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Loneliness is not an inevitable part of modern life, it is a challenge to address together in the community and broader society. This lecture from Megan Smith, Ph.D. delves into the profound societal and economic consequences of loneliness, such as the lack of Gen Z’s future readiness in the workforce, providing attendees with the knowledge and practical actions to drive meaningful change.

Mecklenburg County Solid Waste & Recycling will host its 2nd Annual Touch-a-Truck event on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at Compost Central Disposal & Recycling Center from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. This is a rain-or-shine event.

Entry is FREE! Kids (and the kids at heart) will have the opportunity to touch and explore vehicles from Solid Waste and other local organizations. Attendees can expect to see a tank from the National Guard, a helicopter from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, and MORE!

During this event, tours of the facility will be offered, and food vendors will be on-site (more details to come).

Another Take-Back Event is happening at Compost Central Disposal and Recycling Center from 9 a.m. to noon on September 20.

Bring your unwanted recyclables! Acceptable items include:

Electronics
Make sure the electronics are workable and in good shape.

Rechargeable/lithium-ion Batteries
Let's prevent fires together!

Paper Shredding
Please only bring up to two bank boxes of paper to be shredded. Shredding is from 9 a.m. until noon, or until the trucks are full.
Registration required.

Medical Devices
Please make sure the devices are usable. See what types of devices are accepted.

Textiles
Donate unwanted clothing, towels, sheets, and shoes.

Join us at downtown park for a high energy celebration of National Dance Day. Whether you’re a season dancer or just love to groove, come learn a fun, easy routine and perform it together with the crown. No experience needed. Just bring your enthusiasm and let the rhythm take over.

Join us for a special Adoption Preview Event in the taproom on Saturday, September 13th from 1-5pm to meet some of the adoptable kittens from our friends at Windsor Kittens and learn more about this organization!

And, any time you visit the tap room during September, proceeds from our featured drinks will be donated back to Windsor Kittens - our September Charity of the Month!

Featured Charity Drinks:
🍺 Pilot Light: A pale color, light body and well attenuated lager with a neutral flavor profile and low hop bitterness. A classic example of the style. 5.2% ABV
😺 Whisker Sour will be the featured cocktail: Jim Beam & Sour Mix
🍉 Watermelon Whisker Kiss (Alcohol-Free): Zero Proof Amethyst Watermelon Lime, Sour Mix and Grenadine - available martini style or spritzer style.

PURR!

Help us celebrate the launch of Crown Bucha!

Join us Saturday, September 13th, for yoga at Lenny Boy Brewing, sponsored by Charlotte Water!

Crown Bucha is a brand-new, locally brewed kombucha born from a unique partnership between Lenny Boy Brewing Co., Xylem, and Charlotte Water.
Here's what's flowing:
* Yoga starts at 10 AM, bring your mat!
* FREE for the first 100 attendees
* Enjoy a 5-oz Crown Bucha sampler
* Fun swag + Crown Bucha prize giveaways
* Learn all about QC Water at our info booth

Bring your friends, your mat, and your thirst for good vibes & good bucha!

The Mecklenburg County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers are holding a fall plant. Available for sale will be native plants, perennials, bulbs and vegetables, all ready for fall planting. Knowledgeable master gardener volunteers will be on site all day. Come get started on your fall garden and ask your gardening questions. Plant related kids activities will be provided to keep them having fun while parents shop. All profits go to fund and support educational programming and activities by Master Gardener Volunteers.

Charlotte has been lauded as an outdoor-friendly city where over 900,000 people have access to parkland on more than 22,500 acres across Mecklenburg County. Come learn from Fushcia-Ann Hoover, Ph.D., about the history of our local, state and national parks, the Congressional Acts that protect them (and their limitations), and the statute that created the National Park Service. Find out, too, what it means to have public personnel steward the protection and maintenance of public lands. Federal museum curator Phil Varela will join via Zoom. ┃chess.charlotte.edu
September 16, 12:15 to 1:30 p.m.; Popp Martin Student Union, Room 200; Register; Join the mailing list!
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is a federal observance, facilitated by the College.

