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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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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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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