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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 6:00pm and a networking reception
will immediately follow each lecture.

Contact, Jane Williams, williamj@queens.edu to learn more.

Washington Post reporter Matt Zapotosky talks about the attorney general's role in the Trump administration's forceful response to the largely peaceful George Floyd protests in Washington, DC.

The woman stabbed to death Friday night on the light rail in South End has been identified as 23-year old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. Charlotte City Council members demand answers about crime. The first day of school at CMS suffers a few hiccups. The Charlotte home of surgeon Dr. C. Warren Williams will be designated as a historic landmark.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could not move forward with his execution.

Updated Aug. 31, 2018Local officials around Mecklenburg County are strongly criticizing a school board vote Tuesday that would basically stop new school…

This week Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools says it will provide details on cost overruns and changes to school bond projects – and will start laying the…

Hungry for Music is a nonprofit organization that takes donations of musical instruments, refurbishes them and distributes them to needy music students across the country.

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 6:00pm and a networking reception will immediately follow each lecture.
Contact, Jane Williams, williamj@queens.edu to learn more.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Kristy Hedler, mother of a son with Down syndrome, about what eliminating the Department of Education would mean for kids who receive special education services.

In his long career as a journalist, Ed Williams had a front row seat to many of the big issues and events that happened in the South, beginning in the…

Commemorating 400 years since the death of William Byrd, our choirs are joined by professional, Grammy nominated and London based ensemble, Stile Antico. Together, they present this season’s InChoir series concert, a program of dazzling Renaissance polyphony alongside contemporary selections.
For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Free for Davidson students, but tickets are required.

Everyone's heard of William Shakespeare and read/seen the work that helped shape some of the world's most popular literature. Our Shakespeare Intensive Workshop teaches teens and adults some of the techniques that go into understanding and performing Shakespeare, such as fight choreography, iambic pentameter, beats, character work, and more. The cast will then put all that they've learned into a performance that will highlight some of Shakespeare's well-known and lesser-known works!

This production is taught, staged, and rehearsed in just 5 short days! The cast's sheer talent, resilience, and hard work is something you don't want to miss!

Travel is picking up as the coronavirus pandemic recedes, but what will post-COVID travel look like? How will people approach this reacquired freedom, and what is the future of business travel?

In his long career as a journalist, Ed Williams had a front row seat to many of the big issues and events that happened in the South, beginning in the…

This film stars Carol Speed as the title character, William H. Marshall and Terry Carter. It was directed by William Girdler, who co-wrote the film's story with screenwriter Gordon Cornell Layne. Blaxploitation horror movie Abby was a big hit when released in 1974, but it was pulled from distribution following a lawsuit from Warner Brothers, who claimed it was a rip-off of its 1973 hugely popular film, The Exorcist. Abby is a similar movie, although there are enough variations from the plot of The Exorcist where it could have had a fair chance to become major success.

A musical and narrative journey along a timeline that begins with the arrival of the first Black West African enslaved people into present-day Georgia. Trouble So Hard will explore some of the many stories that comprise our American history and bring us to the here and now. The show will be performed by former Charlotte Folk Society leader Harry Taylor on the banjo, with vocals by singer/songwriter, Saundra Porter Thomas, and singer/songwriter, and poet Kel Williams.

In Huntersville, a new commission that is studying charter schools and other educational options held its first meeting Monday night.The 11-member…

Updated at 5:55 p.m. - Another town wants in on the bill that would allow the south Mecklenburg towns of Matthews and Mint Hill to create their own…

FREE YOUTH ADMISSION This Spring, kids go free at the NASCAR Hall of Fame. 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 or with our iRacing simulators. Also, don't miss your photo op with Disney·Pixar's Lightning McQueen, on display now. Use promo code SPRING and purchase your tickets online. Adult general admission ticket purchase required (youth ages 4-12; no charge for 3 and under). Offer valid online only, April 2-11. Up to four complimentary youth tickets per paid adult admission.