 | Red Dirt Girl, Emmylou Harris—folk songstress and fantastic feminist—turns 61 today. |
 | Anne Fausto-Sterling, considered a leading feminist biologist, will present “Not Your Grandmother’s Biology: Toward a New Science of Sex, Desire and Race” at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 3, in Cone Center’s McKnight Hall. A professor of biology and gender studies at Brown University, Fausto-Sterling is a widely published author of several books including “Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality” and “Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Men and Women.” The ADVANCE Office and the Center for Professional and Applied Ethics are cosponsoring this free, public event. |
| Many of your favorite shows are back today after the Writers’ Strike! |
 | Don’t know what to do about that speeding ticket? Call one of a thousand lawyers across the state who will be on hand today from 7am to 7pm to assist with that and other legal questions, absolutely free. The service day is a program of the NC Bar Association. For more information, go to 4allnc.org. |
| What better way to end the week than with sweet treats and sweet savings? Stop by Three Little Birds any time on April 4 and 11 and get a cupcake while you shop--plus, 10% of the days’ proceeds will benefit children’s charities. |
 | LakeNormanMommies.com, an online community for moms in the Lake Norman area, has partnered with Raceworld USA to holding their first community-wide consignment sale. Over 2,000 items of “anything kids and babies” will be up for sale at greatly discounted prices. This is a great way for moms to stock up on everything they need for the spring/summer season. The consignment sale is open to the public on Saturday, April 5th from 7am-1pm. The event is being held at Raceworld USA, home of Michael Waltrip Racing in Cornelius, NC. Early bird shopping is from 7am-8am and the general public sale is from 8am-12:30pm. Items will be priced half-off from 1pm-2pm. There is a $2 admission fee for the Early Bird sale from 7am-8am. The rest of the sale is free. Dana Gillis Promotions Manager LakeNormanMommies dana@lakenormanmommies.com www.LakeNormanMommies.com |
 | April 7th is a day of remembrance for Du'a Khalil, a 17-year-old Kurdish art student who was stoned to death in public last year on that date by her uncle, other close relatives and a crowd of men who disapproved of the fact that she'd fallen in love with a local shopkeeper. Find out more by clicking here. |
 | April is National Poetry Month. Scribble a sonnet, letter a limerick, or take some time to appreciate another poet’s work. |
 | Don’t miss “Huipiles: A Celebration,” an exhibit by Texas artist Kathy Sosa celebrating “huipiles,” the traditional hand-woven, blouse-like garments created in the Mayan tradition in Mexico and Latin America by women. The show runs through May 3, and also includes Liz Garza Williams’ contemporary photographs of women and girls wearing new and vintage huipiles. Together, the photographs and paintings document not only the rich, 500-year history of the hand-loomed garments, but also their continuing signifi cance in the lives of women today. The garments speak volumes about a woman’s identity, strength, and pride. April 11, 2008 • Shain Gallery • Cost: free • 704.334.7744 • www.shaingallery.com |
| Don’t miss the Charlotte Quilters’ Guild 2008 Quilt Show, with over 180 quilts, hourly demonstrations, a silent auction, and raffles, which runs through Sunday at The Fletcher School (8500 Sardis Rd.). For tickets or details, email QuiltNews@yahoo.com. |
 | Join the gang at Meow and Fetch for a Compact Canine Event, and adopt a Yorkie, Chihuahua, Maltese, Shih tzu, or other “compact” pooch from noon-4pm at The Boulevard in NoDa. For details, visit meowandfetch.com or call 704.391.5055. |
| Step back in time at the Charlotte Museum of History’s Colonial Fair, complete with historic craft demonstrations including basketweaving, blacksmithing, woodturning, leatherworking, cooking, and pottery. The day includes tours of the original 1774 rock house, live music, colonial games and crafts for children. Free with museum admission. Call 704.568.1774 or visit www.charlottemuseum.org for details. |
| Beauty touches us, connects us, and makes us feel more alive. Why are you drawn again and again to simplicity, luminosity, or vitality when you visit an art gallery or take a walk in the woods? During this retreat you will discover how to translate your experience of beauty in nature into your unique style of art. We will create a visual journal that captures your most powerful experiences of beauty. Then you can use this book as a source of inspiration for all your future creative projects working with fabric, clay, paper, or paints. Where: Lint Lady’s Studio, Waxhaw |
