Artist Statement
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Charlotte Native John Hoogenakker Talks Drama, Debate and ‘Waco: The Aftermath’
Coming up as a student at South Mecklenburg High School in the early 1990s, John Hoogenakker wasn’t sure what his…
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I’ve Read It In Books Is the Bookstore NoDa Needed
One may have seen opening a bookstore in Rob Banker’s future after he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with an…
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Mimi Herman Discusses Debut Novel ‘The Kudzu Queen’
There comes a point in the third act of Durham author Mimi Herman’s debut novel The Kudzu Queen in which…
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Kevin ‘Surf’ Mitchell Unveils The Couch Surfing Expedition
I met up with Kevin “Surf” Mitchell at SouthPark Church the day after he held the opening reception there for…
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LOCAL/STREET 2022 Expands on the Vision at Mint Museum
When Carla Aaron-Lopez first learned that this year’s LOCAL/STREET exhibit would be held at The Mint Museum’s Uptown location as…
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Meredith Ritchie Explores Forgotten Part of Charlotte History in Debut Novel
In 2017, as all three of Meredith Ritchie’s triplets prepared to leave for college, she found herself in need of…
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Fortune Feimster Talks Rise to Success Before Sold-Out Homecoming
The last time Fortune Feimster performed in Charlotte, she filmed her 2020 Netflix special Sweet & Salty. During the show,…
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Comedian Eddie Pepitone Talks Comedy Before VisArt Video Show
Asking comedian Eddie Pepitone to help promote anything, even if it is his own upcoming show at VisArt Video, feels…
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Wiley Cash Discusses ‘When Ghosts Come Home’ and What Home Means To Him
Sitting on the patio at Amelie’s in the Park Road Shopping Center on a recent Wednesday afternoon, Wiley Cash was…
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Triple Threat Billy Ensley Talks Community Theatre and ‘Mamma Mia!’
Call him Mister Versatility. To find anyone else in the Charlotte theatre scene who has been celebrated for excellence in…
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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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Audrey Baran Dances Around the Questions
Audrey Baran began attending UNC Charlotte in 2000, graduated in 2003, then returned to the school as an adjunct lecturer…
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Mikey Sevier Puts a Face to All Things Dark and Horrible
The faces are weird and twisted. A malevolent mummy sneers through a veil of rotting flesh. A sickly green skull’s…
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The iNCubator is Co-working for Black Creatives
Back when Tierany Griffin-Purdie lived in Raleigh, where she was born and raised before moving to Charlotte two years ago,…
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Davidson Author Confronts Real White Supremacist Threat in Fiction
Local author J.A. Walsh didn’t always want to pen an espionage thriller. He originally had something else he wanted to…
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Manoj Kesavan Lowers the BOOM Back on Plaza Midwood
Manoj Kesavan and a dedicated band of artists and volunteers got the BOOM ball rolling three years ago. Where it…
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