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For the Struggle, Inc. will hold its 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 17th from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Senior drive between Dr. Webber Ave and LaSalle Street- in front of West Charlotte High School. For the Struggle, Inc. has partnered with several nonprofit organizations in the Charlotte community to organize this grand celebration on Charlotte’s historically black corridor. The celebration will include special accommodations and seating for senior citizens, kids games, face painting, jumping houses, a game truck, tens of vendors, live performances and appearances from Hugo of the Charlotte Hornets! Free admission also includes free prizes and giveaways for people who register for the event on Eventbrite. Registration is free!

It’s back! Join One Voice Chorus for another year of great music and gut-busting laughter at our biggest fundraiser of the year, Match Game: Queer Icons.

Featuring comedian Shaine Laine as our emcee and our Match Game panel of drag performers featuring Onya Nerves and members of DKO entertainment. This musical variety-show style performance is sure to delight you with memorable classics that celebrate queer music icons like Madonna, Elton John Queen, and the Indigo Girls, and even more recent hits from Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X, and Lizzo - just to name a few!

Don’t miss this audience-favorite when it returns to the Charlotte Ballet this June. We can’t wait to take the stage and we hope to see you there!

One Voice Chorus of Charlotte is a registered 501c3 nonprofit choral organization dedicated to showcasing the diversity and artistry of the LGBTQIA+ community, and to dispelling misperceptions of our community’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual people through education, leadership, and outreach. To learn more, please visit our website at OneVoiceChorus.com.

Queer Icons is rated NC-17. While no youth will be turned away due to their age, parental discretion is advised.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, roughly two in five people who are in jail or prison have a history of mental illness. This is twice the prevalence of mental illness within the overall adult population.

"Fractured: A Public Conversation Chapter One" explores how the lack of psychiatric beds and prolonged waiting periods for treatments can delay court proceedings for months or even years.

This event is in conjunction with our series "Fractured." It's produced in collaboration with FRONTLINE, the PBS series. "Fractured" looks at how North Carolina's mental health and criminal justice systems fail the mentally ill.

Don't miss your chance to learn more about the effects incarceration can have on those with mental health conditions.

Seating is limited.

Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts will produce the blockbuster Broadway hit, Hello, Dolly! July 14-30, 2023. The beloved Tony Award winning musical transports audiences to the late nineteenth-century Yonkers, NY with captivating performances and unforgettable musical numbers accompanied by live musicians and dazzling choreography worthy of any Broadway stage. 
Hello, Dolly! has been widely praised by critics since its original Broadway debut and has received numerous awards over the years, including ten Tony Awards for the original production and additional awards for subsequent revivals. NBC New York describes Hello, Dolly! “as blissful an escape as anyone could want” while Variety describes the show as “the quintessential Broadway musical, the kind of audience-pleaser that will never go out of fashion.”  
The production features a talented cast of regional actors led by Lisa Smith Bradley as Dolly Gallagher Levi, a widow who decides to rejoin life by marrying the rich and curmudgeonly Horace Vandergelder played by local actor, Matthew Corbett. Matthews Playhouse founder and Executive Advisor, June Bayless is directing with acclaimed choreographer Ron Chisholm. 
'Hello, Dolly!'
Who: Directed by June Bayless. Choreography by Ron Chisholm and Music Direction by Ellen Robison. Book by Michael Stewart, based on "The Matchmaker," by Thornton Wilder. Music and lyrics by Jerry Herman.
When: Opening July 14, 2023 - 7:30 p.m. on Fri., 2:00 & 7:30 p.m. Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. through July 30th. There is a Pay-What-You-Can Performance benefitting Matthews Help Center at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 27th. 
Where: Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts ●100 East McDowell Street ● Matthews, NC
Tickets: $18-$26, visit www.matthewsplayhouse.com/hello-dolly for tickets.
Happens on the following Dates:
Jul 14, 2023, 7:30pm to 9:45pm EDT
Jul 15, 2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Jul 15, 2023, 7:30pm to 9:45pm EDT
Jul 16, 2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Jul 21, 2023, 7:30pm to 9:45pm EDT
Jul 22, 2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Jul 22, 2023, 7:30pm to 9:45pm EDT
Jul 23, 2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Jul 28, 2023, 7:30pm to 9:45pm EDT
Jul 29, 2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT
Jul 29, 2023, 7:30pm to 9:45pm EDT
Jul 30, 2023, 2:00pm to 4:00pm EDT

We couldn't be more thrilled for the return of The DROP - Vol. #2, with our friends at Charlotte Is Creative, Charlotte Pride, and the wonderfully talented artists, Dyair & LaTroy Hampton, as we near the end of Pride Month! We will be dropping the curtain on Thursday, 6/29/23, at 6pm. We are honored to reveal the new mural to hang on our wall for the next 3 months. It was created by Dyair & LaTroy Hampton, in honor Charlotte Pride!

