Charlotte, North Carolina Arts

Performing Arts

Digital lottery details for ‘Hamilton’ tickets in Charlotte have been announced

By CLTure News October 1, 2018 Blumenthal Performing Arts have announced a digital lottery for Hamilton will open at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 8 for tickets to the Wednesday, October 10 performance. Subsequent digital lotteries will begin two days prior to each performance. 40...
By CLTure October 1, 2018
Community

Discover something new at Bloom: The Festival of Awakening

By Sydney Hennighausen Cover photo: Daniel Cunningham July 25, 2018 Circus arts are entrancing. Seeing people contort themselves, while others fly high above your head dancing in between ribbons will have your eyes locked and staring in awe. Luckily, for those excited about the circus arts, Bloom:...
By CLTure July 25, 2018
Performing Arts

Want to win two tickets to see Cirque Du Soleil Corteo?

By CLTure July 24, 2018 Want to win two tickets to see Cirque Du Soleil Corteo (August 8-12) at the Spectrum Center? How to enter: Share this event page and tag #CLTure. You can also post the photo (below) on Instagram + mention @CharlotteCLTure or enter the...
By CLTure July 24, 2018
Comedy

David Cross keeps writing his story the way he wants to

By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani June 24, 2018 “Yeah I was actually in Godfather Part II,” David Cross said when asked if he’d ever been an Easter egg in a major Hollywood blockbuster before. “It was a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ part. I was very young and...
By CLTure June 24, 2018
Comedy

Jim Gaffigan’s fire still burns for stand-up comedy, and they keep coming back

By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani October 26, 2017 Jim Gaffigan is as affable a superstar as they come. During the initial moments of our interview as he thanked this no-name writer for taking the time to interview him, the good-natured charm and easy going spirit that he’s...
By CLTure October 26, 2017
Art

Brent and Amy Bagwell bring unique poetry and Jazz experience to Plaza Midwood

By Matt Cosper September 27, 2017 The Bagwells are at it again and that is good news for those of you who nurture curiosity and a sense of adventure in your hearts. Amy is a poet, professor and visual artist, one of the minds behind...
By CLTure September 27, 2017
Performing Arts

Broadway Dreams come true for aspiring actors in Charlotte

By Lindsay Kosma August 2, 2017 Bright lights, big city, and big talent is making its way from Broadway to the Blumenthal this weekend, August 4th and 5th. The Broadway Dreams Summer Intensive, a two-week theatre program which focuses on acting, dance, and vocal performance,...
By CLTure August 2, 2017
Performing Arts

See your favorite Pixar characters with Charlotte Symphony as your soundtrack

By Michelle Wheeler May 4, 2017 From the earliest days of film, music has always been a powerful tool in the film-maker’s toolbox. Before technology was developed to record the actors’ voices on set, movies relied on the marriage of moving pictures and evocative music...
By CLTure May 4, 2017
Performing Arts

‘Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.)’ is a Beautifully Bittersweet Kind of Duet

By Branna Calloway March 25, 2017 Whenever I start thinking about jazz, one of the first things that pop into my mind is the movie Love Jones. Darius putting his desire for Nina to rhyme with that cool as hell jazzy accompaniment on “Brother To...
By CLTure March 25, 2017
Performing Arts

Japan’s profound percussion production comes to Charlotte

By Dan Cava March 10, 2017 Rhythm is at the core of human existence. We breathe in the steady back and forth of respiration. Our footsteps clack out a beat to tell us how fast were moving over the ground. Our hearts pound out the...
By CLTure March 10, 2017

Performing Arts

By CLTure News October 1, 2018 Blumenthal Performing Arts have announced a digital lottery for Hamilton will open at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 8 for tickets to the Wednesday, October 10 performance. Subsequent digital lotteries will begin two days prior to each performance. 40...

By CLTure July 24, 2018 Want to win two tickets to see Cirque Du Soleil Corteo (August 8-12) at the Spectrum Center? How to enter: Share this event page and tag #CLTure. You can also post the photo (below) on Instagram + mention @CharlotteCLTure or enter the...

By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani June 24, 2018 “Yeah I was actually in Godfather Part II,” David Cross said when asked if he’d ever been an Easter egg in a major Hollywood blockbuster before. “It was a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ part. I was very young and...

By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani October 26, 2017 Jim Gaffigan is as affable a superstar as they come. During the initial moments of our interview as he thanked this no-name writer for taking the time to interview him, the good-natured charm and easy going spirit that he’s...

By Matt Cosper September 27, 2017 The Bagwells are at it again and that is good news for those of you who nurture curiosity and a sense of adventure in your hearts. Amy is a poet, professor and visual artist, one of the minds behind...

By Lindsay Kosma August 2, 2017 Bright lights, big city, and big talent is making its way from Broadway to the Blumenthal this weekend, August 4th and 5th. The Broadway Dreams Summer Intensive, a two-week theatre program which focuses on acting, dance, and vocal performance,...

By Michelle Wheeler May 4, 2017 From the earliest days of film, music has always been a powerful tool in the film-maker’s toolbox. Before technology was developed to record the actors’ voices on set, movies relied on the marriage of moving pictures and evocative music...

By Branna Calloway March 25, 2017 Whenever I start thinking about jazz, one of the first things that pop into my mind is the movie Love Jones. Darius putting his desire for Nina to rhyme with that cool as hell jazzy accompaniment on “Brother To...

By Dan Cava March 10, 2017 Rhythm is at the core of human existence. We breathe in the steady back and forth of respiration. Our footsteps clack out a beat to tell us how fast were moving over the ground. Our hearts pound out the...