For her new album, musician Anne Harris commissioned a violin from luthier Amanda Ewing, the first such professional collaboration between two Black women to be recorded.

Shuai Wang thought he'd peaked before competing on Top Chef. But over a plate of food at King BBQ, the chef tells NPR's Debbie Elliott he now knows his career is just getting started.

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshippers a decade ago.

Some Charlotte Pride sponsors are pulling back this year — either scaling down support, asking not to have their logos displayed, or going silent altogether. In response, Mecklenburg County approved $125,000 in public funding to help keep the city's largest festival — and one of its biggest tourism events — free and accessible.

Once largely confined to insular networks, contemporary Christian music is having a breakthrough moment on the pop charts with artists like Brandon Lake and Forrest Frank.

This weekend, saber-toothed cats, giant armadillos, and a creature called the "hell pig" invade the Museum of York County. We talk with curator Dr. Steve Fields about the Carolinas’ prehistoric past.

You might be in the mood to go out for some entertainment. But what about “eater-tainment?” It’s one of the hot new trends in Charlotte. WFAE's Marshall Terry and The Ledger's Tony Mecia discuss this, and other local business stories, on this week's BizWorthy.

A new mural at a Compare Foods in south Charlotte will honor two young Latina girls who took their lives after being bullied.

Sometimes all it takes to make your day a little brighter is to remind yourself just how dark life can get. Here are four dark novels and a true crime tale.

The Smithsonian has issued a statement supporting Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch following President Trump's claim that he fired the director of the National Portrait Gallery.