We're also excited to drop the newest version of our The DROP Series - Vol. #2 beer, which is a delightfully refreshing Sour at 4.6% ABV, brewed with loads of ripe mango. The beautiful artwork on the label is the previous mural created by the talented artists at Namaste Artists CLT!

The DROP is completely free to attend, so we'd love to see you! There will be some amazing art, music, beer and beverages of all kinds, food, and great discussion. The DROP is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The Spark the Arts grant promotes audience inclusion and re-engagement in the arts.

Bring your paw-ty hats and furry friends as we celebrate 45 years of compassion, dedication, and making a difference in the lives of animals in need at the Humane Society of Charlotte's 45th Birthday celebration!

Join us for an evening filled with festivities, including tasty treats from Pet Wants CLT, a mouthwatering selection of food trucks, refreshing beverages from Midnight Mulligan Brewery, live music, exciting games, and fun for the whole family! 🐶🐱🎵🎉

Let's come together to honor this milestone and continue our mission of creating a world where every companion animal is treated with kindness and respect. Mark your calendars and join us for an unforgettable celebration!

We hope to see you there!

Celebrate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with our 27th Annual Run for the Refuge! Support the conservation of Alaska's largest refuge by participating in this hybrid race, meaning you can participate in person or virtually. All proceeds go to the Northern Alaska Environmental Center's Arctic Program which advocates for the permanent protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

For those outside of Fairbanks, participate by running, walking, hiking, biking, paddling, or another human-powered activity on a route of your own design between July 14-16th. Join the Northern Alaska Environmental Center's Facebook Event Page to discuss your routes and get inspired. Use #RunForTheRefuge and tag @NorthernCenter on social media to share your adventures!

Regardless of location, registrants will receive Run for the Refuge iron-on patches. Register early to ensure we order enough!

Run Packets will be mailed for all virtual registrants. A patch is included in your registration fee.

In the summer of 2023, the Columbia Museum of Art hosts the exhibit “Resurgence and Renaissance: Art of the Catawba Nation Since 1973.” Building on the 1973 exhibit “Catawba Indian Trade Pottery of the Historic Period,” this exhibit revisits the original show and sale and highlights Catawba artists of the past 50 years. This talk will highlight artists and artwork featured in the new exhibit, discuss the original 1973 exhibit and its impact, and explore the diversity of Catawba Nation artwork.

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

Join the Charlotte Museum of History for a free opening reception for "Journey of Hope," a ground-breaking new exhibit that tells the story of Asians and Pacific Islanders in America, one of perseverance, resilience and hope. This community-curated exhibit includes cultural artifacts from 23 AAPI communities in Charlotte.

Our friends at Reproductive Rights Coalition are back to host a Community Diaper Drive on Sunday, 5/28/23, from 2-5pm! Come in with any extra diapers you might want to donate, and they're also accepting monetary donations! Help do some good for your community!

Please join us at The Gallery at Warehouse242 for an Opening Artist Reception with Joanna Ruth Walker (nee Carter). This exhibition is titled: In/Flow. Seeking to bring to sight the comforting and present yet invisible realities she wants to recall to mind when battling anxiety, Joanna Ruth Walker composes graphite and ink drawings of figures of varying postures and dispositions enveloped in a flowing, white ornate covering. The artist will give a talk, and light refreshments will be served.

Join DKMS in honor of World Blood Cancer Day, as we celebrate a little early on May 20th.

At the event, attendees will have the chance to learn more about DKMS and register as potential stem cell donors. Registering is quick and easy! All it takes is a 3-minute cheek swab to join the national registry. Anyone between the ages of 18-55 and in general good health can get registered.

Every 27 seconds, someone is diagnosed with blood cancer and oftentimes, a blood stem cell transplant is their only option for a chance at a cure. Registering as a potential donor with DKMS means you could be someone's hope for a second chance at life.

