Charlotte

Charlotte says goodbye to the Double Door Inn Incumbent city councilman Al Austin will not seek re-election for District 2, northwest Charlotte, this fall. Austin is finishing his second term on the council. He works full-time as the director of development for Johnson C. Smith University. He told the Charlotte Observer that his full-time job […]

The Double Door Inn’s, Charlotte’s longest running live music venue hosted its last concert on Monday. The Monday Night All-Stars played to a sold-out crowd as people packed the small club to bid farewell to the 43-year-old venue. Actually, most of the shows were sold out for the last week as longtime fans and others […]

Families, couples and friends gathered Uptown on Saturday evening to celebrate the end of 2016 and the arrival of 2017 at CLT NYE at Romare Beardon Park uptown. Participants huddled under blankets, but others kept warm by dancing and eating everything from funnel cake to drinking hot chocolate. There was also the annual tradition of […]

Social Media is blowing up after Kemba Walker #Shaqtin play. Now for the not so understanding basketball fans #Shaqtin is some one doing one of those bone headed mistakes during the game usually self-inflected. In yesterdays events Kemba landed himself on the Shaqtin spot. Shooting a shot from the top of the three point line […]

The Charlotte poetry community is reeling at the news that beloved poet Tavis P. Brunson died on Tuesday from medical complications. He was only 44. Brunson lived in Columbia, but he was an integral part of the Charlotte poetry scene and a founding member of the poetry group Concrete Generation, which includes Mike Simms, Carlos […]

One of the highest viewed games this year, Christmas Day was the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs pulled out a “miracle” come from behind win on the Warriors. If you watched the last two minutes of the game you were sitting on the edge of your seat. Not knowing who was going […]

With 6 wins this season it’s no surprise the Carolina Panthers will not be returning to the playoffs this year. With a lack luster season it seemed the Panthers just couldn’t get the job done. After last years glorious run of being undefeated and making it to the Super Bowl the Panthers 9 losses hurt […]

Charlotte is home to more than two dozen breweries. NoDa and Southend are brewery hubs, but other parts of the city are beginning to see breweries pop as well. Here’s a look at the ones that opened this year. Blue Blaze Location: Old Savona Mill in West Charlotte Known for German, English and American styles. […]

The Charlotte City Council did exactly what the Republican legislators wanted them to do, they blinked – twice – in hopes that HB2 would repealed today. It wasn’t. Top Local Charlotte Stories In 2016 Instead the Senate tried to pass a repeal bill that put a temporary ban on local governments passing local ordinances. And […]

Six conservative pastors held a press conference on Tuesday afternoon asking the N.C. General Assembly not repeal HB2 in a special session on Wednesday. “We have urged that HB2 not be repealed tomorrow,” said Mark Harris, of First Baptist Church. The pastors supported the City Council’s decision to remove the non-discrimination ordinance, which they described […]