[ad_1] Today’s cup poured by: Just like that, we’re at the end of March. I can’t say where the time went, but I can share some ways to spend your weekend. Our events list (below) includes something for everyone. Free Newsletter Stay informed with news and events that impact Charlotte’s Black communities. QCity Metro reporter Jalon Hill can’t wait to
Read More[ad_1] By Staff The Champlain Valley Union High School RoboHawks won Vermont’s FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics championships. FIRST Tech Challenge is an international robotics program that more than 30,000 students worldwide participate in. The 16 teams in the state competition on Saturday, March 19, included for the first time CVU’s junior varsity team — the
Read More[ad_1] Renowned street dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley has worked with the likes of Madonna and Yo-Yo Ma. He’s even danced on the Great Wall of China, but come Sunday, he’ll bring his Memphis Jookin’ to Charlotte’s Knight Theater. Riley, 31, fell in love with the Memphis dance culture as a kid; he saw it
Read More[ad_1] By Chris Merritt & Ian Merritt Final Out Take Everything dies, baby, that’s a factBut maybe everything that dies someday comes backPut your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty andMeet me tonight in Atlantic City. —Bruce Springsteen Edd Merritt If the prose within this edition seems more linear and coherent, it may be
Read More[ad_1] By Louis Cox, Ruah Swennerfelt and Linda Hamilton Photo by Ruah SwennerfeltLouis Cox collects electronic waste for recycling at Green Up Day. When East Charlotte’s Lyceum Schoolhouse served local children (approximately 1870-1950), the “Three Rs” of reading, writing and ‘rithmatic were core teachings. Today the building is home to Charlotte Grange and the core
Read More[ad_1] Sponsored by: In a fast-growing city like Charlotte, communities on the margin can sometimes get left behind. That’s where LISC Charlotte comes in. In less than three years, LISC Charlotte has invested more than $43 million to improve conditions in some of the city’s underserved communities. When Covid-19 arrived, LISC mobilized to assist small
Read More[ad_1] I stopped watching the Oscars because of the self-aggrandizing that takes place every year: Hollywood patting itself on the back for making movies that most of us have never seen. I’ll Pass. I was watching “Spider-Man: No Way Home” on Sunday when I received a Facebook message about The Slap. The Oscars pulled me
Read More[ad_1] About this series: As West Charlotte High School prepares for Lion Pride Day to commemorate its historic campus, which will give way to new construction, we asked alumni to share some of their best high school memories. As told to Cierra Lannon: I am a proud, second-generation West Charlotte Lion. My parents met there, married and they
Read More[ad_1] In 2014, Charlotte got some unsettling news – despite its booming economy, the American Dream was floundering here. A Harvard study found that a child born in poverty had the lowest chances among major U.S. cities of making it out of poverty. It was a rallying cry for government, nonprofits, and companies to work
Read More[ad_1] More than 50,000 people with felony convictions in North Carolina could regain their right to vote under a state court ruling handed down on Monday. Superior court judges, in a 2-1 decision, found racial bias in a North Carolina law that denied voting rights to people who, though freed from prison, remained on probation,
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