MONDAY Feb. 14
Guitarist/Songwriter DAN BERN
7:00 & 9:30pm – Birdsnest, 102 S. Main Street, Davidson
Tickets: $20 ($1 from each ticket sold will be donated to Habitat for Humanity)
- Don’t miss the chance to see folksinger Dan Bern with two Valentines Day concerts in this intimate setting. Email davidsonncmusic@hotmail.com to reserve tickets, making sure to specify what time and how many tickets
TUESDAY Feb. 15
Great Decisions Lecture Series: RESPONDING TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
7:00-8:30pm – Charlotte Country Day School (Cramer Lecture Hall)
Admission: $10
- The Office of International Programs at UNC Charlotte, along with the World Affairs Council of Charlotte, coordinates a local community lecture series annually. Tonight, Dr. Richard Buttimer, UNC Charlotte will discuss Responding To The Financial Crisis as the final lecture of the series. Dr. Buttimer, who has a PHD from the University of GA, is Interim Associate Dean for Faculty and Research as well as Professor of Finance at UNC Charlotte. He has published papers in many academic journals and is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. His primary areas of research are the development of mortgage default models and the application of options theory to real estate problems.
FLOGGING MOLLY (the 7th annual Green 17 Tour)
6:30pm – Fillmore Charlotte
Tickets: $35.25
- Don’t miss Flogging Molly’s exhilarating and explosive live show with their unique blend of traditional Irish music and rowdy punk rock. This L.A. based septet’s annual tour countdown to St. Patrick’s Day will also feature music from their upcoming spring release, recorded in Asheville. Also appearing is Moneybrother and The Drowning Men.
WEDNESDAY Feb. 16
Opening Reception: BODY & SOUL
6:00-9:00pm – Middleton McMillian Gallery (The Light Factory – Charlotte)
FREE
· Since the early 19th Century, photographers have experimented with figurative subject matter. Mysterious and sensual, intense and innocent, spiritual and corporeal, photographers MONA KUHN, JOYCE TENNESON & JOCK STURGES explore the abstract potential of the human body.
BLUE DOOR – Opening Night
8:00pm – Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte (650 E. Stonewall St., Charlotte)
Tickets: $24 - $29
- Three generations of men (all played by the same actor), from slavery through Black Power, challenge Lewis to embark on a night journey combining past and present. Infused with abundant humor and woven through with original songs, BLUE DOOR is a tour-de-force for two actors, a vivid, exuberantly theatrical play about the African-American male experience. “Intelligent…unfailingly thought-provoking…Barfield poses sharp questions and counter-questions on contemporary black identity. Her vision is fearless and humane.” - The Los Angeles Times
THURSDAY Feb. 17
RICK STEVES, Author/Television Host
6:00-8:00pm – Westin Hotel (601 S. College Street, Charlotte)
Tickets: $50 members; $65 non-members
· Take advantage of this unique opportunity to meet and talk to Rick Steves, TV personality and host of popular public TV series “Rick Steves Europe” as he speaks to the World Affairs Council of Charlotte. He will share his wealth of knowledge about building a global perspective through thoughtful travel for a broader understanding of issues impacting our world today. He will also share travel tips. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served.
Film Screening: GUY & MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH
7:30pm – Hodges Taylor Art Consultancy (401 N. Tryon – Transamerica)
Tickets: $5/Light Factory members; $7/non-members
- A full-fledged musical that recasts the MGM tradition in a gritty, near-documentary style. It tells the story of a young Boston jazz musician who drifts from affair to affair, his trumpet the only constant in his life. Jason Palmer, its star, was recently named by Down Beat Magazine as one of the top twenty-five “Trumpeters for the Future.” The film features all original music composed by Justin Hurwitz and recorded by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra.
FRIDAY Feb. 18
Friends of THE MINT Lecture: UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS
10:00-11:30am – Mint Museum/Randolph (2730 Randolph Road)
FREE, with museum admission
- Dr. Kimerly Rorschach, Director of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, talks about why universities have museums.
Tony® Award Winning Musical: IN THE HEIGHTS
8:00pm – Belk Theatre @ Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $54.50-$74.50
- IN THE HEIGHTS, winner of four 2008 Tony® Awards including BEST MUSICAL, is a sensational new show about chasing your dreams and finding your true home. You will be taken on an exhilarating journey into a vibrant Manhattan community; a place where the coffee is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three. ***Ticket holders for the February 18th performance of IN THE HEIGHTS will have the unique opportunity to attend a pre-show event featuring a cocktail hour (cash bar), free hors d’oeuvres, and salsa dancing led by dancers from Metropolitan Ballroom! To SAVE $10 on tickets to IN THE HEIGHTS on Friday, February 18th visit www.BlumenthalCenter.org/salsa or call 704.372.1000 and ask for the “salsa” special!
SATURDAY Feb. 19
WINTER BIRDING DAY
9:00am-3:00pm – Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
FREE, with garden admission
- Expanding on the popular Bluebird Day of the past two years, the Garden celebrates our winged friends with a day of birds. Enjoy bird watching walks, demonstrations and mini-talks scheduled throughout the day, including the annual update on the Gardens' Bluebird Program. For a small fee, build your own bluebird house and mix up a suet treat for the feathered friends in your yard at home. ** A materials fee of $10 will apply for optional Bluebird house and Suet projects.
Partnering Organizations: NC National Wildlife Federation affiliates, Gaston County P.A.W.S. and Mecklenburg County H.A.W.K.
Charlotte Film Society presents: HOWL
7:00pm-doors/7:30pm-screening – Theatre Charlotte, 501 Queens Rd., Charlotte
Tickets: $5/members; $8/non-members
- 2010 film about the legendary poem by beat icon Allen Ginsberg -- played by Hollywood actor James Franco. -- and the 1957 obscenity trial that followed its publication.
RED PRIEST
8:00pm – Dana Auditorium/Queens University (Charlotte)
Tickets: $20/General Admission; FREE/students
- The Friends of Music at Queens proudly hosts Red Priest, an acoustic foursome founded in 1997 and named after the flame-haired priest Antonio Vivaldi. Red Priest is the only early music group in the world to have been compared in the press to the Rolling Stones, Jackson Pollock, the Marx Brothers, Spike Jones and the Cirque du Soleil. The group has given sold-out concerts at many of the world’s most prestigious festivals, including the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Prague Spring Festival. Their repertoire ranges from obscure 17th century sonatas to the most famous works of Bach and Vivaldi, all presented in imaginative programs with cinematically inspired titles: “Priest on the Run,” “Nightmare in Venice,” “Pirates of the Baroque” and “Johann, I’m Only Dancing!”
SUNDAY Feb. 20
MINT MUSEUM – “Sunday Fun Days”
1:00-4:00pm – Mint Museum/UPTOWN (500 S. Tryon St.)
FREE, with museum admission
- It’s family time Uptown! Try out a new scavenger hunt in the museum galleries, see a performer or artist demonstrating, and enjoy kid-friendly activities. Each month the museum will celebrate a new theme. This month’s theme: Art, Supersized!
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