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Selling your first place in Charlotte? Then HGTV is looking for you! My First Sale, the popular HGTV show, is looking for first-time home sellers (and their real estate agents!) in the Charlotte, NC area. We are looking for fun, high-energy first-time home sellers who are just starting the process of selling their first place!  [...]

Charlotte restaurant week is here again from July 16th-25th. It is your chance to partake in some of Charlotte’s finest dining establishments. Their are 88 restaurants to choose from in all parts of Charlotte. We sat down with Bruce Hinsley to talk about what is restaurant week and all the hidden gems people should try. [...]

The 6th edition of Charlotte Pecha Kucha Night went down this past Friday. Pecha Kucha Night continues to evolve and always showcases some of the best and brightest in the QC. Earlier this year, Charlotte Pecha Kucha was selected the city’s “Best Creative Gathering” in the Charlotte Magazine “Best of the Best” awards. PKN CLT [...]

So, we CLTBlog.com folk volunteer for a lot of stuff around town if you haven’t guessed already. One thing we’re regularly involved with is Pecha Kucha (@PKNCLT) and tonight is one event we really encourage everyone in Charlotte’s creative class to attend. Tonight we’ve got presenters speaking on a wide range of topics from physics to art [...]

“It is folly to pretend that the world is anything but absurd” … says Matt Cosper, co-founder of Charlotte’s Machine Theater, playwright and author of ThomThom (if that bird won’t sing). “Providing the ability to laugh in the face of absurdity and directly encountering our fears in the theater can provide some structure to the [...]

watch this video in HD on YouTube The Discovery Place crew have been hard at work retooling and renovating for some 18 months now, and this weekend it all wraps up with the opening of World Alive (an aquarium and rainforest exhibition) and Fantastic Frogs. Best of all, admission is free! Saturday is for Discovery [...]

As the sun continues to punish Charlotte with it’s relentless rays of unbearable heat, isn’t it nice to hear of a way to spend the evening out, somewhere cool and entertaining?  Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the laugh a minute Five Course Love. Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte is a character-rich locale just off [...]

Grammy-nominated vocalist Jordin Sparks kicked off The Battlefield Tour on June 2nd and is stopping though Charlotte to sing. Lucky for us she agreed to answer some questions I couldn’t wait to ask! I’m a big Jordin Sparks fan mostly because she’s one of the performers that keeps her name out of the gossip rags, [...]

From Moira Quinn @ Center City Partners: Food Lion Speed Street, the annual Uptown Charlotte event known for its racing theme, live performances and bags full of freebies, made recycling a top priority this year – with impressive results. More than 15 percent more waste was recycled than in 2009. Ultimately, just over 40 percent [...]

Charlotte On the Cheap is reporting: Watershed Charlotte is showing free family-friendly movies the 2nd Friday of the month at Freedom Park. There will also be free popcorn and door prizes. The movies begin at dusk. The schedule: May 14th: Night at the Museum 2 June 11th: The Tale of Despereaux July 9th: The Blind [...]

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Sometimes the best view of an event is the one in aggregate. We searched through Twitter this morning for #nascarHOF, “NASCAR”, etc. and pulled out all the best photos. Here’s what we got. Attributing each and every photo would take forever, but thanks to, among others: @adulin @WCooksey @cltlobbyist @PBFoto @nateryan @WilsonShow @WSOC_TV Feel free [...]