| At 29 years old, soprano and actress Audra McDonald became the first performer in history to win Tony Awards for her first three major Broadway roles. Since then, Audra has released four solo albums, worked in film, performed concerts with major American orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the Boston Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Symphony, and now stars in the ABC television series Private Practice. On April 12, don’t miss your one-night-only chance to hear Audra sing with the Charlotte Symphony. |
 | The Harvard Business School Club of Charlotte is hosting a special workshop for non-profit leaders: "Managing for High Performance in the Nonprofit World” April 17th, 2008 from 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm Booth Playhouse in Uptown Charlotte Michael Chu, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School will facilitate this workshop and topics will include: Defining High Performance, The Greatest Challenges in the Social Enterprise Capital Markets, Governance Challenges and Maintaining High Performance Over Time. Presidents, Directors and Board Members of nonprofits are invited to attend this free workshop and networking event. For more information and to RSVP, visit www.hbscharlotte.com. |
| Eat for a cause today as part of Autism Aware Fare, hosted by the Autism Society of North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County Chapter, when local restaurants donate a portion of their one-day proceeds to benefit local children and adults with autism. For a list of participating restaurants, visit AutismAwarefare.org. |
 | The first annual Charlotte Clean and Green, a collection of events and activities to teach Charlotteans how to leave a smaller carbon footprint, begins today, with classes presented by the local chapter of the US Green Building Council and a special finale screening of “Kilowatt Hours.” For info, visit www.CleanAndGreen.com. |
 | Spring into action at the Spring Herb & Plant Festival, today from 8am-5pm at the Piedmont Farmers’ Market in Concord (518 Winecoff School Road), featuring an open-air market with over 75 vendors offering everything from live plants to baked goods, handcrafted items and antiques. For details, call 704.980.3326. |
| Don’t miss “Dances of India,” performed by internationally-acclaimed performer Dr. Maha Gingrich and more than 40 dancers at CPCC’s Dale F. Halton Theater today at 4 pm, including numerous dance styles performed to live music. For tickets, call 704.330.6534. |
 | Say no to the telly during National TV Turn Off Week. Start a craft project, finally get around to organizing your closet, or crack open that memoir you’ve been meaning to read. |
 | The Charlotte Museum of History’s Women Making History series continues in April with a lecture featuring Mary Lou Quinlan, dubbed “the Oprah of Madison Avenue” by the Wall Street Journal, has spent her 30-year career in marketing and communications. She was named 1995 Advertising Woman of the Year by Advertising Women of New York, and is founder of the strategic marketing company Just Ask a Woman. Her new book, Time Off for Good Behavior: How Hardworking Women Can Take a Break and Change Their Lives, has been featured in the New York Times, the New York Post, USA Today, Business Week, People, and on the CBS Early Show. For details, call 704.568.1774 ext. 126 or visit www.charlottemuseum.org. |
| Get a great deal on plants at Wing Haven Gardens’ Semi-Annual Plant Sale, featuring an assortment of perennials, trees, herbs, antique roses, and even urns and statuary. For more info, visit WingHavenGardens.com or call 704.331.0664. |
 | Bid on high-end purses below market value (ranging from $50-$3,000) at a silent auction benefiting Habitat Charlotte's Women Build 2008! Tickets: $40 (includes wine and appetizers) Details: 704.716.5630, aluke@habitatcharlotte.org or click here. |
| Join Donald Haack Diamonds, Fresh Boutique and Varji & Varji Salon and Spa on In addition to receiving the latest trends in style, guests will go home with gift certificates and goods from Donald Haack Diamonds, Fresh and Varji & Varji. |
| Join the Hornet’s Nest Council of the Girl Scouts to recognize six local women at the annual Women of Distinction event. For tickets or more information, call 704.731.6536 or email development@hngirlscouts.org. |
 | Taylor, Richards & Conger in collaboration with The Italian Trade Commission invite you to experience Italy in Motion, featuring exclusive trunk shows by Italian designers, Italian modes of transportation, Italian cuisine, fine Italian wines, and in-store registries, on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26. For details, call 704.366.9092 or visit www.trcstyle.com. |
