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Join us for an inspiring conversation that celebrates the women whose presence alone shifts rooms, moves minds, and ignites change. The Power of Presence invites you into a space where confidence, authenticity, and purpose take center stage—where leadership is felt before it is spoken. In a time when Black women are navigating unprecedented challenges and visibility gaps, this session honors the power of how we show up, stand firm, and lead with intention. Come be reminded that your presence is not optional—it is influential, necessary, and transformative.

Ethel P. Savage's late husband has left her $10,000,000. She plans to give the fortune away so other people can pursue their “foolish dreams.” Her greedy stepchildren (trying to force her to hand over the inheritance) have her committed to a sanatorium called The Cloisters. While her stepchildren plot and scheme, Mrs. Savage finds kindness and joy in the gentle residents of her new home.

Born in Morganton, NC Alfreda is an international singing powerhouse performing with Cher, Celine Dion, Sir Elton John, Whitney Houston, Yanni, Warren Haynes, and many others! Showcasing an incredible wealth of stage experience, Alfreda has performed shows throughout the world...and now we are bringing her back home to MORGANTON!

Pre-show Reception begins at 6pm for season ticket holders/6:30pm for all other guests.

The Department of Music presents the UNC Charlotte the Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Hunter Kopczynski.

The Department of Music presents the UNC Charlotte Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Will Campbell and the Jazz Combo, under the direction of Troy Conn.

The Department of Music presents an Orchestra concert, featuring the UNC Charlotte Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Alan Yamamoto.

The Department of Music presents the UNC Charlotte Symphonic Band, under director Dr. Brian Taylor.

The Peter & Kathy Browning Distinguished 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 auditorium setting where the audience members may ask questions and hear personal and professional leadership experiences from our guests.

The LiveLung Charlotte chapter is a community for anyone impacted by lung cancer—survivors and care partners alike. We meet in person on the second Tuesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. ET at Covenant Presbyterian Church 1000 E Morehead Street, Fellowship Hall Room 205, Charlotte, NC 28204.

We’d love for you to join us! A free lunch is provided, so be sure to register and place your order at least 24 hours in advance.

Register here: http://livelung.link/clt

We look forward to seeing you!

In this creative workshop, participants will design and create their own wearable jewelry pieces or custom tote bags inspired by Mario Moore's In Pursuit of Home. This hands-on experience invites participants to explore how identity, memory, and personal style shape the spaces and stories we call our own through wearable art.

Participants will learn basic sewing techniques, alongside gluing and painting, to design accessories that reflect their individuality and lived experiences. Using provided totes, jewelry bases, pins, beads, buttons, fabrics, paints, and a wide range of embellishments, each participant will create a one-of-a-kind piece rooted in self-expression and personal style.

Join us for a day of singing, dancing, acting and crafting at one of Mini Camps at Matthews Playhouse for grades K-3 and 4-6th. These camps happen in conjunction with teacher workdays on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school calendar. Each camp will have themed activities with a theater focus.
March 27th - Sing!
This mini camp is for all our singers! Vocal warm-ups, music games, and specialist activities such as percussion, drama and acting, vocal technique, and more. Come with a song in your heart!
Cost: $80 per student9:00am to 3:00pmSections available for Grades K-3 & Grades 4-6

Join us for a day of singing, dancing, acting and crafting at one of Mini Camps at Matthews Playhouse for grades K-3 and 4-6th. These camps happen in conjunction with teacher workdays on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school calendar. Each camp will have themed activities with a theater focus.
January 25th - Toy Story
We're going to infinity and beyond here at our Toy Story camp! Come be a part of the team as Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and Bo-Peep go on this one day adventure. 
Cost: $80 per student9:00am to 3:00pmSections available for Grades K-3 & Grades 4-6​
Other One-Day Camps Coming Up:
February 20th - Seussical
We are celebrating the world of Dr. Seuss in this mini camp! Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in a fantastical musical extravaganza. 
March 27th - Sing!
This mini camp is for all our singers! Vocal warm-ups, music games, and specialist activities such as percussion, drama and acting, vocal technique, and more. Come with a song in your heart!

Join us for a day of singing, dancing, acting and crafting at one of Mini Camps at Matthews Playhouse for grades K-3 and 4-6th. These camps happen in conjunction with teacher workdays on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school calendar. Each camp will have themed activities with a theater focus.
February 20th - Seussical
We are celebrating the world of Dr. Seuss in this mini camp! Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in a fantastical musical extravaganza. 
Cost: $80 per student9:00am to 3:00pmSections available for Grades K-3 & Grades 4-6

“Oh, the thinks you can think” when Seussical, a musical comedy featuring Dr. Seuss’ most beloved characters, springs to life at Matthews Playhouse February 24 - March 5, 2023! Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and many other iconic characters will ignite the imagination in this family-friendly production featuring a lively musical score by the Tony award-winning duo, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. The production will be directed by Matthews Playhouse Executive Director, Sarah Baumgardner.

