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Arts+ Set To Move to Plaza Midwood After Years-Long Search
After a years-long search for a new home, local nonprofit arts education organization Arts+ is in talks to lead the…
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A Guide to Celebrating Charlotte Black Pride Week 2023
Charlotte Black Pride has come a long way since holding its first Pride Week in 2005 to celebrate and recognize…
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Guns Seized, Arrests Made After Chaos During Uptown Charlotte Fireworks
Four guns were seized and over a dozen juveniles arrested following a large brawl that broke out Tuesday night during…
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Nourish Founder Julia Simon Sells Vegan Meal Delivery Service
It’s one thing to believe in the philosophy that wholesome food is better for our bodies and our planet and…
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Mecklenburg County Passes $2.3B Budget, Raises Property Tax for FY2024
The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners approved its $2.3 billion budget on Tuesday for Fiscal Year 2024, which begins July…
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Local Illustrator Explores What Makes a Hero in Debut Comic Book
As a kid, Batman was everything to Frank Antonio. He would spend hours at a time glued to the TV…
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Neighbors at Odds Over Push for Elizabeth Historic District Status
A few blocks southeast of Uptown’s skyscrapers, in the area surrounding Independence Park and further down East 7th Street, sits…
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The Women Behind the Beer at Birdsong Brewing
For more than a century, beer has been overwhelmingly thought of as a masculine product — made by men and…
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VIVA Chicken Celebrates a Decade of Growth
At 11 a.m. on Feb. 20, 2013, VIVA Chicken opened its doors to its very first customer on Elizabeth Avenue…
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Vacant Elizabeth Properties Demolished Ahead of Mixed-Use Plan
A slew of long-vacant buildings on East 7th Street in Charlotte’s Elizabeth neighborhood were turned into piles of rubble last…
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Every Stave Has a Story at Oaklore Distilling Co. in Matthews
“How do you start a distillery?” Had Matthews neighbors Matt Simpkins and Thomas Bogan been asked that question five years…
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Mecklenburg County Approves $99M in Second Round of ARPA Funds
The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday agreed to pay out $99.4 million in pandemic relief money from the…
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Fashion Designer and Performer Brandon Hilton Steps into the Limelight
“You can ask me anything,” Brandon Hilton tells me over the phone. “Nothing is off limits and nothing’s gonna offend…
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Living The Zero-Waste Lifestyle in Charlotte
Editor’s Note: The following is part two in a two-part series about how our habits impact our current waste management…
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