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Uptown’s Verona Lounge will be celebrating its two-year anniversary on Friday, August 1st. The lounge will have a beer special of $2 and premium shots for $4. This event will be open to everyone, however, friends of the restaurant and CLT Blog will be receiving VIP tickets that waive a cover charge at the door. [...]

image credit: The Gazi Company Those of you who have been downtown recently can easily see growth is under way. Charlotte’s new EpiCentre, located on the corner of College and 4th Streets, is just the beginning of the move toward a pedestrian-friendly live/work/play environment Uptown. This weekend, the EpiCentre held its grand opening, a “don’t [...]

image credit: DayLove dates: Thursday, May 22 – Saturday, May 24time: 11 am through Midnight Food Lion will be hosting the fourteenth annual Speed Street uptown, starting on Thursday, May 22. This event is put on to promote Charlotte and its surrounding communities, in addition to celebrating NASCAR as a part of Charlotte’s heritage. It’s [...]

If you happen to be in NoDa this Friday for the gallery crawl, you just might be surrounded by gnomes. Each gnome is displayed in various shops and galleries on North Davidson Street. So what’s the hype about these creatures? And where do they come from?

The Freelon Group of Research Triangle Park, NC was recently awarded the 2007 AIA Triangle Award for Unbuilt Projects. In association with Neighboring Concepts, they will be designing Charlotte’s new Afro-American Cultural Center, its mission being to promote and preserve African American culture, history, and art.