Room We Love: A Mudroom in Myers Park
Designer Brooke Adler builds a mudroom with function and flair
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Meet the Woman Behind Custom Finishing Shop Fine Grit
Katie Schindler creates custom finishes for some of the city’s biggest players
The Manor Theatre Has Closed. Is This Our First Last Goodbye?
What other signature spaces will the virus steal from us?
Could Coughing Be a Crime?
Around the country, a scattering of people are using themselves as delivery systems for a bioweapon, or pretending to.
Feed Thy Neighbor: Inside Urban Ministry's Efforts During COVID-19
Hundreds respond to the needs of Charlotteans with no homes to Stay at Home in
Eyeing a Vacation in 2021? Financial Advisor Shares 5 Savings Tips for Future Splurges
In Partnership with Parsec Financial Dreaming of better days? Preferably spent beneath a beach umbrella in the Outer Banks or somewhere farther, like Amelia Island? Or are you thinking about a big purchase in 2021—a lake boat or bathroom renovations,…
Can Developers Honor Brooklyn’s Past as They Build Its Future?
The smell of old wood and creaking sanctuary floorboards tip you off to the age of the Grace AME Zion Church on South Brevard Street in Second Ward. It’s one of the oldest black churches in Charlotte, dedicated in 1902…
The Cracker Kingdom’s New Ruler: A Look at Lance, Then and Now
The company stayed homegrown and humble over its first century. Can it still, now that the Campbell’s Soup folks own it?
Charlotteans Share Pastimes Taken Up While Sheltering in Their Places
From guitar lessons to deck-building
A UNC Charlotte Student Reflects on Campus Shooting, One Year Later
The incident left two dead—and forced the author to live in a more frightening world
OPINION: Charlotte Council (Barely) Dodges Disaster
An RNC of some kind will happen even under COVID-19. For a critical vote Monday, five council members failed to grasp that.
Understanding the Phases of Gov. Roy Cooper's Reopening Plan
N.C. is currently in Phase 2
A Charlotte Guide to ESPN’s Bulls Doc
Four things to know about the 1997–'98 Hornets
Editor's Note (May 2020): Personal Best
There’s no better time to recognize what we love about Charlotte
The Best of the Best Awards: 2020
The BOBs are back.
Virtual Concerts, "Market in a Box" – 5 Ways to Support Charlotte Businesses Amid COVID-19
It's easy to get swept up in the anxiety, sadness, and uncertainty of a pandemic—especially when we see our community hurting firsthand. Much of what makes Charlotte so special are our neighbors, friends, and family who own the various small businesses making up this city's unique and ever-growing cultural framework.
What’s Handcuffing the Criminal Justice System in Charlotte
Spencer Merriweather, Charlotte’s first black district attorney, is trying to combat a surge in murders and gun crimes. A key to the solution, he says, is for the state to recognize that criminal justice in North Carolina’s cities—underfunded, overwhelmed, awash in paper, and tied to an early-’90s computer system—desperately needs an upgrade
Life Lessons: Latin American Chamber Director Rocio Gonzalez
She guides Latino business owners—of all kinds—through opportunities, accents
Inside VisArt Video's Evolution to Nonprofit
The city's last video store has a vision for the future, available in VHS, DVD, and Blu-Ray
STYLE: Toska Husted of Toska European Spa in Dilworth
Meet Charlotte’s skin care maven
What It's Actually Like When a Loved One Has COVID-19
A Charlotte writer is one of many feeling powerless right now
'Broadband Deserts' Trap People Thirsty for Access to Our Digital World
'This, to me, is one of the most unifying urban and rural issues'
OPINION: No, Seriously: Go Home.
A brief plea from our executive editor
Streaming Films, TV Shows Shot in Charlotte: May 2020
Options on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu
How This Charlotte Entrepreneur is Pivoting Her Company to Save Employee Jobs
In Partnership with Closets By Design "Pivot, pivotttt!" What was once just a funny line from a Friends episode is now most local business owners' main mantra. As the coronavirus pandemic has forced many Charlotte restaurants and shops to close…
Podcast Challenges Men to Drop the Mic, Let Women Say Their Piece
A look at veteran journalist Stuart Watson’s ManListening series
Davidson College Professor Teaches the Art and Craft of Letterpress Printing
“Something like this gives people the opportunity to slow down and think about information in a different way.”
3 Takeaways From Local School's Roundtable Discussion on Student Stress, Success, and Balance
In Partnership with Trinity Episcopal School Each day, it seems that the world becomes more complex and, at times, chaotic. For young kids—teens, especially—it can be very overwhelming. Not only do they have questions about the way their own lives…
