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Cain Center announces spring 2024 season

Nov. 15. The Cain Center for the Arts Spring 2024 season gets under way Jan. 6 with a black-tie optional celebration of its first anniversary featuring Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez. She is best known for her collaborations with renowned artist Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of Hamilton. Gonzalez was Angelica in the Broadway smash hit. Also […]

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Wide variety of performances set for Cain Center’s Spring 2024 season

Nov. 3. Cain Center for the Arts Spring 2024 season gets under way Jan. 6 with a black-tie optional celebration of its first anniversary featuring Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez. She performed as Angelica in “Hamilton.” Tickets Tickets may be purchased on the Cain Center website. Shows Also on tap are Doo-wop and R&B legends The […]

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Davidson Community Players will perform Disney’s Frozen Jr. at Cain Center

Oct. 12. Davidson Community Players (DCP), one of Charlotte’s top theatre producing organizations, will mount two of its 2024 shows at Cain Center for the Arts. DCP’s first show at Cain Center will be Disney’s Frozen Jr., which will run from Jan. 25-27, 2024. Adapted from the beloved 2013 movie, this one-hour version of the […]

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Cain Center announces fall schedule

June 16. The Cain Center for the Arts has announced its fall schedule, which includes a wide range of artists and genres. The new seasons launches with a performance by Nashville star Canaan Cox on Aug. 25, followed by stand-up comic Mike Goodwin on Sept. 9. There will also be a Lake Norman Songwriter Showcase […]

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LKN Social District could expand downtown

June 14. By Dave Vieser. The LKN Social District, which currently runs along Catawba Avenue from the Cain Center for the Arts to Thigs at Meridian, could expand to the Plaza on the east side of the Cain Center and Cain Park which is in the back. It would make for an inviting venue for […]

The Cain Center for the Arts executive director Justin Dionne | Photo by Dave Yochum

The Cain Center for the Arts is off to a boffo start

March 22. By TL Bernthal. As the inaugural season for the Cain Center for the Arts hits mid-season, executive director Justin Dionne is looking ahead and booking acts for the fall. The inaugural season was somewhat like a soft opening for the center staff, learning what works well and how to enhance the experience. “This […]

Love Lake Norman grand opening is Sunday

March 2. Love Lake Norman, a non-denominational church that first opened in the Oak Street Mill, will hold its grand opening in The Cain Center for the Arts Sunday, March 5, from 10 am to noon. In addition to the worship service, which begins at 10 am, the grand opening event includes: Face painting Ross […]

Ed Bost: Striking the right note for 89 years

Ed Bost is the quiet donor behind the Bosendorfer grand

Feb. 17. By Dave Yochum. Imagine being a newspaper delivery boy on a bike in downtown Cornelius 75 years ago. The roads are dirt and there is neither a Cain Center for the Arts nor Lake Norman, not even in anyone’s dreams. The delivery boy would be Ed Bost, 89, who gave a $200,000 Bosendorfer […]

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Cain Center’s inaugural performance wowed sold-out audience

Jan. 9. By Dave Yochum. The Cain Center for the Arts’ inaugural performance, with Broadway star Renee Elise Goldsberry, got rave reviews from attendees who commented on everything from the architecture and acoustics to the star herself. Hamilton star Goldsberry, best known as the singer-dancer-actor in the role of Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, soaked up […]

Architect Malcom Holzman calls the Cain Center design “Lake Norman Precise.” / Photo by Dave Yochum

Cain Center is the result of more than a decade of work

Jan. 6. By Dave Yochum. With a diverse array of performances and a monumental presence in downtown Cornelius, the Cain Center for the Arts will be an exceptional place to experience and participate in the arts in the Lake Norman region. Architect Malcom Holzman calls the design “Lake Norman Precise.” The alternating dark and darker […]