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The former Sesame Street writer is working with the NYPD to create a small pilot program on gun violence at an elementary school in East Harlem.

Health and Equity in the Historic West End Green District: Benefits of Community-Led Green Infrastructure
Speaker: Daisha Williams, Environmental Justice Manager, Clean AIRE NC

Like many cities in North Carolina, Charlotte harbors a deep, well-documented economic and racial divide. As a result, Historic West End (HWE) residents live in a “crescent” around the center city affected by aging housing stock, high energy burdens, proximity to major roads and industry, elevated rates of illness, and other factors leading to the community being especially vulnerable to the effects of air pollution and climate change.
To address these challenges, the HWE Green District is a partnership between Clean AIRE NC and residents with the shared goal of developing and implementing initiatives designed to reduce air pollution, improve health, and address climate-related challenges. In this session Environmental Justice Manager, Daisha Williams will discuss the challenges and benefits of building a healthy, empowered, and climate-resilient community.
This session will be presented live online. Registrants will receive the link to join on the day of the program.

It’s magic hour in the New Mexico desert as an exhausted film crew races against the setting sun to shoot their blockbuster (but artsy) action movie, which takes place on an arctic (Styrofoam) ice floe, and features an ecoterrorist plotting a bombing mission to save all of humankind (supposedly). As the clock ticks and the desert sun beats down on the not-so-frozen landscape, personalities clash, artistic vision meets Hollywood demands, and the gap between fiction and science grows wider than ever. A dark but hilarious “play in six takes,” CONTINUITY interrogates the role of storytelling in a world on the brink of actual environmental crisis. Featuring Becca Worthington, Jennifer Adams, Renee Welsh-Noel, William Reilly, Alex Aguilar, Dan Grogan, and Caroline Magee. Design team: Evan Kinsley, Nathaniel Gillespie, Colin Harden, Tim Beany, and Hazel Doherty.

Dogs have a long history in the White House. New York Times critic A.O. Scott explains why almost every Commander in Chief has had a furry companion by their side.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that, at Trump's direction, she is ordering the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the program.

KIDS GO FREE January 1, 2021 - January 31, 2021 Now (as of announce date) through January 31, Kids go free at the NASCAR Hall of Fame has been extended with a paying adult admission. Experience racing excitement from start to finish with over 50 interactives. View 18 historic cars on Glory Road, celebrate NASCAR inductees in the Hall of Honor and experience what it takes to be a NASCAR driver at the Pit Crew Challenge. And don’t miss your photo opp with Disney Pixar’s Lightning McQueen, on display now. Tickets may be purchased at nascarhall.com.

Envious machinations and evil intentions take hold in American Shakespeare Center’s Othello, live streaming on Friday, Oct. 9 at 7pm. The show will be shot in 3-camera cinema-quality and presented live from the stage of the Blackfriars Playhouse. Directed by celebrated ASC Artistic Director Ethan McSweeny, this stunningly relevant production of Shakespeare’s tragedy of racism and jealousy promises to bring audiences to the edge of their seats. Acclaimed actress Jessika D. Williams, who has won a cult following from her appearance on the popular television series Doctor Who, appears in the title role of Othello. Opposite Williams is veteran actor-manager John Harrell as the malevolent Iago. It’s a struggle between good and evil when these two titanic talents square off. BlkFrs LIVE offers Schaefer Center Presents audiences synchronized live viewing of ASC’s new production of Othello. The comprehensive “Virtual Tour” program is designed to make it possible for people to experience the joy of Shakespeare in performance and the magic of the Blackfriars Playhouse from far away. The American Shakespeare Center’s productions are intimate in scale, yet epic in scope. The company utilizes Shakespeare’s staging conditions (universal lighting, minimal sets, character doubling, cross-gender casting, and live music) to blend Shakespeare’s stagecraft with a modern sensibility. This engaging approach to the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries is what led the UK Telegraph to call ASC “one of the most accomplished Shakespeare companies in the United States.”

Misery
Written by William Goldman
Based on the novel by Stephen King

Directed by Rod Oden

Performance Dates:
Fridays - Sundays
February 7-22, 2025
7:30pm Fridays and Saturdays
2:30pm Sunday (February 16)

SYNOPSIS
Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads his latest book and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie forces Paul to write a new Misery novel, and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere. The irate Annie has Paul writing as if his life depends on it, and it does.

Photo & Description by Lee Street Theatre

The 2024 AMG Heritage Awards are being held this October 26, 2024 at the beautiful Dale F. Halton Theater in Charlotte, NC. with generous support by Central Piedmont Community College and our other generous sponsors.

