The Creatives

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• Jim McDowell, The Black Potter 20.07.2025 34min

  Pottery is Jim McDowell's passion, and the Weaverville, N.C., artisan is one of the best producers of face jugs, an art form developed in Africa to celebrate family lineage. McDowell's work is on display at the Smithsonian Museum of African American Art and Culture in Washington, D.C., and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
• Stand-up Comic Shuler King On America's Got Talent 23.06.2025 24min

  A funeral director by day, Shuler King's going places as a comic. Next up: America's Got Talent.
• En Pointe With Raven Barkley of Charlotte Ballet 30.05.2025 32min

  Raven Barkley reflects on 10 years with Charlotte Ballet by recalling her favorite roles, the physicality of dance and professional future as a teacher and mentor.
• Mike Wiley | Breach of Peace at Children's Theatre of Charlotte 23.03.2025 29min

  Actor Mike Wiley talks about his one-man performance in "Breach of Peace: Freedom Riders of 1961" at Children's Theatre of Charlotte. The production is a treatment of a pivotal moment in the civil rights era for young audiences.
• Carol Baldwin | Half-Truths Author 20.03.2025 29min

  Charlotte author of the young adult novel "Half-Truths" talks about an interracial friendship in the 1950s
• Children's Book Author Kelly Starling Lyons 27.02.2025 25min

  Children's book author Kelly Starling Lyons talks about the adaption of her book "Tiara's Hat Parade" for the stage at Children's Theatre of Charlotte Feb. 22-March 9.