Charlotte Already Has a Song, Mayor Roberts. And It's Majestic

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…

Q&A: Comedian Colin Mochrie Talks The Second City Guide to the Symphony

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…

Weekday Arts Events (Jan. 23-26)

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…

Top 10 Moments in Charlotte Arts: 2016

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…

Opinion: The Last Session

The moment of post-truth: Will the legislature pack the Supreme Court?

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?

Opinion: A Tale of Two Chiefs

One’s trying to close the breach. The other? ‘Tough. I don’t care.’

On Tuesday, we saw two heads of law enforcement handling two situations in tellingly different ways.

Checking out latest releases from Olde Mecklenburg, Unknown, Blue Blaze and Legal Remedy

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…

Charlotteans of the Year 2016: The Kindreds

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

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

CLTure Music and Fashion Bazaar Brings Vendors, Well$ to Snug Harbor

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,…

5 Things to Know: OnQ's Day of Absence/Kiss My Black Angst

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…

Charlotte Magazine Gets a Redesign *VIDEO

See video on the story of Charlotte magazine's redesign.

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:…

Guide: New Frequencies' Fall Season at McColl Center

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…

Cam Newton is Ready

The Panthers quarterback shrugs off a long offseason in a new Gatorade ad

The Panthers quarterback shrugs off a long offseason in a new Gatorade ad

Mark Burns, Fraud

S.C. pastor and Trump surrogate gets caught lying about résumé

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.