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Los Angeles transit website MetroRiderLA recently created a bracket of NBA playoff teams based on their home city transit systems. The first round matches Charlotte against Orlando. Will CATS fare better than the Bobcats have so far? The most interesting angle to this first-round contest is that it is between two cities with feline-themed transit [...]

A packed Dharma Lounge hosted the fifth installment of Pecha Kucha Night in Charlotte on Thursday, April 8th. The set up for the event was simple – each presenter gets 20 slides, with 20 seconds per slide. The night started off with a poetry slam and ended with a musical performance, with the presentations in [...]

Barcamp Charlotte 3 took place on Saturday, bringing together technology, design and creativity at Area Fifteen. Around 150 attendees pitched ideas for sessions and then voted on their favorites. Sessions ranged from freelancing, to civics 101, budget film making, Google, social media, mobile development, tips on marketing, and an intro to massage therapy. One session [...]

Thousands of rabid fans packed Uptown Charlotte on Wednesday for the Mexico versus Iceland soccer “friendly.” While the game ended in a zero – zero draw, Mexico dominated most of the game, getting several close scoring opportunities. The festivities start early in the day for fans of Mexico, and by 5PM tailgate parties are in [...]

Dugg Dugg, an upstart art gallery in NoDa, created a buzz upon opening last April. It was closed by June – a victim of costs and code enforcement. The historic NoDa factory building was returned to the stewardship of insects and dust, but this would only be the beginning of Dugg Dugg’s evolving life. Co-founders [...]

Several local blogs are campaigning to name the Carolina Raptor Center’s newest baby eaglet “Noah,” after Charlotte’s Lance Corporal Noah M. Pier, a Marine who was recently killed in Afghanistan. Cedar Posts first posted a story about the naming of the eaglet Tuesday, saying: More than 800 names were submitted in WCNC’s “Name the Eaglet [...]

photos: James Willamor; view this video on Vimeo One hundred, twenty-six photos of Charlotte taken in 2009, more or less in chronological order. The majority of the photos were taken for CLT Blog and Crossroads Charlotte. The song is Brand New, released in 2009 by Charlotte area artists One Big Love. A list of events [...]

Charlotte Checkers at Time Warner Cable Arena. Photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr Reports out of Raleigh indicate the Carolina Hurricane’s AHL farm club, the Albany River Rats, ”have been sold and will move to Charlotte.” The Albany Times-Union names the buyer as Michael Kahn, who currently owns the Charlotte Checkers. Charlotte is currently home to the [...]

video: James Willamor; watch this video on Vimeo Now that you have seen the first CLT Blog video podcast, get a view behind the scenes at the taping. This stillmotion was created from around 1,200 frames at Area Fifteen. Adding to the difficulty is the fact that my 50mm f/1.8 lens does not autofocus with [...]

John Lassiter’s concession speech. photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr Hope turned to heartbreak on election night at Republican John Lassiter’s mayoral campaign party. Photos and essay after the jump:

Left: Anthony Foxx (D), right: John Lassiter (R). photos: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr Regardless who wins Tuesday’s election, Charlotte will have a new mayor. That’s because Pat McCrory, Charlotte’s mayor of 14 years, is not seeking reelection. Voters will also decide races for Charlotte City Council, city leadership in other Mecklenburg towns, [...]

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr How to make money online, zero budget film making, iPhone app development, organizing social media, and how to make balloon animals were some of the sessions at Saturday’s BarCamp Charlotte 2. The un-conference allowed any attendee to pitch an idea for a session. Attendees then voted on [...]