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Here’s your chance to share your thoughts on Arts and Culture in Charlotte

By CLTure February 24, 2020 ASC is conducting a public input survey to learn more about Mecklenburg County residents’ priorities for arts and cultural investments. Your input will help them explore ways to strengthen and improve access to our community’s many arts, science and history...
By CLTure February 24, 2020
Art

‘PDA’ is a multimedia art exhibit exploring cultural perceptions of love and affection

By Shirley Griffith February 8, 2020 This Valentine’s Day weekend, you can share a love of art and community by bringing your friends or special someone to Crown Station for the gallery opening of PDA, a multimedia art exhibit created by Julio Gonzalez and Jillian...
By CLTure February 8, 2020
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LadyfestCLT aims to change perception on dance performance

By Shirley Griffith January 31, 2020 Dance and other movement-based mediums are often pigeonholed as too highbrow or too limited in scope making the entire form seem unavailable to large swaths of everyday people, especially those outside the insular world of dance. These restrictive boundaries...
By CLTure January 31, 2020
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Mural, sculpture and film released in memory of Plaza Midwood staple Jonathan Mariano

By Shaun Bowman Cover photo: Mural by James Jefferies and Mike Wirth. January 22, 2020 The Plaza Midwood neighborhood is evolving fast. New restaurants are popping up on every corner and many old staples have served their last customers. But despite all these changes, the...
By CLTure January 23, 2020
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Major Charlotte museums will be free on Saturday!

By CLTure News January 22, 2020 ASC’s sixth annual Connect with Culture Days brings cultural experiences to neighborhoods throughout Charlotte-Mecklenburg over two days. Charlotte residents and visitors can attend museums and enjoy diverse arts, science, history and heritage experiences for free at various times and...
By CLTure January 22, 2020
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Charlotte and Mecklenburg County has a peculiar amount of book-related public art

By Mark I. West January 22, 2020 The printed, physical book is such a common object that one can easily overlook what a wondrous thing it really is. More than any other object, the book is associated with knowledge. For an everyday item, it possesses...
By CLTure January 22, 2020
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Dave Chappelle will play two shows in South Carolina with Andrew Yang to support presidential campaign

By CLTure News January 16, 2020 Comedian Dave Chappelle announced two shows in South Carolina this week and his endorsement for presidential candidate Andrew Yang. The shows in Columbia on January 29 at Township Auditorium and Charleston on January 30 at North Charleston Coliseum will...
By CLTure January 16, 2020
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Charlotte’s John W. Love, Jr. awarded prestigious Creative Capital Award for his upcoming project, The Cathedral of Messes

By Matt Cosper Photo: Jay Weinmiller Charlotte’s John W. Love Jr. has received a Creative Capital Award for his upcoming project, The Cathedral of Messes. Creative Capital is one of the most significant granting programs in the U.S., because of the depth and breadth of...
By CLTure January 15, 2020
Art

Making Arrangements art exhibit explores the many moods of floral design at Goodyear Arts

By Shirley Griffith January 7, 2020 When one hears the term “making arrangements,” most often funerals come to mind. Grief and loss in their quiet natural wisdom segue into planning: raw hearts beat into lists of who to call, despairing turns into ordering bouquets of...
By CLTure January 7, 2020
Community

Soulful Noel is a Charlotte holiday music showcase and tradition

By Cameron Lee December 12, 2019 For most that know Charlotte’s Quentin Talley, you know he’s a vital conduit in the city’s arts and cultural landscape. From music to poetry to performance arts, Talley is a versatile and unconventional talent and even has his own...
By CLTure December 12, 2019

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By CLTure February 24, 2020 ASC is conducting a public input survey to learn more about Mecklenburg County residents’ priorities for arts and cultural investments. Your input will help them explore ways to strengthen and improve access to our community’s many arts, science and history...

By Shirley Griffith February 8, 2020 This Valentine’s Day weekend, you can share a love of art and community by bringing your friends or special someone to Crown Station for the gallery opening of PDA, a multimedia art exhibit created by Julio Gonzalez and Jillian...

By Shirley Griffith January 31, 2020 Dance and other movement-based mediums are often pigeonholed as too highbrow or too limited in scope making the entire form seem unavailable to large swaths of everyday people, especially those outside the insular world of dance. These restrictive boundaries...

By Shaun Bowman Cover photo: Mural by James Jefferies and Mike Wirth. January 22, 2020 The Plaza Midwood neighborhood is evolving fast. New restaurants are popping up on every corner and many old staples have served their last customers. But despite all these changes, the...

By Mark I. West January 22, 2020 The printed, physical book is such a common object that one can easily overlook what a wondrous thing it really is. More than any other object, the book is associated with knowledge. For an everyday item, it possesses...

By CLTure News January 16, 2020 Comedian Dave Chappelle announced two shows in South Carolina this week and his endorsement for presidential candidate Andrew Yang. The shows in Columbia on January 29 at Township Auditorium and Charleston on January 30 at North Charleston Coliseum will...

By Matt Cosper Photo: Jay Weinmiller Charlotte’s John W. Love Jr. has received a Creative Capital Award for his upcoming project, The Cathedral of Messes. Creative Capital is one of the most significant granting programs in the U.S., because of the depth and breadth of...

By Shirley Griffith January 7, 2020 When one hears the term “making arrangements,” most often funerals come to mind. Grief and loss in their quiet natural wisdom segue into planning: raw hearts beat into lists of who to call, despairing turns into ordering bouquets of...

By Cameron Lee December 12, 2019 For most that know Charlotte’s Quentin Talley, you know he’s a vital conduit in the city’s arts and cultural landscape. From music to poetry to performance arts, Talley is a versatile and unconventional talent and even has his own...