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News & Opinion
Buddhist Monks’ Walk for Peace Continues Despite Tribulations
A group of Buddhist monks who are walking across the southeastern US to raise awareness for peace, kindness and compassion are projected to reach Charlotte today, Jan. 14, and pass through the city on Thursday. The walk has proven extremely popular with the public on social media, with the monks’…
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Arts & Culture
Gantt Center Hosts Mario Moore Exhibit on the Elusiveness of Homeownership
In his painting “Mortgage Burning,” Mario Moore captures an unusual and increasingly rare ceremony. Three Black women firmly hold a document that’s been set ablaze. The flames, licking the curling black edges of the paper, draw our eyes upward to reveal that it’s a mortgage being incinerated above a brass…
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News & Opinion
New Report Shows Promise for Violence Interruption on Beatties Ford
A new report published by UNC Charlotte’s Urban Institute Thursday shows promising results from the city’s first Alternatives to Violence program (ATV), which is believed to have played a role in the reduction of crime rates in the Beatties Ford Road corridor since its launch in 2021. The report provides some…
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Food & Drink
The Bitter Taste of Jeppson’s Malört Takes Root in Charlotte
“A burnt used condom.” “A grapefruit that’s been fermented in a diaper.” “Pencil shavings and regret.” “Licking a street.” “Licking an ashtray.” “Poison.” These are just a few of the descriptors used by people who have taken a shot of Jeppson’s Malört, a liqueur with a flavor profile that sounds…
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Arts & Culture
‘Small Vices’ Depicts a Dystopian Mental Health Epidemic
“In 2035, everything is going to continue to get worse and the national crisis there is just like a suicide epidemic because things are so bad.” Musician, digital marketing specialist and filmmaker Joshiah Blevins is not forecasting the future with this statement, though it seems plausible, but encapsulating the premise…
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Music
Dollar Signs Bids Farewell with Slate of Milestone Shows
Despite their veteran status in Charlotte, this year has still seen firsts for pop-rockers Dollar Signs. In April, the five-piece played its initial (and only) wedding. Things did not go smoothly. The band had set up, the guests were gathered for the show, Dylan Wachman plugged his bass in and…
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Arts & Culture
Black Charlotte Is a Poetic Love Letter to the City, Flaws Included
A 15-year-old girl strides purposefully through a jeering, screaming white mob. Despite the maelstrom of malice that surrounds her, her eyes are fixed on what’s ahead of her. Many have seen the photo of Dorothy Counts becoming the first Black student to integrate Harding High School in 1957, but Jah…
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Guides & Events
Last-Minute Guide to Halloween Events in Charlotte
It’s the spooky season, but you’re at a loss. You’ve got no kids to take trick-or-treating, or they’ve reached the age when dressing up in costumes and going door to door for a glucose fix is profoundly uncool. You could stay in and binge-watch horror movies until they all merge…
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News & Opinion
No Kings 2: Thousands Pack Uptown to Oppose Trump Administration
No Kings returned to Uptown on Saturday, drawing a crowd of more than 7,000 people to First Ward Park for a rally and march through Uptown. Like the inaugural No Kings event in the same park on June 14, which drew an estimated crowd of 5,000, No Kings 2 featured…
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Music
Heidi Sidelinker Draws on Personal Experience to Make Gravitational Music
Heidi Sidelinker was in her second year at Appalachian State University when she finally admitted that something was wrong. Though she loved living on her own away from home and had been succeeding in school, Sidelinker felt drawn to make music. So, she loaded her 12-string guitar and her 100-pound…
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News & Opinion
Pushback Grows as Data Centers Proliferate in Charlotte Metro
On Oct. 6, Clayton Sealey posted a picture from his popular CLT Development account on Twitter showing a nearly 2-acre plot in First Ward that’s home to the historic Court Arcade Building. His caption noted, “Every building in this picture, except the historic arcade building, quietly became a data center…
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Music
Mo’ Betta Thursdays’ Mix of Jazz Acts Enlivens Confluence 2025
Harvey Cummings II does not claim the annual Confluence music conference and artist showcase in Charlotte was his idea, but he did have some early input on the event when it was still in its preliminary stages that proved integral as Confluence enters its fourth year. An award-winning saxophonist, pianist…
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News & Opinion
The Religious Aviation Org Nonprofit That Launched a Community in Charlotte’s Backyard
When Charlotte musician-producer Te’Jani was a kid growing up in Union County he would walk to a nearby airstrip in the morning and watch planes take off bearing translators bound for South America, Africa and the South Pacific. There were no security gates or fences around the tarmac runway, allowing…
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Arts & Culture
Ten Movies To See at the Charlotte Film Festival
The 17th edition of the Charlotte Film Festival (CFF) kicks off on Tuesday, running for six days through Sunday, Sept. 28. The event kicks off with a premiere screening of Roofman at Carolina Theatre in Uptown, followed by a week of screenings at Independent Picture House (IPH). A celebration for…
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Music
Deore Explores BDSM Kink, Art and Authenticity Through Music
Delicate chamber pop meets cantering alternative folk in the opening bars of “Brat (Humor Me),” the breakthrough 2023 single by Charlotte singer-songwriter Marissa Butler, who creates and releases captivating, challenging music as Deore. On the tune, spare strummed guitar cradles hushed confessional vocals before Deore launches into a flirty, almost…
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LGBTQ
The Changing Faces of Charlotte’s Queer-Friendly Venues
When I moved to Plaza Midwood in 2004, the happening place in the neighborhood was The Penguin. You could get a good but greasy black bean burger with a side of fried pickles at the funky diner, and meet interesting people in the parking lot beneath the eatery’s iconic sign…
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