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Charlotte-area community members are invited to attend a free community-wide event, aimed at increasing sleep health education. The family-oriented, fun afternoon will feature on-site sleep center screenings, read-aloud bedtime stories, bouncing inflatables, face painters, two instructed yoga sessions and other interactive events. Prior to the free event, there will be a 5K run/walk, where pajama-clad runners will hit the streets of Charlotte to raise awareness about healthy sleep. Proceeds from the run will benefit the AASM Foundation and Sleep Research Society Foundation to support key research that positively impacts the lives of patients with sleep disorders and the field of sleep medicine.

Join We Rock CLT as campers play their original songs! Throughout the week, Kid campers aged 8-12 have learned how to play an instrument, form a band and write their own original songs!

Our summer camp curriculum teaches these diverse individuals to learn, create, and collaborate through musical exploration. We provide lessons, workshops, and activities that build allyship and empower campers to find their voice. By uniting musical education with social justice programs, We Rock Charlotte teaches campers to stand up for themselves and each other as artists, activists, and allies.

Mother/Daughter Conversation About “Child: A Memoir”
Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room Celebrates Summer Reading

Join Judy Goldman, Charlotte author of seven books, as her daughter, Laurie Smithwick, a Charlotte artist, interviews her about her new memoir, CHILD — a personal meditation on love in the shadow of white privilege and racism. CHILD tells the story of Judy’s relationship with the Black woman who worked for her family, “lived in,” and helped raise her. It’s also the story of the child who was left behind to be raised by someone else. Judy and Laurie will examine what it meant to grow up in Rock Hill, S.C., in the 1940s and ‘50s.

This program will be hosted in person at SouthPark Regional Library.

Register at cmlibrary.org/calendar
704-416-5400

Introducing Charlotte’s newest Latin jazz sensation, JazzArts Nuestro Tiempo Youth Ensemble.
This new ensemble of student musicians has spent the past 12 weeks delving into the unique rhythms, instruments, and patterns of Latin jazz, and is ready to present to you a variety of traditional Latin and Cuban jazz tunes that will keep you dancing.
They are excited to share with you the culmination of their work and fun.
This performance kicks off Havana Night at the Boileryard, a full evening celebrating Cuban culture. Beginning at 5:00, you’re invited to eat, drink, dance and celebrate Cuba’s rich culture, featuring live music by North Carolina’s finest salsa band Orquesta Mayor, Cuban five-piece band Son Poquitos, DJ Nick Martin, also delicious Cuban cuisine, mojitos station and a lot of sabor! More information about the full event: https://happeningnext.com/event/havana-night-in-the-boileryard-eid3a08psm5mn
Want to know what JazzArts Charlotte is most proud of? Come and see!
This program is made possible through special grants from Blue Cross Blue Shield and Arts & Science Council. and our host for the evening, Camp North End.

Contemporary music for all ages.

Jazz music for all ages.

Local author, Landis Wade kicks off a new mystery series that are set in Charlotte with his first novel, Deadly Declaration. Set in modern Charlotte, a trio of retirees join forces to solve the mystery of a fellow resident and the disappearance of his manuscript about the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, the city's controversial claim to fame as being the precursor to the American Declaration of Independence.
This program will be hosted in person at SouthPark Regional Library.

Broadway music for all ages.

"Join us for our monthly CGN drag brunch, co-produced by Charlotte Gaymers Network and DKO Entertainment!

This month, we're featuring the talents of Onya Nerves, Liam Laughin, and Lilli Frost!

Admission is $15"

Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte for the launch of Outshine Hate: Together Against Antisemitism, an initiative created to educate, strengthen, and unite the local community to put an end to antisemitism and anti-Israel hatred. The evening will feature ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt as the keynote speaker.

