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Several of Charlotte’s museums are reopened, here’s how they will operate

By Charlie Leonard September 21, 2020 (updated) Update 1/13/2021: Several Charlotte museums including Discovery Place, Mint Museum, Levine Museum of the New South, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, and McColl Center for Art and Innovation will...
By CLTure September 21, 2020
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Bernice A. King will join virtual conversation on social justice hosted by Levine Museum of the New South

By CLTure News September 10, 2020 Bernice A. King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King will join a virtual conversation hosted by the Levine Museum of the New South on Tuesday, September 15. The conversation titled, “The Fierce Urgency of...
By CLTure September 10, 2020
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Boris “Bluz” Rogers named Director of Creative Engagement at Blumenthal Performing Arts

By CLTure News September 9, 2020 Boris “Bluz” Rogers, the Charlotte Emmy award-winning poet and author has been named the Director of Creative Engagement at Blumenthal Performing Arts. A new position in Blumenthal’s programming department, Rogers will help create, develop and launch new programs that...
By CLTure September 9, 2020
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North Carolina Drive-In theaters will offer free screening of documentary ‘All In: The Fight for Democracy’

By Zach Goins September 6, 2020 With just under two months left until Election Day, it seems like voting information can be found everywhere you look– and now you’ll be able to find it on the big screen, too. On Wednesday, September 9, two North...
By CLTure September 6, 2020
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“We Are Hip Hop” will feature dance performances, art, poetry, Zoom workshops, and DJ battles

By Charlie Leonard August 31, 2020 (updated) Created by local artists, a new music festival titled “We Are Hip Hop” is coming to the Booth Playhouse. The festival will run from Jan. 21 – 24, 2021, and will feature virtual and in-person performances from hip...
By CLTure August 31, 2020
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Recipients of ASC’s 2020 Cultural Vision Grants have been announced

By CLTure News August 27, 2020 The Arts and Science Council has announced the recipients of their 2020 Cultural Vision Grants. Among the notable organizations and individuals receiving funds for cultural projects are Brandi Weaver, founder and organizer of WORLDL!T street food festival; CineOdyssey, a film...
By CLTure August 27, 2020
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Charlotte Art League’s CAL Curates program helps both artists and businesses boost the health of the arts community

By Charlie Leonard August 18, 2020 “A lot of the time…art is seen as an extracurricular activity,” said Chandler Snipe, Offsite Exhibitions Coordinator for the Charlotte Art League. To her, art isn’t just an activity, it’s a “core value.” Snipe’s main focus is the Charlotte...
By CLTure August 18, 2020
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E2D is a non-profit dedicated to getting computers in the hands of those suffering from the digital divide

By Cameron Lee August 12, 2020 (updated) Often in society what divides social and economic classes are the things that many may deem as basic necessities. While access and education have historically been the main vessels used to separate the haves and have-nots, in current...
By CLTure August 12, 2020
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North Carolina offers several great lakes to vacation

By Charlie Leonard July 30, 2020 (updated) When it comes to relaxation and recreation, a trip to the lake is as good as it gets. Luckily in North Carolina, you don’t have to look far. The state is home to a variety of picturesque lakes that each...
By CLTure July 30, 2020
Community

For Phillip Gripper and many in the community, Oso Skate Park is more than a skating facility

By Charlie Leonard July 20, 2020 Phillip Gripper is a man of many talents. Besides being a versatile recording artist and musician (he’s a member of the Hip Hop Prodigies collective, local band Modern Primitives, and his own solo venture Moon Man Music), Gripper is...
By CLTure July 20, 2020

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By CLTure News September 10, 2020 Bernice A. King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King will join a virtual conversation hosted by the Levine Museum of the New South on Tuesday, September 15. The conversation titled, “The Fierce Urgency of...

By Zach Goins September 6, 2020 With just under two months left until Election Day, it seems like voting information can be found everywhere you look– and now you’ll be able to find it on the big screen, too. On Wednesday, September 9, two North...

By Charlie Leonard August 31, 2020 (updated) Created by local artists, a new music festival titled “We Are Hip Hop” is coming to the Booth Playhouse. The festival will run from Jan. 21 – 24, 2021, and will feature virtual and in-person performances from hip...

By Charlie Leonard August 18, 2020 “A lot of the time…art is seen as an extracurricular activity,” said Chandler Snipe, Offsite Exhibitions Coordinator for the Charlotte Art League. To her, art isn’t just an activity, it’s a “core value.” Snipe’s main focus is the Charlotte...

By Cameron Lee August 12, 2020 (updated) Often in society what divides social and economic classes are the things that many may deem as basic necessities. While access and education have historically been the main vessels used to separate the haves and have-nots, in current...

By Charlie Leonard July 30, 2020 (updated) When it comes to relaxation and recreation, a trip to the lake is as good as it gets. Luckily in North Carolina, you don’t have to look far. The state is home to a variety of picturesque lakes that each...

By Charlie Leonard July 20, 2020 Phillip Gripper is a man of many talents. Besides being a versatile recording artist and musician (he’s a member of the Hip Hop Prodigies collective, local band Modern Primitives, and his own solo venture Moon Man Music), Gripper is...