The First Fruits of North Carolina's Glorious Voter ID Law
Saw this coming, didn't we?
On Tuesday, the first election with North Carolina’s new voter ID law in place, things got a little messy.
Opinion: ‘Confessions of a Republican’ and the Anatomy of a Fraud That Wasn’t
The 1964 campaign ad that went viral this week—and, unexpectedly, opened a Matrix door
You might have run across an old campaign ad this week. Was it real or a hoax, and why are we having such trouble telling the difference anymore?
Children’s Theatre of Charlotte Stages Story About Homelessness
CHILDREN’S THEATRE OF CHARLOTTEChildren’s Theatre of Charlotte’s newest production kicks off this weekend.HOW DOES homelessness affect children? It's an important question in the least upwardly mobile city in the U.S. This week, one local theatre company tackles it with a play geared toward kids. Children’s Theatre of Charlotte’s production of Danny, King of the Basement starts Friday (March 11). When asked for a short synopsis of…
The 'Imminent Threat' to Charlotte's LGBT Protections
A special session to undo Charlotte's new ordinance looms—opportunistic, cynical, hypocritical, political, inevitable
The General Assembly prepares to call a special session specifically to overturn a revision to a Charlotte ordinance.
New Frequencies Brings Rarely Seen Japanese Dance Form to McColl Center
COURTESYFOR THE McColl Center for Art + Innovation, the New Frequencies program brings adventurous jazz from across the world, regional film premieres, and literary readings into its first-floor gallery. These are new concepts for the uptown space. And on Friday and Saturday, visitors are offered something that’s not just new for the venue, but novel to the entire region: It’s…
Now in its seventh year, Brawley’s Black & Blue better than ever
Sold-out festival this Saturday at Visulite Theatre
Spring Arts Preview 2016
20 events you shouldn't miss this season
20 events you shouldn’t miss this season
Opinion: Trump's S.C. Win: A Theory
The [America] will rise again
Donald Trump’s victory in the South Carolina primary isn’t the puzzler you might think it is.
John Oliver on Voter ID: 'Why Are We Doing This?'
The 'Last Week Tonight' host tackles the real voter fraud
‘In terms of pointless crimes, it’s right up there with forging a Bed Bath & Beyond coupon.’
Every Super Bowl Bet Between Charlotte and Denver Ever
THE FRIENDLY Super Bowl bet between cities is a tradition that inspires the weirdest and hokiest challenges imaginable. When Ed Rendell was governor of Pennsylvania, he had to sing the national anthem at a Boston Celtics game against the Philadelphia 76ers when the Patriots beat the Eagles in Super Bowl XXXIX. (And he was wearing a Patriots jersey as his…
Petey Pablo Releases Panthers Anthem (Plus: 3 More Tunes Worth a Listen)
WHEN YOUR fanbase grows and rallies around you ahead of the big game, support can come in the form of song. Even Petey Pablo, a North Carolina institution, has appeared with a Carolina Panthers anthem. Check out "Carolina Colors" and three other recent Panthers-themed tracks below. Which one's your favorite? We're undecided. (Warning: Some of these are NSFW.) Now, if you're keeping score, this first one is…
5 Commercials That Are So Charlotte
Remember when your television required “rabbit ears” and weatherman Larry Sprinkle advertised a toilet bowl cleaner? Here’s what you may have missed, or what you’ll never forget, from the days when local ads were a part of the city’s entertainment
Remember when your television required “rabbit ears” and weatherman Larry Sprinkle advertised a toilet bowl cleaner? Here’s what you may have missed, or what you’ll never forget, from the days when local ads were a part of the city’s entertainment
Opinion: An Open Letter To the People Writing Open Letters To Cam Newton and People Who Write Open Letters Back To the People Who Wrote the First Open Letters
Please stop. All of you.
Because open letters suck, including mine.
Opinion: Elegy for an Uptown Shoebox
Old newspaper buildings are fading away. That's not necessarily a bad thing
The Charlotte Observer appears ready to leave its 45-year-old headquarters for space in the NASCAR Plaza tower—which is sad, kind of, but overdue.
SONG PREMIERE: Russell Howard US Reimagines Sia's 'Chandelier'
GOOD CHILD MUSICON NEW YEAR'S DAY, Charlotte-based singer-songwriter Russell Howard US is premiering a new track here on Charlottemagazine.com. The tune is a cover of SIA’s “Chandelier,” a stand-out from the Australian singer’s 2014 album 1000 Forms of Fear. Howard says that once he set out to record the electropop song, it took on a life of its own. “I went…
4 Recent Concert Announcements You May Have Missed
THE HOLIDAY SEASON can be a busy time for all of us. And when we’re so focused on Dec. 25, it’s easy to look past notices about events we’ll not want to miss in the spring. Here are four concerts featuring acts from four varying genres. All have people excited. 1. Josh Ritter at HousingFest at the Fillmore (May 28)…
Thomas Davis Defending Dreams Thanksgiving Dinner
See why the Carolina Panthers linebacker is the reigning NFL Man of the Year.
The Audacity of Reality
Ta-Nehisi Coates at Davidson College: No sugar-coating of America and race
At his Davidson College speech and in his writing, Ta-Nehisi Coates urges us to drop the delusion on race in America.
Opinion: SCHOLICIDE!
Or, CMS 'takes back' a school building it owns
CMS’ decision to use a school building it had leased to a charter school got charter advocates and headline writers riled up.
Matt Olin: Waking Up to CreativeMornings
COURTESYCOURTESY MATT OLIN grew up here. But the 42-year-old isn’t what you’d call a lifelong Charlottean. “Almost,” Olin says, with a laugh. “I’m not a true rare panda bear sighting.” But in the creative sense, Olin has lived multiple lives in Charlotte. He served as managing director and producer at the now-defunct Charlotte Repertory Theatre in the early 2000s. He…
Weekday Arts Events (Nov. 2-5)
Allan AmatoBen Folds returns this week. This time, he’s accompanied by yMusic.MONDAY LIBERTY WALK Fifteen sites uptown are represented in the Liberty Walk, an interactive tour of bronze markers telling the early history of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Pick up a brochure at the Visitor’s Information Center at 330 S. Tryon St., or just start in front of the Wells…
But She Hit Him …
The fig leaf Ben Fields' apologists are clinging to
“Move along. Nothing to see here.”
