Captain Trey Smith, a 34-year veteran of the Charlotte Fire Department, is one of the three leading company officers at NoDa’s Fire Station No. 7.
Author: Ryan Sumner
For the love of cinema
The Charlotte Film Society has announced plans for an arthouse cinema in NoDa.
Mac Tabby Cat Café is dream realized for owner
Lori Konawalik is the proprietor of Mac Tabby, Charlotte’s first cat café.
New art brings ‘something bright’ to NoDa during difficult time
A new project is turning NoDa’s trash cans into pieces of art.
Bringing yoga to NoDa’s living rooms
Jillian Scuderi-Longsworth is the co-owner of NoDa Yoga and is widely recognized as one of Charlotte’s top instructors of the practice.
Growing in (and with) NoDa: Local filmmaker reflects on journey
Born in LA but raised in the Queen City, movie maker Phil Beebe has called NoDa home for the past seven years.
The world’s Hart: Meet the man behind The House of LeMond
LeMond Crayton-Hart is the “all-in-one” owner, operator, stylist, tailor, and designer behind The House of LeMond brand.
O, for a muse of fire
Get to know Joe Kuhlmann and the story behind The Evening Muse.
On the Back Porch of NoDa
“We’re a neighborhood hangout,” Joey Hewell explains about NoDa Company Store. “We jokingly called it ‘the back porch of NoDa.'”
Gina the Good Witch
Meet Gina Spriggs, owner of Curio, Craft and Conjure magick shop in NoDa, as well as a holistic intuitive/tarologist/witch.
Getting Under Your Skin
Tattoo Artist Matt Terry has long been a fixture in NoDa’s body art community.
House of the Rising Bun
Even though Local Loaf does wine dinners and wine tastings, it really is more of a casual community spot. “There’s no pretentiousness. This is like our home, and I think that’s part of the atmosphere. We know our customers; they know us. We want to be a place where you can celebrate your birthday with friends and don’t feel pressure to get too dolled up or act a certain way,” says owner Adam Spears.
Drawn From Life: C.M.Wells
C.M. Wells (@cmwells_art), co-founder of the National Association of Collaborative Artists, is one of the many artists calling the new NoDa location of the Charlotte Art League home. The young artist works in several traditional art media: charcoal, sanguine (reddish-brown chalk), oil-paint, and clay. Wells calls her style Representational Realism, which she explains as “sort…
Brew Boldly
Bold Missy founder, Carol Waggener is about to celebrate the second anniversary of an incredible entrepreneurial journey. Waggener’s relationship with beer began in Saint Louis with behemoth brewer Anheuser-Busch. “Even though they are the ‘Evil Empire,’ I learned a lot from them, especially as regards quality and relationships.” Then about five years ago, while working…