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Arts & Culture
Charlotte Museum of History Pays Homage to Fallen Music Venues
The names of now-closed music venues still burn bright on the marquee of Charlotte’s collective memory, and Ian Pasquini is ensuring that they never fade away. In an exhibit opening June 15 at the Charlotte Museum of History called Unforgettable Music Venues of Charlotte, Pasquini has curated a collection of artifacts…
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Arts & Culture
Creepy Black-and-White Photo Series Implements Development Tricks
For Carol Golemboski, antique objects hold a certain mystique, as they have a secret history only known to those who once possessed them. Each history is a titillating tale that Golemboski tries to capture in her photographs. She scopes out estate sales, searching for intriguing artifacts to take to abandoned…
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Music
Nontraditional Music Venues Fill a Void in Charlotte
If one thing has become apparent in recent years, Charlotte is blessed with a thriving music scene. While some venues have fallen (Tremont Music Hall, Chop Shop, Double Door Inn) or downsized (Amos’ Southend) in recent years, other venues have newly opened (Skylark Social Club) or continued offering quality acts…
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News & Opinion
Carolina Breast Friends Invites Cancer Survivors Over the Edge
Throughout the year, Carolina Breast Friends throws two major fundraisers to fuel their efforts for cancer survivor support and programming: Pink Boots Ball and Dancing With The Stars of Charlotte used to be the two main events on the nonprofit’s calendar. While Pink Boots Ball and Dancing With The Stars…
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News & Opinion
CLT Esports Continues Grassroots Growth, Eyes 2020 Convention
It was only about eight months ago that I met Josh Richardson and his team at Command Post Gaming in Pineville. At that point, the idea of transforming Charlotte’s infrastructure to support an esports league was just planted — hadn’t even sprouted — but Richardson had big plans to grow…
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News & Opinion
Local Orgs Connect Charlotte Families with Affordable Summer Programs
Nine months out of the year, parents can be pretty certain as to where their children are during the day: in school, one would hope. But what happens during the summer when schools are closed and those after-school programs working parents rely on are no longer in session? Do you…
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News & Opinion
The Scanner: Fifty-Four Bottles of Beer Out the Door
NEED A HAND A Circle K cashier in south Charlotte tried to not get bamboozled by a suspect, but failed anyway. Late last week, a suspect entered the gas station and hung around until one of the two cashiers left the register, then made their move. The suspect went to…
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News & Opinion
WFAE PodQuest Winners Get Ready to ‘Work It’
“Work, work, work, work, work,” Rihanna once famously sang. That’s the idea behind the podcast that won the Queen City PodQuest, a months-long search for Charlotte’s next great podcast held by WFAE. Work It, created by Kevin Young, Jill Bjers and Stephanie Hale, focuses on its subjects’ professional lives and…
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Arts & Culture
Charlotte Ballet Scholarship Program Celebrates 10 Years
In light of Donald Trump’s disturbing call for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts in his administration’s proposed 2020 budget, it’s comforting to know there are still organizations — especially in Charlotte — that believe in accessibility to arts and humanities. Charlotte Ballet is one of these…
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Food & Drink
Oak Steakhouse Supports Carolina Farms With New Seasonal Menu
Nowadays, it’s a pretty prevalent opinion that local is better. Especially in these times, as food insecurity increases and food ecosystems are becoming weaker and we move toward mass production and lab-grown crops from distribution centers far away, it’s comforting to know your food was was farmed in your home…
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Food & Drink
Charlotte Homebrewers Cultivate Their Craft in the Kitchen
Water, hops, malt and yeast. It’s a simple enough recipe when viewed from a broad lens: Boil some water and malt, add some hops at the end and mix in some yeast. Let it sit for a couple weeks and then, bam, you’ve got beer. In reality, it’s a little…
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Food & Drink
Advent Coworking and Catawba Brewing Team Up for ‘Colla-beer-ation’
Coworking spaces have been known to offer beer on tap for their tenants as a perk, but Advent Coworking took it a step further when they partnered with neighbors at Catawba Brewing Company to craft their own beer over the last month. Many people may not think that brewing beer…
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News & Opinion
Blackstone Hosts Women-Only Firearm Instruction Events
Shooting guns and drinking is no longer just for the boys. At Blackstone Shooting Sports, women can sign up for Shoot Then Sip, a firearms class and social activity that brings women together in the name of shooting rounds. The monthly Shoot Then Sip started about a year ago and…
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News & Opinion
Photographer Shoots Pet Portraits to Raise Money For Local Shelter
“Just sit still,” I say to my cat every time she rolls around on the carpet making chirping noises and being cute. No matter how many pictures I take, it’s almost never comes out right. If this is a recurring (first-world) problem in your life when all you want is…
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News & Opinion
Mom-and-Pop Head Shop Infinity’s End Turns 50 on 4/20
A lot has happened in the half-century that family-owned and -operated bohemian staple Infinity’s End has been serving Charlotte’s counterculture. From moving locations to keep up with Charlotte’s ever-changing tides to dodging an overzealous driver who crashed through the South Boulevard location’s storefront in July 2018, the Pietras family —…
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News & Opinion
Environmental Report Shows Mecklenburg County Barely Meets Air Quality Standards
As Ice Cube famously recalled, “Today was a good day.” Those days are getting fewer and further between when it comes to air quality, according to Mecklenburg County’s recently published 2018 State of the Environment report. In rating daily air quality during the fiscal year 2018, the report shows…
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