A children's book published by the North Carolina Office of Archives and History has been selected to represent the state at the 2026 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
- Mark Plemmons
CHARLOTTE — Cabarrus County students were among the Charlotte region's top high school theater performers this year, earning dozens of finalist nominations across nearly every major acting category at the 2026 Blumey Awards and bringing home a prestigious individual honor.Leading the way was…
- Andy Rassler Old Courthouse Theatre
You can’t go very far in just 10 minutes. We’ll take that challenge! Old Courthouse Theatre will offer its Ten-Minute Play Festival on Thursday-Saturday, June 4-6 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, June 7, at 2:30 p.m. and endeavor to take you from a church basement, to a waiting room, to an airport ……
- JOHN DEEM Winston-Salem Journal
The roadside portions of the project include a single dandelion standing more than 40 feet tall, with an orb of 86 seeds, each 5 inches tall and weighing 5.6 pounds.
Artists and workers installed the million-dollar "Invasive Hope" public art project along Peters Creek Parkway in downtown Winston-Salem late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. That section of the highway was closed for several hours while the work was being done. The display is bei…
- Andy Rassler Old Courthouse Theatre
"If All the Sky Were Paper" will be performed in the Old Courthouse Theatre's Black Box Series this week.
- JOHN DEEM Staff Writer
There is a “source of hope in a plant that can stay healthy in a crack of the pavement."
Old Courthouse Theatre closes its 50th Season with performances of "Sweet Charity" April 30 through May 10. Andy Rassler shares some details with us about the play and the performances.
One of the world’s most famous maritime stories is set to come to life in Charlotte this spring as “Titanic: The Exhibition” makes its Queen City debut.
Catawba College Theatre will return to Keppel Auditorium this April with a production of “The Wizard of Oz,” marking the department’s first mainstage performance in the historic venue in eight years.
Old Courthouse Theatre’s Next Gen program will take over the theater’s main stage this month with a production of “Shrek the Musical Jr.,” a family-friendly musical comedy based on the popular DreamWorks animated film. Performances begin Thursday.
CONCORD - Old Courthouse Theatre launched the 2026 Black Box Series with a production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Driving Miss Daisy.
Performances will be held in the Wilson Family Black Box on Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. and at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 each (General Seating) and are available by calling 704-788-2405 or at www.octconcord.com. The price listed includes NC sales tax & order fees. Please be advised that The Wilson Family Black Box is only accessible via stairs.
Old Courthouse Theatre’s 50th Golden Season is in the last stretch of mainstage season productions with the penultimate mainstage show opening on Feb. 12, “A Streetcar Named Desire” by one of the most revered and respected American playwrights, Tennessee Williams.
Gobble, Gobble, Death & Trouble - Mystery Dinner Theatre is back. Enjoy dinner while participating in a live action mystery. It will be Nov. 7 at Laureate Center, Kannapolis City Hall. Doors open: 5:30 p.m. and the show begins: 7 p.m.Tickets are availble at https://bit.ly/mystery-theatre The show is rated PG-13 and is recommended for adults and teens. This is an interactive show and requires audience participation.
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