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Nellie Ashford among 5 artists selected for art installations at Charlotte Douglas Airport

CLTure News April 10, 2018 Charlotte Douglas International Airport will be home to original artworks created by five Charlotte artists representing a diverse mix of backgrounds with variety of media. The Arts & Science Council, as part of Charlotte’s ongoing terminal improvement program, will commission...
By CLTure April 10, 2018
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What exactly is The Charlotte Omelette?

By Patrick O’Boyle April 9, 2018 The Charlotte Omelette is a satirical newspaper that’s been making stuff up about your neighborhood for a year and a half now. It’s the pet project of Tyler Baum, the musician/prankster behind the exotica-lounge act Don Telling’s Island Mysteries....
By CLTure April 9, 2018
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Charlotte keeps growing, and so does John Hairston, Jr.

By Patrick O’Boyle March 24, 2018 When I met with artist John Hairston, Jr., he was on a ladder above a mob of spray paint cans. He’d been working all day on a mural in the hallway outside Oso Skate Park and was nearly done....
By CLTure March 25, 2018
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Abari Game Bar continues to be one of Charlotte’s favorite hangout spots

By Sarah Terry Argabrite March 18, 2018 (Updated) In 2004, when Zach Pulliam heard that the first arcade bar had opened in Brooklyn, he was a student at UNC Charlotte. As a video game enthusiast, he thought opening an arcade bar of his own would be something...
By CLTure March 18, 2018
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A Step in the Right Direction: Good Soles provides essential needs for the community

By Aaron Wayne White February 18, 2018 A valid driver’s license, a copy of your social security card, and a voided check. For many of us, these are the things that spring to mind when thinking of items required before you can start a new...
By CLTure February 18, 2018
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Condom Couture is a fashion show like no other

By Shirley Griffith (Photo: Mark Hames) February 16, 2018 For the past four years, Condom Couture Charlotte has seamlessly merged the thrill of the fashion world with the nobility of promoting safe sex in a unique and excitingly sharp event. Supporting Condom Couture and Planned...
By CLTure February 16, 2018
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Reggie Singleton and The Males Place, sowing the seeds for our future

By Matt Cosper February 15, 2018 (Updated) They call him Baba Reggie, because “baba” means father and Baba Reggie Singleton most definitely has a dad vibe. He clearly knows his business. He dresses sharp and speaks his mind with authority. He is unafraid of earnestness...
By CLTure February 15, 2018
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Growing knowledge and sustaining a legacy at Seeds on 36th

100 Gardens introduces Seeds on 36th By Lindsay Kosma October 25, 2016 In our fast growing world, local farming and sustainable food production are becoming hot topics. Organic, non-GMO and all-natural are the buzzwords on everyone’s lips as the concern for healthy and honest produce...
By CLTure October 25, 2016
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Yard Art Day is a Charlotte movement

By Branna Calloway August 15, 2016 The inspiration for Yard Art Day came from a Facebook post about an art exhibit in New York’s Times Square. Photographer Deborah Triplett tells us how the movement got its start: “You could send in a picture of your...
By CLTure August 15, 2016
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Boris + Natasha: A ballad by Hope Nicholls

By Nicole Brantley February 25, 2016 (Updated) Hope Nicholls is careful to not call herself a native Charlottean but she might as well be, especially when you witness the passion with which she describes her connection to Charlotte’s history and its future. Although she grew...
By CLTure February 25, 2016

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By Patrick O’Boyle April 9, 2018 The Charlotte Omelette is a satirical newspaper that’s been making stuff up about your neighborhood for a year and a half now. It’s the pet project of Tyler Baum, the musician/prankster behind the exotica-lounge act Don Telling’s Island Mysteries....

By Patrick O’Boyle March 24, 2018 When I met with artist John Hairston, Jr., he was on a ladder above a mob of spray paint cans. He’d been working all day on a mural in the hallway outside Oso Skate Park and was nearly done....

By Sarah Terry Argabrite March 18, 2018 (Updated) In 2004, when Zach Pulliam heard that the first arcade bar had opened in Brooklyn, he was a student at UNC Charlotte. As a video game enthusiast, he thought opening an arcade bar of his own would be something...

By Aaron Wayne White February 18, 2018 A valid driver’s license, a copy of your social security card, and a voided check. For many of us, these are the things that spring to mind when thinking of items required before you can start a new...

By Shirley Griffith (Photo: Mark Hames) February 16, 2018 For the past four years, Condom Couture Charlotte has seamlessly merged the thrill of the fashion world with the nobility of promoting safe sex in a unique and excitingly sharp event. Supporting Condom Couture and Planned...

By Matt Cosper February 15, 2018 (Updated) They call him Baba Reggie, because “baba” means father and Baba Reggie Singleton most definitely has a dad vibe. He clearly knows his business. He dresses sharp and speaks his mind with authority. He is unafraid of earnestness...

100 Gardens introduces Seeds on 36th By Lindsay Kosma October 25, 2016 In our fast growing world, local farming and sustainable food production are becoming hot topics. Organic, non-GMO and all-natural are the buzzwords on everyone’s lips as the concern for healthy and honest produce...

By Branna Calloway August 15, 2016 The inspiration for Yard Art Day came from a Facebook post about an art exhibit in New York’s Times Square. Photographer Deborah Triplett tells us how the movement got its start: “You could send in a picture of your...

By Nicole Brantley February 25, 2016 (Updated) Hope Nicholls is careful to not call herself a native Charlottean but she might as well be, especially when you witness the passion with which she describes her connection to Charlotte’s history and its future. Although she grew...