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‘We Are Hip Hop’ mural reveal event celebrates Charlotte’s bright hip-hop culture

By Jose Mujica October 21, 2020 (updated) As the hip-hop music scene in Charlotte grows more and more visible, so does its surrounding art and fashion. After the successful run of the Breakin’ Convention, hosted at the Knight Theater from 2015 to 2017, We Are...
By CLTure October 21, 2020
Art

Three CMS Teachers awarded with ASC Lifetime Achievement Award

By CLTure News October 20, 2020 Often our educators don’t receive the credit they deserve, especially in these trying times during the pandemic. Since 2012, the Arts & Science Council has celebrated the works of our educators through their Lifetime Achievement in Teaching Award honoring...
By CLTure October 20, 2020
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Goodyear Arts ‘Strange Times’ fall fundraiser will offer immersive 90-minute art and performance escape

By Shirley Griffith October 17, 2020 For the past several months it seems like you can’t go more than a couple hours without someone craning their neck to exclaim that these are strange times. But they are, and sometimes the only way to express the...
By CLTure October 17, 2020
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National Artist Relief Fund will be extending $5,000 grants for artists

By CLTure News September 24, 2020 Back in April, a coalition of national arts organizations including Creative Capital, Academy of American Poets, Artadia, United States Artists, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, MAP Fund, and National YoungArts Foundation, announced a Covid-19 relief fund for artists. Providing rapid...
By CLTure September 24, 2020
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Charlotte Knights will turn ballpark into a Pumpkin Patch on October 17!

By CLTure News September 22, 2020 (updated) Update: Due to weather, the Charlotte Knights have rescheduled the Pumpkin Patch at Truist Field from Saturday, October 10 to Saturday, October 17. Following the success of “Flicks At The Field,” a movie series hosted at Truist Field,...
By CLTure September 22, 2020
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Several of Charlotte’s museums are reopened, here’s how they will operate

By Charlie Leonard September 21, 2020 (updated) Update 1/13/2021: Several Charlotte museums including Discovery Place, Mint Museum, Levine Museum of the New South, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and McColl Center for Art and Innovation will...
By CLTure September 21, 2020
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Bernice A. King will join virtual conversation on social justice hosted by Levine Museum of the New South

By CLTure News September 10, 2020 Bernice A. King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King will join a virtual conversation hosted by the Levine Museum of the New South on Tuesday, September 15. The conversation titled, “The Fierce Urgency of...
By CLTure September 10, 2020
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Boris “Bluz” Rogers named Director of Creative Engagement at Blumenthal Performing Arts

By CLTure News September 9, 2020 Boris “Bluz” Rogers, the Charlotte Emmy award-winning poet and author has been named the Director of Creative Engagement at Blumenthal Performing Arts. A new position in Blumenthal’s programming department, Rogers will help create, develop and launch new programs that...
By CLTure September 9, 2020
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North Carolina Drive-In theaters will offer free screening of documentary ‘All In: The Fight for Democracy’

By Zach Goins September 6, 2020 With just under two months left until Election Day, it seems like voting information can be found everywhere you look– and now you’ll be able to find it on the big screen, too. On Wednesday, September 9, two North...
By CLTure September 6, 2020
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“We Are Hip Hop” will feature dance performances, art, poetry, Zoom workshops, and DJ battles

By Charlie Leonard August 31, 2020 (updated) Created by local artists, a new music festival titled “We Are Hip Hop” is coming to the Booth Playhouse. The festival will run from Jan. 21 – 24, 2021, and will feature virtual and in-person performances from hip...
By CLTure August 31, 2020

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By Jose Mujica October 21, 2020 (updated) As the hip-hop music scene in Charlotte grows more and more visible, so does its surrounding art and fashion. After the successful run of the Breakin’ Convention, hosted at the Knight Theater from 2015 to 2017, We Are...

By CLTure News October 20, 2020 Often our educators don’t receive the credit they deserve, especially in these trying times during the pandemic. Since 2012, the Arts & Science Council has celebrated the works of our educators through their Lifetime Achievement in Teaching Award honoring...

By Shirley Griffith October 17, 2020 For the past several months it seems like you can’t go more than a couple hours without someone craning their neck to exclaim that these are strange times. But they are, and sometimes the only way to express the...

By CLTure News September 22, 2020 (updated) Update: Due to weather, the Charlotte Knights have rescheduled the Pumpkin Patch at Truist Field from Saturday, October 10 to Saturday, October 17. Following the success of “Flicks At The Field,” a movie series hosted at Truist Field,...

By CLTure News September 10, 2020 Bernice A. King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King will join a virtual conversation hosted by the Levine Museum of the New South on Tuesday, September 15. The conversation titled, “The Fierce Urgency of...

By Zach Goins September 6, 2020 With just under two months left until Election Day, it seems like voting information can be found everywhere you look– and now you’ll be able to find it on the big screen, too. On Wednesday, September 9, two North...

By Charlie Leonard August 31, 2020 (updated) Created by local artists, a new music festival titled “We Are Hip Hop” is coming to the Booth Playhouse. The festival will run from Jan. 21 – 24, 2021, and will feature virtual and in-person performances from hip...