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05 February

Live at the Mint: Charlotte Storytellers Charlotte Storytellers group reprises its popular performances from last fall with stories composed in response to Mint Museum Uptown’s special exhibitions. Mint Museum Uptown. Cash bar will open at 5:30 PM. Programming starts at 6 PM. Free.

08 February

Members-Only Opening Celebration for Classic Black Enjoy light bites and a tour of the exhibition (see p. 31 for details about the show) that features more than 100 ceramic objects by Josiah Wedgwood and his contemporaries. Objects include life-size portrait busts, statues, vases and other fully three-dimensional, ornamental forms. Mint Museum Randolph. 1–5 PM. Members only.

08 February

Connect with Culture Day Tour the Mint Museum Uptown galleries, enjoy live performances by Jazz Arts Charlotte, plus other special activities as part of ASC’s Connect with Culture Day. Mint Museum Uptown. 11–6 PM. Free to the public.

09 February

Classic Black Salon with Wedgwood Scholars At the Classic Black public opening, learn about black basalt, Wedgwood, and the exhibition from curator Brian Gallagher and British scholars Gaye Blake-Roberts and Dr. Gregory Sullivan. Mint Museum Randolph. 1:30–5:30 PM. Free with museum admission.

12 February

Live at the Mint: Coined in the South artist Beverly Smith Enjoy a conversation with artist, educator, and quilter Beverly Smith, featured in Coined in the South. Afterward, stick around for an hour of traditional Caribbean steel drums. Mint Museum Uptown. Cash bar will open at 5:30 PM. Programming starts at 6 PM. Free.

14 February

Light Up the Night Powered by Duke Energy Join us as Duke Energy lights up the Mint! Mint Museum Uptown visitors can experience family-friendly, illuminated activities on the plaza, music, light-wand painting, and spotlight tours in the galleries. Mint Museum Uptown. Festivities begin at 5:30 PM. Free.

‘Fall in Love with Contemporary Dutch Design’

Dutch design is described as minimalistic, experimental, innovative and unconventional, all while retaining a sense of humor. Join Mint curator Annie Carlano in a discussion about 21 st -century Dutch design. Mint Museum Uptown. 6–7 PM. Free with general admission. Reception to follow.

26 February

Live at the Mint: Sphere Series Collaboration Enjoy a panel discussion entitled “Angels to Anathema: What to Do When Artists Behave Badly” with Emily Nussbaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer for The New Yorker, and John W. Love, Guggenheim Fellow and Creative Capital Awardee artist and provocateur, moderated by chief curator Jen Sudul Edwards. Mint Museum Uptown. Cash bar will open at 5:30 PM. Programming starts at 6 PM. Free.

18 March

Live at the Mint: Junior Astronomers Enjoy a live performance by local indie-nostalgia band Junior Astronomers. Mint Museum Uptown. Cash bar will open at 5:30 PM. Programming starts at 6 PM. Free.

01 April

Live at the Mint: Cabaret in Dark Places In collaboration with UNC Charlotte, we present Cabaret in Dark Places with singer Rachel Joselson performing cabaret songs composed in the Theresienstadt ghetto during World War II. Following the performance, UNC Charlotte music historian Jay Grymes will discuss the poignant importance of the songs. Mint Museum Uptown. Cash bar will open at 5:30 PM. Programming starts at 6 PM. Free

03 April

Dutch Design Series Tanja Smeets, artist and professor of Textile Design at the Royal Academy of Art, will give a talk about Dutch design entitled “Liquid Garden.” Mint Museum Uptown. 6–7 PM. Free with general admission. Reception to follow.

25 April

Coveted Couture Gala: Black & Light Socialize, dine, and dance the night away with some of Charlotte’s top leaders, while you support the Mint at our premier fundraising gala. Mint Museum Randolph. Starts at 6 PM. $650 per ticket for Crown Society members, $750 for nonCrown Society members.

13 May

Public Opening of W|ALLS: Defend, Divide, and the Divine This special exhibition, curated by the Mint’s Chief Curator Jen Sudul Edwards, PhD for the Annenberg Space for Photography, explores various aspects of walls, their proliferation, and how they define our world. Mint Museum Uptown. 6–9 PM. Cash bar opens at 5:30 PM.