Monday Nov. 15
FORMER NC GOVERNOR, JIM HUNT – Appearance/Book Signing
7:00pm – Park Roads Books
Park Road Books welcomes former Governor Jim Hunt and author Gary Pearce. As one of Jim Hunt’s closest political advisers, Gary Pearce was in a unique position to observe the career of North Carolina’s longest-serving governor. In this authorized biography (“Jim Hunt: A Biography”)Pearce draws from his own observations and experience as well as over 30 interviews with Governor Hunt and more than 50 interviews with friends, family, staffers, political allies, and opponents.
LT. COL. ANTHONY SHAFFER, author of "Operation Dark Heart"
7:00pm – Sykes Auditorium/Queens University
Shaffer, an intelligence officer, earned a Bronze Star for his two undercover combat tours in Afghanistan. He was part of the "Able Danger" mission which was dedicated to understanding Al Qaeda's inner workings and sharing intelligence data with American defense agencies. The Pentagon alleged his memoir contained intelligence secrets and bought and destroyed 10,000 copies of its first publication run. It later approved an edited version that was published this fall and debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list at no. 7. This event is co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of the Carolinas.
Tuesday Nov. 16
PAUL OAKENFOLD
9:00pm – Halo Nightclub (NC Music Factory)
Tickets: $25-$40
PAUL OAKENFOLD has long been one of the most important and iconic names in modern club culture. This fall, after a three-year North American touring hiatus, the master DJ and producer will return for a solid two-month trek across the U.S. geared to change the face of electronic music with the FACELIFT TOUR, featuring Special Guests DJ Chuckie and Nervo.
Wednesday Nov. 17
National Scholar, DR. SALLY HASLANGER
4:00-5:30pm – UNC Charlotte/Cone Center - FREE
Faculty, students, staff and the public are invited to this event, at which national scholar Dr. Sally Haslanger will speak on “Encountering Race in Life and Language." Co-sponsors are Discovery Place, and UNC Charlotte's ADVANCE Faculty Affairs Office, the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics, the Graduate School and the Departments of Philosophy, Sociology and Africana Studies.
A professor in MIT’s Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, Haslanger was named 2011 Carus Lecturer by the American Philosophical Association and was selected Distinguished Woman Philosopher of 2010 by the Society for Women in Philosophy, two national honors.
R&B Songstress FANTASIA, featuring Eric Benet
7:30pm – Ovens Auditorium
Tickets: $56 - $99.65
NC's own Grammy-nominated r&b singer, Fantasia, performs from her recently released, & critically acclaimed #1 selling album "Back To Me." Also appearing is Grammy-nominated R&B singer Eric Benet, whose new album "Lost In Time" releases at the end of the month.
Thursday Nov. 18
CATHY SMITH BOWERS – Poet Laureate of North Carolina
8:00pm – Sykes Auditorium/Queens University - FREE
Cathy Smith Bowers, who was appointed Poet Laureate by Governor Perdue earlier this year, is a faculty member of the Queens low-residency MFA in Creative Writing Program. Her poems appear widely in publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, The Georgia Review, Poetry, The Southern Review and The Kenyon Review. She has authored four collections of poetry, including her most recent, "The Candle I Hold Up to See You" (Iris Press), and has received the J.B. Fuqua Distinguished Educator Award and the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Award, given by the North Carolina Poetry Society. Her reading will be followed by a reception and book signing. Queens cordially invites the campus and Charlotte community to celebrate this prestigious appointment.
Friday Nov. 19
17th Annual BEAUJOLAIS FESTIVAL Wine Tasting
5:00-8:30pm – Levine Museum of the New South
Admission: $30
Beaujolais Nouveau wine is released the third Thursday of November. Join in the celebration by sampling this fresh young wine and a few other selections from the Beaujolais region. The event features emcee Steve Lyerly of FOX Charlotte, a jazz trio lead by John Alexander, a raffle for two round trip tickets to Paris from Air France and a Silent Auction.
