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Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day to host BarCamp Charlotte 7 , the tech un-conference held twice a year at Area Fifteen . Attendees pitched session ideas on topics ranging from Google Analytics, how to write and publish a non-fiction book, power tools and critical thinking for children, to a discussion on the tech culture in [...]

Author and pastor Jay Bakker attended a cookout against the North Carolina Constitutional Amendment Friday afternoon at Area Fifteen. Bakker grew up in the Charlotte area and is now pastor at Revolution Church in New York City. Dozens turned out for hot dogs, hamburgers, and conversation. Many who had taken advantage of early voting wore “I Voted” [...]

Charlotte area band Harvest released their first album April of last year. In the months following the completion of the album, the band has played local shows as band leader Garrett Glaus worked on writing new material. Now Harvest faces big changes as longtime members Gabriella and Julia Hunt are amicably leaving the band to pursue [...]

Friends, family, and loyal customers gathered Friday night to celebrate the one year anniversary of Charlotte’s Not Just Coffee . Originally located at Area Fifteen near NoDa, Not Just Coffee relocated Uptown when the Seventh Street Market opened in November. Opening Not Just Coffee was originally a part time endeavor for James Yoder, who continued working his day [...]

Friends, family, and loyal customers gathered Friday night to celebrate the one year anniversary of Charlotte’s Not Just Coffee . Originally located at Area Fifteen near NoDa, Not Just Coffee relocated Uptown when the Seventh Street Market opened in November. Opening Not Just Coffee was originally a part time endeavor for James Yoder, who continued working his day [...]

NoDa is getting a new bar and concert venue as The Chop Shop holds its official opening celebration this weekend. The Chop Shop is being brought to life by an experience group in the local music and arts scene. Jay Tilyard, Bob Davis, Tracie Nasta, and Matt and Doug Gerin have worked the past year converting [...]

Photos from Barcamp Charlotte V held on April 16th at Area Fifteen in Charlotte.

Roof structure missing. Windows not maintained. Insufficient exits. Inadequate lighting.

The ordinance violations read like an autopsy. A roof? Roofless – the monicker bestowed upon 1209 Parkwood Avenue — didn’t feel the need to be so constrained. Art shows , concerts and charity fundraisers felt a home under the stars. Born seventy years ago, the slab and block building originally served as [...]

Harvest will be hosting a CD release concert at Area Fifteen on Friday, April 22nd at 7PM. Also performing are The Collection , Wind & Willow ,  and Elisaray. Weather permitting, the bands plan on performing on an outdoor stage facing North Davidson Street. Harvest spend the last year writing original music for their debut album. The band hopes to tour this [...]

Roca Eterna School of Music is hosting their first free “Concert 4 Diversity” event, an eclectic art night to celebrate diversity in Charlotte, NC. The event will take place on Wednesday, April 13 starting at 6:30pm at Area Fifteen , 516 E 15th St. Charlotte N.C. Concert 4 Diversity will also feature local contemporary visual artist Edwin Gil and [...]

Charlotte Twestival raised over $2,000 for A Child’s Place this past Thursday at a red carpet reception hosted by Butter. CLTwestival provided a way for local Twitter users to use social media to raise funds and awareness for a local non-profit. According to the organizers:

Twestival is Charlotte’s part of the world-wide Twestival fundraising event. On March 24th, Charlotte joined [...]

They enter through the back door of Area Fifteen into the Counter Culture Coffee training center; nearly a dozen baristas and friends gathering around the counter and sharing beers. Brent Hall, Counter Culture’s regional representative, takes on the role of ring leader. He discusses with the other two judges the qualities on which the latte art will [...]

This June, Charlotte will once again play host to international soccer. Last March, Bank of America stadium hosted Mexico vs Iceland in a warm-up for the World Cup with over 65,000 fans in attendance. Charlotte will host Group A matches between Costa Rica and El Salvador at 7PM, and Mexico and Cuba at 9PM on June [...]

Garrett Glaus is navigating his own course through Charlotte’s music scene. Instead of tirelessly gigging and playing cover tunes, Glaus’ band, Harvest, has spent an entire year writing and recording their debut album while only playing a few shows along the way. “I worked on it at my house and it got crazy wearisome so we went [...]

Community volunteers turned out to lend a helping hand to the Free Store at Area Fifteen on Saturday. The Free Store moved out of its space in the main building at Area Fifteen and into the newly renovated house on the corner of the block at 15th Street and Caldwell Street. The event, called ” 2 out of [...]

Street art found in the Derita neighborhood of Charlotte.

The Charlotte Art Meetup Group kicked off its new meeting schedule at Area Fifteen this past Friday with an evening of networking, poetry, art, and a discussion of our shared humanity. James Yoder of Not Just Coffee served drinks to the group as members mingled and shared before sitting down for introductions. Cheronne Williams and Jahmir Lewis, founders [...]

A gallery of photographs taken this weekend from the 51st floor of The Vue.