Stock up on pottery from more than 50 of North Carolina’s top ceramic artists (including over 30 from Western North Carolina) at Potters Market at the Mint. Come see high-quality ceramic work in one location, interact with the makers, explore the galleries of Mint Museum Randolph, and enjoy live music, pottery demos, a beer garden and local food vendors. Visit pottersmarketatthemint.com for ticket and event information.

The Brighter Day Community Choir of Charlotte will present our Fall 2024 concert, "Return of the Mass," featuring an array of song selections that only a mass choir could truly bring to life. Consider it our contribution to the "Bring Back Choirs" movement! We invite you to come out and be blessed in an evening of praise, worship, fun and fellowship! Admission is free and open to the public. And bring a friend!

Caritas A Cappella Ensemble (Cathy Youngblood, artistic director) and the Charlotte Contemporary Ensemble (JoVan Adams, conductor) join forces to present non-idiomatic choral music of Black composers – works that are not necessarily associated with Afro-American culture (jazz, R&B, or spirituals).

Composers featured will be James Furman, Nathaniel Dett, Adolphus Hailstork, Rosephanye Powell, Marques L.A. Garrett, Undine Smith, Moses Hogan, Sedrick Dent, Evelyn Simpson Cureton, and Dr. Joel Thompson’s 2014 cantata, Seven Last Words of the Unarmed. The concert culminates in a rousing performance of Richard Smallwood’s Anthem of Praise.

Music will be enhanced by the digital artwork of artist Zaire McPhearson. The program will be available on CD or by download by the end of summer 2023.

HEHLEHLOOYUH: A Celebration of Choral Music by Black Composers, will be presented on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at First United Methodist Church of Charlotte, beginning at 4:00pm. General admission $25, Students $5.
Our nonprofit partner is Brownicity, a local organization offering eye-opening, anti-racism education through customized courses and events with individuals, churches, schools and companies.

This project was made possible, in part, with funding from ASC, and the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources.

A new FREE exhibition from Levine Museum in partnership with Trail of History. Making Their Mark highlights men and women - including Catawba Chief Haigler, Julius Chambers, Romare Bearden, and Dr. Annie Alexander - who have influenced the growth of Charlotte’s communities, institutions, and physical spaces throughout its rich history.

Explore the stories of Catawba warriors, civil rights activists, educators, artists, leaders in healthcare and more. These individuals came from different backgrounds and lived through different times, yet collectively, their legacies shape Charlotte’s identity.

Dive into archival photographs, collection items from Levine Museum, archived PBS Trail of History episodes, original sculptures by Trail of History artists, and interpretive panels highlighting key turning points in Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s history.

Please visit our website for museum hours.

What: April Showers -- An afternoon of music, food, beer and wine, and a silent auction to support our neighbors moving through homelessness.

Why: To benefit Project Outpour -- Project Outpour provides mobile shower access and hygiene services to our Charlotte neighbors in need (no questions asked)! Six days a week, Project Outpour offers showers in various locations and provides free shaving supplies, hygiene products and clean clothes!

The CLT News Club presents this series of Solutions City panel discussions. The Charlotte Journalism Collaborative spent several months investigating ideas and projects from four cities Nashville, Philadelphia, Austin and Asheville, exploring solutions to different affordable housing topics. We set out to answer whether what works in those places could be part of Charlotte’s panacea – a Solutions City, of sorts.

In Nashville, a developer purposely bought a parcel near land owned by a nonprofit to increase how much affordable housing could be built there. Developers regularly come before local government boards to petition for land use regulations allowing multifamily housing, duplexes, accessory dwelling units and other types of housing. This approach uses the power of a developer/nonprofit partnership to increasing affordable housing stock. In Charlotte, Ascent Housing works to acquire and preserve affordable housing, often working with nonprofits. In one such example, Charlotte’s Roof Above bought a 23-acre apartment complex and worked with Ascent to acquire, finance and set an affordability plan for the project.

Join Genna Contino from The Charlotte Observer as we bring these two developers together to share ideas and find ways to create solutions for affordable housing.

The CLT News Club is a program of the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative (CJC) and supported by Wells Fargo. For more, visit charlottejournalism.org.

We've expanded the Pineville Business Expo and are excited to announce our new location at the Belle Johnson Community Center in Pineville at Lake Park. In addition to more exhibitors, the 2nd Annual Pineville Business Expo will also have free seminars on topics ranging from improving social media and search engine optimization to growing your business. Come to discover local area businesses and all the products and services that they can offer you, all included in the price of admission.

