news notes: carolinas compiled by Lainey Millen :: qnotes staff
Charlotte Tribute band hits Queen City
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New York’s Amor Prohibido will perform on May 19, 11 p.m., at La Revolucion, 900 N. Carolina Music Factory Blvd., bringing their Selena’s Punk Tribute to southern music listeners. Doors open at 10 p.m. Amor Prohibido (which means forbidden love) is a Selena Quintanilla Punk music cover band based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Also appearing on stage are co-host Charlotte Latin band CHÓCALA and Spray Paint by Efrain, along with DJ Shomi Noise. Calibre Rock, a Latin music promotional group lead by Francisco Ibarra, is the other co-host. Davey Blackburn, a member of CHÓCALA said that this event was the first of its kind and was “very important to the music, cultural and LGBT community.”
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The Village Voice reported that Selena was a counterculture icon and “beloved figure” in the LGBTQ community, “inspiring drag shows and tribute concerts across the country.” The Voice also added that “the band was largely formed around Riot Chica, a monthly party founded by [Shomara “Shomi Noise”] Terceros [the band’s lead singer] in the hopes of creating a safe space for queer voices and women of color in the punk scene. And while Terceros has long performed in New York City as a DJ and tastemaker — also hosting Telenovela, a dance party featuring Latin oldies from the Forties and Fifties — the response to Amor Prohibido in particular has so far been overwhelming.” Tickers are $15 in advance and are available online at bit.ly/2qkygbN. Seating is firstcome, first-serve. info: facebook.com/pg/amorprohibidobk.
Artist named fellow
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — On April 7, local artist John W. Love, Jr. was named a 2017 Guggenheim Fellow, The Charlotte Observer reported. He will use the fellowship to flow from his interdisciplinary work “FECUND.” The work is part performance and part visual art — an immersive installation. Love’s work crosses a plethora of categories. His works have been a fixture of the Queen
City’s art scene for years, the Observer added. info: charlotteobserver.com. gf.org/about/fellowship.
Scholarship app deadline approaches
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Time Out Youth Center has announced that its Tonda Taylor Scholarship application deadline has been set for May 19. Two LGBTQ students will be granted $1,500 to be used toward their college education. Center staff will select the students through an application process that includes essays, teacher or employer recommendations, personal interviews and financial aid information. Awards will be announced in June. Applicants must be residents of Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, Lincoln and Gaston Counties in North Carolina and York County in South Carolina, as well as attend a college or university located in North or South Carolina. Applications are available online. info: timeoutyouth.org.
Internship awaits UNCC staffer
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joshua Burford, assistant director for sexual and gender diversity at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, has been selected for an internship at the Stonewall National LGBTQ Archives in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Set to start in mid-June, the one-week post will engage Burford in work on new pop-up queer history projects, which he hopes to bring back to Charlotte. Burford said, “I am very excited to be able to work with them!” He has been working with the archives on another project this year and
he reached out to them about the possibility of assisting them while gaining experience with the collections. “‘Pop-up’ projects are ones that do not require a lot of prescribed space and can be put up to educate the community at any time or at multiple events,” Burford added. info: stonewall-museum.org.
Youth org hosts volunteer event
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Campus Pride will hold a volunteer night on May 17, 6-8 p.m., at its offices at 1433 Emerywood Dr., Suite F. Participants will engage in general office work and plan upcoming events. Additionally, the organization is seeking volunteers to staff a table at AIDS Walk Charlotte on May 6. Email alison@campuspride.org to sign up for either or both of the events. info: campuspride.org.
Twins bring concert to Queen City
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Canadian singing duo Tegan and Sara will bring their show to The Fillmore Charlotte, 820 Hamilton St., on June 8 at 8 p.m. Embraced by the mainstream, Tegan and Sara consciously operate to the left of popular culture — their lyrical and social wisdom comes from an outside vantage looking in. Paradoxically, the essential message that underpins their worldview and identity is inclusion. The contemporary artists can cross boundaries of genre and culture effortlessly, having performed alongside Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, at Coachella or at the Academy Awards to name a few.