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Don't miss the incredibly moving and revealing documentary that honours the legendary Sidney Poitier and his legacy as an iconic actor, filmmaker and activist at the centre of Hollywood and the Civil Rights Movement. Directed by the great Reginald Hudlin and featuring candid interviews with Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Robert Redford, Lenny Kravitz, Barbra Streisand, Spike Lee and many more, the film is also produced by Derik Murray, in close collaboration with the Poitier family.

Join the American Lung Association Thursday, October 13th, at the renowned Duke Mansion for the 7th annual LUNG FORCE Turquoise Tasting. This engaging cocktail reception will provide hope to people with lung cancer, while also funding life-saving lung cancer research. The event will include food and beverage pairings, a silent auction, live music, and several other interactive activities.

Join Sustain Charlotte for our new Impact 704 Academy that kicks off on Oct. 6 at Camp North End. This in-person series will equip you to help shape our future and meet others who share your desire to make an impact!

This is the first of three events in our advocacy-focused series about sustainable land use and transportation. Attend one, two, or all three! If you attend all three events and complete a small advocacy activity of your choosing, you'll receive recognition as an Academy graduate and a certificate. Register for the first event now and mark your calendar for the upcoming ones on Nov. 10 and Dec. 15.

We are thrilled to offer Impact 704 Academy at no cost to you thanks to the generous support of Southminster!

Light refreshments will be provided. This is an alcohol-free event.

While we won't have childcare available, you're welcome to bring your kids and supervise them. We'll have some simple toys and games available.

There will be over 40 vendors, barbecue for eat in or take out, a bake sale and door prizes. All proceeds go to missions. All ages are welcome!

Creative Contracting Vocational is hosting its 2nd annual fundraiser. Please come mix and mingle. Tasting local spirits at GWR Distillery.
CCV is a 501(3)c nonprofit that provides vocational training for men needing a second chance.

Arts at the Abbey is pleased to present the return visit of the premier brass ensemble of the Carolinas – the Carolina Brass. The group performs a wide variety of exciting, and entertaining music including Classical to Contemporary works, Broadway, Jazz, and Big Band. Established in 1997, the Carolina Brass combines virtuosity and good humor, delighting audiences wherever they go
The concert is Monday, November 7, 2022, at 8:00 PM. Belmont Abbey Basilica, 100 Belmont-Mt Holly Rd, Belmont, NC 28012.
The concert is free to the public. Donations are gladly accepted.
For more information:
https://belmontabbeycollege.edu/campus-life/arts-at-the-abbey/

Enjoy developing your movement skills with Inspire Inclusion instructor Lisa First.

Invite confidence, enjoy moving and dancing in community as we create living choreographic structures! Everyone is welcome!

Lisa has an MA in dance and movement studies from Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, and a BA in Visual Arts/Dance from Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH. She has been certified for over thirty years as an American Society of the Alexander Technique instructor, having completed the requisite three-year training.

Building Community & Connection Through Structured Movement Improvisation is sponsored by Culture Blocks— a community partnership funded by Mecklenburg County.

Haul out the holly! Get ready for a long overdue Holiday Extravaganza with One Voice Chorus and Charlotte Pride Band. Featuring creative, upbeat, fresh, and atmospheric arrangements of your favorite holiday tunes like, We Need a Little Christmas, Joy to the World, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and many more!

This year's Holiday Extravaganza is brought to you through the creative vision of:
John Ross, CPB Artistic Director
Cory Davis, OVC Artistic Director
O'Shae Best, CPB Assistant Artistic Director

Hosted by the fabulous Delighted Tobehere: https://www.imdelightedtobehere.com/

Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. Online ticket sales can be found here: https://onevoicechorus.com/events

Location:
Northwest School of the Arts
1415 Beatties Ford Rd
Charlotte, NC 28216 United States

The Charlotte Music Club is pleased to present the 68th annual performance of Handel's Messiah. This free performance, with soloists, chorus, and orchestra, is a beloved tradition.

Learn to play the fundamentals of Latin Jazz.
Led by notable local Latin jazz musicians and educators, workshop participants will learn to perform the Latin Jazz repertoire, including clave rhythm, and fundamentals including form, reading, composing, arranging and Latin jazz history.
This is a unique opportunity for middle and high school students. Instruments include Woodwinds, Brass, Rhythm Section, and Percussion.
Auditions January 18th & January 25th.
This workshop is FREE. With space limited, registration and audition is required.
This program is made possible through special grants from Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina and Arts & Science Council.