Opening Reception: DAN ALLEGRUCCI and PATRICIA RAIBLE
6:00-9:00pm – McColl Center for Visual Art
This reception also marks the end of the residency period for the Fall Artists-in-Residents who will have new works of art on display in their studios that was created during their three month residency."InnerSights" is a collection of Patricia Steele Raible's mixed media paintings. It began as an exploration of the spiritual process of prayer in an urban environment, but evolved into a more tactile, less ethereal body of work. "Deliberate Acts" is a collection of prints, drawings and installations by Dan Allegrucci. In addition, The McColl Center will present “PROJECTING THE SKY SO IT CAN SEE ITSELF” by AIR Jonathan Brilliant, a one night only projection which will temporarily transform the exterior of McColl Center for Visual Art into a magnificent cloudscape that culminates with a GROUP 'TOAST' ON THE FRONT LAWN AT 8 PM, paying tribute to all of those in attendance.
CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Haydn
8:00pm – Belk Theatre
Tickets: $21.50 - $80.50
The Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, the official chorus of the Charlotte Symphony, perform Franz Joseph Haydn’s The Creation (Die Schöpfung). Featured performers include Amanda Forsythe, soprano, Nicholas Phan, tenor, and Philip Cutlip, baritone.
Saturday Nov. 20
MARY CASSATT’s Madame X: A Masterpiece from the Charlotte and Philip Hanes Collection
Mint Museum – Randolph/Jones Gallery (exhibition begins today through April 3, 2011)
In honor of the special loan of Mary Cassatt’s Portrait of Madame X Dressed for the Matinée, from the collection Charlotte and Philip Hanes of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, The Mint Museum has organized a spotlight exhibition. Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was a pioneer in her field: she was the only American invited to exhibit with the French Impressionists and the first artist from this country to adopt their groundbreaking style and subject matter. This dashing three-quarter length portrait, executed soon after Cassatt met Edgar Degas, has been included in numerous important exhibitions around the world. This is the first time, however, that it has been on view in Charlotte.
“Strauss & Strudel” by THE CHARLOTTE CHORALE
7:30PM – Pease Auditorium (CPCC – Elizabeth Avenue)
Tickets: $15
The Charlotte Chorale presents a choral tribute to the classic Viennese spirit. The audience will enjoy a collection of musical selections celebrating the spirit of a classic Viennese strudel and champagne gala. The music of Strauss, Schubert, Brahms, and Mozart mingle amicably with other selections from operetta, musical theatre, and instrumental chamber music to accompany a strudel dessert.
A NIGHT IN SPAIN – THE LIGHT FACTORY’s 29TH ANNUAL ART AUCTION
7:00pm Extravaganza Depot (N. Tryon Street)
Admission: $75
Experience the most imaginative fine art photography from creative minds from all over the world. Rub elbows with artists and chat up experts to find out what makes this unique gathering of art so exceptional… and collectible. Silent Auction @ 7pm - Live auction @ 9pm - Dancing @ 10pm.
Sunday Nov. 21
TELLABRATION!™ - Day of Storytelling
2:00pm – Levine Museum of the New South
FREE w/ museum admission
The Storytellers Guild of Charlotte, Inc., in partnership with the Levine Museum, presents Tellabration!™ 2010 for our local community. Some of the best storytellers from our region visit the Museum as part of the nationwide annual day of storytelling. Tellabration!™ is a worldwide celebration of storytelling. It creates a network of storytelling enthusiasts bonded together in spirit at the same time – traditionally, the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
THE CHRISTMAS MUSIC of MANHEIM STEAMROLLER
7:00pm – Belk Theatre
Tickets: $39.50 - $74.50
After celebrating the 25th anniversary of a Christmas album release that changed the music industry, Mannheim Steamroller returns to Charlotte for another amazing night filled with their most recognizable holiday hits.
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