The day before Valentine's Day, snuggle up to us!

Our Next Speaker is CarlosAlexis Cruz on Feb. 13 at 8 a.m.

Young lovers, we know there is a lot on your mind before Valentine's Day this year. But the morning before belongs to us at CreativeMornings/Charlotte. And, boy, have we got a morning planned for you!

Our word in February is Camino. It was selected by our Oviedo chapter and means "way" or "path." It’s inspired by the centuries-old pilgrimage route and symbolizes journey, choice and discovery. Once we knew the word, there was only one person we trusted to take it on -- CarlosAlexis Cruz!

CarlosAlexis is the Director of the Community, Heritage & the Arts (CHArt) at the College of Arts and Architecture and Professor of Physical Theatre at UNC Charlotte. He's been recognized as a distinguished professor of civic engagement (2023) and community-engaged scholar (2024).

He's also the Producing Artistic Director of the Nouveau Sud Circus project -- a socially-engaged circus company in service of intercultural communications. The group is currently invested in La BESTIA, their take on the journey of Central American immigrants to the United States, a journey more perilous today than it was when the show began.

Carlos is a big fan of CreativeMornings/Charlotte. In fact, Nouveau Sud joined us for just the 6th meeting of CM/CLT at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art almost 10 years ago! (See above.) He helped us explore RISK then and he's ready to take on CAMINO, now.

This is going to be a special morning in a special place as Jonathan Coppedge-Henley has invited us back to one of our favorite spots ... Woodlawn Community Fellowship. This is an exciting place with a powerful purpose: putting themselves to the service of the community. And that could even mean you.

You know the morning wouldn't be complete without hot coffee from Enderly, tasty treats from Community Culinary School, mocktails from Swizzled, HUGs, Bolts, games, live music, 49-Second Pitches and (maybe-just-maybe) a sponsor song.

We're already hard at work. All you have to do is bring yourself to the morning party! Get your FREE tickets HERE!