Tuesday Feb. 22
Levine Museum’s New South for the New Southerner
5:30pm – Levine Museum of the New South (200 E. 7th Street)
Admission: $10/person; Museum members/FREE
- Levine Museum of the New South presents its "New South for the New Southerner," an educational program for newcomers and native, Hosted by Levine Museum historian Dr. Tom Hanchetts. High-profile newcomers to Charlotte include Kathleen Jameson from Houston, director of the Mint Museum, and Christopher Warren-Green from London, conductor of the Charlotte Symphony. They'll share their personal puzzlements with Charlotte, plus tips for getting along in the Queen City. Program includes wine and dinner from Mert's Heart & Soul.
A Scholar’s Forum: MEXICO: The Once and Future Revolution
7:00-8:30 – Charlotte Museum of History
Admission: FREE/members; $5/non-members (reservations required-see below)
- Come hear a lecture by Jurgen Buchenau, Professor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Chair, Department of History. Dr. Buchenau’s research interests include 19th and 20th century Mexico, Immigration, Mexico in world affairs, and the Mexican Revolution. He is currently writing a biography of General Alvaro Obregón, who commanded the winning faction in the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). Dr. Buchenau has also begun work on a book that will examine economic development, corruption, and political leadership to reconsider the consolidation of Mexican state in the 1920s and 1930s. ***Reservations are required: email programs@charlottemuseum.org or call 704.568.1774.
Wednesday Feb. 23
MOMIX: Botanica
7:30pm – Knight Theatre @ Levine Center for the Arts (430 S. Tryon)
Tickets: $20-$54
· In this highly anticipated engagement, MOMIX (internationally renowned contemporary dance company) brings its breathtaking fantasy piece BOTANICA to Charlotte. BOTANICA transports you to a fantasy world of surreal images and childlike wonder. Set to an eclectic score that ranges from birdsong to Vivaldi, BOTANICA reveals nature’s changing imagery in an unforgettable multimedia experience. Through Sunday 2/27.
Thursday Feb. 24
Global Issues Forum: FREDRIK STANTON, Author
11:00-12:45pm – Tate Hall/CPCC (1201 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte)
FREE & open to the public – RSVP Required to attend (click link below)
· Central Piedmont Community College’s (CPCC) Global Issues forum, together with the World Affairs Council of Charlotte, will host Author Fredrik Stanton on the College’s Central Campus. Stanton will discuss his latest book titled, “Great Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the Modern World.” Whether you’re a history buff or a literary aficionado, Stanton’s presentation will remind you of the decisions that have made or broken our national history and demonstrate how the art of negotiation can change the world by establishing peace among nations.
“TOPOGRAPH”: An Anthology Celebrating The NOVELLO FESTIVAL Of READING
6:30pm – Sykes Auditorium/Queens University
FREE
- Charlotte ViewPoint, Novello Festival Press, the Queens MFA in Creative Writing program and The Arts at Queens host a reading of “Topograph,” a literary anthology celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Novello Festival of Reading. The anthology offers a fresh sketch of the current Southern literary landscape, including one-minute stories, fractured prose poems, fragmented pulp fiction and inventively structured memoirs. The book is a collaboration between Novello Festival Press and Charlotte ViewPoint, a community-based nonprofit organization that advances metropolitan ideas and art. Book contributors include MFA faculty Alan Michael Parker and Katherine Min. Prior to the reading, editor Jeff Jackson will answer audience questions about literary publishing and editing.
Friday Feb. 25
World Affairs Council of Charlotte presents: Ambassador DAVID ADELMAN
12:00-1:30pm – Westin Charlotte (601 S. College St.)
