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...

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...

The words to the old Cole Porter tune from “Kiss Me, Kate” (one of my all-time favorite musicals) keep playing inside my head as I ride the Lynx uptown for the Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers concert October 10. I’ve been given a backstage pass so I can view the debut of the Knight Theater...