Charlotte's Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology students took home top prizes in the web development and graphic design competitions at the North Carolina State Fair on Oct. 11. Students developed websites and graphics around the theme, "Discovering Local Foods." The students' work will be on display at the...
It’s time to turn your clocks forward one hour when daylight saving time starts this Sunday, March 8.
When you TURN your clocks forward, also TEST your smoke alarms.
It’s also a good time to take these lifesaving steps to prepare for home fires, the nation’s most frequent disaster:
Install smoke alarms on every level of...
The Young Affiliates of the Mint (YAM) will host the 4th Annual Charlotte YP Mixer on Wednesday, January 16 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Level Five of Mint Museum Uptown in the Mattye and Marc Silverman Grand Room and new museum Expansion Space. This year’s event will welcome...
Award-winning Charlotte author Amy Clipston returns to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with a gripping new story about hope, faith and family with the first young adult novel in her ECPA and Christian Book Distributors bestselling Kauffman Amish Bakery series. In RECKLESS HEART (ZONDERVAN; April 2012; $9.99), Lydia Bontrager seems...
The Ronald McDonald House (RMH) of Charlotte is looking for area businesses to participate in its upcoming 2010 "Sport a Shirt, Share a Night" Fund-raising campaign. Participating Charlotte-area companies will encourage their employees to purchase a RMH T-shirt for $10 and wear them on Friday, April 23, 2010....
Mecklenburg County government offices and agencies will be closed on Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November 26, 2010 for the Thanksgiving holiday. This includes all units of the Department of Social Services, the Tax Office, Elections Office, the Register of Deeds Office, and the Land Use and Environmental Services...
Fine art portraiture artists, Crider's Photography, has partnered with Easter Seals UCP to create a 2011 Angels of Faith calendar featuring local children photographed as angels. The motivation behind this calendar is Ethan DeJarnette, who is ten years old and has cerebral palsy. He is the nephew of a...
In celebration of National Pancake Day, IHOP restaurants nationwide will offer each guest a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. This year, IHOP is hoping to stack up more donations than ever before, with a...
A team of Cricket Communications volunteers, as well as other businesses and community organizations, will work with Rebuilding Together on a major revitalization project in Charlotte Saturday, Nov. 6. Through this project, four local residents’ homes in the Belmont neighborhood will get a much-needed facelift including new windows, bathroom...
Jerald Melberg Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new pastels by Charles Basham Nov. 10 – Dec. 29. Aptly titled Ends of the Day, the exhibition will debut large-scale pastels with an emphasis on landscapes at sunrise and sunset.
In these works, Basham renders dramatic and compelling...