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A Complete Guide to the Best Haunted Houses and Halloween attractions in North Carolina
By Beth Mack October 4, 2025 (updated) Photo: Pinhead’s Graveyard As Halloween season creeps across the Carolinas, North Carolina transforms into a playground of fright and festivity — from adrenaline-pumping haunted houses to family-friendly experiences. Haunted trails, eerie cornfields, and scream parks abound, while attractions...
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John Woo’s ‘Hard Boiled,’ John Candy documentary, and Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut will screen at Charlotte Film Festival
By Cameron Lee September 23, 2025 The 17th Charlotte Film Festival returns this week, showcasing over 130 films from September 23-28 at the Independent Picture House. Founded in 2006 to provide a platform for both established and emerging filmmakers, the festival has grown into a...
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Carolina Theatre has a rich and storied history with film since its opening in 1927, connecting the city to its theatrical roots
By Cameron Lee September 18, 2025 (updated) Charlotte’s restored Carolina Theatre has a rich and storied history with film since its original opening in 1927. Initially screening mostly silent films and staging vaudeville acts before adopting sound in the late 1930s, the theatre hosted the...
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Southeast Collectors Showcase will feature Lawrence Taylor, Muggsy Bogues, Doc Gooden, Kemba Walker, and more
By Cameron Lee August 25, 2025 During the pandemic, many rediscovered hobbies that sparked childhood joy and nostalgia. Sports trading cards, in particular, experienced an unprecedented boom, fueled by stimulus checks, extra downtime, and a search for alternative investments. While the collectibles market has cooled...
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Cirque du Soleil brings its most whimsical, nature-inspired production, ‘OVO,’ to Charlotte this summer
By CLTure July 6, 2025 Photo: Marie-Andrée Lemire The world’s largest contemporary circus company, Cirque du Soleil — French for “Circus of the Sun” — revolutionized the traditional big top more than four decades ago by replacing animal acts with storytelling, acrobatics, elaborate costumes, live...
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Adam Sandler will return to North Carolina this summer following the release of ‘Happy Gilmore 2’
By CLTure June 26, 2025 Following the July 25 release of the long-awaited Happy Gilmore sequel, Adam Sandler is headed back to North Carolina on his You’re My Best Friend Tour — hitting Raleigh’s Lenovo Center on September 11. Coming off his 2024 Netflix special...
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Ryan Coogler’s Southern vampire epic ‘Sinners,’ starring Michael B. Jordan in dual roles, sinks its teeth in and doesn’t let go
By Zach Goins April 18, 2025 Director Ryan Coogler has always moved with purpose, but with his latest feature film, he’s moving differently. Sinners is a fully-formed, unfiltered vision – raw, original, and electrifyingly alive. It’s the R-rated spectacle we’ve been starved for: bloody, sexy,...
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Blumenthal Arts’ 2025-26 Broadway season features multiple Tony Award-winning musicals
By Cameron Lee April 14, 2025 (updated) Photo: Kristin Gallegos Blumenthal Arts unveiled its 2025-26 season with an exclusive hour-long special, From Broadway to Charlotte, hosted by Kristen Miranda. The program took fans behind the scenes in New York, featuring interviews with Tony Award-winning creatives...
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The Independent Picture House celebrates the films of David Lynch with a series of his classic works
By Cameron Lee April 13, 2025 The Independent Picture House is celebrating the works of the late neo-noir filmmaker and artist David Lynch from now through June. This week, the theater will screen his 1986 mystery thriller Blue Velvet, which was filmed entirely in Wilmington,...
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Tim Shropshire’s journey from North Carolina A&T linebacker to social media comedy star was far from an overnight sensation
By Cameron Lee December 19, 2024 If you’re on social media, you’ve probably seen one of comedian Tim Shropshire’s food reaction videos or skits by now. The Charlotte resident has gone viral several times since the desolate days of the pandemic when billions of people...
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