By Cat Carter, Michael Graff, Matt McKenzie, Jared Misner, Adam Rhew, Alyssa Ruane, Andy Smith, Emma Way, and Kristen Wile Photographs by Logan Cyrus, Andy McMillan, and Peter Taylor Lettering By Larry Stuart Studio IN 1998, this magazine published its first Best…
Two local designers and a home builder debut fresh brick-and-mortars
Layoffs and job changes can leave us adrift
Without reliable transportation and a place to live, keeping a job is difficult. How can Charlotte remove barriers to employment for citizens stuck in a cycle of poverty?
The newness of the season is an inspiration (and, yes, a great excuse) to brighten up your home decor. We found a bouquet of floral touches to bring spring colors into your living space.
LANA COULDN'T hear well, but no one knew. No one knew how much the five-year-old girl read lips more than heard words. The school audiologist learned first. She wrote to Lana’s parents, telling them that Lana failed a hearing exam and…
A photo essay by Chris Edwards
The Planning Commission, the gatekeeper for land use in Charlotte, adopts language that for the first time emphasizes the need for affordable housing. Will that help solve the problem?
From Peru to China, Charlotte’s eight sister cities span the globe and have helped promote economic development and diplomacy for more than 50 years. Meet your international family.
The weekend-long shopping affair features Little King Art macrame planter workshops, The Dumpling Lady, craft cocktails, and HSM fitness classes, among other exciting extras.
A family moves South
THE TIME IS SET, and we are there. It’s a Saturday, or a Sunday, or during a weekday lunch break, in uptown or NoDa or South End. Clusters of folks are tapping furiously at their phones, a new kind of…
WHY IS IT so hard to ask for something? I asked my business communication students at Queens this question recently when we were discussing how to make routine requests. Often, students struggle with how to ask for what they want, and…
Nigeria intersects with Winston-Salem in a new novel
A west side native hopes to build a caring community
New university leader Clarence D. Armbrister on what he’s learned in the first few months of his tenure
Lost between city and county loopholes, one woman set out to make sure this west side resting place wasn’t forgotten
As developers close in on the west side, a group of residents explores what may be their only option
A cure for the common staycation and lingering existential crisis
STRAW HATS and sunny weather go hand in hand. Grab one of these accessories and enjoy the Carolina sunshine, whether during a weekend at Kiawah or a stroll down the greenway. (Clockwise from right) Gi’n’Gi cowboy hat, $225, Poole Shop,…
Apartments are being thrown up every day. Why haven’t condos caught up?
AS THE MARKET continues to run hot, it’s easy to assume a correction needs to happen. In our annual real estate summary, we asked experts what homeowners and homeowners-to-be should expect, which areas are booming, and the types of housing people…
HUNDREDS MARCHED IN UPTOWN on Saturday, as part of the national, student-led “March For Our Lives” effort. The event is a call to action "to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings," organizers say. Cities across the U.S. saw similar…
If you can’t part with Grandma’s hutch, this NoDa duo has the answer
IT WOULD BE his first harvest of honey. John Herbert Caudle, new to beekeeping and excited at the prospect of extracting honey from the comb, checked on his two beehives. He looked inside the hive and was stunned. TAYLOR GILL…
Race Matters for Juvenile Justice continues a series of sessions on implicit bias and its effects on the court system and beyond.
WHEN I TURN to Jackson to remark how cold it is outside, he seems suddenly uninterested. He looks, squinting against the winter sun, at the parking lot outside as a group of visitors comes up the steps. I move on…
Can the light rail extension spur the development of a college town?
