Full Schedule

1st Floor, Overcash Building

Students and faculty join together to present an academic cultural exchange, including food, traditional dress, music and other cultural aspects of diverse regions of the world.

Tate Hall

An evening with Elizabeth Ross; when music, photography, dance, video and poetry come alive on stage.

Saturday, April 13th at 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 14th at 2:30 p.m.

Halton Theater

                          *Part of Sensoria Nights*

Francis Poulenc’s tragedy “Dialogues of the Carmelites” is Led by Director and world-renowned soprano Rebecca Cook-Carter, and presented by CPCC Opera Theatre. Maestro Alan Yamamoto will be conducting the performances.

Saturday, April 13th at 8 p.m.    *Part of Sensoria Nights*

Sunday, April 14th at 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 18th at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 19th at 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 20th at 8 p.m.

                            Sunday, April 21st at 2:30 p.m.

                            Pease Auditorium

Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, August Wilson’s “Fences” is a sensational drama that starred James Earl Jones on Broadway as Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues, who now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh.

Overcash Art Wing and the AU Building 

CPCC opens its doors to showcase painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, sculpture, jewelry making and printmaking.

Monday, April 15th from 9 - 11 a.m. and 4 - 7p.m.

Tuesday, April 16th from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

Wednesday, April 17th at 4 - 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 18 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Friday, April 19 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

                           Taylor Hall Gym

This year’s Sensoria Festival includes an innovative art installation for social good. The Any1Can^SM Project presented by non-profit Mothering Across Continents features a large-scale display of T-shirts highlighting seven global issues, hand-painted by students from 16 schools in the Charlotte metro area.

Overcash Lawn

Jazz on the Green features Jazz ensembles from K-12 and colleges in a free concert on the CPCC Central Campus Overcash Lawn during the afternoon of Sat April 13.

TA Taylor Hall Gym

Join Mothering Across Continents from 12pm-4pm to experience the dramatic installation of over 1,500 student-painted T-shirts representing 7 global issues: Any1Can Project & Art Installation: T-Shirts for Social Good. You’ll also have the opportunity to learn about these global issues at hands-on, interactive stations staffed by student leaders from Charlotte area schools. www.Any1CanProject.org

Monday, April 15th at 9 a.m.

Tate Hall

with Therese Bartholomew and Melissa Mummert

"The Final Gift" follows director and producer Therese Bartholomew’s seven-year pursuit to find meaning in her brother’s murder – and her historic meeting with his killer in a South Carolina prison.

Tate Hall

*Part of Sensoria Nights*

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy explores the unique role of the Jewish composers and lyricists in the creation of the modern American musical. Featuring interviews and converstions with some of the greatest composers and writers of the Broadway stage. 

Tuesday, April 16th at 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 17th at 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 18th at 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Overcash Lobby

This year Sensoria is teaming up with CPCC Service Learning, PTK and the Service Club to collect items for A Child’s Place Summer Camp program.

Tuesday April 16 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday April 17 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Thursday April 18 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Ross Gallery I

This exhibit will run from April 3-June 14

Amy Bagwell’s multi-media work emphasizes and re-envisions the link between poetry (as a visual medium) and visual art.

Tuesday April 16 at 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday April 17 at 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Thursday April 18 at 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Gallery Reception, Overcash Center

This exhibit will run from Monday April 15 - Tuesday April 23  

The Joe Bonham Project is a cooperative venture of the Society of Illustrators and the International Society of War Artists.  Dedicated to recording through reportage art the faces and experiences of our current generation of battle-wounded veterans, this exhibition showcases art work ranging from that of seasoned combat artists and well known illustrators for major publications to college students.  

Tuesday April 16 at 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday April 17 at 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Thursday April 18 at 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Pease Gallery

This student exhibit displays artwork across all mediums created by CPCC students in the past calendar year, selected by guest juror Ruth Ava Lyons.

Tuesday April 16  10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday April 17 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Thursday April 18 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Ross Gallery II

                      This exhibit will run from April 3 - June 14

Please join us for an artist lecture with Kit Kube as he discusses his kinetic sculpture work. His site specific installation is on view in Ross Gallery II from April 3 – June 14.

Central Campus Library, 2nd Floor Atrium

Authors’ Showcase of CPCC part time faculty authors: Carol Baldwin, Edward McKeown,  and Jodi Helmer.

