I shouldn’t have eaten that bacon this morning. Those eight words kept sliding through my mind like a marquee as I held myself in a plank, punching my left leg in a backward diagonal to the beat of the music.…
WE CAN ALMOST start reusing the text from years prior if the New England Patriots keep appearing in the Super Bowl. This year, the team will take on the Philadelphia Eagles for the National Football League’s top prize. The game…
In its 14th year, the event is a hot ticket
BREATHE IN, and you can feel the salinity of the air in the Ritz-Carlton uptown’s salt room coating your tongue. Warm lights behind walls made of pink Himalayan salt blocks infuse the air with salt, a natural antimicrobial that’s believed…
KATIE EMMONS’ PENCHANT for clean and classic design is what attracts most of her like-minded clients. The Myers Park-based designer has been transforming interiors since 1995, and when a couple moved out of a Cape Cod-style home in Connecticut and came…
Meet the woman behind Chakti
Here, craftsmanship keeps industry alive
THE SECOND Charlotte Women's March filled uptown on Saturday, with thousands packing First Ward Park. Below, you'll find scenes from the day, from speakers such as Mayor Vi Lyles and Rep. Carla Cunningham to the signs and crowds that moved through the…
I'VE NEVER BEEN much of a yeller. The idea of taking part in a protest or a march made me uncomfortable; I thought they were for those who have the confidence to shout their beliefs proudly. I’ve always preferred putting my words in…
ON THIS EPISODE, we talk to Bryce Laguer, the man behind the new coffee project at LaCa Projects: Basal Coffee. Hear what Laguer and LaCa director Neely Verano are trying to do with this venture in FreeMoreWest—and how the spot came…
Charlotte’s pride took a hit Thursday morning when the city was excluded from the list of potential sites for Amazon’s eastern headquarters. But the reason for the exclusion isn’t hard to figure out.
PHOTOGRAPHER LOGAN CYRUS captured scenes across the city on Wednesday, as snow continued to accumulate. Charlotte schools, offices, and even Mecklenburg County ABC stores closed for the day. See the first "Snow Day" of the year captured through his lens below.
A panel of local journalists took part Thursday in a discussion at the Levine Museum of the New South. How have digital media and charges of ‘fake news’ changed how reporters report, and consumers consume?
IN 2009, Greg and Terri Pope married on the campus of Queens University—he’s an artist from Georgia, and she’s a financial services professional from eastern North Carolina. They dreamed of owning their own business, and by the next year, they had…
The slow progress of the Leading On Opportunity council; another head-shaker from Pittenger; why officials should proceed with caution on taxpayer subsidies for the Panthers.
I WAS SITTING outside of a D.C. pizza place with my mom, waiting for a table on a chilly day sometime between winter and spring in 2011 when I told her about this guy at work. I had recently been…
Cabinets The homeowners were originally leaning toward gray cabinetry, but designer Meredith Beregovski of Georgia Street Design nudged them toward this rich navy, “Black Blue” by Farrow & Ball. “The homeowners wanted something classic but (which) still made a…
The neighborhood restaurant is no place for facing life’s biggest questions
I REALLY THOUGHT I liked Malbec wines. I told Laura Maniec, master sommelier and owner of Corkbuzz in SouthPark, this when we started my wine profile session. The sessions are $35 and last about 45 minutes, and are usually held…
FROM THE TOP SUBURBS around Charlotte to deeply personal essays, this year’s most-read stories are a diverse collection of topics and approaches to telling the city’s story. Which one was your favorite? 1. Charlotte's 12 Best Suburbs: 2017 The definitive,…
Rooting for others to succeed instead of fail
In as turbulent a week as the Carolina Panthers has ever endured, star running back Jonathan Stewart delivers some holiday warmth to autistic children.
It was a weird, chaotic year in Charlotte’s public life. All the issues seemed in transit, halfway between realization and resolution.
Before he bought a NASCAR team, the Cuban-American businessman parked cars
Many things happened in, around, or to folks in Charlotte that made us cringe in 2017. Fortunately, some things also happened that made us cringe slightly less. These are those things
FIVE YEARS AGO, Kim O’Neill went to visit her daughter, Kendra, in Michigan for a few days. When she returned home, her husband had a surprise for her. “We’re moving,” Mike O’Neill said. “There’s a place called The Cottages.” Top: The…
Meet the woman behind the legend
Every three weeks, opioids kill as many Americans as did the 9/11 attacks. Even more users cycle between addiction and treatment, their lives defined by the blurry, shaky minutes that fill the gap from one hit to the next. When addicts relapse, go to jail, or overdose, what happens to the kids left behind?
