These community programs are all free and open to the public.
Sun Jan 11 @ 7:30 p.m. Jazz as Democracy. Charlotte Symphony musicians will join the jazz septet Going Through Changes for a performance at the historic Excelsior Club, 921 Beatties Ford Road
Tue Jan 13 @ 7 p.m. Blues and Bearden. Through performance, readings, and discussion, this event at the Mint Museum explores the blues, the art of Romare Bearden, and the struggle for justice, dignity, and freedom in African American expression. Featuring Charlotte blues singer Robin Rogers. Mint Museum of Art, 2730 Randolph Road
Sat Jan 17@ 4 p.m. Go Tell it on the Mountain. This program at Little Rock AME Zion Church presents gospel music in different styles, along with discussions of the role of the church in the Civil Rights Movement. In partnership with the Afro-American Cultural Center.
Little Rock AME Zion Church, 401 North McDowell Street
Sun Jan 18 @ 3 p.m. We Shall Overcome. At the Levine Museum of the New South, storyteller and musician Kali Ferguson explores the role of protest music in the Civil Rights Era, while Charlotte Symphony musicians perform “classical” music that protests injustice and human bondage. Followed by a panel discussion led by historian Tom Hanchett and civil rights attorney James Ferguson.
Levine Museum of the New South, 200 E. Seventh St.
For information on more events celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., please visit www.charlottevibe.com/mlk |