Food Truck Friday and a little live music tonight from the Jon Linker Band. As a way to encourage folks to either bike or take the Light Rail to Food Truck Friday….if you arrive via Light Rail or Bike we’ll have a special South End giveaway under the branded South End tent. Just show Andrew … Continue reading
One year ago we hosted our first South End Community Day, a Saturday morning dedicated to landscaping and art projects to spruce up the neighborhood. In partnership with the Charlotte Community ToolBank and the South End Neighborhood Association (SENA), we have planted several new flower beds and spruced up an old dumpster over the last … Continue reading
We are in the middle of Bike Charlotte and one of the many events happening during this time is the Big Bingo Bike Ride. South End has been supporter of this event as it has taken shape over the years and something for the whole family. Grab your bike and come join us at Icehouse … Continue reading
This Friday looks like we will finally have great weather…not that the weather has stopped folks from coming out to Food Truck Friday! We have two great events happening on Friday night in two separate location. The first is the usual Food Truck Friday, which last Friday had to have been a record number of … Continue reading
I really love all the local food offerings that South End provides from Healthy Home Market and Atherton Market to restaurants like Luna’s Living Kitchen, The Liberty, Common Market and others. This Sunday, Triple C Brewery is hosting a Funds to Farms dinner and all the details are below. Looks like a great event and … Continue reading
Overview Charlotte Magazine recently named the South End Gallery Crawl as the “Best Artsy Place to Take a Date” and the May Gallery Crawl will be unlike any we have ever hosted! Whether you are a local resident or in town for the Wells Fargo Championship, this Friday will be a tremendous celebration of not … Continue reading
Last night (Tuesday, April 23) we held our first Community Meeting to share the Rail Trail Vision. We had a tremendous turnout with over 80 people, which included lots of residents from South End, Dilworth, Wilmore and Sedgefield along with City Councilwoman, LaWana Mayfield, many representatives from City staff as well as Charlotte Center City … Continue reading
What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? If you’ve been at the market in the last week, you probably noticed that we’re moving things around a bit and are “under construction.” The modifications to the booth at the front door are to accommodate our newest vendor, Not Just Coffee. James Yoder is a familiar … Continue reading
Next Tuesday, April 23rd we are hosting a community meeting to share the vision for the Rail Trail and would love for you to come join us. The meeting will start at 5:30pm at Byrons in the Design Center of the Carolinas. We will have a formal presentation and then we’ll have a short tour … Continue reading
One of the six main goals of the South End Strategic Plan (Good to Great) that we worked on as a community a year and a half ago, was improving neighborhood connectivity. A tremendous selling point of South End is it’s walkability and it’s proximity to other neighborhoods, (Uptown, Dilworth, Wilmore, Brookhill and Sedgefield). There … Continue reading
April First Friday Gallery Crawl in South End has some new features and great opening exhibits so hope you will come join us. We’ll have maps and information about the gallery crawl at 2 locations…Atherton Mill and Food Truck Friday lot so just look for the branded South End tents. We are continuing with the Free … Continue reading
Some of you may be familiar with the Center City Vision Awards but I suspect this is relatively new to some of you so I wanted to share as South End has always been a key part. The Vision Awards is produced by Charlotte Center City Partners and was created to “honor, recognize and celebrate … Continue reading
In case you weren’t aware, April is North Carolina Beer Month and All American Pub is hosting the Beer Me Brewfest this Sunday, April 7th from 1-5pm, which happens to be National Beer Day. (Who knew there were so many days, weeks and months dedicated to beer?….not that I’m complaining). For details on the Beer Me … Continue reading
The great folks with Ram Realty Services, owners of the Design Center of the Carolina’s, had the Water Tower lit up blue in honor of Autism Awareness last night. A few folks in South End took some photos and shared via Twitter, which I will share below, and one even captures both the Water Tower and … Continue reading
The Atherton Market is Charlotte’s first, indoor, year-round, producer only farmer’s market. The market is located in the historic Atherton Mill and is open Tuesday – Saturday. Below is the weekly newsletter from the market manager, Lynn Caldwell. What’s Happening This Week at the Market? The recent cooler rainy weather has really been slowing down … Continue reading
