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Legendary saxophonist Branford Marsalis will perform "Romare Bearden Revealed" at The Jazz Room in uptown Charlotte this Sunday. He spoke to WFAE's Marshall Terry about the music. -
Charlotte Ballet has just announced performances for the 2023-24 season, which will start in October. The performances include one of the most famous ballets in the world, "Swan Lake." It will be the first time Charlotte Ballet has ever performed it. It will also be the first season of programming under artistic director Alejandro Cerrudo, who joined WFAE's Marshall Terry to talk about what's in store.
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The curtain rises. “All the way from North Carolina,” the announcer intones, “please welcome Queens University of Charlotte.” But the journey to the 2023 College Classic national dance competition on April 7-8 in Orlando, Florida, was anything but pitch perfect.
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"I love it. I love it. I love it," said resident Talaya Brown, who helped the artist connect with neighbors to create Oaklawn Park's first community mural.
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Ryan Black, owner of the Blackstone Ranch in Gastonia, is one of four bachelors on the FOX TV series "Farmer Wants A Wife."
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The annual arts and culture festival returns to uptown Charlotte March 31-April 16. New installations this year include a dozen inflatable gnomes, a giant sea monster made of wooden chairs, an alley transformed by local art and more.
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The public will be able to experience Mecca of Digital Arts (MODA) through two free community events celebrating its opening, one on Friday evening and another all-day Saturday. The Gantt is also unveiling its latest exhibit "Phygital Funk: Local Creators Exhibition."
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The Mint Museum Randolph’s annual Party in the Park event is back. Along with food trucks, live music and free museum admission, the event will also celebrate the “Guiding Winds” installation by local artist Rosalía Torres-Weiner.
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"There is more of a focus in the area of equity in the presentation of music by a range of composers, not simply the older, white European males that we're all so familiar with," CEO David Fisk says.
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From Fantastic Negrito and Tank and the Bangas to last year’s winner Alisa Amador, NPR’s Tiny Desk contest has elevated hundreds of musicians to new heights and connected thousands with new fans. The contest is back.
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Omar ibn Said’s face — and his story — are emerging larger and more clearly on a grand scale at the moment with the North Carolina premiere of the opera co-written by Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens.
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The one-act play at Charlotte's Three Bone Theatre features a lead actor with Down syndrome who also played the title role in the original 2018 off-Broadway production. The show revolves around three adult siblings on a road trip to their father's funeral.
