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Holiday Gift Guide to Shopping Local in Charlotte 2022
What better way to spread holiday cheer than picking out unique gifts for all of your cherished loved ones — and all from local small businesses? Lucky for you, we’ve found a Charlotte-based place to shop for everyone on your list. Log out of Amazon, remove the big box store…
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Creatives Call Out Whitewater Center for Dropping Meredith Connelly from Holiday Project
In 2019, Meredith Connelly’s LIGHTS installation became part of the U.S. National Whitewater Center’s (USNWC) winter programming lineup, and walking through this half-mile trail of illuminated art after a spin around the ice skating rink quickly became an annual tradition for many. The Whitewater Center received praise for supporting local…
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‘Peach Pie’ Raises Discussion of Feminine Southern Identity
What better way to transition from spring to summer than with a big piece of peach pie? Local curators Grace Stott and Melody Rood will open Peach Pie, the third installation of their Pie series of visual art exhibitions, at Goodyear Arts on June 7. Each of the shows…
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House of Purge Gets it All Out
“Are you sure you want to get out here?” my Uber driver inquired as we arrived at House of Purge. He was hesitant to drop me off in a poorly lit industrial warehouse area anchored by a junkard and multiple massage parlors. I assured him that this was where…
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