Annual Richard and Betty Peek Recital and Masterclass Featuring Organist
John Mitchener. Masterclass will be Feb. 2 from 9am-12pm, Recital will be Feb
3 at 4pm. Sat., Sun. Continues through Feb. 3. Free. Covenant Presbyterian,
1000 E. Morehead St. 704-334-2283 Ext. 22.Concerto Competition Winners presented by Charlotte Civic Orchestra – featuring all the winners of the competition
performing one movement of a concerto. Also featuring Leon Bates performing
Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto. Sun., Feb. 10, 3 p.m. $8 for adults, $6 for students
and seniors. Queens College, 1900 Selwyn Ave. 704-337-2213.
Jefferson’s Journeys The concert features period instruments and voice
with music by composers like Mozart and lesser knowns like Gretry, Benda, Able,
Gluck and Paisiello. This program has been researched using Jefferson’s Day
Books to determine selections performed at concerts attended by Thomas Jefferson.
Fri., Feb. 8, 8:15 p.m. $12 regular admission, $6 for students and seniors.
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, 1510 E. 7th St. 704-334-3468.
St. Petersburg String Quartet These outstanding musicians are the Quartet-In-Residence
at Oberlin Conservatory. The performance will be held in the Frances May Barnes
Recital Hall. Tue., Feb. 5, 8 p.m. $18 for adults and seniors, $5 for students
under 18. Winthrop University, Rock Hill. 803-323-2399.
Tuesday Noon Concert Series Program will feature String Quartet K.
421 by W.A. Mozart. Tue., Feb. 5, 12:10 p.m. Free, plus optional $6 box lunch
available in the Parish Hall. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 115 W. 7th St. 704-332-7746.
Warsaw Philharmonic performance will be held in the Belk Theatre of
the Performing Arts Center. Mon., Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $25-$70. Blumenthal Performing
Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon St. 704-527-6680.ComedyThe Perch
Sketch Comedy Theater Extreme Improv. The Desperate for Attention Players
will be performing Chicago stylel long form shows. Down and dirty, stage clawing,
improvised comedy available no where else in this area. Saturdays, 7 p.m. Continues
through Jan. 8. $8. 1500 Central Ave. 704-372-7724.
DanceThree Premieres Experience N.C. Dance Theatre’s
amazing versatility with Mark Diamond’s Hamlet, a one act propelled by modern
music and spectacular lighting effects, Alonzo King’s Tango, described by the
San Francisco Chronicle as hip and hot dancing deliciously on the edge and Dwight
Rhoden’s sizzling work Verge with guest artist Desmond Richardson, Tony nominee
for Fosse. Feb. 8, 8 p.m.; Feb. 9, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. $20-$50. Blumenthal Performing
Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon St. 704-348-5800.
Museums
* Levine Museum of the New South Catawba Pottery, Legacy of Survival:
Seven Master Potters. get an intimate look at the pottery of the Catawba Indians.
Approximately 30 pieces of pottery will be displayed along with text and photos
that explain the history and role of pottery in the Catawba culture. Crossroads
Quilters: Stitching the Community Together. Exhibition includes 15 traditional
quilts, photographs, teacher guides, gallery guides and a “discovery panel”.
Light Days, Dark Nights: The Carolina Photographs of Doris Ullman. the exhibit
will feature the portraiture of this acclaimed photographer who traveled throughout
North and South Carolina from 1929-1933 shooting images of Americans in the
rural South, whom she felt define the essence of the American people. 200 E.
7th St. 704-333-1887.
* Mint Museum of Art Art Glass: The Collection of Marjorie and Robert
McDorman. Brilliant and elegant examples of art glass from the guilded age.
Ranges from small vases and plates to much larger urns and lamps. Included are
works from all of the major glassmakers of the period: Galle, Daum, Loetz, Tiffany,
Carder, Steuben, Durand and Quezal among others. Mon.-Sun. Continues through
June 16. Artists’ Forum:” What’s Happening In Charlotte?”. Area artists will
discuss their work as well as current issues and activities in their artistic
fields. Talks will be followed by an informal reception and a chance to meet
the artists. Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. The Gilded Age: Treasures from the Smithsonian
American Art Museum. An insightful look, through 60 art masterpieces, into the
era in which America assumed a leading role on the world stage. Mon.-Sun. Continues
through April 21. 2730 Randolph Rd. 704-337-2000 or 704-333-MINT.
Theater: OpeningsDer Rosenkavalier Sung in German with
Projected English Translations. Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m.; Feb.
