The city joined a Friday, Aug. 28 ribbon cutting at 117 North College Ave. for the downtown three-screen theater that opened in August 1936.
Browsing: Culture
The city posted a month-long arts calendar Sept. 1, from Hickory Community Theatre’s A Chorus Line through the Footcandle Film Festival Sept. 18–27.
The free 7 p.m. Union Square concert is presented by Protection Products, Inc.; live painting by Dan Smith will be auctioned Oct. 2 in Newton.
Ethan Brooks-Livingston and Robert Carr presented in March; fall sessions list Dr. Christopher Moore on founders’ religion and Jeremy Wilson on Yorktown.
Free movies are listed at 8:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of July and August; Inside Out moved to Sept. 12 after weather.
A Quilt of Valor and the 2026 Human Relations Awards open the night; rain location is Ridgeview Recreation Center.
Protection Products, Inc. is presenting sponsor; Sept. 26 moves to Taft Broome Park at 5 p.m. with Festival on the Field.
Free dogwood, hawthorn, sourwood, honey locust, and golden raintree are listed 8 a.m.–1 p.m. under The Sails.
Author talks, a Dale Bailey workshop, and Redhawk poetry sessions are free with registration; Catawba Science Center is free Saturday.