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TAMARA WILLIAMS ON DANCE AND DIASPORAS
Dancer, scholar and assistant professor in the Department of Dance at UNC Charlotte Tamara Williams presents a lecture in conjunction with Isaac Julien: Lina Bo Bardi — A Marvellous Entanglement, British artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien’s nine-screen film installation/tribute to Italian-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi. Williams, who has trained extensively in Afro-Brazilian dance, draws on her personal experience as an artist and scholar to illustrate how these dance forms reach across cultures and continents. In this way, she gives the audience a lens to appreciate the African Diaspora. More: Free; Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m.; virtual (Zoom); bechtler.org
TAMARA WILLIAMS Photo by Jeff Cravotta
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HAYDEN CHILDRESS
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“You’ve seen rabbits pulled out of hats … now see hats pulled out of rabbits.” This cryptic claim is made by Charlotte-based magician Hayden Childress, who studied sleight of hand at the age of 10 before launching his professional career at 16. The modern magician and mentalist, who was featured on the latest season of Penn & Teller: Fool Us on The CW Network, eschews glitzy Las Vegas legerdemain and ornate magical props for everyday objects. His performances combine magic, psychology, and audience participation. But do the rabbits mind that bit about the hats? More: $25-$35; Jan. 29, 8 p.m.; Stage Door Theater, 155 N. College St.; blumenthalarts.org
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YES CHEF!, SIDESTEP DOG, ILL INTENTIONS, MIND VAC
Anxious, ambitious and hopeful, Yes Chef! is a musical contradiction — a scrappy indie combo that raises a full and luxurious racket. Queen City Nerve’s Best New Band in 2020 employs grinding guitars, coiling bass, heroic trumpet and a tapestry of trilling flutes — and that’s just in one song, “Chelsea,” which opens the band’s exuberant EP Drive Safe. Songwriter and guitarist Leith K. Ali entwines his vocal lines with bassist KC Marie Roberge in pensive yet triumphant tunes, emo oxymorons that are wistful introverted anthems and fanfares for the everyman. More: $7-$10; Jan. 29, 8 p.m.; Petra’s, 1919 Commonwealth Ave.; petrasbar.com
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YUNGBLUD
Just when you think pop punk is tapped out along comes Yorkshire-born singer-songwriter Yungblud harnessing punk spirit, pop savvy and hip-hop credibility to examine mental-health issues under a veneer of snark and cynicism. Most of all, he understands that the best pop punk couples anger and defiance with hope to overcomes creeping self-disgust. Musically, it may be nothing new — Yungblud hails from a musical family and his grandfather played with T. Rex — but he puts it over with panache that doesn’t obscure his vulnerability. More: $39 and up; Feb. 1, 8 p.m.; The Fillmore, 820 Hamilton St.; livenation.com
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HAYDEN CHILDRESS Promo photo
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE: FOLLOW YOUR HEART GUIDED GALLERY TOURS
Portraiture forms the bedrock of Mint Uptown’s American Art gallery. The museum’s collection includes portraits by leading artists including Gilbert Stuart, and Thomas Sully, and subjects range from historical figures to children. More recent portraits reside in Mint Uptown’s Modern and Contemporary collection. Who better to present these paintings of memorable personalities than indelible personality and living work of art Buff Faye, ‘The Queen of the Queen City?’ She’ll guide two gallery tours while DJ Selah Say spins tunes throughout the evening. More: Free; Feb. 2, 6:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.; Mint Uptown, 500 S. Tryon St.; mintmuseum.org
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