BEFORE YOU GO any further, you should know this is a story of woe, of conspiracies, and of coups. But seeing as how you haven’t yet turned back, you should also know it’s a tale of love and the power…
A black-and-pink, zebra-striped awning marks the entrance to Monroe’s Backstage Vintage shop. In the display window, a life-size cardboard cutout of Elvis stands next to a replica of the rock star’s iconic white jumpsuit. Inside, owner Judi Craycraft, whom I…
Creeks and streams—3,000 miles’ worth—wind throughout Mecklenburg County, carrying untold amounts of water during storms that ends up flooding scattered low spots.
Where to donate food and money to help Hurricane Florence victims.
ON SUNDAY, photographer Logan Cyrus visited several neighborhoods to capture the ongoing effects of Tropical Storm Florence. See a few of those scenes below. CENTRAL AVENUE Three Amigos' Central Avenue location. Briar Creek Brightwalk NoDa Frazier Park Queens Road
As Tropical Storm Florence becomes more present in the Charlotte area, businesses are ramping up fundraising efforts toward relief. This list will be updated. Brewers at 4001 Yancey For every beer sold through Sunday, the spot is donating $1 toward…
TWO CATS, one dog, two guinea pigs, and a rabbit are huddled in their crates in a locker room at East Mecklenburg High School as their owners wait on cots in the gymnasium. The cats curl up together, and the…
‘Storms do weird stuff,’ said Charlotte Fire Department Battalion Chief Rob Cannon, who along with everyone else in the city is trying to prepare for a storm whose effects no one can predict.
Tracy Russ, chief communications officer for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, says CMS will monitor Hurricane Florence and assess possible impacts in collaboration with Mecklenburg EMS, City of Charlotte, CMPD, CFD and other agencies. To ensure that families, students and staff have the…
IF THE IDEA of navigating uptown Charlotte spikes your blood pressure, becoming a savvy streetwise Queen City inhabitant can be as easy as adding a few apps to your smartphone. Whether you visit uptown on a daily commute, periodically take…
In Partnership with Charlotte Latin School. With an emphasis on diversity and an impressive 96-percent enrollment rate, Charlotte Latin School (CLS) is the independent education solution that will propel your child to new heights intellectually and emotionally. The school is…
In Partnership with Charlotte Plastic Surgery. Getting older is inevitable in this life, but you don’t have to look your age if you don’t want to. In fact, we’d be willing to bet you feel much younger than the…
A veteran journalist examines the intersection of drugs, race, and poverty in Charlotte
What if, one day, life played out in reverse?
Why the next tools of higher education might include a shovel
Part of our Charlotte magazine neighborhood date series
“WE DIDN’T REALLY HAVE A PLAN—we were just going to move out to the country,” says Shelly Walsh, co-owner of Good Karma Ranch in Iron Station, North Carolina. “When we moved here, we didn’t own any animals at all.” In…
A continuation of the #discussCLT conversation on Charlotte’s transit future: What’s up with the knee-jerk opposition to the very idea of mass transit?
To celebrate our 50 years in print, we look back at the moments that changed the city we love
NORMALLY, I welcome the sound of silence. Just not when I’m turning the key in the ignition. That silence meant I was not going to meet my client at Carmel Commons that afternoon. Nor was I going to meet friends for…
The county’s public schools chief started his career as a teacher, and he still loves that first day of school feeling
Memories bring a writer back years later
WE LIVE in the very heart of NASCAR country, and it is here that the largest concentration of Daytona 500 winners can be found. NASCAR champions abound, as well. You might find them living down the street, bump into them…
Charlotte transit officials are examining ways to raise private dollars to help pay for the $6 billion buildout of its 2030 transit plan. Will the transit system end up defeating one of its main purposes?
What will ownership under David Tepper mean for the Carolinas?
LAST WEEK, I was talking to someone (this queen will go unnamed for purposes I’m about to explain) about my jam-packed Charlotte Pride schedule. He sneered at me and said he’d be out of town for the weekend. Pride just…
ADAM WHITLOW Send the kids back to school with accessories that are cool and colorful—just like their personalities. (Clockwise from above) Eat & Run lunch bag, $21.95, Green with Envy, 704-344-8774; Pixopop Flying stitch bunny lunch box, $32.95, Paper Skyscraper,…
THE CROWD at the airfield continued to swell. The weather was pleasantly clear and warm for an early summer day in 1947, and people in the gathering multitude were well-appointed for such a highly anticipated event. The men sported collared…
