5 Steps to a Stunning DIY Thanksgiving Centerpiece
You don't even need to be very crafty to create jaw-dropping table decorations.
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Vi Lyles Is Charlotte’s New Mayor
VI LYLES HAS been elected as Charlotte’s next mayor, beating GOP candidate Kenny Smith and becoming the sixth consecutive Democrat to hold the office since 2009. Lyles is the city's first African-American woman to hold the office. She is a…
5 Local Holiday Markets To Shop
Get local goods at these markets popping up all the way until Christmas.
Perspective: More Than Fine
Tell your friends how you’re really doing
Along the Way with Michael Graff: Front Porch Perspective
A devil cat, godly men, and an understanding
IndyCar Driver Simon Pagenaud Surprises Girlfriend with Remodeled Cornelius Patio
Little did she know, he had big plans for the weekend she went away.
Election 2017: Races to Watch
Charlotte Mayor This might not be a cakewalk for Democrat Vi Lyles in deep-blue Charlotte. Lyles, 65, the mayor pro tem, is a respected but cautious former assistant city manager who favors a by-consensus approach to government. Republican Kenny Smith…
Editor's Note (Nov. 2017): Airport Applause
Two hands can make a difference
A Peek Inside the Kimpton
KIMPTON, which already owns a property in Winston-Salem, opens its first Charlotte hotel on Nov. 1 on Church Street in uptown. It’s the latest in a string of hotel openings in Center City—with more on the way—that will boost the total…
Airwaves & Superheroes: Inside Levine Children’s Hospital's Radio Station
For the kids cooped up inside the hospital, a station built by a famous broadcaster becomes a welcome diversion—complete with country stars, the Ghostbusters, and Elsa
Style: Jesse Cureton of Novant Health
He used to march in Charlotte’s Thanksgiving parade—then he saved it
Q&A: Patty and Alex Funderburg on Supporting the Arts
Donating to the arts does more than make a city pretty
Fort Mill’s Kingsley Weaves Manufacturing History into Future
THE SMOKESTACK rises 100 feet from this corner of Fort Mill, just off Interstate 77 and about eight miles south of the state line. It’s decorative only, a kind of cylindrical billboard in the middle of a warren of brick…
Charlotte Teen Starts Charity to Shelter the Homeless
NOAH RUPP was walking back to his hotel after a family dinner in Asheville last November, when he noticed the city’s homeless taking cover in the doorways of downtown shops, shivering. “We’re seeing a bunch of people just curled up,”…
How Charlotte Got Liquored Up
Thirty-five years ago, after multiple votes, it finally became possible to order a mixed drink in a Charlotte restaurant. Here’s the story of the backroom deals that made it happen
5 Volunteering Opportunities for the Whole Family
VOLUNTEERING IS a great way for children to learn the importance of helping others in and around their community. Here are some of the best organizations for the whole family to get involved in giving back. Hands on Charlotte This online…
Charlotte Bridge Home Helps Veterans Transition to Civilian Life
For veterans, life isn’t as easy as expected when returning to American soil
Essay: A Charlotte Native Remembers Fish Camps
WHEN I WAS a kid, I was friends with a pirate. He sat on a stool with a gold-rimmed tricorn propped on his head, a regal red justacorps open over a poet shirt, and a single cavalier boot on his…
Inside the Kitten Nursery at Mecklenburg County Animal Care & Control
In the front window of the building, volunteers swaddle kittens, guiding their days- or weeks-old mouths toward bottles. The nursery, which opened earlier this year, can hold 80 to 100 kittens—and has, saving hundreds of tiny lives.
The Chair That Johnson C. Smith University Scrambled to Find for Taft
Quirky furniture from William Howard Taft’s visit 108 years ago
Halloween Parties in Charlotte: 2017
IF YOU DON'T have your costumed already stitched, hemmed and ready to go, you better get moving. Charlotte has no shortage of Halloween parties (or chances to win cash for those costumes). SATURDAY, OCT. 21 Tropicana’s Halloween Costume Party Cornelius, 10…
Piedmont Culinary Guild's Carved Contest Returns
Here's our favorite PCG-carved pumpkins from last year
Q&A: Delores Johnson Hurt of League of Women Voters
Approaching its 100th birthday, the group seeks new ways to exercise the franchise
The Outside Money in Charlotte Politics
Contributions reflect Charlotte’s growing political profile
Election 2017: A Charlotte Magazine Guide
☆ Races to Watch And School Bond Referendum: By The Numbers ☆ The Outside Money in Charlotte Politics Contributions reflect Charlotte’s growing political profile ☆ Q&A: Delores Johnson Hurt of League of Women Voters Approaching its 100th birthday, the group seeks…
Q&A: The Filmmaker Behind Ric Flair's '30 for 30'
CHARLOTTE-BASED FILMMAKER Rory Karpf had just wrapped up a project for ESPN’s successful “30 for 30” documentary series when network executives asked him to consider making another movie for the series. Specifically, the Worldwide Leader wanted a project about Ric Flair,…
Face To Face With the Murky, Troubling Rueben Galindo Case
The police shooting death of Rueben Galindo on September 6 is a confusing, contradictory case that resists easy explanation.
Where to Buy Pumpkins in Charlotte
Perhaps you'll even stumble upon The Great Big Pumpkin.
