Elvis Menayese
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WFAE
The Charlotte Symphony and another local group are bringing music to people who typically don’t get the opportunity to see live performances in a concert hall. Their goal: to use the art form as a way to help people navigate hardships.
Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn
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Ayana Ross
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Every culture has its own special soup. The belief is that a bowl will make you feel better if you're feeling under the weather, hung over or just in need of a pick-me-up. -
NPRNew on the shelves this week: An obit writer writes — and drunkenly publishes — his own obituary. A Hungarian teen stumbles into adulthood. And geriatric sleuth Vera Wong returns.
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In a social media post, Lebowski’s Neighborhood Grille said it makes the announcement with "a heavy heart." The restaurant is on East Boulevard, next door to the hot dog joint JJ's Red Hots, which also closed this month. -
A statue of the fabled egg went missing from Cornelius Elementary School in 2023. Residents raised money for its replacement. -
Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series "Dr. Kildare" who found a second career as an award-winning "king of the miniseries," has died. He was 90. -
The apology appeared after a wave of online protest against the Academy — first for not responding to Ballal's attack, and then for not naming him and his film directly in its initial statement. -
Amber Ruffin had been scheduled to perform at the prestigious gathering of political journalists on April 26 in Washington, D.C. -
FCC chair Brendan Carr said he wants a review all of Disney's DEI practices — both past and present — to determine whether the company has ever violated any FCC regulations. -
The final installment in our month-long series for Women's History Month exploring 100 years of music history. -
In 2010, a wealthy man announced that he'd hidden a box of gold and jewels somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The Netflix docuseries Gold & Greed chronicles the ill-fated search for Fenn's Treasure. -
The festival has been a Park City, Utah institution for over 40 years. -
A pre-Civil War farmhouse built by a wealthy gold miner in Mecklenburg County is up for sale in west Charlotte. The home has been restored by a local couple that saved it from demolition in 2014.
PODCASTS
SouthBound, hosted by journalist Tommy Tomlinson, features conversations with notable Southerners from all walks of life – from artists to athletes to politicians.
Amplifier, a podcast hosted by Joni Deutsch, explores the Charlotte area music scene, including the artists, the venues and all those who work to bring music to the community.
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