THE BEST THING about an antique is that it had an owner, maybe two or three, before you. Someone else held it, stored it, worked with it, dented it, molded it. When you purchase an antique you don’t just purchase…
Where people from all over the world go to immerse themselves in the music of the mountains
In Bishopville, South Carolina, one man’s plant project has inspired people for three decades
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Charlotte tears down a neighborhood and disperses its people, a young lawyer fights for civil rights, and the buses roll
Auctioning off old times at a Plaza Midwood landmark
The online station shares good tunes with friends
A frustrated resident of northern Charlotte speaks out
From Chiquita to charter schools to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, 2015 is off to a turbulent start. Here are some of the highlights.
WHY IS everyone sneezing this time of year? Will a spoonful of honey help? And how do you keep from tracking a trail of pollen into your home? Dr. Maya Jerath, director of the UNC Allergy and Immunology Clinic, and Dr.…
Remembering Davidson's Steph Curry before he was the most popular basketball player in the world
A portrait of a reeling college town in its most difficult week
And other stories of note about the legendary coach
BRENDAN MCNEIRNEY wants to beat you in horseshoes. He wants to beat you in soccer. And he’ll even settle for beating you in beer pong. █ This article appeared in Charlotte magazine’s Health, our new supplement focused on health, fitness, and wellness. Want to…
The F3 craze started here with 35 men. Four years later, thousands of participants in multiple states meet for predawn workouts designed to build better men
At Carolinas Medical Center, a new limb-lengthening program brings innovative surgical care to the Charlotte region
From the executive editor
Why it's actually a good sign that kids are responding to even the most inane tweet.
Jimmie Johnson works out every morning. He drives his daughter to preschool. He says the right things and drives the right way and makes friends wherever he goes. In the rowdy world of NASCAR, he’s the sport’s most consistent winner, year after year. This is not an accident
How a vital road can turn to the Dark Side so quickly.
Grounded Cheryl Stearns was on a mission to collect her 20,000th skydive, until things down on earth got complicated By MICHAEL GRAFF Photographs by LOGAN CYRUS On November 12, 2014, a warm Wednesday with one of those storybook Carolina blue…
A battle over Sunday blue laws yields to a much larger war after news reaches Charlotte that Pearl Harbor’s been bombed. But when that’s over and the soldiers return home, racial tensions rise and a new, controversial expressway cuts through east Charlotte
What do an Ebola survivor, a tuba player, and an aging runner have in common? A reason for doing what they do
The best coach you've never heard of is building an Olympic dynasty in Charlotte
Can we ever finish every little task, and should we even try
THE SPOKE EASY is a customized bike shop that offers the reward of a good brew after a hard workout. The do-everything store on Elizabeth Avenue relocated from South End in November. It now offers a group bike ride on…
Charlotte’s reaction to last February’s snowstorm: panic and dog parkas
News, gossip, and other buzzworthy bits
A local photographer finds beauty in unexpected places
