ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
The Hill We Climb – Amanda Gorman
NEWS When day comes we ask ourselves,where can we find light in this never-ending shade?The loss we carry,a sea we must wadeWe've braved the belly of the beastWe've learned that quiet isn't always peaceAnd the norms and notionsof what just isIsn’t always...
Organ at Davidson, Season Continues – Virtually
NEWS David Brinson will present the Organ at Davidson recital on January 11, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. The program will feature music by Buxtehude, Bach, Franck, Widor, Dupré, and Duruflé. Since the recital will be available through live stream, the program will...
The Nutcracker (2020) – Streamed to Your Computer
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT With so many holiday events cancelled or changed, here's an option that you probably haven't had before. . .watching The Nutcracker via streaming. The St. Louis Ballet continues their scheduled streaming performances of The...
News from Blumenthal Performing Arts
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT The COVID crisis has presented many difficult challenges for all of us. In this issue of Spark Stories we share some of the ways Blumenthal has pivoted to help local Charlotte artists survive, and eventually thrive, as the crisis...
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library and Music at St. Albans Present a Musical Treat
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library and Music at St. Alban’s are cooperating in presenting a virtual musical treat, featuring three performers from the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. The performance will be...
Music at St. Alban’s Virtual Concert
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Did you miss the Music at St. Alban's Virtual Concert on November 22? Robin Bullock, one of the preeminent acoustic masters of our time delighted audiences with a program featuring Celtic and classical music for...
DavidsonLearns Presents TRUE LIKENESS: A Conversation about Portraiture
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Portraits serve as expressions of identity, popular taste, social standing and documents of who, when and where. Representing self in the best light or seeing others in understandable terms, are motives behind why we record images of each...
Davidson Film Club Presents “Room”
DAVIDSON FILM CLUB The Davidson Film Club is pleased to invite you to a discussion of the Canadian film, “Room,” winner of the Oscar and Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. “In a year of gut-wrenching dramas, this is definitely the...
“Celiac Mom”: Local Author Upends a Wheat-Filled Life to Support Her Daughter’s Health
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT As a two-year-old, Ann Campanella’s daughter Sydney barely registered on the growth chart, complained of intense stomachaches, and rarely napped. Doctors and well-meaning friends repeatedly assured Campanella, a Lake Norman resident, that her...
Organ at Davidson Season Continues on November 9
ORGAN AT DAVIDSON Organ at Davidson continues its 2020-2021 season on November 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Davidson College Presbyterian Church, 100 N. Main St. in Davidson. Cory Westby is the director of music and organist at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in...