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.

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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

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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