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Shopping: Hats for Warmer Weather
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,…
Charlotte Real Estate: The Condo Recovery
Apartments are being thrown up every day. Why haven’t condos caught up?
Real Estate in Charlotte: 2018
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…
PHOTOS: Scenes from the 2018 March for Our Lives in Uptown
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…
NoDa's Re:New Gives New Life to Your Old Furniture
If you can’t part with Grandma’s hutch, this NoDa duo has the answer
Cancer Survivor Finds a New Path in Honey
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…
At JCSU, Combatting Implicit Bias
Race Matters for Juvenile Justice continues a series of sessions on implicit bias and its effects on the court system and beyond.
NoDa’s Mac Tabby Cat Café: Part Coffee Shop, Part Rescue Mission
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…
Inside University City’s Identity Crisis
Can the light rail extension spur the development of a college town?
An Interactive Guide to the LYNX Blue Line Extension
FOR MANY, the opening of the LYNX Blue Line Extension brings access to unexplored parts of the city. Here are our recommendations for the best places to eat, drink, or find entertainment at each of these stops. Hover over each stop…
Getting Smart About Smart Home Devices
Techie tools work only if you change your behavior
Opinion: The Madness of King Gun
Engaging the ‘arm the teachers’ gambit on its own terms, if only to debunk it, makes you feel you’ve entered the realm of the insane.
Energize Your Home with This Hip Houseplant Trend
PUT THAT fiddle-leaf fig out of its misery. There’s something smaller, funkier, and more customizable to introduce to your interior. And it’s already a horticultural hit with local artisans. Meet Tillandsia, a genus of the Bromeliaceae plant family found in Central…
Designer Adds Personal Flair to Bland New Construction
IT SEEMED the stars could never quite align for Mike and Lauren Cardwell. “It was like a comedy of errors over and over,” says Lauren of the couple’s dream to build a custom home in Davidson. From sales that fell…
The End of An End of An Era
When Billy Graham died, he took the memory of a long-gone version of America with him.
Billy Graham Comes Home
The Charlotte-born preacher brings the faithful together one last time
Home Design: How to Personalize Your Apartment
Don’t let a boring floor plan constrain your style
Flipside Owners Sell Pineville Sandwich Spot Corner Grind
A familiar new owner will take over the space.
Perspective: The Difficulty of Switching Gears
Learning agility can help you tackle problems
Editor's Note (March 2018): Highway Thoughts
DRIVING ON I-485 to I-77 south of Charlotte, no matter my mood, I get a good laugh. Along the way, there’s a telephone tower more than twice the height of the trees surrounding it. The tower’s prongs are painted dark…
Along the Way: Change Can Only Come from a United Community
A YEAR AGO this month, Jason Terrell walked onto a stage wearing a charcoal gray suit and stated a problem. This problem was part of a larger problem, which was, in turn, part of an even larger one. “Tonight you’re going…
Security Reigns
The police chief and schools superintendent agreed Monday: no guns in schools. But does that mean turning them into armed encampments to keep guns out?
20 Hours of Darkness: Charlotte man braves Icelandic winter conditions in day-long Spartan World Championship race
In Iceland in December, there are only four hours of daylight. But the Spartan World Championship race lasted 24 hours. See how ex-Marine and Life Time fitness instructor Billy Heatherly fared during one of the toughest tests of his life.
Indochino Now Open at SouthPark
The made-to-measure suiting company is already popular with Charlotte men
The Big List of Celebrities Coming to Charlotte for CIAA Weekend 2018
Cardi B, Lil Wayne, Bell Biv Devoe, and Michael Vick are among dozens of celebrities hosting parties or performing
Behind the Push for an Expanded Greenway System in Charlotte
DURING THE 1930s and ’40s, 55-gallon drums of deodorizer hung from bridges over Sugar Creek to overpower smells of raw sewage and trash. The creek had the worst water quality of any in the state. In 1969, two biologists searched…
Lucky 13: Why the CIAA (Still) Matters in 2018
This is the 13th year of the CIAA Tournament being held in Charlotte, and here are 13 reasons you should care