Tickets: $45 (WACC members); $60 (non-members)
- The U.S. Ambassador to Singapore will discuss: Why Asia? Why ASEAN? Why Now? - How to be a Winner in the Global Marketplace. Prior to his confirmation, Ambassador Adelman served as a State Senator in the Georgia General Assembly and as an Assistant Attorney General in Georgia. For the past twenty years he worked with the national law firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP. He has taught courses in political science as an instructor in the Honors Program at the University of Georgia. For many years Ambassador Adelman represented indigent veterans on a pro bono basis before the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, as well as served as a legal adviser to the state of Georgia’s largest domestic violence organizations.
Author Reading/Signing: LISA NAPOLI
7:00pm – Park Road Books (4139 Park Road)
FREE
- Come meet journalist LISA NAPOLI, as she reads from her new book “Radio Shangri-La: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth.” Ms. Napoli writes of a period when she was dissatisfied with her life and her work as a radio journalist when a chance encounter with a handsome stranger presents her with an opportunity to move halfway around the world. She decides to leave behind cosmopolitan Los Angeles for a new adventure in the ancient Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan—said to be one of the happiest places on earth - and helps to start Bhutan’s first youth-oriented radio station, Kuzoo FM. Lisa Napoli has worked as a journalist for NPR (public radio show Marketplace), a columnist at the New York Times CyberTimes, and an Internet correspondent at MSNBC. She began her career at CNN, worked in local news in North Carolina, and has directed several documentaries about Southern culture.
ROWING TO AMERICA: The Immigrant Project
8:00pm – Robinson Hall/Lab Theatre (UNC Charlotte)
Tickets: $5
- Frequently comic, sometimes tragic, and often poetic, Rowing To America explores the experience of immigration, emigration, and migration through a myriad of culturally diverse one-act plays. These plays are directed, designed, and performed by students in the Department of Theatre and represent a clear but simple aesthetic approach to production and performance.
Saturday Feb. 26
FLAG OF HOPE Project
2:00-5:00pm – Gil Gallery (109 West Morehead St.,Charlotte)
FREE
- The Flag of Hope is a social art project that will travel to 10 cities across North Carolina to promote multicultural awareness and hope within our diverse communities. Artist Edwin Gil will collect handprints and signatures on large canvases that will be fashioned into the nation’s first ever flag made with the handprints of North Carolina residents. Gil is a contemporary conceptual artist best known for his vibrant colors and proprietary paint technique used to achieve depth and movement in his works.
The Met: Live in HD presents: Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride
1:00pm – Stonecrest @ Piper Glen + AMC Concord Mills 24
Tickets: $18-$24
- Susan Graham and Plácido Domingo reprise their starring roles in Gluck’s nuanced and elegant interpretation of this primal Greek myth. Tenor Paul Groves also returns to Stephen Wadsworth’s insightful production, first seen in 2007. Patrick Summers conducts.
Sunday Feb. 27
Winter Garden Walk & Plant Sale @ UNC Charlotte
1:00-3:30pm – UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens (9090 Craver Rd.)
FREE
Join staff of the Botanical Gardens for an informative stroll through the delights of the Susie Harwood Garden. Yes, there is much to appreciate in a southern garden in winter – berries, bark, structure, and even flowers. Come enjoy this overlooked season, learn about some plants to add to your own winter garden, and choose from a prime selection of winter plants for sale. A short slide presentation will precede the garden walk.
Music & Museum Concert: Back to Brahms
5:00pm – Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
Tickets: $15/museum members; $20/non-members (seating is limited)
- The Bechtler Ensemble is joined by special guest violinst Rosemary Furniss this evening. Furniss is one of the most respected violinists of her generation and is acclaimed for her solo performances and collaborations with renowned orchestras and conductors (including her husband, newly appointed Charlotte Symphony conductor Christopher Warren-Green who also leads the London Chamber Orchestra where Furniss shares the role of Artistic Director and Concertmaster). For this performance, the musical work of Brahms will be paried with the artwork of Julius Bissier. Bissier is featured in the exhibition Four Artists in Ascona: Benazzi, Bissier, Nicholson and Valenti on view now through July 5 in the museum's second-floor gallery.
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