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Director Patrick Brown leads the Davidson College Jazz Combos in an evening of chamber jazz music.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Come and hear our senior voice students as they sing their last solos on the stage of Tyler Tallman. All friends and family are invited to this special moment.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Davidson College’s voice students from the studios of Jacquelyn Culpepper, Ilana Lubitsch, Harrison Bumgardner, Melinda Whittington, and Amanda Sesler take the stage in Tyler-Tallman Hall for a program of solo and collaborative works accompanied by Tomasz Robak.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

A returning crowd favorite event, Charlotte's own bluegrass and folk music stars Jon Singleton and Jon Hill will perform a concert of Irish American music to celebrate the heritage of old St. Patrick! Fiddle and clawhammer banjo meet accordion, piano, mandolin, and guitar. There will be plentiful songs and brisk, bonny dance tunes that will set your feet tapping!


Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Patrick Brown, director


Under the direction of Patrick Brown, the Davidson College Jazz Ensemble performs their second concert of the spring semester featuring trumpeter Scotty Barnhart. Barnhart is an internationally acclaimed jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, author, and is the director of the Count Basie Orchestra. A featured trumpet soloist with the orchestra for over twenty years, he’s a two-time Grammy Award winner, appears on three critically acclaimed recordings with pianist Marcus Roberts, and over fifteen others with artists as diverse as Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Ray Charles, and Tito Puente. This special concert will feature compositions from The Count Basie Orchestra!

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Marus Pyle, interim director

In this season finale concert, the DCSO performs Tchaikovsky's monumental and virtuosic Symphony no. 4 and Beethoven's jubilant homage to Baroque masters, The Consecration of the House Overture.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra joins the Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Choral Arts Society Davidson to present one of Johann Sebastian Bach's greatest and uplifting vocal works, the Magnificat in D Major. Be transported to a majestic Baroque cathedral with this celebratory work for five-voice chorus, soloists with colorful orchestration.

***Please note that this concert has been rescheduled from the original date and location.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Celebrate local sustainability leadership by attending the 11th annual Sustain Charlotte Awards presented by Duke Energy on April 27.

This unique gala honors inspiring people and organizations making a difference in OUR community. Join Sustain Charlotte, community leaders and media for a night of drinks, dinner and delight as we celebrate sustainability leadership in the Queen City. Secure your seat for this memorable evening at sustaincharlotte.org/awards.

Renata Berlin, director

25 years have passed since Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die in a field under a blanket of stars. Five days later, when Matt passed away, the world watched and reacted, passing hate crime legislation at the state and federal level. We will sing Matthew’s story by performing Craig Hella Johnson's oratorio, Considering Matthew Shepard. A compelling array of musical styles and texts from Hildegard of Bingen, Lesléa Newman, Michael Dennis Browne, and Rumi, passages from Matt’s personal journal, interviews and writings from his parents Judy and Dennis Shepard and newspaper reports, convey that light prevails over darkness and love over hate.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Piano students from the studios of Cynthia Lawing and Will Fried take center stage in Tyler-Tallman Hall for a program of solo and collaborative works.
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Musician. Griot. Drummer. Poet.

These are some of the people who will share the importance of storytelling in Black culture at "EQUALibrium Live: The Power of Black Storytelling."

Africans who were forced into the trans-Atlantic slave trade preserved many of their traditions by passing stories down generation after generation.

Featured performers (subject to change):

+ Drums 4 Life

+ Hannah Hasan, storyteller and spoken word poet

+ Cheryl "Sparkle" Mosley, storyteller

+ Sean C. Watson (SWATS), musician

Host:

Chris Jones, WFAE on-air announcer

Dr. Sonya Ramsey will talk about her new biography of Bertha Maxwell-Roddey. One of the most instrumental leaders in the establishment of black studies and sparking an interest in Charlotte's Black History. Born in 1930, Bertha Maxwell-Roddey became one of Charlotte’s first Black women principals of a white elementary school. She was the founding director of UNC Charlotte’s Africana Studies Department and in 1974, she cofounded the Afro-American Cultural and Service Center, now the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Art & Culture. Maxwell-Roddey founded the National Council for Black Studies.