3, 2 p.m. Tickets range from $10-$68. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 130
N. Tryon St. 704-348-5800.
For The Love of Broadway Features 22 toe-tapping musical numbers from
16 different Broadway musicals including, Rent, Miss Saigon, Little Shop of
Horrors, A Chorus Line, Evita, Gypsy, and Kiss Me Kate, Will be held at Johnson
Hall in the Studio Theatre. Jan. 30, 8 p.m.; Jan. 31, 8 p.m.; Feb. 1, 8 p.m.;
Feb. 2, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. $7 general admission. Winthrop University, Rock Hill.
803-323-2399.
Quiz Show The play inspired the ’94 award winning film version of the
same name and tells the story of the quiz show scandals of the 1950’s. Feb.
6, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 9, 9 p.m.; Feb. 10,
2 p.m. $6. Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. 704-333-8983.
Misery will be presented by the Off-Tryon Theatre Co at their facility,
3143 Cullman Ave. Based on Stephen King’s novel about a writer and his number
one fan. Performances are Feb 7-9, 14-17 & 21-23. All shows are at 8pm. Tickets
are $15; seniors and students, $10. For info or to reserve tickets call 704-375-2826
or email offtryon@yahoo.com.
The Who’s Tommy Winner of five Tony Awards, the Who’s Tommy rocks the
house. Brodway’s Hit Rock Musical features Pete Townshend’s classic score. Parental
Guidance Recommended. Feb. 8, 8:15 p.m.; Feb. 9, 2 p.m. & 8:15 p.m.; Feb. 10,
2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $18-$50. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 130 N. Tryon
St. 704-348-5800.
Theater: Ongoing
And Then They Came For Me: Remembering The World of Anne Frank Children’s
Theatre of Charlotte presents this multi-media play with videotapes of Holocaust
survivors & live actors. Run extended with additional show Feb 9, 7:30pm at
the theater, 1017 E. Morehead St. Tickets are $9 & $6. Call 704-333-8983.
Inherit The Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. A classic dramatic
play. Rated PG (no objectionable language). Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 25, 7:30
p.m.; Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 30, 7:30 p.m.; Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 1, 7:30
p.m.; Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – $9 for everyone, $14 for adults, $12 for
students and seniors. Meroney Theater, 213 S. Main St., Salisbury. 704-633-5471.
The Misanthrope The Charlotte Repertory Theatre presents a contemporary
version of the French classic. Preview performances Jan 23-24; official opening
Jan 25. Wed., Thur., 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Sat., 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Continues
through Feb. 3. Ticket prices range from $19-$26.50. Blumenthal Performing Arts
Center, 130 N. Tryon St. 704-348-5800.
The Music Man Classic all-American salute to music, romance and fast
talking flim flam. Fri., Sat., 8:15 p.m.; Sat., Sun., 2 p.m.; Sundays, 7:30
p.m. Continues through Jan. 27. $20-$58. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center,
130 N. Tryon St. 704-348-5800.
Romeo & Juliet Two star crossed lovers, two feuding families, a masquerade
ball, a sleeping potion…a timeless classic. Thur.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2:30
p.m. Continues through Feb. 10. Tickets range from $15-$20. Theatre Charlotte,
501 Queens Rd. 704-376-3777.
Visual Arts: OpeningsAfro-American Cultural Center High
Cotton/Twenty Third Psalms Exhibit. Artists’ Schroeder Cherry and Alec Simpson
use a variety of technizues to explore the inner self in this exhibition. “High
Cotton” is the metaphor used to describe the elements and experiences African-Americans
had to endure to succeed in life. “Twenty-Third Psalms” is a reflection of the
Lord’s Prayer used to express African-American creativity and spiritual growth.
Tue.-Sun. Continues through May 5. Leather as Art Exhibit. Artists, Terrance
Hill and Marvin Sin mastered this unique technique of pulling and stretching
leather to create powerful images that are not only pleasing to the eye, but
also sensitive to the touch. Tue.-Sun. Continues through May 5. 401 N. Myers
St. 704-374-1565.
Hart-Witzen Gallery Days/Daze of Displacement. Featuring new works
by Duy Huynh, Jason Basden, and 13 regional artists. Opening reception is Friday
February 1, 6pm-12am and Saturday February 2 from 8pm-12am. Tue.-Sat. Continues
through Feb. 28. 611 W. 5th St. 704-334-1177.
Hodges Taylor Gallery Other Realities. featuring the surreal and haunting
works of Jerry Uelsmann. The reception for the artist will be February 1 from
6-8pm. Mon.-Sun. Continues through March 30. 401 N. Tryon St. 704-334-3799.
Joie Lassiter Gallery The Love Show. featuring artists Crista Cammaroto
and Peggy Rivers. Mon.-Sun. Continues through Feb. 28. 318 E 9th. 704-373-1464.
