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Today is the last day to cast your vote for the name of the new Charlotte Major League Lacrosse team. The “Name The Team” campaign, powered by OrthoCarolina, launched April 1st, lets fans choose the name of the new team through a democratic vote. “We believe sports teams succeed because a community of passionate fans [...]

Perhaps you’ve seen his sketches and paintings hanging in Black Sheep Skate Shop or on the underbelly of their custom skate decks, or perhaps you’ve come across one of his irreverent stickers on a bench around town. If you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing Chalkboard’s mark in any of those non-traditional art viewing spaces, [...]

Richard Louv, bestselling author and the one responsible for the phrase “Nature Deficit Disorder,” started an international movement with his book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature Deficit Disorder (Algonquin). The book explores the mental and physical benefits of youth spending time in nature and the scary facts around what could [...]

Pam Slim, noted blogger, author of Escape from Cubicle Nation and expert on the transition to entrepreneurship and self-employment is coming to Charlotte on August 12th and 13th for a series of events. The Wednesday night event at Spirit Square, which is free and open to the public, is being cast as a dynamic, interactive, [...]

photo: Liz Barrett; view this photo on Flickr Update: New slideshow from Saturday afternoon has been posted below. Continue to check back here for more photos as the 24 Hours of Booty event gets underway. See the slideshow below for pictures of the Friday afternoon set-up on the route and at Bootyville. More pictures after [...]

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr So what is it about this 2.8 mile loop in the heart of the Myers Park neighborhood that attracts cyclists, runners, walkers, strollers, and rollerbladers (yes, apparently inline skating wasn’t just a fad) from all over? Maybe it’s the beautiful tree lined streets, maybe it’s the fact [...]

Having previously covered the Kings Drive Farmers Market and the South End Tailgate Farmers Market, we couldn’t forget about the Center City Green Market (and they hope you don’t either!). Having moved from their 7th Street location after ten seasons in the same lot, they are anxious that people might not know they’ve moved or [...]

video: Liz Barrett & Justin Ruckman; watch this video on Vimeo Dammit Janet, Charlotte’s newest dance club, opens this weekend on North Davidson Street, eight blocks north from the center of NoDa. Jeff Lowery, the man behind this project, is also the one responsible for the legendary Pterodactyl Club and Jeff’s Bucket Shop on Montford [...]

The Tailgate Farmers Market, located on the corner of West Park Ave. and Camden in South End, has been open every Tuesday and Saturday for just over a month now. This urban market is committed to local food and artisans, and farmers who grow organically and sustainably, without chemicals and pesticides. This means, don’t show [...]

video: Justin Ruckman; watch this video on Vimeo It was the first warm weather Gallery Crawl of the year and the streets of NoDa were alive with people streaming in and out of galleries, bars and shops. Yet, it wasn’t until I got to Dugg Dugg, a new gallery, opening that very night, where I [...]

video: Justin Ruckman; watch this video on Vimeo After days of rain and gloom, Charlotte awoke to bright sunny skies this morning. With spring fever in the air (and pollen on our cars), it couldn’t be a better day for Kings Drive Farmers Market to kick off its season.