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The Towers of Tomorrow with LEGO Bricks exhibit at Discovery Place offers something fun for all ages

By Rachel Laurie June 4, 2019 If you’ve ever wanted to be in the same room as the world’s most fantastic skyscrapers all at once, now’s your chance: the LEGO Towers of Tomorrow exhibit is now open at Discovery Place Science until September. The exhibit...
By CLTure June 4, 2019
Art

Peach Pie will showcase impressive group of women and femme artists reimagining the South

By Matt Cosper May 30, 2019 Pie is messy to make, but in Grace Stott’s experience, that mess is a surefire method for cultivating creative friendships. Newly returned to Charlotte in 2016, Stott was a little discouraged by the prospect of finding a community to...
By CLTure May 29, 2019
Community

Charlotte is now the 16th largest city in the United States

By CLTure News May 24, 2019 According to new population estimates for cities and towns released by the U.S. Census Bureau, Charlotte is now the 16th largest city in the United States. With a population now estimated at 872,498, the Queen City added an estimated...
By CLTure May 24, 2019
Community

Charlotte Venezuelans: In Their Own Words

By Patrick O’Boyle April 15, 2019 Most of us have never been to Venezuela, but there’s an indispensable source of perspective much closer than we realize. Venezuelans have played a role in the Charlotte community for decades and, with the diaspora of migrants from the...
By CLTure April 15, 2019
Community

RCLM 37 is poised to prove the resistance and showcase the beauty of Charlotte’s West Side

By Matt Cosper (Updated) April 5, 2019 The Duke Memorial Library at Johnson C. Smith University is about to become the most forward thinking arts space in the city. JCSU and Levine Museum of the New South have partnered to create a constellation of...
By CLTure April 5, 2019
Art

Alexandra Loesser Schoen’s art uses nature to examine the beauty of vulnerability

By Matt Cosper February 25, 2019 Painter Alexandra Loesser Schoen is an alchemist of image and color, working in oils to create dynamic aethers and dream-like images of animals, humans, and creatures somewhere in between. By placing symbolically rich figures into fields of pulsating color,...
By CLTure February 25, 2019
Community

Charlotte Symphony celebrates Beethoven with bright and talented lineup of composers and musicians

By CLTure News February 11, 2019 Charlotte Symphony celebrates Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday this year with a talented group of guest musicians and composers. With information about Movies In Concert and other Symphony series to come, it’s shaping up to be a big year for...
By CLTure February 11, 2019
Community

The Mint Museum will host Nike and Jordan Brand pop-up shop and experiences for NBA All-Star Weekend

By CLTure News February 7, 2019 (Updated) The Mint Museum has partnered with Nike and Jordan Brand to host events during NBA All-Star Weekend and to activate a pop-up shop from February 14-17. Nike and Jordan Brand have taken over the event spaces at Mint...
By CLTure February 7, 2019
Community

Condom Couture gears up for final year with Carnivale themed fashion show

By Shirley Griffith Cover photo: Deborah Triplett January 28, 2019 The annual institution that is Condom Couture is gearing up for its fifth and final hurrah on February 9 at the Fillmore in Charlotte. Normally, when condoms are involved clothes are not, but Condom Couture...
By CLTure January 28, 2019
Community

Connect with Culture Days Events Guide

By Matt Cosper January 21, 2019 As winter drags on, it’s easy to double down on hibernation mode. But you must trust us when we say that this is not the play to make over the weekend of January 25 and 26. These days will...
By CLTure January 21, 2019

Community

By Rachel Laurie June 4, 2019 If you’ve ever wanted to be in the same room as the world’s most fantastic skyscrapers all at once, now’s your chance: the LEGO Towers of Tomorrow exhibit is now open at Discovery Place Science until September. The exhibit...

By Matt Cosper May 30, 2019 Pie is messy to make, but in Grace Stott’s experience, that mess is a surefire method for cultivating creative friendships. Newly returned to Charlotte in 2016, Stott was a little discouraged by the prospect of finding a community to...

By CLTure News May 24, 2019 According to new population estimates for cities and towns released by the U.S. Census Bureau, Charlotte is now the 16th largest city in the United States. With a population now estimated at 872,498, the Queen City added an estimated...

By Patrick O’Boyle April 15, 2019 Most of us have never been to Venezuela, but there’s an indispensable source of perspective much closer than we realize. Venezuelans have played a role in the Charlotte community for decades and, with the diaspora of migrants from the...

By Matt Cosper (Updated) April 5, 2019 The Duke Memorial Library at Johnson C. Smith University is about to become the most forward thinking arts space in the city. JCSU and Levine Museum of the New South have partnered to create a constellation of...

By Matt Cosper February 25, 2019 Painter Alexandra Loesser Schoen is an alchemist of image and color, working in oils to create dynamic aethers and dream-like images of animals, humans, and creatures somewhere in between. By placing symbolically rich figures into fields of pulsating color,...

By CLTure News February 11, 2019 Charlotte Symphony celebrates Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday this year with a talented group of guest musicians and composers. With information about Movies In Concert and other Symphony series to come, it’s shaping up to be a big year for...

By CLTure News February 7, 2019 (Updated) The Mint Museum has partnered with Nike and Jordan Brand to host events during NBA All-Star Weekend and to activate a pop-up shop from February 14-17. Nike and Jordan Brand have taken over the event spaces at Mint...

By Shirley Griffith Cover photo: Deborah Triplett January 28, 2019 The annual institution that is Condom Couture is gearing up for its fifth and final hurrah on February 9 at the Fillmore in Charlotte. Normally, when condoms are involved clothes are not, but Condom Couture...

By Matt Cosper January 21, 2019 As winter drags on, it’s easy to double down on hibernation mode. But you must trust us when we say that this is not the play to make over the weekend of January 25 and 26. These days will...