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Scrambling to find something to do that’s Halloween-y but not actually on Halloween since it’s a school night? Sorry to the people with kids, these are all for the grown folks and after-dark! Here are some ideas for you: Wednesday, 10/26: Carolina Actors’ Studio Theatre (CAST) is putting on Dr. Jekyl & Mr. Hyde if [...]

wOOt! This looks fun and for a good cause! I nabbed the info off of TEDxCharlotte’s (an org the entire CLT Blog fam works probono for) Facebook page, then got the rest from UNC Charlotte. : On October 7, the UNC Charlotte art department invites the public to participate in a bone-making workshop as part [...]

There aren’t many opportunities that arise like the one being made available to Charlotte’s citizens quite like this one. Kumi Naidoo, Greenpeace International’s head honcho, is making a stop in the Queen City, one of only four stops he’ll make on his US tour. I caught up to Robert Gardner, Greenpeace Coal Campaigner, for this [...]

Who doesn’t love cheap or better yet FREE entertainment this day in age? Autumn in Crown Town always is chock full of all kinds of fun, cost-free events! Here’s a sampling of this year’s goodness and a bunch of links to good event calendars in case you find yourself looking for things to do later: [...]

I was invited by NASA to attend the very last shuttle launch in history as well as the final #NASATweetUp! I’m live vlogging the event here and on YouTube as well as livetweeting the event from @dbirdy and @cltblog. I hope you’ll join me as I give you this behind the scenes look at NASA [...]

Culture Initiative, a grass-roots cultural organization based in Charlotte, NC, announces the Opening Reception for “Rock, Paper, Scissors” on June 3, 2011, 6pm at Baku Art Gallery, 3200 N. Davidson St, Charlotte, NC. “In honor of a lifestyle and in observation of the mixed arts mediums, Culture Initiative (CI) has put together a showcase unlike [...]

Guess who I ran into outside of BLKSHP Skate Shop in South End? Del the Funky Homosapien of Deltron 3030 (editors note: one of the best albums ever!,) Hyroglyphics & Gorillaz fame! It’s the cool shit like this that makes me just love my job. Come to this show tonight, free! See the blue flyer [...]

Yesterday we had the KILLER opportunity to livestream an interview with most of the members of the first ever YouTube national tour, appropriately dubbed The Digitour, when they rolled through the NC Music Factory. While we’re working on getting the video edited, take a gander at @dboling03′s video + blogpost that highlights both YouTube/the performances [...]

We love Pecha Kucha Night – Charlotte (#pknclt) and many of our staff volunteer for the event. The winner of Charlotte Magazine’s 2010 Best of the Best (BoB) Award for Cultural Events, has announced the eighth installment of the series on April 28, at Amos’ Southend as part of Southend Soul! What: Pecha Kucha Night [...]

If you’ve ever looked up a review of a business online, chances are you’ve seen a Yelp review (or maybe two.) The company hosts a number of large events in addition to their smaller ones, though those are reserved for their internal community members. So, when this came across my desk I just had to [...]

I loved seeing this come across my screen this morning. Jeremy Markovich/@deftlyinane has such a great voice in his writing so I figured I’d share this: Somewhere out there, a guy is walking around with a tattoo of a penguin on his left foot. To be specific, it’s not just a penguin, it’s The Penguin. [...]

Usher is going to be in town on April 30 at the Time Warner Cable Arena. Want tickets? Now is your chance to win a pair of tickets to the show. Here’s video of him practicing behind the scenes for this tour: To win tickets: 1) Choose a favorite Usher song. 2)  Make a video featuring [...]