Your hosts for the evening are music legends...
Thea Austin "Rhythm is a Dancer"
&
Skip Martin (Kool & The Gang and Dazz Band)
Visit the AMG Heritage Awards FB page for more details

Other performances include
Deniece Williams - "Lets Hear it For The Boy"
Janice Robinson - "Dreamer"
Robins S - "Show Me Love"
& More....

See event Page for more details...
This is a Formal Event - Black Tie/Gown preferred
Open to all ages
The Artists Music Guild, Inc is a Education Registered Non-Profit 501(c)3
With outreach in music for title -1 schools throughout Mecklenburg, Monroe, Matthews and other counties...

How is the relationship between Charlotte and Raleigh? Are we good? Charlotte is North Carolina's largest city, while Raleigh is the state capitol. Seems…

Republicans don’t care much that Charles Jeter is now a lobbyist. Ex-Legislators do that all the time. But some have been surprised at the gusto for which…

This special joint performance for friends and family highlights some of the vibrant and challenging repertoire the ensembles are performing this year. The Davidson Chorale and Chamber Singers present music from Baltic nations where the cultural heritage of singing is millenia old. Folksongs and contemporary portraits of daily life in Estonia and Lithuania by Margo Kõlar, Vaclovas Augustinas, and Cyrillus Kreek will be presented. Uniquely, this concert will also be home to the premiere of the newly commissioned, Davidson Fight Song Medley, a tradition we are sure will be beloved by all Wildcats. The DCSO performs Michael Giacchino’s music from Up and John Williams’s music from the Indiana Jones series. The concert concludes with a special collaborative performance by the DCSO and Chorale.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

ATC Host Linda Wertheimer talks with a group of suburban women from Ohio about the presidential candidates -- George W. Bush and Al Gore. These middle class working women with children are considered a key part of the so-called swing vote. They also reside in a crucial state -- Ohio -- which remains up-for-grabs. The group includes: Gina Cronin, Anne Stevenson, Jennifer Lang and Kristi Gallup. The four ladies remain on the fence about whom to vote for -- as they find both candidates attractive for different reasons.

Join us as we host Queens alumnus and current Trustee Jesse Cureton, MBA '02 for a very special Distinguished Leaders in Action discussion focused on leading in healthcare during a pandemic. Jesse currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Officer at Novant Healthcare. In addition to serving as a Trustee at Queens, he also serves on the Board of Visitors at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Charlotte City Partners, the Foundation for the Carolinas and a number of other not for profit and educational organizations. The Leaders in Action Lecture Series provides the McColl School of Business and Queens University’s campus community with an opportunity to interact with and be exposed to a variety of leaders with varying leadership styles and experiences. The lecture events are hosted in an intimate setting where the audience can ask questions and hear personal and professional leadership experiences from our guests. The lecture begins at 5:30pm and a networking reception will immediately follow each lecture. Contact, Jane Williams, to learn more.

Tuesday, August 18, 2020The United States granted women the right to vote 100 years ago. We look back on the ratification of the 19th Amendment to…

Join us as we host Stephanie Hurren, Director of HR, at the Charlotte Hornets and Queens alumni Donovan Marks, MBA '04, Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at Nucor Corporation, and Kim Blue, MSOD '18, Chief People Officer, at OpenExchange, Inc. for a informative discussion on the impact of the pandemic and the #newnormal on recruitment, retention and employee engagement. The Leaders in Action Lecture Series provides the McColl School of Business and Queens University’s campus community with an opportunity to interact with and be exposed to a variety of leaders with varying leadership styles and experiences. The lecture events are hosted in an intimate setting where the audience can ask questions and hear personal and professional leadership experiences from our guests. The lecture begins at 5:30pm and a networking reception will immediately follow each lecture. Contact, Jane Williams, to learn more. Dial-In Information Please note instructions and a link to the virtual session will be emailed the week of the event.

Air is all around us, and we breathe 30,000 times a day. We depend on air for life itself, but how much do we know about it? Author William Bryant Logan…

A 30-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a car last Friday riding her bicycle on The Plaza, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said Monday. Kristie Nicole Crowder was riding an electric bicycle just after 5 p.m. near the 1400 block of The Plaza, police said.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said all Americans “will be treated the same” by the retooled disaster agency. President Trump has appointed only Republicans to his FEMA task force.

Candidate filing closed at noon today in Mecklenburg County and around the state, setting the fields for spring primaries in local, state and federal…