photo credits: Matthew Tyndall
“This was not the night we had planned, but I accept the voters’ conclusions from North Carolina.â€
Last night was a first for Mayor Pat McCrory, the first time he had to make a concession speech. The speech was quick and and filled with many thanks to all of his campaign staff. McCrory [...]
photo credits: Matthew Tyndall & Justin Ritchie
We got a ton of photos tonight, but here are 15 of the better ones real quick while we get the rest uploaded. If you can’t see the slideshow above, or just would prefer not to use it, you can view these photos directly on Flickr.
All in all the [...]
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Artwork by Cecil Vizcaino & James Willamor.
day: Friday, Oct 31time: 7:30 pmplace: Common Market
The monthly bicycle ride known as Critical Mass will happen on Halloween, Friday, October 31st at 7:30 PM at the Common Market near The Plaza and Commonwealth Ave. The ride is held on the last Friday of every month, and several times [...]
Hostess Shelita driving her Bingo Verifying Diva
One of the Charlotte LGBT community’s infamous fundraisers, Gay Bingo, returned on Saturday, October 18 with a sold out show at the Grady Cole Center. The 2150-person event raised $90,000+ for the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network.
Hosted by the lovely Shelita Hamm and her cast of misfit BVD’s [...]
“Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, will hold a rally in Charlotte on Thursday as part of an N.C. tour that will also include stops in Winston-Salem and Raleigh, the campaign said Monday night. Details of the Charlotte appearance will be announced later, the campaign said. The other stops will be at Wake [...]
date: Sat, Nov 15location: uptown @ Charlotte Observer
As the first event of its type in the Queen City, Charlotte WordCamp is a conference on all things blogging. Why WordCamp? The conference is focused on Wordpress, currently the most popular blogging software. Registration opened up last week and is already 50% full. It is $15 to [...]
A couple weekends ago I had the opportunity to check out some fantastic films and some, um, less than fanstactic films at the third annual Charlotte Film Festival. It featured several short films, documentaries, and feature length narratives. As an extra bonus they held panels featuring various film industry professionals discussing, among other things, new technology.
Matt Tyndall [...]
All photographs taken and provided graciously by Mitchell Kearney.
A little over a week ago, on September 25th, Petra’s Cabaret and Piano Bar hosted Charlotte’s first Pecha Kucha Night. Guests packed the main room, as fourteen presenters (or, in some cases, teams) did show and tell on the topic of their choosing. The presentations were diverse, [...]
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