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News & Opinion
5 Things to Know: Community Comes Together to Support Wade Family, Wooden Robot
Community Comes Together to Support Wade Family, Wooden Robot Friends, colleagues and admirers of Wooden Robot Brewery co-founder Dan Wade, tragically killed in a fall at the establishment’s South End location on Tuesday, have come together to support his family and business in a time of loss. After a post…
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Arts & Culture
Gantt Center Set to Kick-Off Five Months of Literacy Festivities
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture recently announced that it will launch its National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read program, a five-month series of free events designed to inform, engage and promote literacy within the Charlotte area. The Gantt Center will host the Big Read…
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Music
Terrance Simien Shares Charlotte Love Story Before Queens Show
As an eighth-generation Louisiana Creole and resident of Lafayette, Louisiana since marrying his wife Cynthia in 1990, Terrance Simien is under no illusions about where his home is. But the two-time Grammy Award-winning musician does carry a special place in his heart for Charlotte, where he’s scheduled to play a…
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Arts & Culture
Charity Tournament to Honor Former Super Abari Pinball Director
Kevin Shanus was a man whose passion for pinball went beyond flipper and plunger, bright lights and clattering steel. Shanus, who lived in Concord and had served as pinball director at Super Abari Game Bar in Charlotte as well as North Carolina state pinball representative for the International Flipper Pinball…
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News & Opinion
5 Things to Know: Union County Votes to Remove Fluoride from Water
Union County Votes to Remove Fluoride from Water The Union County Board of Commissioners (UCBoC) voted 3-2 on Monday to move forward with removing fluoride from a portion of the county’s drinking water. The fluoridation of public water, which helps keep residents’ teeth clean while preventing decay, is one of…
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News & Opinion
5 Things to Know: Deer Culling Begins in Tega Cay
Deer Culling Begins in Tega Cay Tega Cay City Council on Monday doubled the number of deer that government sharpshooters will be allowed to kill as a way of reducing the risk to human health and safety and property damage caused by white-tailed deer. In October 2023, SC Department of…
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Arts & Culture
Blumenthal Announces Fund to Bridge Disparities in Arts Education
Blumenthal Arts, one of Charlotte largest cultural, entertainment and education arts organizations, announced this month that it has already raised $225,000 for its newly launched Blumey Inspire Fund, an initiative that will increase access to high-quality arts education for underserved high school students in Charlotte. The announcement was made at…
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News & Opinion
5 Things to Know: CMS Addresses Gun Violence Against Students
CMS Addresses Impact of Gun Violence Against Students Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools put out a press release Wednesday responding to the news that yet another student had fallen to gun violence this week. Daikwan Jedarren Deese, a 17-year-old Garinger High School student, was pronounced dead at the scene of a shooting off…
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Food & Drink
Charleston-Based Taco Boy Set to Open First Charlotte Location
Charleston-based restaurant Taco Boy announced Wednesday it will open its first Charlotte location on Jan. 30, offering the Mexican-inspired cuisine, craft cocktails and agua frescas that have made it popular in cities around the Carolinas like Folly Beach and Asheville. A woman-owned restaurant, Taco Boy was founded in 2006 by…
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Food & Drink
Charlotte StrEATs Festival Returns to Gateway Village This Spring
Organizers on Thursday announced that Charlotte StrEATs Festival will return this April as part of Charlotte SHOUT!, adding a new regional wine and cuisine event that will precede the festival at Johnson & Wales University. StrEATs Uncorked, scheduled for April 3, will focus on four regions of North Carolina known…
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News & Opinion
Atrium Health Increases Minimum Wage for Hourly Employees
Atrium Health increased the hourly minimum wage for all of employees in Charlotte and Winston-Salem over the weekend, transitioning to $17.50 per hour on Jan. 14, raising wages for 31,700 hourly workers including nursing aides, medical assistants, pharmacy technicians and environmental services technicians. Up from where it stood at $16.50…
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Food & Drink
Bulldog Taproom & Social Club Opens New Location at Winston
Bulldog Taproom & Social announced Friday that it will open its newest location in Wilmore’s Shops at the Winston on Saturday, Jan. 13, a replacement for the original Winnifred Street location that closed in September 2023. This move was made in hopes of offering a bigger, brighter and better experience…
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