| Join Planned Parenthood Young Advocates for CHOICE ART, a silent art auction benefiting Planned Parenthood of Charlotte's Education Outreach. The Education Outreach includes programs for teens, minority groups, parenting, as well as a variety of community workshops. Held at Dialect Design Center in NoDa, this silent auction will feature pieces from several local artists. Auction items range from paintings and sculpture to handmade jewelry. CHOICE ART will be a fun, relaxing environment with food, beverages, and music- a cross between an art showing and a party! Friday, April 25th at 7:00 pm Dialect Art Gallery 3204-C North Davidson Street Charlotte, NC 28205 $10 suggested donation at door. To RSVP, please contact Lisa Bryan at lisa.bryan@pphsinc.org If you'd like to submit artwork, please contact ChoiceArt4PPYA@gmail.com by April 18th. |
| Join skirt! photographer Deborah Triplett, along with fellow Charlotte photographers Diane Hughes, Raymond Grubb, JoAnn Sieburg Baker, Cordellia Williams, Mike Carrol, Christa Cammorato, Nancy Pierce, Mark Hamilton, and Kelly Culpepper, for a photography exhibit at Siskate Gallery on Arbor Day (April 25 from 6 – 11 pm), to celebrate a natural treasure that is dying out across the Southeast: the ancient eastern and Carolina hemlock trees. Called “One,” the exhibit commemorates the one chance we have to save the breathtaking trees, which are dying at an alarming rate due to an insect infestation, causing a dramatic and devastating impact on the southern Appalachian ecosystems, especially in Smoky Mountains National Park. Money raised from sales at the exhibit will help fund a documentary film about the hemlocks currently being produced by Charlotte filmmaker (and recent skirt! He’s So Original profile) David Huff, founder of Back 40 Films. Proceeds from the film’s DVD sales will be donated to groups working to treat the remaining hemlocks. |
| The Miracle Worker, the dramatization of the real life story of Helen Keller, opens today by CPCC Theatre and runs through May 4. For tickets, call 704.330.6534. |
| Today is the Day of Silence, when Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning students and their straight allies take a vow of silence for a whole day. Speak up without saying a word. |
 | The Charlotte Tailgate Farmers Market opens for a third season today its new location in South End (100 West Park Ave.). Open on Tuesday evenings and Saturdays mornings, the market will offer music and entertainment along with produce and crafts from local vendors. For details, visit www.CharlotteTailgateMarket.com. |
 | Sunday, April 27, 2008 11 AM – 3 PM Lake Crawford, Kings Mt. State Park Want to try out the latest boats and paddling accessories? Then come to the always fun and free REI Paddle Demo Day! Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, everyone will enjoy our free paddling clinics. This is your chance to get some hands-on experience and talk one on one with our experts and the vendors to get fitted to the perfect boat. You’ll also receive great coupons good toward one boat purchase and a pair of Teva shoes just for attending. Call REI Pineville, 704-341-7405, or visit www.rei.com/paddle for more details. |
 | Kelly Koeppel will be the featured artist in May at the Morrison Arts Initiative. She will exhibiting work from her recent series of large format 8mm film prints. "I started shooting Super8 film about ten years ago, documenting trips through Europe and the U.S., and nights out with friends. Last year I made a seires of large format prints from individual 8mm frames. They are exciting pieces because they capture and suspend moments in time that would otherwise be overlooked. There are ghostly images of faces and people, that in the film, just flash by on the screen. And the qualities of the film translated to such a large format can't be replicated by other means. They are truly unique." |
 | North Carolina Stage Company, Asheville’s professional theatre, presents Moonlight and Magnolias in the Duke Power Theater at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, April 30 – May 4, 2008. Moonlight and Magnolias, by Ron Hutchinson, is the hilarious, almost-true story of the making of Gone With the Wind. The play comes to Charlotte from a successful mounting in Asheville, where it sold out its entire 3-week run. Moonlight and Magnolias stars Asheville-based actors Charlie Flynn-McIver, Scott Treadway, Lauren Fortuna and Willie Repoley. Box office: Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 704-372-1000, www.blumenthalcenter.org |
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