Like many performing arts organizations, the Charlotte Symphony’s 20-21 season has been forced out of the theater and into the unknown. In response to the times; the orchestra has recently adapted with an array of virtual...
Read MoreNC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green’s The River Speaks of Thirst
The River Speaks of Thirst, by Jaki Shelton Green, with guests Shirlette Ammons, CJ Suitt, Jennifer Evans, and Nnenna Freelon. Released June 19, 2020. ℗ 2020 Soul City Sounds. Phil Venable, Executive Producer. Engineered,...
Read MoreQueen City New Play Initiative Brings Exciting Opportunities to Charlotte Theater Lovers
It’s no secret that performing artists all over the world are finding themselves in a tight spot. Theaters are closed, entire seasons have been and continue to be cancelled, and there is no live gig in sight. But there...
Read MoreOn Dance: Reflecting on the Past while Planning for the Future
On opening night of our final performance of the year, I was asked to be myself and someone else at the same time. Fifteen minutes before hair and makeup, we realized that one dancer would be out due to a family emergency, and I...
Read MoreCharlotte-based Dance Company Movement Migration Tries to Keep People Moving in Quarantine
The first week of North Carolina’s shelter-in-place order, Kim Jones, artistic director of Movement Migration, took to her dance company’s social media. Acknowledging the global crisis and common predicament of...
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