After you get registered, make sure to stop inside and get your Charlotte FC gear! 704 Shop has offered to continue the mission to delete blood cancer by donating a portion of the day’s proceeds!

PLUS! We’re giving out FREE custom tall boy Koozies to anyone who swings by. Perfect for keeping your drink cool on a warm summer day.

June 19-23, 2023 • 9:00am-3:00pm (Ages 8-15)

Matthews Playhouse is proud to partner with Indian Trail Parks and Recreation to present a week of summer performing arts camp in the Indian Trail Town Hall based on the Grammy, Tony, and Pulitzer Prize-winning hit musical, Hamilton! Children aged 8-15 will learn the real stories behind the iconic characters as they face off in epic rap duels, and learn choreography based on the original Broadway production.

This fun-filled week will be capped off with a performance on the outdoor stage at Crossing Paths Park. The cost is $310, need-based scholarships are available. This camp will take place in Indian Trail Town Hall: 315 Matthews-Indian Trail Rd, Indian Trail, NC 28079.

More info can be found by visiting matthewsplayhouse.com/indian-trail-performing-arts-camps

You’re invited to the May 30, 2023 gathering of The Forum featuring Federico Rios!

Federico is the newly appointed Senior Vice President of the Robinson Center for Civic Leadership at the Foundation For The Carolinas where he is charged with addressing Charlotte's greatest challenges and capitalizing on the region's most impactful opportunities. Federico will share his personal story, questions on his mind in his new role, his view of community, what he sees happening in neighborhoods that may lead to significant consequences to the city, and his hopes for the future.

Connect. Consider. Ignite. The program runs from 6:15 PM to 8:00 PM including time for conversation, connections, and Q&A.

Participate in the important questions of our time. The Forum is a conversation and speaker series that brings people together to explore challenges and opportunities that affect human flourishing through the lens of the humanities and civic imagination.

Come join us for great cars and great music at the 4th annual Rock and Roller Party and Car Show. This event will be held Saturday, June 10th from 4-7pm at Dogwood Park (121 Lester Davis Road).

Set up for the car show begins at 3:30pm. Car show participants must be in place by 4:30pm to be eligible for the 6:30pm awards show. Space is limited to 80 cars, so register early!

The registration fee is $20, please download a registration form from www.wesleychapelnc.com and submit it to adminassist@wesleychapelnc.com or to the Village offices at 6490 Weddington Road. Proceeds will go to Semper Fi & America's Fund to support our combat-wounded Veterans and families.

For more information, visit www.wesleyhchapelnc.com or call (704) 839-0182. Parking for the general public will be at Southbrook Church on N.C. 84.

Bring your lawn chairs and join your neighbors for a fun outdoor evening. The Village of Wesley Chapel and Union County Parks and Recreation will be hosting a movie night on Saturday, May 26th. Gathering begins at 6:30pm with fun and games, and the movie will start at dusk. Jersey Mike's will be available for purchase, and popcorn will be provided. See you there!

The Charlotte Cirque & Dance Center faculty and students present The Wizard of Oz. This is CC&DC’s end of year student showcase inspired by the classic tale featuring dance, trapeze, gymnastics, silk, lyra, partner acro and other cirque disciplines performed by students age 8-adult. For more info visit cltcirquedancecenter.org

The Charlotte Cirque & Dance Center faculty and students present The Wizard of Oz. This is CC&DC’s end of year student showcase inspired by the classic tale featuring dance, trapeze, gymnastics, silk, lyra, partner acro and other cirque disciplines performed by students age 8-adult. For more info visit cltcirquedancecenter.org

James Legg, staff archaeologist with the SC Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, will discuss the archaeological study of the Battle of Camden, 1998-2013, with particular emphasis on the recent project to recover and rebury the remains of 14 men killed in the battle on August 16, 1780.

To attend via Zoom, register via this link: bit.ly/428XYkE

The Anne Springs Close Greenway invites the finest restaurants and culinary experts in the York County area to participate in The Taste of Fort Mill. This outdoor event will host more than 700 guests and offer culinary samples from 20 culinary participants, yielding a cornucopia of delicious offerings. Culinary participants and their signature dishes change from year to year, making each event a unique experience for visitors and locals alike.

Complete the evening by enjoying music from the Thirsty Horses, a wine pull to benefit the cause, and beverages available for purchase from the Gateway Canteen. Tickets can be purchased at ascgreenway.org/events. Event is for ages 21 and older.