Merrill-Jennings Galleries Meet Miss Addie. a one-woman show honoring
NC self-taught artist Addie James. Wine & Cheese opening February 2 from 1-4pm.
Mon.-Sat. Continues through Feb. 28. 463 S. Main St., Davidson. 704-895-1213.
Microcosm Gallery Oils and Pastels. featuring Piotr Lucjan and Beata
Futro. Mon.-Sun. Continues through Feb. 28. 300 N. College St. #101.
Pope’s Gallery Betty Mitchell. Lovely photo-realistic floral still
lifes painted in oil. Also exhibiting many works by local and regional artists.
Mon.-Sun. Continues through Feb. 28. Seymour Simmons. exhibiting charming watercolor
paintings of the French countryside. Also featuring original works by other
local and regional artists in a variety of mediums. Mon.-Sun. Continues through
Feb. 28.
Tryon Center for Visual Art Artist-In-Residence Beginning-of-Session
Open House. Meet Winter Session artist and view their works in open studio’s.
Artists include; Sherry Beatty, Vaclav Fiala, Maja Godlewska, Bernie Lubell,
Mark Maio, Kate Rich, Shaun Cassidy, Peggy Rivers, Catherine Cross Uehara, Don
Cheek, Belinda Goodwin, Corine Gusman, Jennifer Kincaid, and Terry Shipley.
Fri., Feb. 1, 6-8 p.m. 345 N. College St. 704-332-5535.
Visual Arts: Ongoing
Applewood Gallery Selected Works by Regional Artists – at the Applewood
Gallery. Featured artists: Mary Kelly (pastel works), Sheridan Strickland (pottery),
and Cama Tadlock (acrylic & mixed media works). 3920 Park Rd. 704-525-6162.
Art Institute of Charlotte Gallery Student Winter Projects. Will feature
student work from all four programs – Interior Design, Fashion Marketing, Graphic
Design, and Multimedia and Web Design. Mon.-Sun. Continues through Feb. 15.
2110 Water Ridge Parkway. 704-357-8020.
Center of the Earth Gallery New Paintings. by Linda Brown and Elizabeth
Marin. Both artists utilize color and abstraction to push boundaries of the
imagination. January opening will be Jan 18 during the Gallery Crawl. February
openings will be on February 1 and February 15 during the Gallery Crawl. Mon.-Sun.
Continues through Feb. 23. 3204 N Davidson St. 704-375-5756.
Charlotte Museum of History/Hezekiah Alexander Homesite & American Freedom
Bell Raising The Roof: Barns of Our State. A photographic collaboration
between the museum and Our State: North Carolina Magazine exploring a vanishing
icon of the rural and agricultural South – the old wooden barn. Mon.-Sun. 3500
Shamrock Dr., Between Eastway and Sharon Amity. 704-568-1774.
Christa Faut Gallery Group Exhibition. paintings, drawings and lithographs
by Gallery artists: Waddy Armstrong, Romare Bearden, John Borden Evans, Laura
Grosch, Jim Henry, Douglas Houchens, Herb Jackson, Ken Freed, Denise Lisiecki,
Elsie Dinsmore Popkin, Russ Warren and Joana Wardell. Also clay sculptures by
Clara Couch. Mon.-Sat. Continues through Feb. 5. 19818 N. Cove Rd., Cornelius.
704-892-5312.
CPCC Art Gallery Son of Kibbutz: Chanan Getraide Photography. Works
range from Industrial photo-documentaries to nature studies. Exhibit will focus
on nature studies. This is his first exhibit in the U.S. Mon.-Fri., Sun. Continues
through Feb. 22. P.O. Box 35009. 704-342-6633.
Elder Art Gallery A Celebration of Black History. The first of several
theme shows for the year, the exhibit will celebrate the artistic talents that
lie within the African-American community in the Southeastern United States.
Featured artists include: Tyrone Geter, Charlotte Riley-Webb, Claire Miller
Hopkins, Damond Howard, Jimmie Lee Suddeth, Annie Renee Smith, and Jeremy Davis.
Mon.-Sun. Continues through Jan. 31. 1427 S. Blvd. 704-370-6337.
* Gallery L Wrapped in Living Tradition. Charlotte Quilters Guild
exhibit at Main Library. Works showcase a wide range of design techniques and
embody themes that range from nostalgia to regional pride and nature. 310 N.
Tryon St. 704-336-2020.
Hart-Witzen Gallery Solo Exhibition. first solo exhibit ever at the
gallery. Will feature Clayton Venhuizen with an impressive survey of work spanning
18 months, punctuating the climax of this body of work with a mammoth 270 square
foot abstract piece. Mon.-Sun. 611 W. 5th St. 704-334-1177.
