FALL 2018 C A L E N D A R

FALL 2018 C A L E N D A R

BE INSPIRED. BE MOVED. Film 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 Fine Arts Lecture 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. Music Theatre

August 30 - September 22 Hadley Theater The Legend of Georgia McBride Presented by Actor s Theatre of Charlotte, in residence at Queens. Tickets available at: atcharlotte.org September 9 at 6 PM Burwell Hall The Bechtler Ensemble with Movement Migration September 17 at 6 PM World Languages Film Series: Julieta September 18 at 6 PM World Languages Film Series: Toni Erdmann September 15 at 6:30 PM Preyer 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. ; RSVP required

September 19 at 5:30 PM Duke Energy Auditorium Leaders in Action Lecture featuring Theresa Drew, Managing Director, Deloitte and Touche Sponsored by BB&T ; RSVP required September 22 Faculty Art Exhibition and Music Recital September 25 at 6 PM World Languages Film Series: Together September 26 at 5:30 PM Duke Energy Auditorium #MeToo: Sexual Misconduct in the Hebrew Bible Given by Rabbi Judy Schindler, this lecture honors Lori and Eric Sklut. ; RSVP required September 26 at 6 PM World Languages Film Series: Welcome to the Sticks September 24 at 7 PM Crown Room A 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. Photography by: Ron Ross

September 26 at 7 PM Burwell Hall American guitarist Andrew Zohn October 4 - October 27 Hadley Theater The 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 PM Max L. Jackson Gallery The 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.

Three-Part Community Perspective Series Supplemental to A Conversation with J.D. Vance ; RSVP required October 4 at 6 PM Belk Chapel First Generation College Attendees View on Community October 11 at 6 PM Belk Chapel Healthcare Providers View on Education & Resource Stability October 18 at 6 PM Belk Chapel Historians View on Wealth & Segregation October 24 at 7:30 PM Grupo Los Morales International Latin American Music November 1 at 7 PM Belk Chapel Fall Student Choral Concert October 23 at 7 PM Knight Theater, Uptown Charlotte A 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 8-11 Hadley Theater Queens Theatre Presents: 26 Pebbles The 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 PM Morri Creech Poetry Reading November 15 at 5:30 PM Duke Energy Auditorium Leaders in Action Lecture Featuring Diane Morais, President, Consumer & Commercial Banking Products, Ally Bank Sponsored by BB&T ; RSVP required November 16 at 10 AM Burwell Hall Friends of the Library Holiday Gathering ; RSVP required December 13 at 7 PM Belk Chapel Protective 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