Most of us know about Charlotte Pride’s annual festival and parade (Aug. 19-20 this year). But here are six other LGBTQ-supportive events in August. Illusions: The Drag Queen Show Weekends in August Burlesque and comedy performances from drag queen celebrity impersonators. 18-plus. Chasers, Tickets start at $30 Alphabet Soup Friday, Aug. 4, 9:30 p.m. From
Read MoreClifton Settlemyer’s porch is the kind of place where long stories unwind. Its rocking chairs face Clement Avenue, built wide to accommodate a streetcar line that never materialized. Old-growth trees shade the street. Three former mayors live nearby. Neighbors stroll the sidewalk, and Settlemyer knows many of them. His home, like many in Elizabeth, is
Read MoreI met Gene Briggs in 2019, not long after he took the helm of the kitchen at Legion Brewing’s SouthPark location. At the time, I thought he was the most overqualified chef in Charlotte. That wasn’t a dig at Legion—I knew Juicy Jay was a top seller for good reason. I just assumed breweries offered
Read MoreMethodology: First off, no repeats. Any beer included in the 2020, 2021, or 2022 brackets was ineligible for this one. That was the only hard criterion. We tried to include as many new breweries from the suburbs as possible because that’s where the growth is, and after our lights-only Summer Sips bracket in ’22, we
Read MoreAnna Cyr By Lori York, Senior Center Director Volunteers make a difference. The senior center offers a wide variety of programming through the support of many volunteers. What some do not realize is that most of the activities at the center are organized and led by volunteers. These include gatherings for games like backgammon, bridge,
Read MoreAnna Cyr By Claudia Marshall, Chair, Fundraising Committee Claudia Marshall Make no bones about it: I am here to ask for your financial support for community journalism. You could think of it as a voluntary subscription fee. Many folks here in Charlotte are happy to pay for the paper (and website). Someone needs to pay
Read MoreAnna Cyr By Kate Kelly and Portia Butrym, Lewis Creek Association Lewis Creek Association has maintained an educational boat launch steward program for three summers at Bristol and Monkton Ponds where the stewards have interacted with nearly 1,600 boats and intercepted 367 boats that had aquatic plants on them. The boat launch stewards greet boaters
Read MoreAnna Cyr Photo by Scooter MacMillan Two piles of broken roof trusses lie on the ground next to Charlotte’s new town garage. The trusses were blown down when heavy winds came up around 4 p.m. Friday. Men were working at the time. It was amazing that no one was injured or killed, said John Masterson
Read MoreAnna Cyr By Scooter MacMillan, Editor Because of allegations of sexual harassment charges against the architect Shelburne Museum had chosen to design its new building to house its collection of Native American art, the museum has severed its relationship with David Adjaye and his firm. Shelburne Museum announced in May the construction of the Perry
Read MoreAnna Cyr By Margo Bartsch, Contributor The first of August is a rite of passage for high school seniors: the Common Application to apply to college is open. This year, however, the Common Application will be different to address the Supreme Court’s decision to effectively end affirmative action for undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate admissions, according
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