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About the Carolinas
Living Here: all about Charlotte. Living Here Guide: Your guide to the Charlotte region.
The Charlotte Observer: Charlotte's daily newspaper is published each day. comprehensive paper with International and national news, other sections include local, special interests (like faith, gardening, and cooking which are highlighted one day per week), sports, classifieds and real estate. It's a great paper that deserves your subscription consideration.
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce: The Charlotte Chamber works to grow the economy, to serve as a voice for business and to deliver value... in order to ignite success for its members and Charlotte.
Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools: Comprehensive information on the system, including departments, employment, individual schools, and bulletin board. Includes Spanish translation.
Recreation Locations
Charlotte Raptor Center: Carolina Raptor Center is dedicated to environmental stewardship and the conservation of birds of prey, through education, research, and the rehabilitation of injured and orphan raptors.
Fitness Centers
US National Whitewater Center: Located on the banks of the Catawba River in Charlotte, N.C., the U.S. National Whitewater Center is the world's largest artificial whitewater river and an official U.S. Olympic Training Site.
The Arts and Museums of Charlotte
Actor's Theater of Charlotte: Founded in 1989, Actors Theatre of Charlotte is the regions only professional theatre company solely dedicated to presenting plays for mature audiences. They serve our community by bringing stories to life that are entertaining, relevant and thought provoking.
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art: The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art opened January 2, 2010. Located within the new Wells Fargo Cultural Campus which includes the Mint Museum of Art, the Knight Theater and the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts+Culture.
Blumenthal Performing Arts Center: The North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center ( Blumenthal PAC ) is your source for all the best performing arts events in Charlotte.
Charlotte Children's Choir: The Charlotte Childrens Choir serves the community by providing quality music education with the goal of attaining the highest level of artistic excellence in choral music performance. The Choir serves children between the ages of 8-18.
Charlotte Civic Orchestra: The CCO is a fully functioning, volunteer based 75-piece orchestra made up of local musicians, many of whom are professionally trained. Players are selected through competitive auditions that take place throughout the year.
Charlotte Culture Guide: is Charlotte-Mecklenburg's comprehensive, up-to-date website featuring arts and cultural events and attractions.
Charlotte Museum of History: The Charlotte Museum of History, an educational organization, captures and shares the stories of the Charlotte region from settlement forward through exhibits and programs. The museum collects, preserves, researches, and interprets regional artifacts, including the oldest surviving house in Mecklenburg County, the 1774 Hezekiah Alexander Homesite.
Charlotte Symphony: The Charlotte Symphony is the largest and most active professional performing arts organization in the central Carolinas, employing over 100 professional musicians, 64 on full-time contracts. The Orchestras principal home is the acoustically acclaimed 1,970-seat Belk Theater of the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center.
Children's Theatre of Charlotte: Offers many productions both in theatre and at local schools for creative and theatrical talents of children and families of diverse backgrounds. They have a large volunteer base and offer interships. They also povide affordable educational drama experiences and community outreach opportunities.
Charlotte Youth Ballet: Produces professional quality ballets that combine professional international dancers with local ballet students. Open auditions for dancers grades 3-12.
Community Arts Project: Formerly called The Creative Arts Exchange. The Community Arts Project offers a full service visual art center for the people of the Lake Norman area. They support the growth of artists of all levels of ability through art education. They seek to bring together the diverse communities of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, northern Charlotte, Concord, Mooresville, Lincolnton and beyond through art events and activities.
Discovery Place: Discovery Place is a regional science museum targeted to a broad age range. The Charlotte location has an I-Max Theater.
Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts and Culture:(formerly the Afro-American Cultural Center) has celebrated the contributions of Africans and African-Americans to American culture for 35 years and serves as a community epicenter for music, dance, theater, visual art, film, arts education programs, literature and community outreach.
Historic Charlotte: The mission of Historic Charlotte, Inc. is to actively promote historic preservation and to encourage, support and coordinate the activities of history and heritage groups throughout the greater Charlotte region.
Historic Rosedale Plantation: Historic Rosedale Plantation is dedicated to preserving and promoting the heritage of the Southern Piedmont through the preservation, exhibition, interpretation and preservation of the architecture, decorative arts and lifestyle of the19th century Catawba River Valley region.
Latta Plantation: Historic farm museum that demonstrates the lifestyles of planters, slaves, and settlers of back country North Carolina located at Huntersville.
Levine Museum of the New South: Levine Museum of the New South is an interactive museum housing the nation's most comprehensive interpretation of post-Civil War Southern history.
McColl Center for Visual Arts: McColl Center for Visual Art is the leading center for the advancement of creative capacity for artists and the public. Their mission is to advance artists, community and the creation of contemporary art through residencies, exhibitions, outreach and education.
Mint Museums: The Mint Museum of Art originates and hosts major national and international exhibitions and features public programs including daily tours, seminars, lectures, family day festivals, and adult and children's art classes. Resources include two research libraries, a slide and videotape library, teacher training programs, in-school programs and a facility rental program.
N.C. Dance Theatre: Founded in 1970, North Carolina Dance Theatre is the oldest professional ballet company in North Carolina. Today, North Carolina Dance Theatre has an established national reputation for artistic excellence and is widely regarded as one of Charlottes premiere arts organizations. Under the artistic direction of Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Patricia McBride, the company has attracted superb dancers and built a versatile and diverse repertoire ranging from full-length classical ballets to innovative contemporary works. The company has an annual budget exceeding $4.5 million and employs 24 professional dancers.
Opera Carolina: Opera Carolina is the premiere professional opera company in the Carolinas, presenting four main stage productions, the annual Valentines Concert Love Notes, and acclaimed Education & Outreach Programs that reach more than 75,000 citizens in North Carolina, South Carolina and northern Georgia each year.
Theatre Charlotte: Theatre Charlotte, formerly known as The Little Theatre, is Charlottes community theatre and has been creating drama since 1927. Theatre Charlottes mission is to create outstanding theatre opportunities relevant to the people of the Charlotte region. To fulfill this goal, theatre Charlotte presents a Main Stage series and a second stage series known as Stage 501.
Gardens
Golf
Public golf courses: Public courses with costs & links to purchase green fees online throughPayPal.
Charlotte's Sports' Teams
Carolina Panthers: Official team site with audio and video clips, team news, depth charts, transactions, statistics, and player profiles.
Checkers: Charlotte's professional hockey team.
Transportation
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