At the center of the play 'Dot' is a 65-year-old woman with Alzheimer's. Her children, home for the holidays, must set aside differences to reckon with their mother's illness. We speak with the play's director and lead actress.

7-0-4 The Culture Fest is a free one-day event on April 2 where Black creatives in the area can showcase their talents. People can expect to see music, fashion, films, games and comedy from local talent. Sixteen vendors, including two food trucks, will be at the festival.

The McColl Center in Charlotte launched a new residency program called Catalyst, aimed at getting artists with national profiles to spend time in the city working with other artists. Up first is William Cordova, who’s using Charlotte and North Carolina history to create work.

The Kings Mountain Historical Museum took its hats out of storage for an exhibit on the history of headwear. The Charlotte area "Hats Off!" display has hats from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s as well as documents about sales and personal stories about people who owned hats that were donated to the museum.

Five fashion designers from Charlotte and around the region will headline the Mint Museum's QC GarMINT District, with their works featured on models in a runway show. It's part of the Wednesday Night Live series, and designers include Gordon Holliday, Megan Lagueruela, Tara Davis, Gege J. Gilzene and Brehon Williams.

A new exhibit at the Charlotte Museum of History shines a light on the story Rosenwald Schools, which were crucial to Black education in the South. The exhibit features photographs, and the museum is continuing its work of restoring a Rosenwald School in Charlotte, the Siloam School.

Patrick Orciani was researching his family's history online when he learned that he was the great-great-great-grandson of Capt. James Williams, an African American militia leader and formerly enslaved man in York County, South Carolina.

JazzArts Charlotte is starting a new, free Latin ensemble for young musicians. Nuestro Tiempo will be led by percussionist Johnny Conga and trumpeter Julio Jeri.

In 2021, just when things were looking up on the pandemic front, new COVID-19 variants showed up. While the region is pulling itself out of the pandemic, slowly but surely, Charlotte's cultural institutions are still coping with the upheaval of the virus. WFAE asked some movers and shakers in the Queen City arts and culture scene for their thoughts on 2022.

As property prices in Charlotte rise, some artists are finding it more and more difficult to locate affordable studio space to create their art. But some artists are trying to help solve this issue.