Cato Campus, CT20 Auditorium and Student Lounge

The program plans to raise awareness and support for our physically, emotionally and spiritually wounded vets and those families affected by domestic violence. Students, faculty and community supporters will come together to showcase creative expression through music and poetry. The event is sponsored by the Psi Beta Honor Society in Psychology, Student Veterans Association and CPCC Student Life.

Halton Theater

CPCC Dance Theatre will preview three works from the spring concert, titled “Heralds of Spring” scheduled for April 26^th, 27^th and 28^th.

Tate Hall

The CPCC Chorus, open to all interested students, will present a program of American choral music. Join the chorus as they present music from Colonial to present day America.

CPCC Levine Campus – LV 2150 (second floor auditorium)

The Film Club at Central Piedmont Community College invites you to an eye opening film: “Sin Nombre”, which deals with immigration from Middle American countries and the power of gangs in the areas. The film will be followed by a discussion by Clauida Lemus Farnandez, Co-Founder and Board Member of the Hispanic Cultural Center of Charlotte.

AU 101

Former CPCC photography student, Andy McMillan, will discuss his newspaper and magazine work.

Harris Campus, Harris 1 Auditorium

This moving and humorous documentary follows six teenagers who, like the “average American child,” spend five to fifteen hours a day behind screens. PLAY AGAIN unplugs these teens and takes them on their first wilderness adventure – no electricity, no cell phone coverage, no virtual reality.

Student Commons (Bojangles in Overcash)

“In Reality” is an event where students are allowed to express their thoughts and feelings through a spoken or poetic word form. During the performances, you will experience free flow, smooth jazz, the drawings of different artists, and the beautiful essence of the poetic culture. The purpose of the event is to bring the people of the community together to represent unity, harmony, and to show appreciation for the arts.

A lecture with Mark Ethridge

Tate Hall

This is a talk about how a true story that took place at The Charlotte Observer and in South Carolina became a novel called Grievances, and how the novel became a 2012  movie called Deadline starring Eric Roberts that was released nationwide. We've all seen movies that weren't like the book. This speech tells you why that is - and why it has to be that way.

Halton Theater

*Part of Sensoria Nights*

                        Presented by Wells Fargo

This event will feature the partnership of the CPCC Music Department and the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in a concert of modern orchestra music in the Halton Theater. The concert will take a more in-depth look at how contemporary art and music influence one another. The talk will be presented by Christopher Lawing, president of the Bechtler Museum and Craig Bove, Chair of the Music Department at CPCC and guest composer Alfred Felder.

A Bechtler Museum/CPCC Music and Art Department Collaboration

TA Taylor Hall Gym

Discovery Place Inc. and Mothering Across Continents will co-host this unique experience for students, teachers, and the broader community. Open gallery hours for Science of Water for Social Good are 9am-12pm and includes hands-on experiential stations, activities and materials. Presenters include Discovery Place, Queens University, UNC Charlotte, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Patton High School, Water Missions International and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services. www.Any1CanProject.org

Harris Campus, Student Life

Participants will learn about illustrations in Children's literature and experience art inspired by various books.

Central Campus Library, Second Floor Atrium

Authors’ Showcase of CPCC staff authors: Vivian Jenkins, Yolyndra Green, and Jerry Landry.

Tate Hall

With Alan Armstrong, moderated by Amy Rogers

Armstrong is the author of many young adult novels about kids put to the test. He will be discussing his novel Raleigh’s Page where he will explore the importance of writing historical fiction for young adults.

AU 101

with Emily Connell

Emily will give a lecture about her use of slip as her main medium in addition to other artists’ use of the medium. This lecture will also cover other aspects of Emily’s work that involve installation, video and photography.  

Tate Hall

The Charlotte area has been blessed with an abundance of individuals who have spent their professional lives in the operatic world.  This year CPCC Opera Theatre Director, Rebecca Cook-Carter, is very pleased to welcome internationally renowned opera singer and North Carolina native, Victoria Livengood.  Rebecca will host this celebration through conversation with Ms. Livengood about her exciting operatic career.  The audience will have the opportunity to ask Victoria Livengood questions and also to hear one of CPCC's talented young vocal students sing for Ms. Livengood and receive her valuable critique of their performance.

Please join us for this operatic celebration of The Dixie Diva, Victoria Livengood!

Culinary Arts Center, Room 200 and Belk Lawn

with Alan Armstrong

Alan Armstrong will be reading from his latest book, Racing the Moon. The book is based on a young girl's fascination with outer space.