Hidell Brooks Gallery Artistic Destinations. a collection of works
by Arless Day. Mon.-Sat. Continues through Feb. 23. 1910 S. Blvd. Suite 130.
704-334-7302.
Hodges Taylor Gallery Two Solo Exhibitions. Freaturing recent work
by Mark Flowers and New Paintings by Edward Rice. Mon.-Sun. Continues through
Feb. 23. 401 N. Tryon St. 704-334-3799.
Jerald Melberg Gallery The Landscape of Dreams. featuring the paintings,
sculpture and works on paper of Raul Diaz. Mon.-Sun. Continues through March
9. 3900 Colony Rd. 704-365-3000.
Jewish Community Center Jewish Community Center Art Exhibit & Sale.
The JCC is seeking local artists to display & sell their artwork at the “Starving
Artist Exhibit & Sale,” which will be held in Feb. Cost for a booth is $30 (a
portion of the proceeds will benefit the JCC). 5007 Providence Road. 704-944-6739.
Joie Lassiter Gallery Group Show. At 318 East 9th St. – including Eric
Anderson, Marc Lambrechts, Lluis Lleo, Jimmy O’Neal and Peggy Rivers. At 525
N. Tryon St. – Dennis Drummond, Linda Fantuzzo, and Maja Godlewska. Friday Feb.
1 – opening reception of “The Love Show” – a surprising and artful delight.
Mon.-Sun. Continues through Jan. 31. 318 E 9th. 704-373-1464.
The Light Factory The Multiplication of Eggs: Experiments and Contraptions:
An Installation by Nancy Fewkes. Interested in constructing a female perspective
of biology, anatomy, history and experimental learning, Fewkes creates richly
layered environments of sculptural forms and gold-toned albumen prints. Mon.-Sun.
Continues through March 28. Members Portfolio Gallery: An Installation by Ginny
Atkins. Atkins small boxes reveal the mysteries of collected lives. Mon.-Sun.
Continues through March 28. 809 W. Hill St. 704-333-9755.
Microcosm Gallery Watercolors. by Dariusz Orszulik, Poland. 20 paintings.
Mon.-Sun. Continues through Jan. 31. 300 N. College St. #101.
* Mint Museum of Craft & Design Myth, Object and the Animal. the glass
works of William Morris. Findings: The Jewelry of Ramona Solberg. Innovative
jewelry pieces from an amazing artist. Mon.-Sun. Continues through March 31.
220 N. Tryon St. 704-337-2009.
NC Museum of Art Toulouse-Lautrec: Master of the Moulin Rouge. Features
nearly 50 of his famous images of Parisian nightlife during the 1890’s, as well
as a complementary selection of 30 posters and prints by his contemporaries.
Mon.-Sun. Continues through Feb. 17. 2110 Blue Ridge Rd., Raleigh. 919-839-6262.
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Nikki Blair: After The Instrument.
From the complexities of the bio-tech industry to cosmetic surgery and prosthetics,
according to the artists, we as a society have engaged in analyzing and re-structuring
our bodies to the extent that scientific innovation will allow. Blair’s work
follows this banal practice to its extreme end and suggests the bizarre consequences
of a world where our bodies are fragmented and possibly no longer able to be
reassembled. Mon.-Sun. Continues through April 13. Picture Show. the works of
James Casebere – a three part exhibition based on the relationship of photography
and cinematography. Mon.-Sun. Continues through April 14. Photo + Video + Drawing
= William Wegman. Features close to thirty years of Wegman’s work in other media
such as video, drawing, and altering his own and found photographs and postcards.
In conjunction with the exhibit SECCA will present a selection of Wegman’s videos
including the U.S. premiere of his two most resent works, Reels 8 & 9. Mon.-Sun.
Continues through April 12. 750 Marguerite Dr., Winston-Salem. 336-725-1904.
UNC-Charlotte 521 All Stars. A Championship Story of Baseball and Community.
Photography of Byron Baldwin. Mon.-Sun. Continues through Feb. 24. Echoes: A
Century Survey. Paintings by Arnold Mesches. Mon.-Sun. Continues through Feb.
8. 704-687-4479.
Van Every Gallery at Davidson College Rev. McKendree Robbins Long:
Picture Painter of the Apocalypse. First comprehensive exhibition by the late
Rev. Long, Statesville native and former student of Davidson College. Mon.-Sun.
Continues through March 1. Davidson. 704-894-2519.
Waterworks Visual Arts Center Cultures Revealed: Appliques from Around
the World. Exhibition featuring traditional 20th century fiber handcraft from
cultures throughout the world. Mon.-Sun. Continues through April 7. Salisbury.
704-636-1882.
This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2002.
