CLT Blog

A bunch of folks in Charlotte, including me, are starting a challenge today.  We’re trying to drink more water. A lot more water! It’s called 60 in 60.  It starts today and you can get all the info here at NoFizzCLT (@NoFizzCLT). In a nut shell, they’re asking us to drink 60 ounces of water every day [...]

photos fetched from Sir Ed’s Facebook page Jeremy Markovich (@deftlyinane) was at Sir Edmond Halley‘s last night for the last call of a Charlotte institution. Sir Ed’s saw a huge crowd on closing night due in part to tremendous support on Facebook from people who heard about the closing. Jeremy wrote the following eulogy for [...]

Dolce Vita and Espada Bicycles are teaming up for a cool, weekly, and surprisingly healthy drinking game. It’s called Two Wheel Tuesdays, and it’s every Tuesday beginning at 6:30 pm. Participants meet at Dolce Vita for drinks and food; then the ride kicks off 7:30 pm, departing from Espada Bicycles located right across the street, [...]

Just got back from a sneak peak at Charlotte’s newest bar Wet Willies. It is much different from the last time we checked it out. For those of you that do not know, Wet Willies is a Daiquiri bar that has over 20 different types of drinks that range for the mild to the extreme. [...]

watch this video in HD on YouTube They’re turning the plaza outside the NC Music Factory into a tropical landscape each Friday, you’ve gotta see this. Complete with outdoor cabanas, private beds, sushi by Nikko, DJs, and a fashion show to kick the series off. Free admission and free parking. I interviewed Noah last Friday [...]

Tons of people in fancy hats and fancy pants flocked to the 15th Annual Queens Cup Steeplechase in Waxhaw this weekend for a day of tailgaiting, horses, terrier races and fun!  I went out to spend the day at the race and was pleasantly surprised that there was such a thing in the South that [...]

The above video is a sample of what you can expect Saturday night from Peter Rollins. Peter Rollins isn’t really a famous name yet here in the U.S., except in certain circles who know him to be a provocative postmodern philosopher and storyteller. Rollins hails from Belfast, Ireland, where he’s been a major proponent of [...]

Get ready for a fun-filled afternoon! Come and connect with Charlotte’s cultural and entertainment community in the Center City at the Ritz-Carlton, March 20, 3 – 6 p.m. There will be live music by Rock ’N’ Roll dueling pianists from Howl at the Moon, light hors d’oeuvres, displays and demonstrations by some of Charlotte’s premier cultural organizations such [...]

This Sunday, January 24th, from 2-8pm, the Comet Bar & Grill will be hosting a benefit for the NTAF South-Atlantic Bone Marrow Transplant Fund in honor of Patrick Johnson. The National Transplant Assistance Fund (NTAF) has a 26-year record of success helping families address financial hardships arising from uninsured medical expenses related to transplantation and [...]

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr While many in Charlotte have been to or at least heard of the NoDa Gallery Crawl, many have not heard about the Plaza-Midwood Krawl, which took place Saturday evening. The gallery crawls in NoDa take place every first and third Friday of the month, but the Plaza-Midwood [...]

Painting by Arthur Brothers on display at Cosmos in Ballantyne I go to my fair share of events in Charlotte. I go to clubs, I go to art galleries, I go to networking events, and I go to music events. Then I found myself at a Culture Initiative Art Social at Tutto Mondo in May [...]

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr Work was frantic at the NC Music Factory on Friday afternoon, as crews put the final touches on Charlotte’s newest uptown live music venues. The paint will hardly be dry as a nearly sold-out crowd packs the Uptown Amphitheater Saturday night for a performance by The Fray. [...]