Your 5-minute guide to the best things to do in Charlotte | May 1-7

Friday

Learn how to Chill, Grill and Bake with a live Zoom class hosted by Rosemary Honey Bakes and Big Island Big Flavor. Chef Charles Akau of Big Island Big Flavor will share his top vegetable-grilling techniques and Sonya Caldwell of Rosemary Honey Bakes will teach you how to turn a store-bought pound cake into a decadent toasted strawberry basil pound cake dessert. A copy of the dessert recipe will be provided after registration so that participants can bake from home. 8-9 p.m. Free. https://bit.ly/ChillGrillandBake

Saturday

Explore your artistic side with a free collage workshop hosted by local artist Taylor Lee. Create shapes that are “Matisse meets Eric Carle” and build them into a unique collage. The theme of the class reflects picking up the pieces of those expectations for this year and putting them together into new visions for our future, framing hope in a practical art project. Email Taylor@TaylorLeePaints.com to RSVP and get a materials list. 11 a.m.-noon. Free. https://instagram.com/taylorleepaints/

Buff Faye’s Drag Show is coming to your living room with the Quaran-Qweens 2: Free Drag Show. Log on for a Saturday night filed with Facebook live drag entertainment fun. 9 p.m. Free, tips encouraged. Facebook.com/CharlotteDragBrunch

Sunday

Join Protagonist Brewing with a night of Beer & Netflix, an in-home movie and beer watching activity. Each week, Protagonist is releasing a new beer that corresponds with a movie currently available on Netflix. This week’s movie is “Hook,” which is paired with the beer Think Happy Thoughts. Post a picture of yourself watching the movie and sipping the beer to be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift card. Free. https://instagram.com/protagonistbeer.

Monday

Log on with the little ones for Listen and Move Storytime with Imaginon. This interactive show incorporates stories, songs and movement activities for your children to enjoy. 10:30-11 a.m. Free admission. https://www.facebook.com/ImaginOn/

Tuesday

Hear music from a diverse range of musicians and composers from past Charlotte New Music Festivals at the New Music Open Mic: Classical to Contemporary and Beyond. Musicians will play their pieces remotely through a Zoom meeting. 8-9 p.m. Free. https://bit.ly/3bIWqnH

Wednesday

Levar Burton of Reading Rainbow is performing a live stream of his podcast, Levar Burton Reads, from his Twitter account. The Wednesday evening performance is appropriate for teenagers. 6 p.m. Free. https://twitter.com/levarburton.

Thursday

Catch the first episode of CLT After Dark, a Charlotte-based variety show put together by the Charlotte Center City Partners. The lineup includes Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte, Harvey Cummings Project, Fuzion Force, Luke Kuechly and Mike Rice from Lincoln Street Kitchen and Cocktails. 10 p.m. Episodes are free but may contain links to local GoFundMe pages for local artists, musicians and businesses. http://www.cltafterdark.org/

Join Angel Johnston, adult education specialist at the Charlotte Museum of History, for a virtual lunch and learn. This week Johnston will tell the story of how African Americans built, funded and staffed more than 5,000 Rosenwald schools in the Jim Crow-era South. Her short talk will be followed by a community Q&A. Noon-12:30 p.m. Free. https://charlottemuseum.org/tc-events/

This story was originally published April 29, 2020 at 10:23 AM.