George Hobica, syndicated travel journalist and founder of Airfarewatchdog.com published a story yesterday titled, 10 Reasons To Visit Charlotte This Spring, and South End got some terrific mentions. Under reason number 2 “Food Wonderful Food” he calls out Price’s Chicken Coop, Mac’s Speed Shop and Luna’s Living Kitchen and noted the convenience of using the … Continue reading
Who doesn’t love a good ole fashion Easter Egg Hunt? Thankfully our friends at Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church are hosting a Community Wide Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 30th from 10am to Noon. The Easter Egg Hunt is Free for children ages 0-12 and they’ll have inflatables, snacks and a visit from you know … Continue reading
Charlotte Craft Beer Week continues with three great events tonight. First up happens at Good Bottle Company with Session Beer Night. They will have 12 session beers (at least 6 from NC) under 5.5% abv to refresh your palate in the middle of Charlotte Craft Beer Week. If anyone was at last nights Lost Founder’s … Continue reading
Charlotte Craft Beer Week continues and two fantastic events on the docket for tonight in South End are at The Liberty and Common Market. Every year The Liberty hosts their “Lost Founder’s” beer night. Co-owner of The Liberty, Matthew Pera, always seems to get his hands on rare beers from Founder’s Brewing Company and this … Continue reading
There is a great article in the Charlotte Observer about an interesting collaboration of both exercise and party but anytime you combine the forces of Fight Gone Mad, Moga Charlotte and a few others, I am not surprised at what they create…hence Moxy Madness at Midnight. It’s a “yoga rave gone mad” and will link … Continue reading
Charlotte Craft Beer Week kicks off this Friday running through March 24th and has over 60 events scheduled at various establishments throughout Charlotte. South End is once again a sponsor of Charlotte Craft Beer Week and will be giving away free Beer Swag at South End locations that are participating in CCBW. The list of … Continue reading
Katharine Hidell Thomas + Rebecca Brooks Cordially invite you to HIDELL BROOKS GALLERY 15th year anniversary group exhibition March 15 – May 31, 2013 Opening Reception March 15, 2013 6-9 pm cocktails + small bites Hidell Brooks Gallery is pleased to announce the reopening of our gallery in the newly renovated and expanded space. … Continue reading
Deadline for Entries March 15, 2013 and Online Voting Begins March 18, 2013 The Design Center of the Carolinas (DCC) and Ram Realty Services announce their fourth annual art contest for Charlotte’s design and arts community. The Highest Design Water Tower Art Contest puts the winning artist’s work on display on the highest canvas in town, a 125’ water tower, plus … Continue reading
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Judy Dellert-O’Keef, 704-432-0477 LYNX BLUE LINE STATIONS Temporarily CLOSED DURING WEEKEND CONSTRUCTION Charlotte, NC, February 21, 2013 ¾ The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) is adjusting the LYNX Blue Line light rail service over several weekends to accommodate construction work near the New Bern Station. Beginning this weekend, February 23 … Continue reading
Nice blog post written by Lindsey Grossman for Mapquest Discover titled, “Best 48 Hours: Charlotte, Queen City of The South”. It begins with some great options for visiting South End and wanted to share a portion and link you back to the site for the full post. Best 48 Hours: Charlotte, Queen City of The South … Continue reading
South End Monthly Meeting – February 21, 6:00-7:30pm, Good Bottle Co The February South End Social will be held at Good Bottle Company on Remount Rd between Canine Cafe and Penn Station East Coast Subs. Join us between 6 and 7:30 for beverages and light refreshments from Penn Station. These socials are designed for you … Continue reading
I know the title sounds a little out there but it’s true that last weekend I drove around South End on a Ford Escape Ingredient Shopping Trip. An opportunity was presented to me to test drive a Ford Escape for a few days courtesy of Keith Hawthorne Ford Lincoln of Charlotte with the goal to share about the sustainable … Continue reading
South End is known as Charlotte’s design destination with over 120 home furnishings, appliance, hardware, furniture and interior design businesses. If you need to make your home, office or apartment a more comfortable and stylish space then South End is your place. In addition to great options for design for your home, South End offers … Continue reading
