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.
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upcoming Forum events
Join us for an evening of cutting through the noise, confusion, and stress of modern parenting and leave understanding which parenting pressures are based on “myth” and which parenting practices actually give “meaning” to raising happy, resilient kids and becoming a satisfied parent and person along the way.
Michelle Icard is a national expert and author of three bestselling books on parenting and the challenges of raising children today. Michelle Icard has written for the Today show parenting team, NBC News Learn, CNN Science and Wellness, and the Washington Post. The author of Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen, Eight Setbacks That Can Make a Child a Success and Middle School Makeover, she has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, Redbook, Time, and People. Her leadership curricula for middle schoolers, Athena’s Path and Hero’s Pursuit, have been implemented at schools across the United States.
Tickets $20
the forum
Past Events
Wisdom Wednesday
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“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.
A mid-day break to enrich your thinking, life, and connections.