Tate Hall

During World War II, between March and August 1939, Nicholas Winton arranged the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children. But his heroic actions remained a secret. For more than half a century, Winton did not speak about his unselfish act with anyone, not even his wife. It wasn't until his wife, Greta, unearthed an old leather briefcase containing lists of the children, letters from their parents and details of their evacuations that his secret was revealed. 

Bryant Hall

This project is designed to showcase the progression of piano music in the hands of Russian composers starting with Glinka, progressing chronologically to modern times.

Tate Hall

Michael McFee has published fourteen books, most recently a collection of poetry, That Was Oasis (Carnegie Mellon, 2012), a chapbook, The Smallest Talk (Bull City, 2007), and The Napkin Manuscripts: Selected Essays and an Interview (University of Tennessee, 2006).  He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at UNC-Chapel Hill.

Halton Theater

*Part of Sensoria Nights*

Digital Film People brings communications industry leaders to CPCC for an evening of lively discussion and real-world advice about the film industry in North Carolina and beyond.

9:30 a.m. - Noon

Overcash Lobby

We invite you to explore the writings of Sensoria literary speakers. Preceding and following each event, you will have the chance to browse and obtain copies of featured writers’ works. Moreover, we welcome you to meet and greet them during a book signing after each engagement!

Levine Campus Auditorium

with Laurie Prince

Remember the last time you read a good personal story, then thought, “I’ve got to get serious and write about what happened to me”? Then your friend, Mr. Procrastination, dropped by. There went your good intentions. Laurie Prince introduces you to a few easy steps designed to break up your relationship with Mr. P. 

Tate Hall

with Richard Krawiec

Writers try to speak the truth.  The truth about their lives, the lives they witness, and the world as they understand and imagine it.  Sometimes they speak with humor, sometimes outrage; sometimes they speak with love, sometimes horror. Witnessing the World  offers a funny, fast-paced, hopefully moving, interactive poetry experience.

Halton Theater

Ron Rash is the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pen / Faulkner Finalist novel, Serena, the basis for the 2013 film of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.

Tate Hall

with Rob Bates, Mike Fay, and Victor Juhasz

The Joe Bonham Project is a cooperative venture of the Society of Illustrators and the International Society of War Artists.  Dedicated to recording through reportage art the faces and experiences of our current generation of battle-wounded veterans, this exhibition showcases art work ranging from that of seasoned combat artists and well known illustrators for major publications to college students.

Levine Campus Auditorium

with Stephanie Tolan

There's a lot written about writing books and there's always considerable focus on discipline. But there's a secret few people tell you. Of course discipline’s important, but most important of all is the magic.  This will be a talk about Tolan's own experience writing 25+ books and the magic involved.

Central Campus Library, Second Floor Atrium

Muslims have shared in American history since before the colonial era. Readings from CPCC library's new Muslim Journeys Bookshelf collection acquired through a grant from National Endowment for the Humanities, and shared personal experiences will explore themes of community, spiritual pathways, cultural traditions, and the complexities of the modern world as evolved from the ancient past, all at the crossroads of interfaith engagement.

Tate Hall

The Early Music Consort will present a concert of music from the earliest eras of Western music. The consort specializes in playing rarely heard instruments such as shawms, dulcians, sackbuts, violas da gamba as well as harps and recorders in all sizes. Come hear the sounds of the Renaissance.

Pease Auditorium

In this documentary film, director Katja Esson explores the lives of six poets who survived some of the most atrocious crimes of the 20th  century. These horrible offenses include Hiroshima, the Holocaust, China's Cultural Revolution, the Kurdish Genocide in Iraq, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Iranian Revolution.

Halton Theater

This program will be hosted by AIA Charlotte, assisted by AIAS, CPCC Chapter.

Tate Hall

An art history professor at Winthrop University, Dr. Laura Dufresne’s topic will be her recently published book about the 14th century author Christine de Pizan.  Title of Dufrense’s book: ‘The Illustrated Tradition of Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies and The Treasure of the City of Ladies". Christine de Pizan is regarded as Europe’s first professional female writer.

Tate Hall

The Joffrey Ballet School fuses multiple styles of balletic training to create a curriculum that is uniquely Joffrey. The school has incorporated fundamentals and best practices from these styles to create the American style of dance training that is Joffrey. The Joffrey Ballet School has gone many steps further incorporating modern understanding of human anatomy and physiology to minimize dance related injuries while maximizing strength, endurance and flexibility.

