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Trade & Tryon 06/08/10Boston Globe calls Charlotte 'Wall Street South', touts our comeback
Remember when The Washington Post ran this story last fall? It really irritated local business leaders, not least because it was written by a former Observer reporter, the talented Binyamin Appelbaum. In fact, it still holds a special place in many civic boosters' craws, because of passages like this one: Few American cities prospered more over the past two decades than Charlotte, its growth propelled and gilded by Wachovia and its crosstown rival, Bank of America. Executives shoehorned gaudy... Read more » Posted at 03:52 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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05/26/10Levine Museum of the New South garners national award
Forgive me while I brag for a moment: Some big news out of Los Angeles today. A contingent of staffers from our very own Levine Museum of the New South is on the West Coast this week for the annual conference for the American Association of Museums, where it was announced that the museum has been awarded an Excellence in Exhibition Award for its current exhibit Changing Places: From Black and White to Technicolor. The exhibit was recognized for Special Achievement in Community Engagement. These are sort of like the Oscars for museum exhibits, and Levine Museum was competing against all types and sizes of institutions from across the country (disclosure: my wife works for the museum. Hence, the bragging.). A judge had this to say, according to a press release from the... Read more » Posted at 05:14 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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05/20/10MuTue May 18 edition: Lou Ford and Leadville!
Man, is it Thursday already? Then it's mos def time for a Music Tuesday. Charlotte has had a great run of shows lately, and that run continues. Here we go... Friday, May 21 Posted at 01:58 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
05/12/10May 11 Music Tuesday: Josh Ritter! OK Go! More!
I was all prepared to post this week's Music Tuesday yesterday, i.e. on Tuesday, but then I realized that would be bad form. So I waited until today, Wednesday. Is anyone getting this joke? Huge day of music in Charlotte today. Let's go: TONIGHT Wednesday May 12 Posted at 10:57 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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05/07/10Music Tuesday Big Honkin' May 7 Edition
After an inexplicable (even to me!) absence, Music Tuesday is back this week. (By the way, does anyone get the joke that Music Tuesday never actually runs on Tuesday? Or is this funny only to me?) This is a great week for a comeback -- some great shows are coming up. Let's get to it, shall we? Friday, May 7 Posted at 11:44 AM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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04/15/10Music Tuesday April 13 Edition: Todd Snider, Loud & Rich
More good stuff on the horizon this week. Let's get to it. Thursday, April 15 Posted at 10:26 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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04/12/10Three Blocks of Bearden
While I'm waiting for my Center City basketball park concept to catch on (momentum is building ... slowly), I thought I'd offer another free idea to help make this city more interesting. This one is inspired by an article in The New York Times on four blocks of Picasso exhibits: "Two exhibitions within strolling distance provide access to an eye-popping 327 examples of Picasso’s etchings, aquatints, lithographs and linocuts. This total is probably more than can be seen in any other four-block area on the... Read more » Posted at 04:22 PM | Permalink | Comments: 2 |
04/07/10Music Tuesday April 6
Missed last week due to some hairy magazine deadlines, but back at it this week. I hope you've figured out that although I call this segment "Music Tuesday," the actual publish day is a bit, um, fluid. Not too many shows on my radar this week, but here are ones worth checking out: Thursday, April 7 Posted at 09:59 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
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03/23/10Music Tuesday March 23 edition
Really interesting week of music coming up. No big (or even medium-size) national names on my radar, but two very cool local shows and one black banjo reunion. I'm guessing it'll be the only black banjo reunion I write about all year. Friday March 26 Posted at 05:34 PM | Permalink | Comments: 0 |
03/17/10Library closings, layoffs
Among the new items coming out of the county budget workshops is that our library system is getting hammered. On top of $4 million in cuts since January 2009, the library system announced today that it is losing another $2 million in funding before June 30. This will result in at least 140 layoffs and the closure of almost half of the libraries, according to a press release. I've pasted the release below. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Posted at 05:12 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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Richard Thurmond is editor and associate publisher of Charlotte magazine and its four sister publications. He started his journalism career as a sportswriter before he realized sportswriting = bad hours and low pay. Oh well. He's been on staff since 1995 and editor since 1999. Also, he thinks he is funnier than he really is, which is helpful information for reading this blog. Got something to say but too chicken to comment?