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Anna Kooiman
Uptown contributor Anna Kooiman writes blogs for us that are sure to hold your attention. She gives us the scoop on everything from concerts, new restaurant openings, fashion trends, and fitness to insight on controversial issues facing the Queen City, to information about community service events. She...
July 29th, 2010 | Current Issue | Read More
Going Local in Nicaragua
Sure, I could have signed up for an all-inclusive vacation, sipped umbrella cocktails on a guard-patrolled beach and pretended to be in another country. But as the UnTourist, I took a different tactic: I picked the cheapest Central American city Orbitz had to offer and booked a $250, three-hour flight...
July 19th, 2010 | Current Issue | Read More
Counting Crowes at the NC Music Factory
As the sun set over Uptown Charlotte and the air cooled down just a touch The Counting Crowes tuned up and cast their music into the night sky. 15,000 Charlotteans were entertained at the Uptown Amphitheater at the NC Music Factory last night the 14th. And we captured the moment as dusk turned into night.
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July 15th, 2010 | Current Issue, Featured | Read More
Shawna Robinson – The First Lady of Nascar
Shawna Robinson was trapped in a Los Angeles hotel room. “Quarantined” is how she described it. She hadn’t been kidnapped. Quite the opposite. Robinson actually had placed herself in this confining situation.
Late in 2009,the Charlottean whom countless gearheads know for her accomplishments...
July 6th, 2010 | Current Issue | Read More
This is Bonnaroo
It’s just before midnight on Sunday and, after four days without a shower, I’m crammed into a Ferris wheel pod, grinding my way up several stories above the tree line. We’re just high enough that I can’t see people on the ground anymore, but in the darkness I can still see lighters touch glass...
July 6th, 2010 | Current Issue | Read More
The Next Big Food Thing
Peter Reinhart has been the Contributing Food Editor for Uptown Magazine since the first issue, mentoring young food writers for publication in these pages and, occasionally, writing pieces of his own. He is a four-time James Beard Award winner for his books and for his breads. He is also the Chef on...
July 2nd, 2010 | Current Issue | Read More
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