Monday Feb. 7
ROBERT PLANT & The Band of Joy w/the North Mississippi Allstars
8:00pm - Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte
Tickets: $57.50 - $91.60
- Band of Joy was the name of rock icon Robert Plant’s Black Country psychedelic folk group of the late ‘60s (pre-Led Zeppelin) and his revival of its name and spirit in 2010 is of no small significance. His top selling 2010 Grammy nominated album titled “Band of Joy ” pays tribute to American country + folk. Don’t miss this living rock legend’s swing through Charlotte!
Tuesday Feb. 8
Music & Movies @ The Mint
6:00 – music; 7:00 – movie
Admission: FREE/Members; $5/Non-members
- As part of their “Let’s Get Reel” series, on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, The Mint welcomes you to stop by and hear some live music (by the Ocie Davis Trio, this week). Then settle back and watch a screening of Kathryn Bigelow’s Academy Award winning film “THE HURT LOCKER.”
Lecture: "SANCTIONS and PROLIFERATION: North Korea and Iran"
7:00-8:30pm – Charlotte Country Day School (Cramer Lecture Hall)
Admission: $10 (for individual lecture…discount for series registration)
- The Office of International Programs at UNC Charlotte, along with the World Affairs Council of Charlotte, coordinates this "Great Decisions Lecture Series" annually. Tonight, Dr. Chris Van Aller, Winthrop University will discuss Sanctions and Proliferation: North Korea and Iran, as part of the series. Dr. Van Aller is Professor of the Political Science @ Winthrop University. He received his doctorate in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia. He specializes in International Relations, Post Soviet Politics, and European Politics. For more information or to register to attend, click link above.
Wednesday Feb. 9
Get To Know The Show: ELLA
6:00pm – Harvey B. Gantt Center (Charlotte)
FREE (RSVP required)
· Always wanted to know more about Ella Fitzgerald (or musical theater) but were afraid to ask? Join members of the cast of Ella at the Gantt Center and get to know the show before you go. It's a life lived out loud in this exhilarating new musical about "The First Lady of Song." This production weaves myth, memory and music as it tells the uplifting and poignant story of one of the greatest jazz/pop vocalists of 20th century music. **Click the link above for special discount offers for the show, which runs 2/11-13.
Thursday Feb. 10
“Race: Are We So Different?” - WFAE’s ‘Charlotte Talks’ Taping
7:00pm (Doors/6:30) – Discovery Place (301 N. Tryon Street, charlotte)
FREE
· Charlotte Talks is headed to Discovery Place for a special show recording. Host Mike Collins and guests will talk about the science and history of race, and the development of a new exhibit at Discovery Place that encourages visitors to explore the origins and impact of race around the world. Guests will be Dr. Jonathan Marks, Anthropology Professor at UNC Charlotte and John Mackay, President & CEO at Discovery Place.
Friday Feb. 11
CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY – Romeo & Juliet
8:00pm – Belk Theatre @ Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $26.50 - $82.50
- The greatest love story ever told receives full musical expression in this romantic Valentine’s concert. In between the brooding and beautiful tales of young love, the CSO’s own concertmaster, Calin Lupanu, performs Tchaikovsky’s spectacular violin concerto, one of the most famous – and most difficult – pieces for that instrument. With Christopher Warren-Green, conducting and Calin Lupanu, violin, the program features TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet and Violin Concerto in D major and PROKOFIEV Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet.
SWEENEY TODD
8:00pm – Halton Theatre/CPCC
Tickets: $5 - $18
- Sweeney Todd is a musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim. A chilling, suspenseful, heart-pounding masterpiece Sweeney Todd tells the infamous tale of the unjustly exiled barber who returns to 19th century London seeking revenge against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. His thirst for blood expands to include his unfortunate customers, and the resourceful proprietress of the pie shop downstairs soon has the people of London lining up in droves with her mysterious new meat pie recipe!
BIG DADDY BLUEGRASS BAND “The Next Generation”
9:00pm – Visulite Theatre
Tickets: $10 advance/$12 day-of-show
- The Big Daddy Bluegrass Band rides again! It has been five long years since the BDBB has taken the stage. They make their return tonight for the debut of their new lineup which features some of the premier acoustic musicians working today. Steve “Big Daddy” McMurry, front man and founding member of Acoustic Syndicate, returns to the world of bluegrass music with a formidable arsenal of hot, young pickers. There are always great, guest musicians at their performances and you never know who will turn up to play.
Saturday Feb. 12
MALIN PERIERA – “Conversations With Contemporary Black Poets”
2:00pm – Park Road Books (Charlotte)
FREE
- In support of her recently released book, “Into a Light Both Brilliant and Unseen: Conversations with Contemporary Black Poets,” Malin Periera will discuss her collection of eight interviews with leading contemporary African American poets. The book offers an in-depth look at the cultural and aesthetic perspectives of the post–Black Arts Movement generation.
CHARLOTTE CHILDREN’S CHOIR: A Knight To Remember
7:00pm – Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church (1117 South Blvd., Charlotte)
Admission: $25/General; $35/Reserved; $290/Table of 8
- A "Knight" to Remember, in preparation of the upcoming tour to Scotland, is a cabaret style concert highlighting individual members of the Charlotte Children’s Choir Youth Chorale and Chamber Ensemble. Enjoy an evening of listening to timeless love songs ranging from contemporary popular music, jazz standards and favorite arias while you enjoy a wonderful meal. The CCC has won recognition for choral excellence in their appearances around the world. The Choir performed on “CBS This Morning” and was featured in the A & E television special, “Judy Collins Christmas at the Biltmore.” The choir made its Carnegie Hall debut as the featured choir at the 2005 National Children’s Choir Festival.
Sunday Feb. 13
Music & Museum Concert: “Chamber of Love: Sizzling Duets”
5:00pm (reception)//5:30 (performance) – Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (Charlotte)
Admission: $15/members; $20/non-members
- Sounds of love will fill the Bechtler lobby February 13 when the museum presents a special Valentine's Day Music and Museum program. Chamber of Love: Sizzling Duets will feature music composed by Rachmaninoff, Casals, Kreisler, Gliere and Richard Strauss paired with artwork by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle, two Bechtler collection artists who were partners in art and life.
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