To attend the event is only $10 per person, which includes entry to all exhibits, entry to all business seminars, and more. PLUS, with each paid attendance you get a free glass of wine or beer (age 21+). Discover new companies, products and services. Make some new connections.

We'll have food trucks outside if you want to grab some food as well.

On Sunday, April 16th, we hope you will join the NoDa NBA and Greenification Committee to celebrate all of the wonderful things NoDa’s tree canopy does for our neighborhood!
A Family Festival Featuring:

*Seedlings Giveaway
*Free Tree Hugger Books for Kids and Adults
*Two Showings of The Lorax! 1:30 PM & 3:30 PM
*Sustainable Vendors & Organizations
*Food Truck and Beverages (for purchase)
*Games & Live Music

Location: Gaston County Library Conference room. Artist Carl Childs will give an Artist Talk about the future of the ARTS, his Solo Exhibition: Sacred Geometry: Light Triumphs Over Darkness. Childs will also talk about current exhibitions of Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci and Johannes Vermeer. Light snacks, free ART supplies, coloring books and paint brushes for Associate of Fine Arts Students.

Social Venture Partners Charlotte is thrilled to announce the return of SEED20 OnStage!

SEED20 OnStage is a celebration of 10 innovative nonprofits in our area who were selected to participate in two months of training, coaching, feedback, and mentoring on how to succinctly and powerfully tell their organization’s story. The culmination of their efforts will be a high-energy event where the nonprofits will compete to win cash awards by making three-minute pitches to a community audience – hopefully including you!

SEED20 Onstage is also an opportunity for audience members to interact and connect with the nonprofit participants to learn more about their mission and opportunities for support and engagement. It’s also an opportunity for all ticket holders, whether attending in person or watching via the Livestream, to vote for the participants to win cash awards the night of the event.

We have been innovating our program over the past two years and the refreshed SEED20 OnStage evening will include:

6:30 PM | Doors open for mingling in the lobby. We ask that all attendees take their seats by 6:55 PM.
7:00 PM | The stage portion of the evening will feature ten nonprofit pitches, an audience text-to-vote to select the top prize winner, a presentation of cash and in-kind awards, and the opportunity to donate directly to those participants who inspired you.
8:30 PM | After the show, in the lobby, while snacking on sweet and savory treats and drinking a celebratory glass of wine, beer or soda, audience members can interact and connect with the stars of the night–the nonprofit presenters–to learn more about their initiatives and opportunities for further support and engagement.

There is nothing like being there in person for SEED20 OnStage.

The Bechtler Ensemble Piano Trio features an all-Female Composers concert with romantic compositions to contemporary atonal works. The program features the music of Clara Schumann, Grammy-award and Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon and the world premiere of a work by
Davidson, NC composer Mary Armstead-Jones. Musicians are founder, director, and cellist Tanja Bechtler, violinist Kari Giles and pianist Tomoko Deguchi.
More information: Clara Schumann, supported her husband, Robert Schumann, throughout his life, left us with only a few gems of her own, including this lovely piano trio. American contemporary composer from Davidson N.C., Mary Armstead-Jones, wrote her last romantic composition in 2020 and we are honored to give this piece its world premiere. We end our program with a more atonal piece by three-time Grammy award winner and Pulitzer Prize winner, Jennifer Higdon from New York, called Pale Yellow.

Join us for an exciting and inspiring evening with "Follow the Music" – a DIY Speaker Series event in support of our mission to enhance the lives of individuals with low vision. This unique event will feature a panel of low vision experts, community representatives, and visually impaired artists sharing their knowledge, resources, and personal stories in a podcast format. You'll have the opportunity to learn about the latest advancements in low vision care and hear from those who have been directly impacted by vision loss.

After the panel, you'll be treated to a showcase of talented visually impaired musicians and artists. This is a rare chance to experience the creative abilities of individuals with low vision and be inspired by their passion for life.

Your donation will help us continue our efforts to provide support, resources, and education to individuals with low vision and their families. We appreciate your generosity and look forward to having you join us for this amazing event. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of those affected by vision loss.