Audiences of all ages will delight in this whimsical show that the LA Times calls “a bright, colorful and fantastical show geared for the young at heart”. Broadway World characterizes it as “a bit zany, tons of fun, and there's something for everyone”.

Seussical is recommended for children ages 4 and up. Performance times are available at www.matthewsplayhouse.com/seussical. Tickets range in price from $10-$19.

Happens on the following Dates:
Feb 24, 2023, 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Feb 25, 2023, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Feb 26, 2023, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Mar 3, 2023, 7:30pm to
Feb 3, 2023, 8:30pm
Mar 4, 2023, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Mar 5, 2023, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

In partnership with Lowe's and Digi-Bridge, join us in creating a STEAM kit specially designed with the Men of Change exhibition in mind. This experience is perfect for sparking dialogue, creative and critical thinking in youth and families. The STEAM kits allow our families to create gadgets to take home along with a free copy of the Just Like Jesse Owens book, inspired by Man of Change Andrew Young. For ages 8+.

Wednesday Night Live, presented by Bank of America, includes free admission to the museums (Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, and the Mint Museum) from 5 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday, as well as live entertainment or programming at one of the five participating institutions each week. For more information about Wednesday Night Live and to view the current schedule, please visit www.wednesdaynightliveclt.com or follow them @WedNightLiveCLT on Facebook and Instagram.

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.

The JazzArts Music Camp is an exciting one-week comprehensive music training program for rising middle and high school students ready to discover America’s original art form: JAZZ. Students will be immersed in an intensive jazz curriculum and have the opportunity to interact and play with other motivated young musicians from across the Charlotte region.
The JazzArts Music Camp experience includes: small combo performance, jazz improvisation, faculty concerts (each afternoon), jazz history and listening, jazz theory (basic to advanced), composition, master class instruction on bass, drums, guitar, piano, saxophone (all woodwinds), trombone and trumpet, and student jam sessions. All instruments are welcome, including vocals.
In addition, each summer, we are thrilled to bring in a renowned national jazz musician to spend a day one on one with students. There will be a culminating community concert performance on Friday evening, the last day of camp.
Need- and merit-based scholarships are available. Registration is open now through June 8 2023. For more information and to register, contact the JazzArts Charlotte at www.thejazzarts.org or call 704-334-3900.
Thanks to Akers Foundation, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, North Carolina Arts Council, Arts & Science Council. Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Knight Foundation, South Arts, UNC Charlotte, the Infusion Fund, Ford Foundation, and Alice T Walton Foundation for their support of this program.

Our annual soup & chili competition, More Soup For You, returns on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 1pm! Sign up and enter your best soup or chili to be judged by attendees, and the best soups win prizes! We're involving our friends at Second Harvest Food Bank this year, so please bring any canned foods or cash donations for them if you're able! This event is free to attend, and family-friendly!

"The Sleeping Woman Speaks: Memory and Voice of the Women of the Guazapa Volcano, El Salvador”
Cynthia Curtis, USCL Student

In 1932, a popular uprising in El Salvador against the military dictatorship left over 30,000 Indigenous people dead followed by decades of terrorization, ethnocide, war and structural violence. With the support of the PURE Research Award, an oral history project was initiated with 12 rural women from the community of San Antonio, in the former war zone of the Guazapa Volcano. Combining anthropology and archaeology, the project supports the women of San Antonio in their journey to reconnect with their Indigenous identity. This lecture is co-sponsored by the USCL Research Club.

To attend via Zoom, register via this link: http://bit.ly/3YfP2ZD

CONTEMPORARY EARLY NEW ORLEANS JAZZ
The JAZZ ROOM presents New Orleans Jazz like you’ve never heard it, from clarinet virtuoso Evan Christopher.
Evan Christopher combines virtuosity, immaculate taste, and enthusiasm with a commitment to exploring the full range of possibilities in the New Orleans clarinet tradition. His highly personal brand of “contemporary, early jazz” strives to extend the legacies of early Creole clarinetists such as Sidney Bechet, Barney Bigard and Omer Simeon. “A triumph, joining the present seamlessly to a glorious past.” -THE OBSERVER, UK.

Don Vappie, musician, composer, and educator, is the winner of the 2022 American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame, In the world of tenor banjo, few musical voices are as unique as Don Vappie. In addition, he has received awards for his contributions to the preservation of New Orleans Creole Culture through music and film. He has produced 7 of his own albums, co-produced and starred in a PBS documentary, performed as a featured artist with orchestras on movie and television soundtracks, and at concerts and festivals around the world. Vappie's highly regarded unique and original tenor banjo style is equal only to his love of his Creole heritage and tradition.

The JAZZ ROOM provides a casual and intimate setting with tables and a full bar, reminiscent of the classic jazz rooms of yesteryear.