PHOTO BY LOGAN CYRUS (AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, GRAPHIC CONCEPTION/EXECUTION BY ANDY SMITH)MAYOR JENNIFER ROBERTS recently announced that she wants to hold a songwriting competition that focuses on Charlotte. In an email to City Council members, Roberts said this idea "fits well with with our desire to make Charlotte a Winning City, one that has a buzz about it, with shared…
COURTESYComedian-actor Colin Mochrie performers alongside fellow Second City members and the Charlotte Symphony this weekend.ORCHESTRAS AND IMPROV PERFORMERS collide with The Second City Guide to the Symphony. The world-famous sketch comedy group Second City is responsible for the careers of Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, and Colin Mochrie, who hosts the touring show's Charlotte appearance this weekend. The program is an…
hypnoticbrassensemble.comMONDAY JERALD MELBERG GALLERY Argentina-born painter Raul Diaz has a new exhibition, THROUGH MARCH 18, at the gallery. His mixed-media works offer dreamlike environments and studies in texture. TUESDAY CRIMES OF THE HEART This Southern Gothic dark comedy, a 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner, follows three sisters after one kills her husband and other drama ensues. Theatre Charlotte has entertained the…
Third annual event will feature 30 breweries and several local restaurants serving up burgers
He’s a young American man who defies explanation but doesn’t lack precedent.
CATCH LIGHT STUDIOSIT’S BEEN A SPECIAL YEAR for Charlotte arts. Theater fans rejoiced upon the news that Hamilton is coming. Anthony Hamilton, unrelated, went viral when he and pals serenaded a goat. And Charlotte artists at Pecha Kucha Night were some of the first to respond to the protests in September (and for the first time, the event went bilingual. There’s…
See why we chose our 2016 Class of Charlotteans of the Year.
The final session of this North Carolina General Assembly has arrived with a burning question: Do they have the nerve to work a court-packing scheme on the state Supreme Court?
On Tuesday, we saw two heads of law enforcement handling two situations in tellingly different ways.
Courtesy of Unknown BrewingUnknown Brewing’s first sour bottle release is Stupid Flanders, which will be available in the taproom Saturday at noonAs you get ready to start the weekend, here's a look at some of Charlotte's newest beers (and events), along with the first bottle release from Rock Hill's Legal Remedy Brewing: –To coincide with the annual Weihnachtsmarkt, Olde…
A day in the life of the husband-and-wife restaurant team that helped bring national attention to Charlotte’s restaurant scene— and had several more important accomplishments in their own house
CLTURECharlotte’s Well$ performs at the CLTure Music and Fashion Bazaar next month.CHARLOTTE ARTISANS, fashion vendors, and musicians converge at Plaza Midwood’s Snug Harbor on Dec. 10 for the CLTure Music and Fashion Bazaar. A mini-market, live art, food, and live music round out the event, with a lineup including Armada Skate Shop, records from Digger's Delight, Buffalo Exchange, Magnolia's Poboy's,…
Lies and deliberate misinformation are trading at record highs. It’s up to everyone not to buy.
Talking tech, pregame music and the good and bad of Twitter.
Annual sour festival will feature more than 40 breweries from across the country
THROUGH NOV. 4, OnQ Performing Arts hosts a self-described “Blackbuster Doubleheader” to kick off its 10th season of shows with two performances back-to-back: Day of Absence and Kiss My Black Angst. The theater group states its mission as being “dedicated to educating and producing classic, contemporary, and original performance works that reflect the Black experience.” The bill of this current…
Thursday’s rollout: a new community project, One Charlotte, conceived in response to the Keith Scott shooting and aftermath. How skeptical should we be?
In our September issue, we unveiled a redesigned Charlotte magazine, with a new look and new sections and the same great storytelling and photography you’ve come to expect from us. The process took nearly a year and countless hours of research and revision from our design team, led by art director Jane Fields. The reason we did it was simple:…
The latest on the investigation into Scott’s shooting after days of protests, unrest, and questions
Style moving from West Coast IPA to wheat ale
EARLIER THIS YEAR, McColl Center for Art + Innovation’s New Frequencies nabbed our Best of the Best Award for “New Arts Programming.” The series, founded by writer Jeff Jackson, musician Brent Bagwell, and filmmaker Ross Wilbanks, focuses on musicians, dancers and choreographers, filmmakers, and authors who push their respective forms forward. Or as our BOBs issue put it, with New Frequencies, “the…
The Panthers quarterback shrugs off a long offseason in a new Gatorade ad
Pastor Mark Burns has spent months stumping for Trump. CNN caught him lying about his background. His on-camera reaction is a thing of beauty.
20 reasons to love this season
