McColl Center Ignite Nite
McColl Center for Art + Innovation announces Ignite Nite, a citywide evening to celebrate the creative community in Charlotte on May 20. The event welcomes the community to participate in-person or virtually, joining 20 local artists with groups of art lovers to create works of art together from a mystery kit of materials.
The work of art created by each group will be truly unique based on the artist’s vision for the materials provided. One group could build mini sculptures while another may end up with collages or hanging mobiles.
In the Citywide Art Lab, each group will be led by an artist, including Charlotte artists Cat Babbie, Victoria Byers, Paul Farmer, Amanda Foshag, Bunny Gregory, Abel Jackson, Will Jenkins, Taylor Lee, April Marten, Kenny Nguyen, Elizabeth Palmisano, and Morganne Van Voorhis.
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Many journalists have read the book and seen the movie All The President s Men. The tale of the reporting behind the Watergate break-in has long been an inspiration for many to enter the profession, and it contains one of the most classic lines: Follow the money.
That means, of course, that money is the driving force in our world in good and bad and simply mundane ways.
And money was at the root of many of this week s biggest stories. To start, Charlotte s City Manager Marcus Jones revealed his budget for the upcoming year. In a presentation to City Council and reporters, he focused on how the budget did not include a tax hike, but contained higher starting salaries and raises for most employees.
WFAE Charlotte artist Michelle Bunny Gregory stands next to the bus she s converting into a mobile studio that will travel around the city to help kids in undeserved communities learn creative skills, including art activities and music.
There’s an unusual sight just off Monroe Road near East Mecklenburg High.
A school bus sits parked by its lonesome, painted white with splashes of yellow reminiscent of comic books and graphic art. And … it has nothing to do with the school. But it has everything to do with kids. It s the brainchild of Charlotte artist Bunny Gregory, and her dream a long time coming is finally about to hit the road.
Fetchin Bones band members pose for a photo in the 1980s.
It’s really never too late to finish something you’re passionate about. Charlotte rockers Fetchin Bones’ heyday was in the 1980s, but for years, lead singer Hope Nicholls had nagging feelings of unfinished business manifesting in a recurring dream about a forgotten song. Well, Nicholls, who’s now in the band It’s Snakes, and her husband, former Fetchin Bones member Aaron Pitkin, found the song and a few others on long-forgotten demo tapes. And after 32 years, Fetchin Bones dropped new (well, old but new) music. “Maybe the dreams will stop now,” Nicholls said.