Note: Starting today, on most Fridays, I'll be turning Trade & Tryon over to the inimitable Jeremy Markovich for his installment of This Week in Charlotte Inanity. Perhaps you’ve heard of Tommy Jordan and his daughter. They’re from Albemarle.…
The DNC will bring more people than Charlotte has hotel rooms—and rumors are flying about where they’ll all stay
Each month leading up to next September’s Democratic National Convention, writer Jeremy Markovich profiles one aspect of Charlotte that needs fixing up. This month:
Some Charlotte buses now have a fancy gizmo that allows them to change red lights to green lights on the busiest routes
One local sensei is promoting karate to combat bullies, but is that wise?
Carol Quillen is both. She’s also Davidson’s first female president and the first non-Davidson alum to hold the office since 1957. The college she takes over has a budding national reputation, but it remains curiously apart from Charlotte. She aims to grow the former and fix the latter
It’s the time of year when talented skiers hit the slopes. Occasionally, I’m out there too
Angela Benton, a former Charlotte dot-com entrepreneur turned Silicon Valley exec, is introducing minorities to the world of tech startups
Are Mecklenburg County Republicans really an endangered species?
Warning: our Spring Arts Preview may induce the best kind of déjà vu
Application season is here, and with that in mind we have com- piled a comprehensive, detailed guide to most of the area private schools
When someone buys a block of wood thinking it's an iPad and someone else shoots himself in the leg on a date, you know it's been a good year for stupid
Uptown health club encourages us to sleep it off
A new procedure allows women to preserve their fertility for years, and two Charlotte doctors are leading the way
In 2004 Cassie Parsons started selling pork from her ten-acre Grateful Growers Farm to high-end Charlotte restaurants, many of which had never before carried locally raised meat. In 2009 she brought the city its first upscale food truck and kick-started…
From French fare to Southern comfort, steaks to Thai, inventive to classic, these are Charlotte's best restaurants
Firefighters rarely get to do what they really want to do-fight fires. For most of us, this is not a bad thing. But for the men at Charlotte's Station 15, the busiest firehouse in the city, it presents The Paradox
Inside Levine Children’s Hospital is a small room with a tear-stained floor, an altar, and a bowl of smooth stones. The interfaith chapel is a respite amid the sickness, a side of the hospital that few people know
Winter vacation in Canada? Dining, shopping, skiing, and plenty of places to warm up make this a great idea
We’ve got the DNC. They have the RNC. So how do the cities stack up?
Let's get the Westin in tip top shape
The holidays bring joy, cheer, and the occasional cover-up scheme
A local couple launches a magazine by and about the homeless
Despite the economy, there's still hope
An impulsive choice that turned out to be stressful, expensive, and one of the best things ever
Local experts offer tips for being the host with the most
Find out where your favorite local TV or radio personality is now
It's hard to know how all this is going to shake out, but as a great philosopher once crooned, "There's something happening here..." We're all aware that Bank of America has become a punching bag, political and otherwise. Last week…