Join us this Friday, Feb 1st for our monthly First Friday Gallery Crawl and Food Truck Friday. Below you will find a variety of details happening this Friday but please know that restaurants and other shops are open during Gallery Crawl and you can pick up a South End Guide at the Food Truck Friday … Continue reading
Healthy Home Market Health and Wellness Fair this Saturday! This week at the Atherton Market? I’ve been giving more market tours recently, and I find that even participants who have been shopping at the market for a while learn something new. So this newsletter is dedicated to giving you the insider scoop on what you’ll … Continue reading
South End is home to the largest concentration of art galleries in Charlotte with over 12 galleries and more than 25 studios. The First Friday of every month, South End hosts a Gallery Crawl where the galleries offer receptions as they launch a new monthly exhibition. In addition to the Gallery Crawl, a new event … Continue reading
For those not familiar, Wilson’s World is a TV show that is part of Fox News Rising’s morning show. Wilson comes to interesting places around Charlotte and conducts live interviews with local people. He is no stranger to South End and we’ve done several shows with him on a variety of topics but on Thursday of this week we … Continue reading
With an unseasonably warm forecast with highs in the low 60′s we should have a nice evening for Food Truck Friday. Could be a little light rain at times but we always wait it out and we’ll have a couple tents for some temporary shelter if need be. See details on the trucks below.
I am excited to share with you that Carolina’s Got Art! Exhibition is returning in 2013 with a huge $15,000 purse!. This art exhibition and sale is a tremendous opportunity to showcase the incredible art work from both North and South Carolina. For all the details you can visit their website but I have listed details below … Continue reading
Gallery Crawl is also this Friday however with the holidays, most of the galleries are still closed. You can visit the ones below as well as several shops along Camden Rd. We’ll be back to full force for February! Charlotte Art Leagues - POINT OF DEPARTURE’ (Through January 25) Where will the new year lead you? … Continue reading
Join us this Saturday, Dec 29th, for our 2nd South End Walking Tour. The first tour we did almost a year ago had a huge turnout and you can see some highlight from this past blog post: Exploring South End By Foot. The tour is Free but you do need to register here. The current weather forecast … Continue reading
Three options for your Friday Night. Idea 1 The first ever bottle release of Triple C Brewing Company’s “Up All Night” Breakfast Porter. It’s a delicious beer collaboration with local coffee roaster, Magnolia Coffee. Supplies are limited and they begin selling today at 4pm. Idea 2 Food Truck Friday is a household name now in … Continue reading
Back by popular demand, we are hosting a 2nd South End Walking Tour. The first tour we did almost a year ago had a huge turnout and you can see some highlight from this past blog post: Exploring South End By Foot. South End is becoming a great urban neighborhood with eclectic shopping and restaurants all … Continue reading
What’s happening this week at the Atherton Market? This is the last newsletter until after Christmas, so before I continue let me say that we appreciate each and every one of you, and wish you peace and joy for the Season. The power of community is making itself known here as well as in many … Continue reading
Culture Initiative put together another great show for their 4 year anniversary at AKA Creative last Saturday night. The show was called Found and artists created using found objects. They had a tremendous turnout with over 400 people attending and I stopped in early to grab the images below. My picture phone feature can’t do justice … Continue reading
Culture Initiative is celebrating their 4-year anniversary this Saturday with another incredible show at AKA Creative called Found. I went to last years show and was blown away. Once I entered AKA Creatives space I asked myself several times, “Am I really in Charlotte?” The people, the art, the musicians, the dj’s, the space…all combined for … Continue reading
I’m sharing the following event hosted by the Charlotte Beer Club and Good Eats & Meets. Much of the event falls outside of South End but the final stop is our very own Triple C Brewing! All the details are below so sign up, dawn your Santa attire and get ready to enjoy SantaCon 2012! … Continue reading
It’s not every day you walk into a brewery and see a dog, sitting in a chair with a beer but that seemed about right for the start of the first South End Light Rail Beer Crawl. It was a huge success and thank you to everyone that attended! A complete recap from Charlotte Beer … Continue reading