40 years ago it was 1982, and this year's 40 Over 40 winners were just getting started on their journey to greatness! Join The Charlotte Ledger and U.S. Bank as we go back in time to the 1980s to celebrate our winners! Tickets include a special performance honoring this year's winners, an amazing menu from Plate Perfect Catering, beer, wine and specialty cocktails from our sponsor Old Forester bourbon, best of the '80s music from DJ Jeremy and more! It will be a fun night honoring our amazing 40 Over 40 winners from 2020, 2021 and this year. (If you're looking for a snoozy country club awards dinner, this won't be it.)

Music for Good, our rocking good outdoor live-music event, takes place at BoatYard Lake Norman in Cornelius on Tuesday, April 26, presented by Hyde Park Storage Suites. Get ready to flash back with: • ‘90s cover band Gump Fiction • ‘90s trivia contest • ‘90s dress-up contest • ‘90s themed cocktails, food and raffle prizes

An amazing array of handcrafted pottery from over 50 potters will be offered at this outdoor event. Functional, contemporary and sculptural pottery and garden art made by regional potters will be available at this long standing spring event. Free parking and admission.

Explore the brilliance of birds and delve into the mysteries of the avian brain as explored in the international bestseller, The Genius of Birds. Join Ackerman and experience her adventures firsthand, from the beaches of Barbados to the rainforests of New Caledonia, as she shares stories and stunning photos from her journey to better understand the feathered geniuses around us. Learn how birds make and use their own tools, teach one another new skills, count, navigate, exercise astonishing feats of memory, create works of art, communicate in ways that resemble language, and even pass along cultural traditions. Photo credit: Christine McCluskey

An award-winning musical based on the adored movie which follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. Action-packed and exploding with memorable songs and dynamic dances, this musical is so much fun, it should be illegal! Elle Woods appears to have it all, but her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle charms her way into the prestigious law school, with her Chihuahua, Bruiser, in tow. Elle quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world.

Brimming with slapstick comedy, this delightful farce is complete with slamming doors, on and offstage intrigue, falling trousers, and—of course —flying sardines! A hilarious behind-the-scenes peek at an acting troupe rehearsing and performing a flop called Nothing On. Despite nerves, flubbed lines, missed cues and technical difficulties, they make it through rehearsal and open the show. As time goes by, things deteriorate until pandemonium ensues during a disaster of a performance that threatens the old saying, “The show must go on!”

The Wonderettes are back! This seasonal celebration finds the girls entertaining at the annual Harper’s Hardware Holiday Party. When Santa turns up missing, the girls use their talent and creative ingenuity to save the holiday party! Featuring great ’60s versions of holiday classics such as “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” “Run, Rudolph, Run,” and “Winter Wonderland,” the result is, of course, marvelous! This energetic and glittering holiday package is guaranteed to delight audiences of all ages.

The Award-winning animated film and stage play comes to life in this romantic and beloved take on the classic fairytale. Based on the original Broadway production that ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, and the Academy Award-winning motion picture, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR. is a fantastic adaptation of the story of transformation and tolerance. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity. This "tale as old as time" is filled with spectacular characters and hit musical numbers that will entertain the entire family!

The Analytics Frontiers Conference is the largest data science conference in the region, attracting more than 500 thought leaders, scientists, and business executives from different industries and academia. The Analytics Frontiers Conference, sponsored by UNC Charlotte, will feature tracks in Explainable AI, Ethics in AI, The Future of AI, AI Adoption, Natural Language Processing, Industry Case Studies and more.

Dorothy Gilliam is the former president of the National Association of Black Journalists, where she served from 1993-95. She also is a former fellow of the Freedom Forum at the Media Studies Center at Columbia University as well as at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Gilliam is most well-known as the first Black reporter at the Washington Post, where she started working in 1961. After leaving the newspaper later that decade to spend time with her family, she returned to the Post in 1972, ultimately working there for more than 30 years and eventually starting a column that focused on issues involving education, politics and race.

In recent years, Gilliam has been honored for her life’s work, earning a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Post in 2010 and the Foremother Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Center for Health Research in 2019, which goes to “women who expanded women’s horizons, improved our communities and made remarkable contributions to our country,” according to a NCHR release. Gilliam also wrote a memoir, “Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America,” which was published in January 2019.