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Leap of Faith
Photo by Carrie CampbellReligions spring up like strip malls in America, a modern playground of the gods. Rival prophets call out from every corner; truth and myth blur together against a backdrop of freedom and faith.Stop for a moment and…
Learning the City
Attend a Charlotte 101 class and you'll learn interesting facts about the city, such as why Queens Road intersects Queens Road.If you pull someone's hair on this bus ride, you may end up in Biddlesville looking for cornbread on your…
Rumor, Rumor...Kevin Garnett's Lil' Brother?
I received those details on my voicemail, so when I called the guy back I was able to ask him more questions. He says it isn’t a done deal, but he expects McCullough to be signed by the Charlotte Bobcats…
It's the Wheel Thing
Along with its home base in San Francisco where it opened last summer, the independent film by Gabe Morford and Mike Martin has played New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, and Melbourne among other places you might find Carmen San Diego.…
Fare Enough
I went into a Whole Foods once and saw these adorable Asian pears that came wrapped in individual Styrofoam, mesh cocoons. I like pears and I’m sure Asian pears are lovely, but if I don’t care whether my pear is…
Techno Babble
Everything is so technologically advanced now. I remember riding the bus to school and listening to mixed tapes on my Walkman. Now I have a video iPod Nano and I don’t see how you’re supposed to listen to music on…
According to Craig
Housing: A Downtown Condo CharlotteAustin SeattleWashington, D.C. Price$339K$449K $324K $350K What you getFourth-floor 1,135 SF condo in Gateway Plaza facing Trade Street, 2BR, 2 BA, 2 garage spaces and private balcony, community rooftop terrace 1,269 SF loft in the Market District, 1…
Best Places to Meet People
Sullivan's Steakhouse Harris Teeter in uptown Third Thursdays at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design The Dog Bar Petra's Piano Bar Ad 2 Club Business After Hours Peak Fitness on Morehead Where Is the Love? U.S. National Whitewater Center…
A New Age
Christyn Reid discusses what it's like being a thirty-something woman here and dating.I'm thirty-three and I have a great job and a lot of great friends. But I find myself in a different place than a lot of my girlfriends.…
Passing the Baton
For symphony orchestras in all but the largest cities in America, these are not the best of times. The troubles are well documented: mounting deficits, declining audiences, struggles to stay relevant. Charlotte's symphony shares the pain.And yet here and there—Baltimore,…
Kings of the Nightlife
Dudley grew up on the West Coast then lived in Boston while playing college basketball. He loves the southern hospitality he's encountered during his first few months living here. (Chris Edwards) Johnny SzuchTwenty-nineOwner of Deep Elm RecordsI'm better known as…
New York Will "Crack Clay Aiken Like an Egg"
"The thing that makes Aiken seem much younger than a nearly 30-year-old man is that he insists so incessantly that he is brimming with folksy self-acceptance when he so clearly doesn’t have a clue. I don’t think Aiken’s compulsive self-deprecation,…
Tales from Backstage
Winthrop’s program board has a great reputation for taking care of our performers. We negotiate the contracts, work with their agents, pick them up from the airport, put them up in a hotel, and even feed them. So when…
A Lowe's in Indian Trail?
This is big news considering there's a Lowe's in Monroe approximately 6 miles down the road and another in Matthews about 5 miles away. If this sounds familiar, that's because it sort of is. At the Rea Road exit off…
Ken Lewis, BofA in Time mag
How many other FORTUNE 500 CEOs know what it's like to be denied a mortgage — as Lewis was when he was a 30-year-old manager newly posted to New York City from Charlotte, N.C.? A native of Meridian, Miss., Lewis…
Give the 49ers Credit
Davidson has been a media darling because it returned every significant player from last season's 29-win team, and it was playing UNC, Duke, Charlotte, UCLA, and NC State in early-season matchups. Supporters were hoping that a couple wins in that…
Goodbye Stanleyville?
Look, I'm not one of these people who say we must save every building built before 1980. I'm all for retaining history and character where we can, but I've long since come to grips with the fact that doing so…
Hot (on) Wheels
The roller rink is deserted except for one young woman figure skating on the long expanse of shined hardwood. Modern R&B oozes from the ceiling. The lone skater pirouettes on wheels, stretching one leg straight into the air, her skates…
Great Scots! They're Walking
Every January 1, local folks who are tied by heritage to Scotland gather at Rural Hill farm in northern Mecklenburg County to take part in the traditional First Footin'. It's a walk around the plantation's three-mile boundary, followed by a…
In Service
This issue has both.Writer Ken Garfield tells the story of John Cleghorn, whose career path has touched on the two pillars of Charlotte society—banks and churches (after an initial foray into journalism, before he wised up). Meanwhile, Cynthia Lewis writes…
What I'm Doing Here
It's orientation week at Davidson College for new students, and, on this especially sultry August night, I'm standing behind the bar in Kudzu on the Green, a restaurant across from campus on Main Street. Parents, ragged from a day of…