This applied program offered to students in middle and high school who want to continue improving their individual skills within the context of a small jazz ensemble. The 12-week (2-3 hour) sessions provide students the opportunity to grow their individual skills within a supportive and relaxed ensemble environment, with a concentration on exploring jazz styles, standard repertoire, jazz improvisation, and history.
Students with at least one year experience are welcome! Financial aid and needs-based scholarships available.
Four skill levels are offered. Auditions are held, January 15 & 22, for placement at the appropriate skill level.
The ensembles bring students together from a variety of backgrounds and skill levels to create a fun and motivating applied learning experience. Workshop participants perform for community events, including an end-of-session public concert. The workshops are open to ALL instruments including vocals.
Thanks to program sponsors Charlotte Women’s Club and Akers Foundation.

Join the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Omega Tau Omega Chapter for our first ever Pretty Girl Pop Up! Our Holiday Shopping Bazaar will feature some of the best local small businesses and holiday fun. Do your part to keep your holiday shopping dollars in your backyard by supporting local this holiday season. Don’t forget to bring your friends and family out for the festivities! Follow our Facebook event page for our growing list of vendors. For vendor opportunities please email pr@akasinfortmill.com!

Christmas is celebrated in many different ways around the world, but there is one theme that remains the same no matter your location; it's a time of joy spent with the ones you love! At "Christmas City", families will "travel the globe" to experience unique holiday traditions. With passports in hand, you will visit different stations to engage your senses in a global celebration of song, crafts, games, and more!
This event is for families with preschool and elementary aged children. There is no cost to attend and all are welcomed! Registration is required. Register here: https://lightofchrist.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/1515914

Queen City Brewers Festival brings together the Charlotte region’s craft beverage producers, celebrates their contributions to the Queen City and serves an organization that helps to improve the quality of life of individuals of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds.

In 2023, QCBF benefits Project Life Movement, a Charlotte-based non-profit organization that matches healthy stem cell and bone marrow donors to patients in need. Participating breweries will be creating their version of a "Beers for Life" beer to debut at QCBF!

A limited number of tickets go on sale Thursday, Dec. 1st at 12:01 a.m.

The Charlotte Chorale, under the direction of Mitchell Lewis, will be bringing the messages of Christmas to life through song as they present “Christmas Tidings” on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at the New Theater at CPCC.

The evening begins with the message that on this night Jesus will bring us joy as you’ll hear during the moving “Christmas Canon”. “Mary Did You Know?” tells the story that Mary will give birth to a son and name him Jesus because he will save his people from their sins. The Chorale will spread the good news that we should rejoice because a Savior will be born with “Veni, Veni Emmanuel” and other selections.

After a brief intermission the Charlotte Chorale will head to the North Pole and be enveloped by the “Spirit of the Season” filling our hearts with loving care and encouraging everyone to share it. While reading letters to Santa, it shows that not everyone believes, so “Yes Virginia” answers the questions that there is a Santa Claus and we should let his season live in us. At the North Pole, we’ll stroll down “Candy Cane Lane” showing that even just a hint of peppermint makes everything feel like Christmas. We’ll also learn through “Sparklejollytwinklejingley” that we should to thine own elf be true. So tinsel up every corner and give the world a holiday that is bright as can be. And one simple phrase for kids from 1 to 92 is “Merry Christmas to you” as told with “The Christmas Song”.

It is an evening of music and fun. Audience members can take a family photo in the lobby at our Christmas photo display, write a letter to Santa and listen to what the elves are up to at the North Pole with our Holly Jolly Hotline.

The concert is 75 minutes long which includes a 15 minute intermission and the choir will be accompanied by a musical combo.

Come hear the messages of Christmas at “Christmas Tidings” at 7pm on December 17, 2022 at the New Theater at CPCC.

With a mission focused on cultural enrichment and accessibility to live choral music within the Charlotte community, The Charlotte Chorale also prides itself in giving back. To fulfill this mission, we will be collecting money for our Buy A Biscuit For a Soldier program at the concert. Each year the Charlotte Chorale donates thousands of sausage biscuits to the USO to feed soldiers as they travel through the Charlotte Douglas International Airport on their way home for the holidays.

For more information about the Charlotte Chorale, visit our website www.CharlotteChoraleInc.org.

Caldwell Arts Council is hosting a retrospective art sale featuring the works of JW Etheridge and Virginia Sauer at the Caldwell Arts Council January 6, 2023 – January 27, 2023.

