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Experience Steve Hackman's thrilling blend of musical royalty as the queen of pop/R&B, Beyonc é, meets the classical king, Beethoven. In this innovative new musical fusion, Beyoncé's iconic repertoire is seamlessly interwoven with Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. The symphonic world's most joyful celebration of dance becomes the backdrop to fifteen of Beyoncé's chart-topping hits -- including "Girls," "Crazy in Love," "Single Ladies," "Sorry," "Halo," "Cuff It," and "Texas Hold 'Em."

Steve Hackman, conductor

The Tams deliver the classic sound of Carolina beach music with the feel-good hits that have kept dance floors packed for over 50 years. From shag dancing favorites to singalong classics, they bring the soundtrack of summer to every stage they play. With four #1 singles, over a million records sold, and one of the most-played regional hits of all time, The Tams stand as icons of soul, R&B, and beach music.

Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things (together). At a Repair Café event you’ll find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need. On clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, et cetera. You’ll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in all kinds of fields.

Visitors bring their broken items from home. Together with the specialists they start troubleshooting and repairing the item in the Repair Café. If you have nothing to repair, you could lend a hand with someone else’s repair job.

There are over 2,500 Repair Cafés worldwide, however the Charlotte group just started this year. We have partnered with the Innovation Barn and hold our events there between 1 and 4pm on Certain Saturdays. If we find enough interest we plan on running these every other month.


Additionally, here are some links to articles and videos about Repair Cafes:

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/repair-caf-aims-empower-us-give-our-broken-things-second-life/QC77J5A7P5D3XLEDF4LTMTNMO4/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Charlotte/comments/1ahwl0i/share_your_repair_skills_at_repair_caf%C3%A9_charlotte/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMPVZ0vUGuc

https://triangleonthecheap.com/repair-cafe-can-help-fix-stuff-free/

https://www.charlotteonthecheap.com/repair-cafe/

https://www.facebook.com/repaircafeCLT

www.RepaircafeNC.Org/Charlotte

Justin Fedor's music identity isn’t just tied to recording, performing and touring (with psych-rock outfit Ancient Cities, roots group The New Familiars or newly formed The Denim Denim) … it’s also tied to bringing the community together for a cause. Since 2013, Fedor has organized bi-annual tribute concerts to benefit the Levine Children’s Hospital, raising more than $70,000 in the process. As Fedor puts it, actions speak louder than words (or even a blaring guitar solo).

It's been six months since Russia invaded Ukraine. Florida Democrat Charlie Crist will face GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis in November. A former Louisville detective pleads guilty in the Breonna Taylor case.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Joan Konsavage from Burkesville, Ky. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WKYU at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.)

Host Liane Hansen speaks with Mike Christensen, Washington orrespondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, about Newt Gingrich's igh-profile rise to the position of Speaker of the House. They also discuss the n-going controversy between the National Park Service and the family of Dr. artin Luther King over who will control a visitor's center which is being built cross the street from Atlanta's King Center For Social Change. (Today would ave been the 66th birthday of Dr. King.)

Clifford's new book is The Lost Fleet: The Discovery of a Sunken Armada from the Golden Age of Piracy. The lost fleet was a group of French ships that sank in 1678 on the reef of Las Aves island, 100 miles off the Venezuelan coast.

It takes a half-hour in a pick-up truck to get to the bottom of a vast underground mine in Sweden — where the country is betting on extracting minerals for electric energy independence.

It’s the highest rate of overdose calls so far this year in a state that has one of the highest overdose death rates in the country.

Mecklenburg County Health Director Raynard Washington joins the program to discuss his masking decision, and we explore what has been described as confusing CDC guidance on COVID-19.

Join the Women’s Chorus of Charlotte for Spirit Voices, a transcendent journey through sound, celebrating the depth and beauty of the human spirit. This concert offers a powerful exploration of spirituality through a lens of diverse traditions and expressions, featuring works such as Dan Forrest’s monumental Ubi Caritas, Matt and Adam Podd’s stunning setting of How Can I Keep from Singing, and Jim Papoulis’ breath-taking Sih'r Kalaq (Creative Magic). Prepare to be inspired!

Join the Women’s Chorus of Charlotte for Spirit Voices, a transcendent journey through sound, celebrating the depth and beauty of the human spirit. This concert offers a powerful exploration of spirituality through a lens of diverse traditions and expressions, featuring works such as Dan Forrest’s monumental Ubi Caritas, Matt and Adam Podd’s stunning setting of How Can I Keep from Singing, and Jim Papoulis’ breath-taking Sih'r Kalaq (Creative Magic). Prepare to be inspired!

Ball in the House brings high-energy A Cappella, blending R&B, soul, and pop with tight harmonies, beatboxing, and crowd-favorite hits. As one of Boston’s longest-running vocal groups, they perform nearly 200 shows each year and have spent almost three decades educating and inspiring students nationwide. We're excited to welcome them to the Davis Theatre and Students Take Part in the Arts.

Brandon Carter is an assistant producer on NPR's Washington Desk. He manages the NPR Politics social media accounts, writes and produces stories for the web and writes for the NPR Politics weekly newsletter.

Chris McDaniel started at St. Louis Public Radio as a political reporter, predominantly covering the race between Senator Claire McCaskill and Congressman Todd Akin. Before coming to St. Louis, Chris worked at NPR stations in Louisville, Kentucky and Columbia, Missouri, and his work has been broadcast on NPR’s national newscasts. He is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri, where he studied journalism and political science. He is also the winner of the 2011 PAX East Super Smash Bros. Tournament. Chris enjoys dogs, anything by Cormac McCarthy, and listeners like you.

Democrats want to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Advocates say a living wage is necessary to bring low-wage workers above the poverty line, but others say the result will be job losses. The pros and cons.

Critic Milo Miles says that in this new collection of music from between the world wars, "the currents of long-ago lives come through: the drudgery of the work that demanded the release of the party, which then required the penance of prayer."

Medina Spirit, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has failed a drug test. It's the latest drug test failure for trainer Bob Baffert's horses. He denies any wrongdoing.

The FBI revealed Sunday that Rep. William Jefferson, under investigation for bribery, was videotaped accepting $100,000 in $100 bills from an FBI informant whose conversations with the lawmaker also were recorded.