Articles By: Amanda Pagliarini
(Not so obvious) Public art in Charlotte
On the heels of contemplating the relevance of art, yet another reason to care: Imagine our city as a girl in jeans and a white T-shirt. Unless she’s super hot (and sorry, but we’re not), this is a boring, uninspiring look. But throw on some funky jewelry, an embellished belt, a brightly colored...
February 10th, 2010 | February 2010 | Read More
Why care about art?
Our once sterile uptown streets are coming alive with art. But the truth remains – most Charlotteans could not give a shit.
It’s an understandable reaction. Museums, galleries, even art itself can feel inaccessible, daunting, intimidating, or simply irrelevant. Why should people step into the...
February 10th, 2010 | February 2010 | Read More
Pictures from the bedroom
A few sit-ups, two glasses of wine before noon, a make-up artist, and a photographer who knows his lighting as if he were a descendant of Thomas Edison, and you, too, can have a gift for the man in your life that will knock his socks – and pants – off.
In the name of sex, art, and Valentine’s Day...
February 7th, 2010 | February 2010 | Read More
Staying Single
All too often, I’m asked for advice about men. But just like wine, massive consumption doesn’t make you a connoisseur – it just makes you a lush. So instead, I thought I’d wrap up 2009 with a list of things my friends and I have proved will make men run in the opposite direction. Consider...
January 5th, 2010 | January 2010 | Read More
A Man, A Woman and Someone In Between
I often hear from men that women are frustratingly complicated. And it’s tough to argue with them. The women I know have contradictory desires: a masculine protector who can also cry on her shoulder; a man who will put her in her place and yet not tell her what to do; a cultured, artistic man of...
February 8th, 2009 | October 2009 | Read More
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