The sale will include original art from both artists’ estates. Pieces will be sold as is and may not include frames. Both artists primarily focus on oil and acrylic works, featuring still life, landscapes, and floral scenes.

The Caldwell Arts Council is open Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 5pm. Visit caldwellarts.com for more information.

The fun-filled, hour-long celebration will be hosted by TV’s Naz Perez with special appearances from the Backstreet Boys, makeup artist Piper Nelson and 10-year-old TikTok dance phenom Chase Castle. If that’s not enough of a reason to watch live, JCPenney will kick off its three-year partnership with Feeding America, by making a $50,000 donation.

Tune in to see the Backstreet Boys play holiday-inspired games, sing along as they perform holiday music from their new Christmas album, ‘A Very Backstreet Christmas,’ and answer fan questions as the boy band participates in an audience Q&A – all while unlocking exclusive shopping surprises and participating in the giving season for Feeding America.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte invites you to our 2023 Annual Campaign Kickoff, The Main Event, as we welcome Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of ABC News Nightline, Juju Chang. In this highly personal talk, Juju will share her journey to Judaism and Jewish identity and discuss the historical parallels between Asian Hate and antisemitism.

Carolina Pro Musica is pleased to present the annual holiday concert featuring medieval and Renaissance music. The ensemble will appear with period instruments and attire of the Renaissance. Instruments include recorders, harp, harpsichord, viola da gamba, guitar, percussion, and voices. For the 14th season, Bob Sweeten returns to narrate the Christmas story. There will be carols for all to sing, including several familiar ones.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NCWorks Charlotte
8601 McAlpine Park Drive , Suite 110
Charlotte, NC 28211
Contact: Cherri Flinn (803-369-6000), Media Communications Coordinator

November 30, 2022

Hiring Construction Career Opportunities for “The Pearl” Innovation District

CHARLOTTE, NC – If Charlotte is your oyster, at the heart of it is a new Pearl of opportunity. Located at the intersection of Baxter Street and McDowell Street in Midtown Charlotte is the future site of The Pearl innovation district, a mixed-use development featuring education, retail, apartments, a hotel, and an open community space.

“The Pearl construction project will generate thousands of jobs, and Atrium is firmly committed to ensuring that individuals from underserved communities with an interest in the construction industry have ample opportunity to become employed on the project,” R.J. Leeper Construction LLC Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Kimberly Henderson said.

By connecting to workforce partners such as NCWorks, Henderson’s team has identified areas of opportunity for job seekers within construction-industry careers. The first Construction Careers Connection Series is open to the public and held on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, from 10 am - 2 pm.

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library at 2412 Beatties Ford Road is hosting the event. This first session will be informational with hiring opportunities. Workforce partners are also invited to attend to learn more about the variety of roles needed for the multi-year project.

“These type of programs reaffirm our commitment to the communities we serve to bring the programs and resources they deserve and desire to ensure future success for all,” Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Program Manager - Workforce Development David Sniffen said. “We offer on-demand help, one-on-one assistance and have programs and services to assist in every step of the career development process.”

At this time the land is being leveled for the first phase of construction in the first quarter of 2023. According to Henderson, they are currently seeking individuals with carpentry, masonry, concrete, HVAC and electrical experience, as well as heavy equipment operators, steel welders, fabricators, erectors, installers flaggers and general laborers.

“We’re excited to work with companies who are offering job seekers new construction career opportunities,” NCWorks Business Solutions Consultant Terrell Roberts said. “Job seekers can bring their talents to this truly ground-level project that will be a part of Charlotte’s future growth,”

The Pearl will create an innovation ecosystem, grounded in research and academics, to attract businesses, incubate new ideas, attract venture funding and scale small businesses into the companies of Charlotte’s future. The first phase of the District includes Charlotte’s first four-year medical school, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Charlotte.

Although walk-ins are welcome for the first of the Construction Careers Connection Series, job seekers and workforce partners are encouraged to RSVP. The event’s agenda will include a continental breakfast, company representative introductions, a project presentation, and open table discussions with company representatives.

Job seekers and workforce partners interested in attending may RSVP by registering online at https://ConstructionCareerConnection.eventbrite.com. Job seekers are encouraged to bring their resumes and be prepared to meet face-to-face with company representatives.

For job seekers who may need assistance before the event, NCWorks does provide a variety of career readiness workshops that assist with resumes and job interviews, among other skills. For more information about NCWorks Career Center at 8601 McAlpine Park Drive, Suite 110, call 704-566-2870, or visit www.ncworks-charlotte.com online.

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