection, personal expression, and representation.

This lecture will discuss ways Native Americans are using concert dance and pan-Indian powwows to bring about remembrance and recognition to contemporary Native American culture.

Moore’s Lunch and Learn is held in conjunction with the 17th Annual Native American Studies Celebration.

To attend the lecture in person, please call (803) 313-7172 or email usclnasp@mailbox.sc.edu to reserve your spot.

To attend via Zoom, register via this link: https://bit.ly/3dLHU4G

Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 is a lighthearted masterpiece, full of mischievous musical jokes. Principal Clarinetist Taylor Marino takes the stage to perform Mozart's popular Clarinet Concerto. Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Taylor Marino, clarinet PROKOFIEV Classical Symphony MOZART Clarinet Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4

Join us each Saturday October 9 through November 6 at 10am for a special tour about Death and Dying in the North Carolina backcountry! The tour will explore the place of death in everyday life for families like the Polks, common diseases and associated herbal remedies, as well as burial rites and rituals for Scotts-Irish settlers and enslaved African-Americans. Look through the Main House, Kitchen House and garden, and discover our family cemetery! This tour will cover about 1/4 mile, and we recommend wearing sturdy walking shoes. Tickets are $7/person and are available to preorder.

On Tuesday, Oct. 5 at 6:30 p.m., the Board of County Commissioners will be holding a public hearing at its regular meeting to get the community’s input on how the County should invest $215 million in COVID-19 relief funds from the federal government. According to guidance issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Mecklenburg County must obligate its funding no later than December 31, 2024, and the funds should be spent before the December 31, 2026 deadline. County residents are invited to participate by providing input on how the federal dollars should be distributed. The meeting is fully remote, and speakers are required to sign up by visiting http://mecknc.seamlessdocs.com/f/clerk or calling the County Clerk’s Office at 980-314-2912 no later than 12 p.m. the day of the meeting. For more information regarding the County’s ARPA funds please contact Intergovernmental Affairs Manager, Starla Tanner, at Starla.Tanner@mecknc.gov.

Kick off spooky season with the Charlotte Symphony at Elmwood Cemetery! Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology features a series of monologues that collectively tell the story of Spoon River, a fictional small town in Illinois, spoken from beyond the grave by the town's former residents who provide accounts of their lives, losses, and deaths. A quartet of CSO trombonists are The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, interweaving turn-of-the-century American music by John Phillip Sousa, Scott Joplin, and W.C. Handy - incorporating hymns, ragtime, blues, and classical works inspired by folk traditions such as Copland's Appalachian Spring and the Largo from Dvořák's New World Symphony - with the stories. Members from Mecklenburg Historical Association's Voices From the Past will be onsite to greet and interact with guests. This event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required. Seating will not be provided; please plan to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets.

Grab a craft beer and kick back with the Charlotte Symphony at On Tap! Entering its sixth season, this popular series features a more intimate orchestra experience with classical and contemporary tunes from a diverse range of composers - all within the laid-back environment of a neighborhood brewery. Note: This concert is general admission with limited seating available on a first come, first served basis. Patrons are welcome to bring lawn chairs or blankets. On Tap concerts are special events with limited ticket availability.

A powerful meditation on the human condition, Mahler's Ninth Symphony was his final completed work. Devastating and fearlessly introspective, this profound work explores ideas about life and death. Christopher Warren-Green, conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 9

Join us for the annual release of our Southeastern IPA brewed in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg! $2/4pack & proceeds from merchandise will be donated to the Dottie Rose Foundation, which aims to connect the dots within the technology and computer science sphere to educate, support, and inspire the next generation of young women. RBG Swag Include: 🔹 Stickers 🔹Koozies 🔹 Candles 🔹 Button Pins Details: 8am: Online Pre-Orders Sales begin 11am: Taproom opens for on-site sales and consumption 11-1pm: Dottie Rose Foundation On-Site 12-4pm: CLT Pride Scavenger Hunt Stop 5-9pm: Harvest Night Makers Market on the Snooze Patio. A market featuring all women entrepreneurs. Food Vendor TBD *Beer is expected to sell quickly!

Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte will conclude its Rock the Barn outdoor series with the cult classic musical Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, October 6-31. It seems fitting that the show about the ultimate time warp (we’re living in one, right?) is as popular as ever. A wild ride with an irresistible rock score, this classic tribute to science fiction, B movies, and fishnets is everything your mother warned you about! For "Act One” of its Season 33, ATC has created an outdoor venue with a festival feel at The Barn at MoRA - a Levine Property, 8300 Monroe Road, Charlotte, N.C., 28212. Complete with a performance stage and bring-your-own-seating, the 1923 dairy barn and silos are the backdrop for the evening performances. *FOR PATRONS' SAFETY, PROOF OF COVID VACCINATIONS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY AT THE TICKET BOOTH.

Starting October first, come to the Selma Burke Room on the first and third Friday each month at 12:30p.m. and be guided on a variety of mindful practices to support wellness and self-care, including breathwork, gentle yoga, energy clearing, and sound healing. No experience needed.

Join us for our monthly Teen STEM program on the first Saturday each month at 11:30a.m. in the Selma Burke Room. Brought to you in collaboration with FUSE #12080, South Iredell High School’s robotics team. Visit our events calendar or call the library at 704-664-2927 to register.

Join MPL & Ryan Dial-Stanley, a Lumbee Native American, for music, dancing and storytelling. All ages welcome.

Join us to learn about research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity, and social engagement, and use hands-on tools to help you incorporate these recommendations into a plan for healthy aging. An education program presented by the Alzheimer’s Association®

Sponsored by Pinnacle, Mooresville Friends of the Library, and Homesley & Wingo. Join us for a poetry reading with NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green. Book signing to follow, titles will be available to purchase from Jaki.

Are you ready to listen and learn? Children in grades K-12 are invited to join us the third Tuesday of the month as we tune in to a different podcast on a specific topic.  Learn about podcasts on a variety of topics and share about ones you like with others.  School age children who are ready to lend an ear will enjoy this program.

Latin Rhythms highlights Latin music and dance rhythms as they relate to the sounds, beats and origins from the ancestors in Africa to the Caribbean, Central, and South American countries that made the music popular! The performance will include a Latin band, dancers and an orator. The orator will share the history of Latin dance while the Marcel Portilla Band plays.Jazz N Soul Inspirations is sponsored by ASC Culture Blocks, a community partnership funded by Mecklenburg County.Bring your chairs and water!!!