“The Kinship Project” Samantha Hill. Photo courtesy of the McColl Center The McColl Center for Visual Art is regularly a haven for talented and innovative artists, but current artist in residence, Samantha Hill, occupies a particularly unique space as she blends art and history in her site-specific installation projects. Hill’s methodology combines archival work, oral […]

An ArtPop billboard from another market. Driving in and around Charlotte, motorists enjoy a wide variety of billboards advertising various products. Some of these ads are quite eye catching, some funny and others inventive, but what if this space held more than an ad? What if that 14-foot-by-48-foot space was used for something more provocative, […]

The Charlotte Art League. The first Friday of every month, the South End in uptown Charlotte is crawling with art lovers and foodies as they enjoy the First Friday Gallery Crawl and Food Truck Friday events. Art galleries all along Camden Road, Park Avenue and South Boulevard are open late with special programs and exhibitions […]

The Great Depression, workers on strike, North Carolina textile mills and a tragic love triangle: the perfect ingredients for a dramatic, passionate ballet. The North Carolina Dance Theatre (NCDOT, a Knight Arts grantee) presents “Carmen” October 17-19 at the Knight Theatre. The performances starts at 7:30 p.m., and ticket prices begin at $25. Choreographed by […]

1968: a year of tumultuous change with the Prague Spring in the Czech Republic and Richard Nixon taking the presidency in the United States.  It was a year of loss with the Tet Offensive launched in Vietnam and the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. It was also a year of firsts […]

Photo courtesy of Caroline Calouche & Co. After 10 days of the federal government shutdown and ominous warnings of economic recession, escape this weekend to the entertaining excitement of a cabaret. Performed by Caroline Calouche & Company, “Rouge” promises to entertain audiences with an eclectic show featuring the aerial arts, innovative dance performances, live musicians, […]

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Chorale Le Chateau will make a joyful noise at the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church this coming Tuesday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m. Blending jazz expression with sacred African American church service, this concert, “Abyssinian: A Gospel Celebration,” will traverse jazz history from spirituals to hard-bop and echo a Harlem […]

The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra’s 2013-2014 Season is underway with an exciting fall lineup.  The Season promises to transport listeners to 19th-century Russia with Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique”; the 1960s Motown scene with “The Midtown Men”; 18th-century Germany with “Bachtoberfest!”; and an asteroid field with “Adventures in Outer Space.”  Full of diverse guest musicians and conductors, this season […]

Lloyd Knight, member of Martha Graham Dance Company. The University of North Carolina Charlotte Department of Dance is having its annual Faculty Concert this weekend, on September 27 and 28, in the Anne R. Belk Theater of Robinson Hall at 7:30 p.m. The event will feature four works: “Crossings,” “Traces,” “and how to be in two places at […]

In addition to the North Carolina Dance Theatre’s outstanding company, innovative choreography and remarkable performances, NCDT is engaged in significant outreach efforts to make quality dance training accessible to minority and low income families with the NCDT REACH! program. Started in 2009, NCDT REACH! offers free dance classes, dance attire and tickets to professional performances […]

“Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs 1851-1939.” “Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs 1851-1939” opens this weekend at the Mint Museum of Art Uptown (a Knight Arts grantee). A groundbreaking international exhibition, “Inventing the Modern World” presents approximately 200 objects shown at every major world’s fair from […]