Queen City Nerve

10/10/2025

The Long Room Presents:
Una Noche Entre Sueños - A Night Among Dreams
An Evening of Contemporary Argentine Tango Music & Dance

Sunday, October 12, 2025
2 PM / $35
The Long Room - 1111 Central Avenue, Charlotte, NC
For tickets, visit https://www.thelongroomcharlotte.com/una-noche

This performance will be a unique one-time-only collaboration between fourteen diverse artists whose paths would not ordinarily cross.

Musical duo Arco & Aire, featuring Heyni Solera on bandoneon and Maxfield Wollam Fisher on cello, will play their new album of original tango music, titled “Una Noche Entre Sueños,” from start to finish. This album consists of eight original tango compositions by living composers. Each piece will feature live dancing in a variety of styles including tango, contemporary ballet, and modern dance.

Choreographers include:
Sarah Hayes Harkins
Megan Payne
Maurice Mouzon Jr.*

Dancers include:
Raven Barkley*
Lauren Bickerstaff
Ginny Coleman
Luke Csordas*
Sarah Hayes Harkins
Kate Micham
Sara Miller
Matthew Seneca
Alyce Cristina Vallejo
Alex White

*Performing or choreographing courtesy of Charlotte Ballet
🖼️ by William Hudson Temples - https://whudsonart.com/

10/10/2025

A strange woman with a cloven head conspires with a mouse to murder an angel. That's just one plotline among many seasonal sketches served up by Concord-based Post Mortem Players in 'Laugh ‘Til You Die,' continuing at VAPA Center through the weekend.

Seasonal sketches comprise Concord-based Post Mortem Players' Laugh ‘Til You Die, continuing at The VAPA Center through Oct. 12.

10/09/2025

A decade after 'Blurryface' saw Twenty One Pilots skyrocket to fame, the response to the duo's September release of 'Breach' proved that there’s still plenty of demand for their brand of alt-pop. That much was also evident at PNC Music Pavilion last night.

The September release of Twenty One Pilots' 'Breach' proved that there's still plenty of demand for the duo's brand of alt-pop.

10/09/2025

City leaders held a press conference Wednesday to discuss initiatives being carried out by the Center City Public Safety Task Force, implemented in late July to address concerns about crime and safety in Uptown, an issue that's taken on new urgency since.

City leaders held a press conference Wednesday to discuss initiatives from the Center City Public Safety Task Force.

10/08/2025

Management at Summit Coffee in NoDa is speaking out after last weekend marked the third time a pride flag hanging outside the business has been ripped down and stolen. Staff members now say they feel their shop is being targeted.

Management at Summit Coffee in NoDa say the shop has been targeted by vandals who repeatedly tear down a pride flag in front of the store.

10/08/2025

In this op-ed, Yesenia Cuello retraces her journey from child farm laborer to NC FIELD executive director, expressing the need to fight for the dignity of migrant farmworkers at an especially dark time in our country and state.

Former child farmworker and NC FIELD director Yesenia Cuello shares her story of labor, justice and the fight for the dignity of laborers.

10/07/2025

Last night, Charlotte City Council learned about a large supportive housing campus proposed on Freedom Drive. One rep pointed out that Jim Noble's nonprofit was behind the project and said the restaurateur had already "created havoc" on that corridor.

An affordable housing campus faced backlash from one Charlotte City Council member due to the involvement of a restaurateur Jim Noble.

10/06/2025

Harvey Cummings, Braxton Bateman and the Mo’ Betta Thursdays crew are jazzing up the 2025 Confluence music conference and festival with a show at Bo's on NoDa Thursday. We talked to them both as well as Elijah Freeman of Blackhawk Quintet about the show.

Charlotte’s Confluence 2025 music conference returns Oct. 8–10 with 25+ workshops, panels, and shows. Local jazz greats Harvey Cummings II, Braxton Bateman, and Elijah Freeman highlight a special Mo’ Betta Thursdays showcase in NoDa.

10/04/2025

The Char-Meck FOP on Thursday called for Mayor Vi Lyles to request federal law enforcement help, including the National Guard, in Charlotte, garnering responses from local leaders who cited declining violent crime rates. That and four more stories you might have missed in this week's Roundup.

The Char-Meck FOP has called for Mayor Vi Lyles to request federal law enforcement help, including the National Guard, in Charlotte.

10/03/2025

In Nightlife, Aerin visits Room Service and finds a Camp North End that finally appears to have grown up to become one of Charlotte's most inviting daycation destinations.

The sleek cocktail bar and restaurant Room Service proves Camp North End isn’t just a destination — here, it’s a daycation in the Queen City.

10/03/2025

With early voting set to start in two weeks, we take a deep look at the decision Mecklenburg residents will face when they hit the polls to decide on the transit tax, how we got here and what folks who are organizing on both sides of the issue have to say.

Voters will decide on whether to approve the sales tax increase to fund the city’s transit plan on November 4.

10/02/2025

Fan who missed YouTuber-turned-recording artist Alex Warren on his two stops in Charlotte this spring got a third chance with the singer/songwriter's tour stop at the Music Factory Tuesday night. Our photos and review:

YouTuber-turned-recording artist Alex Warren made his third stop in Charlotte this year on Tuesday at Skyla Amphitheatre.