Arts & Culture
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Jason Tapp of Spooky CLT Talks Latta Arcade, Headstones and Haunted Hotels
It’s been about five years since Jason Tapp launched Spooky CLT, a website and social media platform that focuses on…
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‘Yankee Tavern’ Still Implodes With 9/11 Speculation in Davidson
Over the years, Steven Dietz has favored Charlotte with plenty of spookiness and suspense. We’ve seen his most acclaimed works…
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Ricky Singh Balances a Life in Art and Education
Ricky Singh remembers having no future. “I could see tomorrow,” Singh says about growing up in Brooklyn’s embattled Bushwick neighborhood…
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Theatre Charlotte’s ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Lands on Queens Road
With her rustic picnic basket, her toy dog Toto, her beribboned pigtails and her iconic gingham dress, the 1939 movie…
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What to Look For at the Charlotte International Arts Festival
The 2023 Charlotte Fall Arts Guide is sponsored by the Charlotte International Arts Festival. CIAF is an annual celebration of…
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2023 Charlotte Fall Arts Guide: Let’s Chill
The 2023 Charlotte Fall Arts Guide is sponsored by the Charlotte International Arts Festival. CIAF is an annual celebration of…
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Free Reign Theatre’s ‘A Soldier’s Play’ Recalls the Brink of a New Era
The effects of segregation, Jim Crow, and the Ku Klux Klan choke the atmosphere surrounding Fort Neal, a fictitious 1944…
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Two Local Dancers Unveil New Performance Venue on Central Avenue
In a city like Charlotte, it’s entirely possible that even the most actively engaged performing arts audiences don’t realize that…
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‘SwimCap’ Aims to Correct the Narrative Around Black People and Swimming
The long-held stereotype that Black people either can’t or don’t swim has been upheld by generations of Americans —…
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Charlotte Area Drag Story Hour Promotes Literacy, Diversity for Kids
Over the past year, Queen City Nerve has delved deep into the discrimination and legislative attacks faced by the LGBTQ+…
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‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ Makes the Speech. Does It Slam the Door?
If you make a brief study of Henrik Ibsen’s original A Doll’s House script — going beyond the Wikipedia write-up…
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Three Bone Theatre’s ‘The Chinese Lady’ Tells a Tragic but Unknown American Story
Somewhere in China, either forgotten in the innards of a few cellphones and computer hard drives or hanging up proudly…
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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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Walls and Borders Lurk Invisibly in ‘how to make an American Son’
Beyond the first two capital letters ever used by playwright christopher oscar peña in any of his titles, peña injects…
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