04 / 1
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Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. | ||
04 / 2
(all day)
Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. Start: 9:45 pm
Red Dirt Girl, Emmylou Harris—folk songstress and fantastic feminist—turns 61 today. | ||
04 / 3
(all day)
Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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.” Start: 9:00 pm
End: 9:59 pm
Many of your favorite shows are back today after the Writers’ Strike! | ||
04 / 4
(all day)
Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. Start: 9:00 am
End: 9:59 am
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.
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 4:59 pm
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.
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04 / 5
(all day)
Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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.
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04 / 6
(all day)
Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. | ||
04 / 7
(all day)
Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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. | ||
04 / 8
(all day)
Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. | ||
04 / 9
(all day)
Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. | ||
04 / 10
(all day)
Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. Start: 9:00 pm
End: 9:59 pm
April is National Poetry Month. Scribble a sonnet, letter a limerick, or take some time to appreciate another poet’s work. | ||
04 / 11
End: 4:59 pm
Start: 03/17/2008 - 16:00
End: 04/11/2008 - 16:59
Beginning Monday, March 17, Girl Talk Foundation, Inc., a character-building program for girls ages 11-16, will be collecting beaded gowns and party dresses (new and slightly used) for girls in need as part of the Sixth Annual Prom Project. Girls will get to choose their gowns at a makeshift boutique designed by students from The Art Institute on Saturday, April 12 at ImaginOn. Girls interested in receiving a gown must register at www.girltalkfoundationinc.com or call the Girl Talk office at 704.335.5885. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:59 pm
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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. | ||
04 / 12
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 12:59 pm
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.
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 12:59 pm
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.
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:59 pm
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. Start: 1:00 pm
Start: 04/12/2008 - 13:00
End: 04/13/2008 - 13:59
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.
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04 / 13
End: 1:59 pm
Start: 04/12/2008 - 13:00
End: 04/13/2008 - 13:59
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.
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04 / 14
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04 / 15
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04 / 16
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04 / 17
Start: 10:00 am
End: 10:59 am
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 Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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. | ||
04 / 18
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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. | ||
04 / 19
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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. | ||
04 / 20
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04 / 21
Start: 9:00 pm
Start: 04/21/2008 - 21:00
End: 04/27/2008 - 21:59
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. | ||
04 / 22
(all day)
Start: 04/21/2008 - 21:00
End: 04/27/2008 - 21:59
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. | ||
04 / 23
(all day)
Start: 04/21/2008 - 21:00
End: 04/27/2008 - 21:59
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. Start: 12:44 pm
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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. | ||
04 / 24
(all day)
Start: 04/21/2008 - 21:00
End: 04/27/2008 - 21:59
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. Start: 8:00 am
End: 8:59 am
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.
Start: 10:00 am
End: 10:59 am
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.
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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. | ||
04 / 25
(all day)
Start: 04/21/2008 - 21:00
End: 04/27/2008 - 21:59
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. Start: 7:00 am
Start: 04/25/2008 - 07:00
End: 04/26/2008 - 07:59
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. Start: 11:00 am
End: 11:59 am
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!
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 1:59 pm
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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. Start: 9:00 pm
End: 9:59 pm
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. | ||
04 / 26
(all day)
Start: 04/21/2008 - 21:00
End: 04/27/2008 - 21:59
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. End: 7:59 am
Start: 04/25/2008 - 07:00
End: 04/26/2008 - 07:59
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
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. | ||
04 / 27
End: 9:59 pm
Start: 04/21/2008 - 21:00
End: 04/27/2008 - 21:59
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. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 2:59 pm
Sunday, April 27, 2008
11 AM – 3 PM Lake Crawford, Kings Mt. State Park | ||
04 / 28
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04 / 29
Start: 1:00 pm
Start: 04/29/2008 - 13:00
End: 06/02/2008 - 13:59
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. | ||
04 / 30
(all day)
Start: 04/29/2008 - 13:00
End: 06/02/2008 - 13:59
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. Start: 2:00 pm
Start: 04/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 14:59
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. | ||
05 / 1
(all day)
Start: 04/29/2008 - 13:00
End: 06/02/2008 - 13:59
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. (all day)
Start: 04/30/2008 - 14:00
End: 05/04/2008 - 14:59
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. Start: 8:00 am
End: 8:59 am
Josh Ritter, named by Entertainment Weekly as one of “The 10 Most Exciting Artists Now,” plays tonight at the Visulite Theater. For tickets, only $17 at the door, visit Visulite.com. Start: 12:00 pm
End: 12:59 pm
Beginning tonight and running every Thursday through October, “Take it Outside” and unwind at the US National Whitewater Center for the Subaru River Jam, featuring local music, food and beer specials, and a great sunset view. For details, visit USNWC.org.
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