The Charlotte Center is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. We are supported by individual donors, grants, sponsorships, and revenue from our programs. We are as strong as the community that supports us. Our programming begins early 2021. Join us as a founding member and sponsor.
we host speakers and events that bring the humanities and civic imagination to bear on public life.
The Forum is a our signature event series that brings people together to explore community issues through the lens of the humanities. Compelling speakers offer insights that challenge who we are and who we what might be. Audiences do something different at the Forum: they engage! The format invites authentic connection that spur ideas and build social trust. We meet every other month in places such as the McColl Center, the Carolina Theatre, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Art + Culture, and Community Matters Cafe.
Join us!
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Human Brain and Its Future
Heather Berlin is a neuroscientist, clinical psychologist, associate clinical professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and and host of PBS Nova’s Your Brain. Join us as Berlin shares the seemingly mysterious topics of creativity, consciousness, and willpower, to better understand ourselves and get the most out of our brains.
The State of News in America
Jelani Cobb is dean of the Columbia Journalism School and staff writer at The New Yorker, where he covers history, justice, politics, and democracy. Cobb will reflect on the state of journalism today—its power, its ethical dilemmas, and the pressures it endures in an era of rapid change. Join us for a critical discussion on media, news, reporting, accountability, and the public square.
The Abundance Agenda
Derek Thompson is an author, podcaster, and journalist, and former long-time staff writer at The Atlantic. He is the co-author, along with Ezra Klein, of the New York Times bestseller, “Abundance,” which discusses factors impeding progress on development in the United States. In moderated format, Thompson will explore strategies to unlock extraordinary growth and possibility.
Past EVENTS
Wisdom Wednesday
“everyday you play with the light of the universe.”
-pablo neruda
The Forum
The Forum is a three-part evening event that connects the humanities to the civic enterprise.
connect
The first third of the event audience members build relationships in small groups prompted by a series of questions.
Consider
The middle third is a discussion with a guest speaker ending with a question posed to the audience for consideration.
Ignite
The final third is a facilitated conversation with the audience interrogating the topic and igniting ideas.
Wisdom Wednesday
Wisdom Wednesday is a lunch-hour conversation series that explores the soul of the matter. Hosted by team member Angela Gala, conversations consider the betwixt and between of our human journey.