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.

Join Sustain Charlotte for a FREE board game night at Divine Barrel Brewing in NoDa on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 from 7-9pm! We will have games with transportation and building themes like Ticket to Ride, Monopoly Builder, and Megacity Oceania. We’ll provide light snacks. Food will also be available on-site from the fantastic food truck Sal’s Roadside Eatery. Come meet other locals who are interested in sustainability while having some low-key competitive (or cooperative) fun! No knowledge of how to play the games is required. We’ll learn together. Feel free to bring your own games, too!

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.

The Fertile Ground Foundation is a nonprofit based in Charlotte, NC that advocates for women battling infertility. It will host its First Annual “Queen’s Charity Lunch” which will raise awareness and funding for women battling infertility that need assistance with infertility reproductive assistance procedures and consultations. Fertile Ground works to advocate for women and families and connect them with the resources they need to battle infertility.

What did it mean to be Chinese in Black space during segregation? Following director Crystal Kwok’s personal journey of discovery, she digs into how her grandmother’s family navigated life as grocery store owners in the black neighborhood of Augusta, Georgia. The film weaves personal family stories with memories from the larger Chinese and Black communities, opening up uncomfortable but necessary conversations around anti-black racism and the deeply rooted structure of white power and Chinese patriarchy that contributed to this. Which fountain did the Chinese drink from? Where did they sit on the bus? An entrance into our connected histories we never knew or dared speak about as told through the woman’s lens.

The Charlotte Museum of History will screen this feature film, followed by a panel discussion about the Black and Asian experience in Charlotte. Light refreshments and catered food will be available for purchase.

This event is sponsored by our partners at the Carolinas Asian-American Chamber of Commerce and by North Carolina Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, www.nchumanities.org.

'A Sign Of The Times' 2023 Black History Concert will be held 4 PM Saturday, March 25th at Central Piedmont Community College Parr Center featuring African drummers, dancers and the ‘A Sign Of The Times’ Band.

This event is organized by a Dance Academy in South Charlotte, Nrityangan Cultural Academy,where 150 plus students come together to transcend the audience thousands of miles away to a different culture.This lively, colorful and musical collaboration is a Bollywood dance and drama which is narrated in English.
This event is a fundraiser for International and Domestic Organizations.

A little bit about the organizations we support:

Maiti Nepal is a non-profit organization with a mission to rescue and rehabilitate young, sexually trafficked girls in the India-Nepal area. Maiti has 10 transit homes, 2 rehabilitation centers, 4 prevention homes, and 1 hospice. They have been able to intercept 40,000 women.

Tree House Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) is a local community based, coordinated response to child victims of sexual or physical abuse in the Charlotte areas. They now have their own private shelter, with a playground, playroom, kitchen, common areas and 16 rooms with attached bathrooms.

Are you interested in pushing for change in your local community? Collective giving, where individuals pool their resources and decide together where to give their support, is a model being practiced by everyday people around the world.

We Give Summit ignites and unites all of us in the powerful movement of collective giving. Open to giving circle members, community leaders, philanthropy experts and social impact newcomers, we'll celebrate and lean into our power as givers.

Join us May 2-4, 2023 for this virtual event, featuring live and on-demand sessions centered on this year's theme: Bolder Together.

Here's a quick event overview:
- 40+ incredible speakers including adrienne marie brown, writer & activist; Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, author & professor; Carlos Saavedra of Ayni Institute; and Gloria Walton of The Solutions Project.
- 20+ sessions happening May 2-4 including fireside chats, panel discussions, and networking
- Hundreds of members of collective giving groups and supporters from around the world connecting with one another
- All sessions are FREE (Suggested donation: $100)
Session topics will cover everything from democracy and advocacy to funding leaders of colors. Donate $50 or more when registering and you’ll receive a swag box in the mail (while supplies last!)
Register now at WeGiveSummit.org