Ross Gallery II

This exhibit will run April 3 - June 14

In his own work, Kube is a kinetic sculptor who investigates scientific, cultural and spiritual concepts through the creation of public and private art. He produces sculptures using artifacts, movement, light, and shadow. Kube exploits the aesthetics of the material and its structure, how it is held in space, and the use of light and shadow to change its intrinsic characteristics. 

Ross Gallery I

This exhibit will run April 3 - June 14

In The Factories Don't Install Emotion Tapes, Amy Bagwell explores the boundaries of poetry by re-envisioning the link between it and visual art. She is an English professor at CPCC and lives in Charlotte with her family. 

Pease Gallery

Honoring Diana Pinckney for Lifetime Achievement in the Literary Arts

                      Presented by Dannye Romine Powell, 2012 Honoree

The Irene Blair Honeycutt Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Literary Arts was established in February, 2004. The Advisory Committee for CPCC’s Annual Spring Literary Festival voted to name the award after Irene Honeycutt in recognition of her advocacy of writers and for her service to the Charlotte community and to the region as Founding Director of the Festival.

Halton Theater

The CPCC music department honors the memory of Gene Bryant, founder and longtime chair of the music department.  This annual concert celebrates the CPCC music department as well as Gene’s legacy.  Full-time and part-time faculty members of the music department take the stage in musical performance to honor Gene’s memory.

Pease Auditorium

*Part of Sensoria Nights*

Ron Rash is the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pen / Faulkner Finalist novel, Serena, the basis for the 2013 film of the same name starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.

Tate Hall

Carbon Nation is a documentary about many enterprising individuals who are developing businesses that mitigate greenhouse gases and climate change.

9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Overcash Building Lobby

We invite you to explore the writings of Sensoria literary speakers. Preceding and following each event, you will have the chance to peruse and obtain copies of featured writers’ works. Moreover, we welcome you to meet and greet them during a book signing after each engagement!

Levine Campus Auditorium

Where do you come from?  Do you think of a place, people, house or neighborhood? George Ella Lyon answered that question through a poem she wrote using where-I’m-from lists.   In this interactive workshop, participants will use listing, categorizing and the five senses to create their own version of “Where I’m From.”

Taylor Gym

in partnership with Mothering Across Continents

How can conflicts be resolved?  By bringing diverse viewpoints together to discuss complex issues. Join us for an event designed to explore international peace and conflict resolution.

Halton Theater

with Katja Esson and Li-Young Lee

In this documentary film, director Katja Esson explores the lives of six poets who survived some of the most atrocious crimes of the 20^th century. These horrible offenses include Hiroshima, the Holocaust, China's Cultural Revolution, the Kurdish Genocide in Iraq, the Rwandan Genocide, and the Iranian Revolution. The film focuses not so much on suffering, but rather on the incredible strength of the human spirit. The artists show how they were able to cope with disaster and tell their story through the creativity of their poetry. 

Levine Campus Auditorium

Participants in the second workshop will write a group “Where I’m From” poem that will illustrate our collective experience together.  We will look at common ground that we share, and we will celebrate and analyze the differences between each participant’s history.  The product of this workshop will be a poem that features all of our voices forming into one.

Tate Hall

Two new public history sites, the Trail of History and Liberty Walk, portray the history of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County for the community. On the Little Sugar Creek Greenway, close to the CPCC Central Campus, the Trail of History is building a collection of bronze statues of significant people from the history of the area.

Overcash 216

This anatomy/physiology talk will discuss the three subsystems of voice production (breath support, vocal fold movement, and resonance) with Dr. S. Brett Heavner, MD.

Overcash 216

Learn how to keep your larynx healthy to avoid damage or irritation with Dr. Darrell Klotz, MD.

Bryant Hall

As part of their studies at CPCC, students study voice or an instrument in one-on-one lessons with an accomplished instructor. Our music majors will be featured in the Applied Student recital as they present pieces they have been working on during the semester. The recital is not only a culmination of their semester’s study, but an opportunity for the audience to hear a varied program of music that spans the centuries.

Thursday, April 18th at 2 p.m.

Overcash 213

Contrasting Contemporary and Classical Singing Styles with Lori Ellen Sutton, MA CCC-SLP.

Thursday, April 18th at 2 p.m.

Overcash 216

Using Acting Techniques to Conquer Public Speaking with Gretchen McGinty, MA CCC-SLP.

Tate Hall

Four writers from the Charlotte area read and discuss their work depicting four disparate regions: China, India, the Middle East, and the Philippines.  David Radavich, Kristin Sherman, Ann Tsao, and Nitin Vyas explore cultures beyond the U.S. and the intersections of lifestyles that make up our contemporary world.  

