Arts Features
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Mason Parker Drops ‘Paperback Hero Saga’ with Album, But He’s Not Done
Mason Parker was in Scotland for a 2013 performance of Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.), a production from Charlotte-based OnQ…
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Charlotte Nude Yoga Embraces Naturism at Big Love Yoga Barn
Getting naked is the hard part. Everything after that is rather easy. Leading up to my first Charlotte Nude Yoga…
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Charlotte Professor Explores 400 Years of American Magic With New Podcast
As the hot, Southern heat becomes the crisp air that signals the transition of seasons, it’s hard not to think…
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Motive Forces Mixes Contemporary Dance with Technology at Camp North End
In the 17th century, French engineer, inventor and landscape designer Salomon de Caus published a work on automata entitled The…
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Local Couple Launches Inclusive Pop-Up for Plus-Size Clientele
All too often, one’s aesthetic is assigned at birth based on apparent gender; you wear pink or you wear blue.…
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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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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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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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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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Haylo Offers Closure, New Beginnings with Nipple and Areola Tattoos
Mica Gadhia did not want nipples again. Following her year-long breast cancer journey, which consisted of constant poking and prodding…
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New Exhibit Highlights Charlotte’s AAPI Community
Sinakhone Chinromany frantically gathered her jewelry and clothes into small bags with shocking urgency. The click-clacking of her shoes was…
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‘The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster’ Reimagines a Famed Tale
“Death is a disease,” Vicaria whispers. “If death is a disease then there’s a cure … And I’m going to…
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Homage Exhibit Highlights Charlotte Couple’s Cultural Collection
In 2021, President Biden officially made Juneteenth a federal holiday. Having seen ups and downs in its popularity over the…
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Queen City New Play Initiative Launches Local Festival
Stacey Rose is the artistic director of Queen City New Play Initiative, and if I had my way she’d be…
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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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