Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, March 22, 2012 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Le Chant Des Mariees (The Wedding Song) at UNC Charlotte
• The Funky Geezer Show at Petra's Piano Bar and Cabaret
• Conversations at Gantt: Pioneers of Freedom: Slave Revolt, Rebellion and Revolution in the Atlantic World at Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
• Backwoods Payback at Milestone
• Race at Carolina Actors Studio Theatre