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Who wit me? The season finale of “Desperate Housewives” was JUST OK. But “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Private Practice” was off the dawg on chain!! Broke a brother down! What do you think?
The CIAA released its official photos on Facebook today. I found a link on the page to an April story by the Charlotte Post about the tournament’s economic impact. This story hasn’t been widely reported so I wanted to share it with the My92.7 family. This year, the tournament brought in $37.1 million, slightly trailing […]
VIA: TheUbranDaily.com Today we are representing North Carolina’s own homeboy Cakuz Tree. Caktuz..?!3 has been a steadfast community activist in many projects globaly, including HIV/AIDS awareness, urban revitalization, youth development, and many more since the age of 13 in his hometown of High Point, NC. He has been dropping a catalog full of music and […]
Tune into Fly Ty weekdays to win tickets to Maxwell’s Charlotte performance. He will be at the Time Warner Cable Arena on June 29. His opening act is to be announced. The platinum-selling soul star added shows with Erykah Badu and Melanie Fiona to the 20 previously announced dates featuring Jill Scott. The 33 date […]
Charlotte twins Darius and Demetrice Gillespie will make an appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” today. The show will feature Justin Bieber and the topic is the power of putting your music on YouTube. Darius and Demetrice hit the national spotlight last year when they were featured on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.” Ellen’s producers found […]
In all of my years of covering entertainment here, I have to say this is one of the biggest surprises. Maxwell is returning to Time Warner Cable Arena on June 29. That’s less than a year after he performed at the arena in October. Whoa! Charlotte rarely gets that kind of love from urban acts […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Charlotte will host three big events this week: the grand opening of the NASCAR Hall of Fame, the NRA convention and the Ultra-Swim. The Ultra-Swim brings African American Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones back to Charlotte. City officials say despite the slew of events descending upon uptown this week they don’t expect any […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Harvest Center hosted a fashion show featuring formerly homeless models as part of its volunteer appreciation luncheon. The Center is a drug and intervention program most known for its soup kitchen. Belk donated gift certificates for the clothes. Blossom Hair Boutique did the models’ hair, and makeup artist Joseph Huguenin of Durham […]
Mayor Foxx will participate in the longstanding tradition of Mayor’s Ride To Work. He will bike from his home to the Dowd YMCA where he will join other prominent Charlotte leaders including Charlotte Center City Partners CEO Michael Smith. Foxx, Smith along with other bike enthusiasts, including elected officials, will ride to the Wachovia/Wells Fargo […]
On Sunday, thousands of people celebrated the Mexican holiday at the Cinco de Mayo Fanta Festival at McAlpine Creek Park. This is the third annual celebration, which is smaller than the Latin American Coalition’s Latin American Festival. The event highlighted a mix of Hispanic and Latin American culture, and drew a diverse crowd. The event […]
VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER In a primary in which many incumbents won easily, state Rep. Nick Mackey lost his bid for a second term. Challenger Rodney Moore defeated Mackey 62 percent to 38 percent. The vote came one day after the N.C. Board suspended Mackey’s license. Read more about that here: VIA QCITYMETRO.COM Considering Mackey’s tenacity […]
The YWCA kicked off its Stand Against Racism Day. Mayor Anthony Foxx, Community Relations director Willie Ratchford and Charlotte Police Chief Rodney Monroe were among the dozens of participants who attended Friday’s event at the Park Road facility. Read more at Crossroads Charlotte.
