Post on 04-Feb-2021
FALL 2018
C A L E N D A R
BE INSPIRED. BE MOVED.Inspiration awaits this fall. Come experience all that Queens
has to offer —from arts to music to thought-provoking speakers
and more—and be moved like never before.
Find more cultural events at Queens, as well as additional
details for the events included in this calendar online at: www.queens.edu/calendar
Brought to you by The Arts at Queens, Friends of the Library, The Learning
Society, College of Arts & Sciences, the McColl School’s BB&T Distinguished Leaders in Action Lecture Series, Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice, Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Community Engagement, General Education program, Department of World Languages, Preyer Lecture Series and Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte.
Film
Fine Arts
Lecture
Music
Theatre
August 30 - September 22Hadley TheaterThe Legend of Georgia McBride Presented by Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte,
in residence at Queens.
Tickets available at: atcharlotte.org
September 9 at 6 PMBurwell HallThe Bechtler Ensemble with Movement MigrationFree admission
September 17 at 6 PMKetner Auditorium World Languages’ Film Series: JulietaFree admission
September 18 at 6 PMKetner AuditoriumWorld Languages’ Film Series: Toni ErdmannFree admission
September 15 at 6:30 PMKetner AuditoriumPreyer Lecture Series: The Two Souths of ’68 - Remembering Revolution in these Hard Times
Queens Department of History is pleased to welcome Dr. Robin Kelley,
Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History
at the University of California, Los Angeles, to campus for the 2018 Preyer
Lecture. Dr. Kelley’s lecture will explore how everyday acts of resistance
and survival shaped and changed the lives of civil rights activists, and
what led to the defeat of revolutionary insurgencies in the late 1960s U.S.
south and global South.
Free admission; RSVP required
September 19 at 5:30 PM Duke Energy AuditoriumLeaders in Action Lecture featuring Theresa Drew, Managing Director, Deloitte and ToucheSponsored by BB&T
Free admission; RSVP required
September 22Faculty Art Exhibition and Music Recital
September 25 at 6 PM Ketner AuditoriumWorld Languages’ Film Series: TogetherFree admission
September 26 at 5:30 PM Duke Energy Auditorium #MeToo: Sexual Misconduct in the Hebrew BibleGiven by Rabbi Judy Schindler, this lecture honors Lori and Eric Sklut.
Free admission; RSVP required
September 26 at 6 PMKetner AuditoriumWorld Languages’ Film Series: Welcome to the SticksFree admission
September 24 at 7 PM Crown RoomA Sign of the Times Concert Led by Composer/Director, Tyrone Jefferson
A Sign of the Times preserves the pre-enslavement
legacy of the African Diaspora through music,
dance and spoken word. Their lauded jazz ensemble
“Going Through Changes” presents an entertaining
but thought-provoking concert that tells the stories
of trials and triumph experienced by people of color
in this community and throughout the world.
Free admission
Ph
oto
gra
ph
y b
y: R
on
Ro
ss
September 26 at 7 PMBurwell HallAmerican guitarist Andrew ZohnFree admission
October 4 - October 27 Hadley TheaterThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Presented by Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, in residence at Queens. Tickets available at: atcharlotte.org
October 4 at 6 PMMax L. Jackson GalleryThe Art Outside – Opening Night Reception
Public murals and street art seem to be popping up all over Charlotte. That’s why it’s no surprise that a
team of local artists organized The Art Outside, a city-wide mural festival. In conjunction with the Talking
Walls Mural Festival, a select group of muralists and street artists will exhibit their vibrant artwork. The
opening night reception features live painting, live music and artist talks. It’s a night of inspiring visual
beauty you won’t want to miss.
Free admission
Three-Part Community Perspective SeriesSupplemental to “A Conversation with J.D. Vance”
Free admission; RSVP required
October 4 at 6 PM | Belk ChapelFirst Generation College Attendees’ View on Community
October 11 at 6 PM | Belk ChapelHealthcare Providers’ View on Education & Resource Stability
October 18 at 6 PM | Belk ChapelHistorians’ View on Wealth & Segregation
October 24 at 7:30 PMKetner AuditoriumGrupo Los Morales – International Latin American Music Free admission
November 1 at 7 PMBelk ChapelFall Student Choral Concert Free admission
October 23 at 7 PMKnight Theater, Uptown CharlotteA Conversation with J.D.Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
J.D. Vance, #1 New York Times best selling author,
will chronicle his family’s story of social, regional and
class decline, as well as his own upward mobility and
personal struggles. His insights will inform the local
conversation about advancing economic mobility
and opportunity throughout the Charlotte region.
Presented by Bank of America
Tickets start at $25 at: carolinatix.org
November 8 - 11Hadley Theater Queens Theatre Presents: 26 PebblesThe story of the ripples and vibrations created by the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting; presented by Queens students with Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte.Tickets available at: atcharlotte.org/queens-student-productions
November 13 at 7 PMKetner Auditorium Morri Creech Poetry ReadingFree admission
November 15 at 5:30 PMDuke Energy AuditoriumLeaders in Action Lecture Featuring Diane Morais, President, Consumer & Commercial Banking Products, Ally BankSponsored by BB&T
Free admission; RSVP required
November 16 at 10 AMBurwell HallFriends of the Library Holiday Gathering Free admission; RSVP required
December 13 at 7 PMBelk ChapelProtective Custody PRISONER: 34042
This original play, adapted from Dr. Susan Cernyak-Spatz’s
autobiography Protective Custody PRISONER: 34042,
captures the riveting experiences of her Auschwitz-
Birkenau internment as well as the eventual liberation of
this well-known Charlotte Holocaust survivor. The evening
will celebrate all of our Charlotte community’s more than
three dozen Holocaust survivors and the successes of the
Greenspon Center’s first two years.
Tickets available at: StanGreensponCenter.org