AU 101

with Ben Grasso

Nationally and internationally known artist, Ben Grasso, will discuss his work. Grasso’s paintings are compiled of houses that appear to explode in mid-air.

Thursday, April 18th at 2:40 p.m.

Overcash 213

A Master Class with Lori Ellen Sutton, MA CCC-SLP and Julie Dean, MM.

Thursday, April 18th at 2:40 p.m.

Overcash 212

And you wonder where your voice went, find out from Dr. Terri Gerlach, Ph.D. CCC-SLP.

Tate Hall

Word of Mouth: Real Stories. Told Live.

This event is a showcase of outstanding oral stories which were first told at campus Word of Mouth events that took place February through April.  These memorable stories told by CPCC students and the CPCC community, focus on the theme “stories about family photos.”  Each story is told live, without notes, and is no longer than 5 minutes.

Halton Theater

This performance will be directed by Mr. Ben Outen.

Elder Gallery: 1427 South Blvd., Charlotte NC 28203

Featuring the Art of Martha Armstrong

Armstrong says she likes to work outside. She will take a canvas, begin sketching with charcoal, and then work into painting for two or three hours. If she doesn't like it, she will scape the painting, leaving a ghost image that tells her where she has been. After this, she will continue to work inside and outside for several more days.

Halton Theater

This discussion will cover what happens to the voice as we age moving from puberty and on, with Dr. Darrell Klotz, MD and Dr. Terri Gerlach, Ph.D. CCC-SLP.

Thursday April 18th at 6:55 p.m.

Overcash 252

We will offer 2 sessions of vocal survival tools for singers and choral teachers at 6:15 p.m. and 6:55 p.m. with Lori Ellen Sutton, MA CCC-SLP.

Halton Theater

Learn more about vocal pathologies with videos of the vocal folds in vibration with Dr. Brett Heavner, MD and Gretchen McGinty, MA CCC-SLP.

Tate Hall

*Part of Sensoria Nights*

Li-Young Lee is the author of four critically acclaimed books of poetry, his most recent being Behind My Eyes (W.W. Norton, 2008). His earlier collections are Book of My Nights (BOA Editions, 2001); Rose (BOA, 1986), winner of the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Award from New York University; The City in Which I Love You (BOA, 1991), the 1990 Lamont Poetry Selection; and a memoir entitled The Winged Seed: A Remembrance (Simon and Schuster, 1995), which received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation and will be reissued by BOA Editions in 2012.

Halton Theater

This event will be a panel discussion (Twitter & texted questions received throughout the day & case studies)Moderated by Jerilyn McDonald.

Halton Theater

Carolina Voices’ Festival Singers, director Donna Hill and friends from the CPCC music department present a concert featuring a variety of music celebrating the voice – from classical to jazz.

TA Taylor Hall Gym

Carolina Raptor Center and partners will interact with students and the public as they learn about issues related to the Environment. From 9am-4pm meet live, exotic, non-native birds of prey from all over the world. Soar to South America to meet one of the most elusive owls on the planet and glide to the Middle East on the wings of a falcon. We’ll take you around the globe in an hour’s time and talk about the habitat issues and conservation challenges that each of these birds faces. www.Any1CanProject.org

Ross Gallery

Please join us for an artist lecture with Kit Kube as he discusses his kinetic sculpture work. His site specific installation is on view in Ross Gallery II from April 3 – June 14.

Halton Theater

*Part of Sensoria Nights*

For more than four decades, pianist and composer Joe Sample has been an integral, innovative and bestselling part of jazz history. Like many jazzmen of his time, Sample started out playing hard bop, but went electric during the fusion Jazz era.

Halton Theater

*Part of Sensoria Nights*

Each music party includes the Tosco's trademark sing-alongs, and still retains the original "living room" feeling. The format of these music parties is generally 5-10 minute sets of acoustic music by a variety of scheduled performers (professional and amateur alike) who donate their time and talent.

Bryant Hall

The Joe Bonham Project is a cooperative venture of the Society of Illustrators and the International Society of War Artists.  Dedicated to recording through reportage art the faces and experiences of our current generation of battle-wounded veterans, this exhibition showcases art work ranging from that of seasoned combat artists and well known illustrators for major publications to college students. Please join us for a discussion on the project with Rob Bates, Jeff Fisher, and Victor Juhasz