Good music comes and goes in Charlotte. The next couple weeks will bring us some excellent hip-hop: Dwele, Talib Kweli, and Snoop Dogg — so we must be doing something right.
Good electronic music, however, is harder to come by in the Queen City. Enter Höm, one of uptown’s newer nightclubs, evangelizing some excellent house music [...]
If you dig the likes of Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, and the Roots, you might want to swing by Loft 1523 this Friday night for Infusion.
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Grammy-nominated producer/DJ/singer/songwriter (he’s a Renaissance Man, to be sure!) Vikter Duplaix will be spinning afro-beat, latin, soulful house, hip hop, and rhythmic soul music all night, from [...]
Going.com has been around for a while now, but only in major cities like NYC and San Francisco. They’re a website and social network focused on events, helping people find fun things to do (and perhaps more importantly, good people to do them with).
About two weeks ago, Going launched in a number of new cities [...]
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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 always held [...]
This video, produced by the Mint Museum, takes a look at the the projects being built around the new Wachovia tower that collectively make up the Wachovia Cultural Campus: the new Mint Museum, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the Knight Theater, and the Afro-American Cultural Center.
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Jimmy Buffett hit the Queen City this past Tuesday, and Charlotteans came out to tailgate before the show.  It was great. I wish I had more photos but, thanks to the security folks, I was unable to get my camera into the amphitheater. (Next time I’ll be sure to bring a smaller camera.)Â
The other week I got a peek at a dank new artist who is hitting the American hip-hop/R&B scene fast and hard. I went out to Amos’ Southend after work April 23rd and was very satisfied with my investment in tickets for the Bailey’s Get Together Estelle Show hosted by John Legend.
The beloved Emmy-winning Saturday morning cartoon series that taught millions of kids about grammar, civics, and science in the seventies is now a live show! Adapted for the stage by Theater BAM Chicago, Schoolhouse Rock Live is doing performances all around the country, and visits Charlotte in two days.
Back by popular demand, the Thursday Night Concert Series, River Jam, sets off May 1st – with what looks to be a pretty eclectic set of acts throughout May. The US National Whitewater Center is definitely one of Charlotte’s hidden gems. Charlotteans are just beginning to discover what the center has to offer, and with [...]
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