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The Many Art Installations and Activities happening for Charlotte International Arts Festival
By CLTure September 18, 2023 With over 200 attractions (many of them free), Charlotte International Arts Festival is taking over the city with events, art installations, pop-up performances, and activities. The second-year event spans 17 days showcasing the arts in its many forms from around...
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‘The Vault’ art exhibit will offer an intimate portrait of Black households, reframing what it means to be an art collector
By Cameron Lee June 27, 2023 Art collecting has long had the stigma of being a hobby for the social elite or for the highly sophisticated. And while the upcoming exhibit at the Mint Museum, The Vault, curated by Charlotte artist and community leader Jessica...
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‘Nerdy Night Out’ is an inclusive “intelligent nightlife” event for everyone to embrace their inner nerdiness
By Cameron Lee March 19, 2023 Being a nerd doesn’t quite have the connotation that it once had. Maybe it was the genre-bending hip-hop/rock trio of Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, and Shay Haley’s N.E.R.D. at the turn of the century that helped shift the perception....
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Charlotte Poet Laureate Junious “Jay” Ward has released his first poetry collection, ‘Composition’
By Mark I. West February 21, 2023 Junious “Jay” Ward moved to Charlotte in 2006, and has since become one of the city’s best-known poets. His slam poetry performances are epic and fierce with a rarely seen emotional power. In 2018, he and members of...
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Charlotte author Misha Lazzara impresses with debut novel, ‘Manmade Constellations’
By Mark I. West January 21, 2023 Misha Lazzara burst onto Charlotte’s literary scene last fall with the publication of her debut novel, Manmade Constellations. Released by Blackstone Publishing, the novel drew praise from various literary lions, including bestselling author Jill McCorkle who wrote, “Misha...
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How North Carolina filmmaker Chris Everett produced and directed ‘Wilmington on Fire,’ and the second chapter
By Cameron Lee January 21, 2023 Photo: Tory Silinski Near the end of the documentary, Wilmington on Fire— a film about the race-fueled political insurrection known as the Wilmington massacre in 1898– community activist Daawud Muhammad says, “It’s gonna take a younger generation of people...
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Charlotte artist Marcus Kiser and the Hornets’ Kelly Oubre Jr. team up for exclusive apparel drop
By Cameron Lee December 16, 2022 Photo: Addie Vermillion Charlotte artist Marcus Kiser, who is best known for his traveling Afro-futuristic sci-fi art exhibit, Intergalactic Soul, has teamed up with Hornets forward Kelly Oubre Jr. for a unique fashion collaboration. Available exclusively at the Hornets...
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Retro sports vintage market coming to Charlotte and Raleigh just in time for the holidays
By CLTure November 22, 2022 CLTure and Charlotte Vintage Market are teaming up to bring a unique retro sports vintage holiday shopping experience, The Vintage Market Before Christmas, to Charlotte (December 4 at Super Abari Game Bar) and Raleigh (December 11 at Transfer Co. Food...
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Charlotte native and North Carolina A&T student Arial Robinson designs Nike Dunk Low sneaker
By CLTure October 6, 2022 (updated) Nike has teamed up with multiple HBCUs for a new series of Dunk Low sneakers as part of their Yardrunners campaign. Starting in 2020, the Nike Yardrunners campaign has celebrated the history, heritage, and legacy of Historically Black Colleges...
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Fresh2Death: StreetWhere is a two-day fashion, art, food, and music event
By CLTure September 6, 2022 Building off the successful Fresh2Death installation at the Mint Museum earlier this year, Dupp&Swat returns with Fresh2Death: StreetWhere on September 10-11 in Charlotte. The two-day event will take place in the historic Ford Building at Camp North End, shining a...
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