Your guide to entertainment in Charlotte in the week ahead
Movie
‘Minions’
Tue 7.7 Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill (voiced by Sandra Bullock), a super-villain who – alongside her inventor husband, Herb (Jon Hamm) – hatches a plot to take over the world.
GET PASSES: “Minions” (rated PG) opens July 10, but a promotional screening of the animated family comedy will take place in south Charlotte at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The Charlotte Observer is giving away 75 admit-two passes to this screening; pick up a maximum of two pairs beginning at 8 a.m. Monday in the lobby of the Charlotte Observer building, 600 S. Tryon St., while supplies last.
Music
Warped Tour
Tue 7.7 11 a.m. PNC Music Pavilion, 707 Pavilion Blvd. $37. www.livenation.com.
With few true old-timers on the bill, the annual traveling music festival’s decidedly new-school lineup includes: Pierce the Veil, We Came as Romans, Matchbook Romance, Escape the Fate, blessthefall, Family Force 5, the Wonder Years, Metro Station, Black Veil Brides, Juliet Simms, August Burns Red, Beartooth, Riff Raff, Asking Alexandria, Silverstein, Miss May I and more.
Theater
‘The Lion in Winter’
Thu 7.9 8 p.m. (also various performances through July 19). SEEDS/100 Gardens, 200 E. 36th St. $12 advance, $15 at the door. www.citizensoftheuniverse.com.
COTU does James Goldman’s play about King Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine and their eternally bickering children, one of whom will probably be the next monarch.
Music
Floetry: The Reunion Tour
Fri 7.10 8 p.m. Knight Theater, 430 S. Tryon St. $44.95-$66.95. www.blumenthalarts.org.
The English R&B duo of Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart, which formed in 1997 on the performance poetry stage, has come together again to tour.
Magic
‘Impossibilities’
Fri 7.10 8 p.m. Duke Energy Theater, 345 N. College St. $20. www.blumenthalarts.org.
Haydini, aka 21-year-old prestidigitator Hayden Childress, provides an evening of illusions in a close-up setting.
This story was originally published July 1, 2015 at 1:57 PM with the headline "Your guide to entertainment in Charlotte in the week ahead."