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Arts & Culture
‘Ghosting Stories’ Tells a New Kind of Spooky Tale This Halloween
An Instagram story plays Dead Man’s Bones’ “My Body’s a Zombie for You” over a Nickelodeon-esque logo. Reminiscent of both Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, the white bubble text reading “Aaaah! Real Ghosting Stories” bleeds into shots of Taylor Lee Nicholson eating Halloween candy, nervously…
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Arts & Culture
‘Among Mountain Crags’ Depicts Beauty and Horror in Appalachia
The scene is quiet, save for the lilting instrumental music swaying in the background. An aerial shot pans the Appalachian Mountains, just above the clouds. A creek reflects the sky overhead and a tree canopy comes into view. Shots of beauty, ambiance and peace set the tone in the artistic…
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Food Features
Chef Alyssa’s Kitchen Adapts with Virtual Classes and Delivery
We are months (maybe years?) into the Charlotte shutdown. Parking lots are empty, I-77 has become a dream to drive on, and the airplanes flying overhead have dwindled down to next to nothing. For Alyssa and Andrew Wilen, the parking lot they share with Brewers at 4001 Yancey is occupied…
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Columns
These Thoughts Are Coming From Inside the House
This morning I laid in bed, tossing and turning as the sun slowly seeped in, fighting my hour-long battle with the snooze button because why the hell get up so early? Groggily as I sat up and wandered into the kitchen to start the coffee, my mind picked up where…
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Food & Drink
Mike McSherry Went West and Settled at Station
In the town of Belmont, just one county over and about eight minutes west from the edge of the city on I-85, a quaint Main Street is lined with businesses, restaurants and a park with a fountain. Named one of the “Coolest Suburbs in America” by Apartment Therapy last summer,…
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News & Opinion
Speak Up Magazine Provides Platform for Charlotte’s Homeless
Walking into Earl’s Grocery on my way to pick up the best vegan brownie in town and do some writing of my own, I come across Ruth. She and I haven’t met, but even from a distance, I know what she’s there for. As Ruth stands behind a folding table,…
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Food & Drink
Mike Clayton Bounces from Crafts to Comet Grill
Just outside Dilworth’s residential neighborhood, where million-dollar homes line perfectly manicured streets, lies a shopping plaza symptomatic of Charlotte’s current expansion. On one side sits a two-story brick building just a few years old, housing an artisan pizza restaurant, craft coffee and cocktail bar, juice bar and yoga studio. On…
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News & Opinion
An Honest Talk About Gender Identity and Motherhood
[Editor’s Note: The following interview was done with the full knowledge and support of Tina Barker, and we thank her.] Before having kids, you know everything you will and won’t do. “Oh, my kid will for sure eat a well-balanced diet,” or, as you side-eye the screaming indignant toddler, “My…
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Food & Drink
Dustin Lail Keeps Tradition Alive at Crepe Cellar
For over a decade, the cozy Crepe Cellar has remained a neighborhood fixture with a reputation for quality and a dining experience not found anywhere else in NoDa. Colleen Hughes, one of Charlotte’s best-known mixologists, helped put Crepe Cellar’s cocktail list on the map, herself becoming synonymous with the bar…
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Music
CLT Loft Sessions Prioritizes Intimacy, Inclusivity for Local Music Fans
True friendship can bloom in the least suspecting of places. The seed can be planted in line at the cafe, when you’re stopping in for your morning coffee. That passing conversation that lays the foundation for friendship could happen in a parking lot, where instead of getting in your car…
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Food & Drink
Yoshi Mejia Spills About her Experience as a Charlotte Bartender
After circling the block on foot, showing my complete ineptitude in navigating Charlotte’s Uptown, I finally began following my gut as opposed to my GPS and landed at the obtrusive wooden doors of Loft & Cellar. Sitting at the end of a long bar lined with a uniform row of…
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News & Opinion
OPINION: Kids Aren’t Assholes
I recently went to a meeting with a friend, and because it was around noon and I was tired of dropping my daughter off at the YMCA and wanted to spend time together, I brought her with me. I told her that we could go for a walk after the…
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Food & Drink
‘OG’ NoDa Brewing Location Brings Back Barrel-Aged Memories
I remember when I first heard a brewery was coming to our neighborhood. A couple — newer to the neighborhood like myself — relayed the news with excitement as we sat at the Villa Heights Community Organization (VHCO) meeting inside McCreesh Place. I smiled and looked around awkwardly, having no…
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