IN THE 11TH EPISODE of the podcast, we talk to Snug Harbor co-owner Jason Michel and CLTure's Cameron Lee about the present and the future of the Charlotte music scene. From venue closures to music festivals, this frank talk touches…
HE WAS 5-FOOT-5 and wore giant rings on eight fingers, championship rings with blue stones in the middle. His hands sounded like wind chimes when he passed out stat sheets during the big tournament in the big arena each February. He…
THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOL BOARD called a swift meeting on December 7 to announce the hiring of Clayton Wilcox as the next superintendent of the 18th-largest school district in the country. Unlike in previous superintendent searches, the board didn’t bring a…
N.C. Sen. Dan Bishop was unnerved enough by Pat McCrory's encounter with chanting protestors in Washington to propose criminalizing the chanting. Who’s the snowflake now?
The new administration’s stated policy toward the 'anti-police atmosphere': 'end it.'
It's the public that will have to fight for the public domain.
HB2 repeal isn’t a dead issue, says Governor Roy Cooper. But is it too little, too late?
The Charlotte City Council and Mecklenburg County commissioners have some leverage on an MLS proposal that they wouldn't have with the NFL and NBA. They should use it.
Clayton Wilcox thought he and his wife might end up in Charlotte one day, if only as retirees following their grown children, who work in the finance and tech industries. “The crazy thing is their mom and dad beat ’em…
He’s a young American man who defies explanation but doesn’t lack precedent.
In the first episode of 2017, we talk to Chef Nicholas Tarnate of Aix en Provence and restaurateur Frank Scibelli (Midwood Smokehouse, Yafo Kitchen) about starting a new restaurant in 2017, with all of today's challenges and advantages. Bonus: Scibelli…
HB2 was, in part, a pilot project for the country. On Thursday, Virginia and Texas proposed their own bathroom bills.
Former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx says he’ll work on closing the gap between cities and country once he leaves Washington.
No, we’re not quite Cuba or Sierra Leone—yet. That doesn’t mean warnings about compromised democracy should be dismissed as silly.
A casual Charlotte fan’s view of the Belk Bowl that kept us all on our toes
DON'T turn on "House Hunters" around him.
Final election numbers reveal that Lake Norman-area opposition to the I-77 toll lanes project, more than House Bill 2, cost Pat McCrory a second term as North Carolina’s governor.
BELOW, REVISIT the best feature stories and essays from Charlotte magazine and www.charlottemagazine.com in 2016, as chosen by our editors. These are stories that, whether you're reading them again or discovering them for the first time, will have you hanging on…
We stayed out too late and put hydration treatment to the test
As La Noticia approaches its 20th anniversary in April, its publisher reflects on where she’s been and the future of Charlotte’s Latino population
A Tim McGraw concert and team-specific bars? Yes, please.
IN THIS EPISODE, we talk to Charlotteans like Children's Theatre of Charlotte's Allison Rhinehardt and Keith Cradle about their holiday traditions, along with our own. #DiscussCLT Podcast, powered by OrthoCarolina, is a production of Charlotte Magazine. Find the episode on your iPhone’s…
Finally, an explanation for his #svuckafree hashtag.
Between Charlotte capitulation on House Bill 2 and legislative failure and recrimination, North Carolina was an even uglier place Wednesday than last week—and that’s saying something.
Going back to when the city passed liquor-by-the-drink in 1978, Charlotte has sped away from the communities that surround it. In 2016, though, the great urban-rural divide dominated the national conversation. Charlotte lost business, control of its destiny, and a sense of self, in part because of how quickly and thoroughly it had gone forward. Can—and should—it go back?
And finding perspective on 2016 in lessons from the past
Chef pushes stars from Kelvin Benjamin to LeBron James to eat better at home, and perform better on the field
Our annual showcase of things that happened in Charlotte, or around Charlotte, or to Charlotte people, that made us use that straight-faced emoji thing
