Pat Moran
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May- 2020 -26 MayArts Features
Goodyear Arts Steps on the Gas with Drive-Thru ‘Joyride’ Event
From the 1946 R&B tune “Get Your Kicks on Route 66” to the Fast & Furious film franchise of today,…
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20 MayNews & Opinion
Local Business Owners Make Tough Decisions As County Reopens
If there’s one essential message that came out of the virtual May 11 meeting of the COVID-19 Business Leaders Roundtable,…
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12 MayArts & Culture
‘Heir of the Witch’ Draws on Filmmaker’s Family History
Horror was not a first choice for Victoria Ungureanu Moore. Beyond that, she certainly didn’t plan on crafting a tale…
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11 MayMusic Features
Quarantine Sessions Show Four Finger Records’ Ability to Adapt
You could say Leonardo Solis has been preparing to make music under quarantine his whole life. He’s spent more than…
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7 MayFeature Stories
Animal Rescues in Charlotte See New Gaps in the System
For Lori Konawalik, it was a day of success and sadness. Konawalik is the owner of Mac Tabby Cat Café,…
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Apr- 2020 -23 AprilArts & Culture
Street Artist Owl Shifts from Prestigious Museum to Home Studio
Owl is used to uncertainty. In March, the Colombian-born Charlotte artist learned that Classic Black, a conjoined sculpture and mural…
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20 AprilFeature Stories
Community College Instructors Worry for Students as Classes Transition
The world has shut down, but class is still in session. That’s the message conveyed by the region’s community colleges,…
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14 AprilMusic
Old Moons Debut Album Online While Nothing Grows Outside
It’s the fever dream soundtrack for our times: Children sleep fitfully and clocks spin rapidly in reverse as sinuous bass…
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Mar- 2020 -30 MarchArts & Culture
Charlotte’s Arts Community Weathers Pandemic Amid Funding Struggles
For many Charlotteans, COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, went from abstraction to stark reality on March 17,…
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13 MarchArts & Culture
Trio Premieres Hip-Hop Fairy Tale with Children’s Theatre
The enthusiastic crowd of school children erupts in waves of handclaps while several kids start bouncing in their seats, as…
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Feb- 2020 -28 FebruaryArts & Culture
Georgie Nakima Connects People, Places and Plants
It’s not always about choosing one side of the brain or the other. The two can go hand-in-hand, as can…
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14 FebruaryArts & Culture
PDA Art Exhibit Explores How We Show Affection
Julio Gonzalez was traveling in Mexico when he spied a couple huddled across the plaza in which he stood. They…
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7 FebruaryMic Check
Phil Pucci and Pullover Go Sunny Side Up on ‘Forever’
Phil Pucci is a happy guy, but that hasn’t always been the case. The former front man and guitarist for…
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5 FebruaryArts & Culture
Charlotte Native Romare Bearden Depicted Black as Beautiful
It was with Romare Bearden’s painting “Brass Section” that Patrick Diamond took the plunge. Diamond and his wife Judy are…
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Jan- 2020 -20 JanuaryMusic
Phil Lomac Reunites Regional Veterans of the Scene
As a teenager in Cold War-era Germany, Phil Lomac witnessed the Berlin Wall come crashing down. That may be why…
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2 JanuaryArtist Statement
Jean E. Caldwell Takes on Bullying with ‘Yusef and the President’
It’s hard to take the expression “Be Best” seriously when it’s coming from the worst. First Lady Melania Trump’s public…
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