“Focus on Justice,” Levine Museum of the New South. Most of us are familiar with images of the Civil Rights Movement. We think of the people on the March from Selma to Montgomery; Rosa Parks on the bus; the screaming faces of white students and parents as the Little Rock Nine integrated the high school. […]

If you are in need of a jolt of holiday spirit, be sure to catch one of the two unique performances of the Christmas classic, “The Nutcracker.”  The North Carolina Dance Theatre presents Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s “Nutcracker” with live music by the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra on December 13-22, and Caroline Calouche & Co. presents “Clara’s Trip” […]

Ziad Jazz Quartet. The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art swings into December with a full array of events for art lovers, music enthusiasts, and yogis this coming weekend, December 6-8. Friday, December 6th, the Bechtler’s jazz holiday show—a favorite with Queen City residents of the jazzy variety—is back with two performances. The first, at 6 p.m., […]

Michael Paul Britto, “African Klan Suit #2.” A provocative and reflective exhibition of art closed yesterday, December 1: “Network of Mutuality: 50 Years Post-Birmingham.” The exhibition was part of the Levine Museum of the New South’s long-term project: “Destination Freedom: Civil Rights Struggles Then and Now,” which is a two-year series of programs and exhibits […]

Jerry Kirk ArtPop submission. I am ecstatic about the 2014 ArtPop program, and I cannot wait for January to see this wonderful art around the Charlotte region. Fifteen artworks have been selected by a jury of local arts and design aficionados, but 20 artworks are slated to occupy billboard space in 2014. It is up […]

CSA-produced art by Caroline Brown. The eat-local, shop-local movement has skyrocketed in recent years, especially with programs like Community Supported Agriculture, where farmers offer a certain number of “shares” to the public. Interested consumers buy a share and in return receive boxes of seasonal produce throughout the farming season. This exchange benefits both the farmer, […]

UNC Charlotte Fall Student Dance Concert. The University of North Carolina Charlotte Department of Dance’s Fall Student Concert is here. Four new works by dance faculty will be performed in the Anne R. Belk Theater from Nov. 21st through the 24th at 7:30 p.m. The varied program features interdisciplinary collaboration, a multiplicity of dance forms […]

One hundred and eighty-one Renoirs, 69 Cézannes, 59 Matisses, 46 Picassos and seven van Goghs, not to mention countless Old Master paintings by Veronese, Dürer and Rubens, and 125 African art works–overall a collection worth more than $25 billion. You might be wondering who amassed such an impressive collection of Post-Impressionist and Modernist art. The […]

A significant purpose of World’s Fairs was to showcase the arts, crafts and technologies from countries around the world in one central place. Through an ArtFusion program this Wednesday, November 13, the Mint Museum of Art (a Knight Arts grantee) will explore the influences of Indian art on World’s Fairs, as evidenced in the current […]

“Love the Doctor.” Photos by Jay Morong If Shakespeare entertains you and you find “Don Giovanni” thrilling, you will be excited to learn of a newly translated play being staged for the first time in English by the UNC Charlotte’s Department of Theatre: “Love the Doctor” by Tirso de Molina. From the Spanish “Golden Age” […]

Early November is a classical music lover’s dream at the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra (CSO, a Knight Arts grantee) with performances of Beethoven, Mozart and Bach. Dr. Scott Allen Jarrett will led a two-part series of talks titled “The Bach Experience: Insights into the St. Matthew Passion” on November 5 and 12, with the performance of “St. […]