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Durag Fest returns to Charlotte with expanded events, art installation, and marketplace
By CLTure News June 6, 2021 Photo: Sancho Smalls Durag Fest returns to Charlotte on Saturday, June 19. The annual Juneteenth celebration showcasing Black fashion, art, music and culture will feature multiple venues this year including events at Victoria Yards, NASCAR Hall of Fame Plaza...
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Stacey Abrams coming to Charlotte and Durham for special conversation and speaking engagement
By CLTure News May 17, 2021 (updated) Stacey Abrams, Yale Law School graduate and former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, political leader, author, and founder of Fair Fight Action, will be in Charlotte, NC on November 17 (Ovens Auditorium) and Durham, NC...
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New pop-up art exhibit will pay tribute to the Art Hole in NoDa featuring several talented local artists and playful installations
By CLTure News April 8, 2021 Pabst Blue Ribbon and Charlotte-based design studio, Imek Studios, have announced a new free pop-up art exhibit at The Underground on April 30 through May 3. The “Good Times” art show will bring together a variety of talented Charlotte...
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Carolina Complexions: Celebrating Black artists and creatives in North Carolina
By Courtney Napier April 5, 2021 This month we are celebrating a new slate of artists. Several have large and exciting projects underway, like Dare Coulter’s Wilmington monument and John W. Love’s The Cathedral of Messes performance art piece. Others are deeply embedded in their...
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Charlotte native and former NASCAR driver Kevin Conway will be on ‘Shark Tank’ with his company, PHOOZY
By Charlie Leonard March 29, 2021 (updated) Nothing speaks to the tenacity and the persistence of an individual like getting behind the wheel of a race car. The thunder of the engines and the force of rocketing 200 miles per hour around a racetrack showcases...
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Charlotte artists will be on full display at Mint Museum Randolph for the LOCAL//STREET art exhibit
By Courtney Napier March 25, 2021 For one weekend only, 40 Charlotte artists will be on display for the LOCAL//STREET pop-up art exhibit at the historic Mint Museum Randolph. The local art-centric event– exhibiting photography, paintings, digital illustrations, and more– is the brainchild of multidisciplinary...
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After life-saving transplant, William McNeely’s purpose is to do something greater for his city and neighborhood
By Cameron Lee March 24, 2021 On March 24, 2019, Charlotte native William McNeely got a new lease on life. He received new lungs after a years-long battle with scleroderma, an immune condition that turned into pulmonary fibrosis, a life-threatening disease that occurs when lung...
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Roof Above and their partners are tackling Charlotte’s homelessness and affordable housing problem
By Charlie Leonard March 11, 2021 Before Uptown’s North End homeless encampment sprawled out along I-277 and became an obvious symbol of the many people lacking basic human needs, it could easily seem like Charlotte didn’t have a homelessness issue. In a city that’s been...
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Carolina Complexions: Celebrating Black artists and creatives in North Carolina
By Courtney Napier February 25, 2021 This month, CLTure introduces a new series, Carolina Complexions. My name is Courtney Napier, journalist, founder of Black Oak Society, a collective for Black creatives in the greater Raleigh area that fosters mutual development as artists, entrepreneurs, and change...
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There’s a petition to change the name of Stonewall Street to Harvey B. Gantt Street
By CLTure News February 15, 2021 Earlier this month, Charlotte City Council unanimously decided to move forward with plans to rename several Charlotte streets previously named for Confederate soldiers, slave owners, and segregationists. On Sunday, the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture...
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