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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
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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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A Reader’s Guide to Fiction and Non-Fiction books by Charlotte area authors

By Mark I. West July 10, 2020 A popular bumper sticker says “Think Global, Act Local” but a corollary to this message is “Think Global, Read Local.” By reading books by local authors, readers not only support their neighbors, but they also help build a...
By CLTure July 10, 2020
Community

Like many local establishments, Zach Pulliam and Abari Game Bar are doing what they can to survive

By Charlie Leonard July 7, 2020 “I’m doing this for the love of gaming.” That’s what Abari Game Bar’s owner, Zach Pulliam, told me over the phone. Before he answered my call, Pulliam was playing one of the 50+ arcade games featured inside the popular...
By CLTure July 7, 2020
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Corey Mitchell of Northwest School of the Arts in Charlotte wins Musical Theatre Teacher of the Year Award

By CLTure June 24, 2020 Corey Mitchell, the head of the musical theatre department of Northwest School of the Arts has won the inaugural Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Teacher of the Year Award presented by The ASCAP Foundation and the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA). Mitchell, who...
By CLTure June 24, 2020
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Heres what happened at the ‘Black Lives Been Mattered’ forum hosted by DaBaby

By Ryen Thomas June 20, 2020 George Floyd was tragically killed in Minneapolis by the hands of the police weeks ago and since then, protests have ensued across the world, mobilizing in solidarity under the banner Black Lives Matter. On Friday, June 19 (also known...
By CLTure June 20, 2020

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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...

By Mark I. West July 10, 2020 A popular bumper sticker says “Think Global, Act Local” but a corollary to this message is “Think Global, Read Local.” By reading books by local authors, readers not only support their neighbors, but they also help build a...

By Charlie Leonard July 7, 2020 “I’m doing this for the love of gaming.” That’s what Abari Game Bar’s owner, Zach Pulliam, told me over the phone. Before he answered my call, Pulliam was playing one of the 50+ arcade games featured inside the popular...

By CLTure June 24, 2020 Corey Mitchell, the head of the musical theatre department of Northwest School of the Arts has won the inaugural Stephen Schwartz Musical Theatre Teacher of the Year Award presented by The ASCAP Foundation and the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA). Mitchell, who...

By Ryen Thomas June 20, 2020 George Floyd was tragically killed in Minneapolis by the hands of the police weeks ago and since then, protests have ensued across the world, mobilizing in solidarity under the banner Black Lives Matter. On Friday, June 19 (also known...