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FanFare: Highway to the Holidays

I’m still picking through leftover Halloween candy, but Thanksgiving and Christmas are already in sight. We’re on the highway to the holiday season. Christmas trees have been sprouting up in stores, and retailers are more than ready to help you stimulate the economy. Two annual holiday traditions return to our region over the next week, and you can read about them near the bottom of this edition of FanFare. Along the way, you’ll also find plays, operas, a little bit of magic, and a lot of concerts, including WDAV’s next Small Batch event!

Charlotte, NC · 10d
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OK Magazine

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North Carolina Woman Goes Shopping at Goodwill. Then She Sees Her Own Artwork Hanging and Realizes It’s the One She Painted for a Friend: ‘I’m Calling Mom’

A North Carolina woman was left upset after finding a hand-painted jacket she once gifted to a friend hanging at a Goodwill store. The unexpected discovery was captured in a TikTok video posted by Emily (@emilychristineee1) in March, which has since received more than 44 million views at the time of publication. In the clip,...

North Carolina · 13d

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Things To Do in Charlotte This Weekend: Nov. 6-8

Charlotte's first full weekend of November brings candlelit music, a holiday camp, and big laughs. Candlelight: Tribute to Dolly Parton reimagines the country legend's classics for strings at Triple C Brewing, while drag stars Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme kick off their tour with The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show at Blumenthal Arts Center. Comedian Luenell brings her bold stand-up act to The Comedy Zone. Jazz, Checkers hockey, and Little Big Town round out the weekend, and the Hornets, Sleeping With Sirens, and more keep the momentum going into next week.

Charlotte, NC · 11d
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Charlotte’s Light the Knights Festival Returns With Skating, Tubing, and Holiday Market at Truist Field

The seventh annual Light the Knights Festival starts Nov. 25 at Truist Field in Uptown Charlotte. The event runs on 28 dates through Jan. 3, offering outdoor winter activities and holiday lights, according to the Charlotte Knights. At this winter festival, visitors can enjoy the National Hockey League (NHL)- sized...

Charlotte, NC · 10d
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Things To Do in Charlotte This Weekend: Nov. 6-8

Charlotte's first full weekend of November brings candlelit music, a holiday camp, and big laughs. Candlelight: Tribute to Dolly Parton reimagines the country legend's classics for strings at Triple C Brewing, while drag stars Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme kick off their tour with The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show at Blumenthal Arts Center. Comedian Luenell brings her bold stand-up act to The Comedy Zone. Jazz, Checkers hockey, and Little Big Town round out the weekend, and the Hornets, Sleeping With Sirens, and more keep the momentum going into next week.

Charlotte, NC · 11d

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This Maze-Like North Carolina Bookstore Has Readers Wandering Its Shelves for Hours

You step inside planning to grab one book, and somehow an entire afternoon slips away. That is the magic of a certain shop tucked into a busy corner of North Carolina, where every turn of the shelves reveals another surprise. It looks like a regular store from the parking lot,...

Raleigh, NC · 21d

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N.C. lawyer reflects on case that inspired ‘A Few Good Men’

On this week’s episode of Tying it Together, host Tim Boyum talks to one of the real-life attorneys from the case dramatized by “A Few Good Men.” Don Marcari was just 25 when he took on the case. Now, a new play has opened on Broadway, and he is joining Tim for the behind-the-scenes stories of the case, how it affected him and how much the movie reflected the case. Marcari is a senior partner in a law firm with offices across North Carolina.

North Carolina · 11d

Up and Away Mag

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NC Museum Visitors Can Watch Scientists Excavate a Dinosaur That's Never Been Seen

For 75 million years, the remains of a prehistoric creature have been preserved in stone. Now, after making their way to a North Carolina museum,...

North Carolina · 11d

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Inside Charlotte Country Club’s Fall Festival Planning

Every October, Charlotte Country Club hosts its campfire campout for families and youth. The event has become a tradition that members look forward to. The annual event takes place between the golf course and the agronomy facility where members bring tents and camp out on the lawn. However, a golf...

Charlotte, NC · 12d

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'Forgotten Patriots' discussed at lecture series

While history books recount The Battle of Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, The Battle of Trenton and Yorktown, the efforts of Revolutionary War Patriots who served from the southern states and the contributions of patriots from areas like northeastern North Carolina are often neglected. Bill and Chris Barber sought to rectify that with their new book, “Forgotten Patriots of the Albemarle,” and a lecture on Oct. 9 at the historic 1767 Chowan County Courthouse. The lecture was part of the Shepard-Pruden Memorial Library’s Armchair Travelers Series in conjunction with Edenton State Historic Sites. Chris Barber, a retired educator, and Bill Barber, a retired professional forester, have created second careers with their research in local topics like the region’s massive timber industry of the early twentieth century, moonshine in the Albemarle region and now a long-overdue examination of the role northeastern counties of North Carolina played in the Revolution. Chris Barber said that historians understandably tell the stories of the biggest battles and of troops from the most populous colonies, but she said the story is bigger than that. “History lives in ordinary places,” she said. The Barbers’ research and subsequent book identified more than 700 patriots associated with the Edenton Military

North Carolina · 11d

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Your Rowan Holiday Guide, Part 2: Festivities, Family Fun, & Christmas Cheer

Once the parades and tree lightings have you in the spirit, Rowan County has plenty more to keep it going: train rides, twinkling light displays, visits with Santa (and the Grinch), cozy markets, and small-town festivals. Here’s your calendar of the season’s best family fun. Train Rides &...

Rowan County, NC · 12d

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11 North Carolina Hurricanes People Still Measure Everything Against

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North Carolina · 12d

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Warrior Band Steals the Show

“Like our show name, Onward Ever Upward, we can only go higher from here,” Said Sharvi Patil, a flute player and freshman at Weddington. On September 26th, the Marching Warriors crushed the competition at Hickory Ridge Festival of Bands with their show, Onward Ever Upward. Despite complications, they placed second in colorguard and percussion, and first place in overall effect, visual performance, music performance, and class placement.

Weddington, NC · 12d

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Writer reflects on stories of elk and red wolves returning to Appalachia and North Carolina

There are about 250 elk in Southwest Virginia, and more in Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia. In North Carolina, about 35 red wolves live in the wild. Both species were once declared extinct from this part of the country. A new book explores efforts to reintroduce these and other wild animals.

North Carolina · 13d

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This North Carolina Church Holds A Nearly 50 Year Old Crucifixion Fresco That Looks Almost Three Dimensional

I expected a simple little mountain church. Instead, I found a painted figure of Jesus that seems to lean right out of the wall behind the altar. The effect is almost unsettling in its realism, especially once I learned the image was painted directly onto wet plaster in the 1970s using true fresco technique.

North Carolina · 15d

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Indian Trail Veterans Day Program

Join the Town of Indian Trail and the James B. Crump VFW Post 2423 for a special program to honor our veterans. Location: James B. Crump VFW Post 2423 (100 VFW Lane) The program will include remarks by Mayor David Cohn and VFW commanders; a presentation of colors by the Sun Valley ROTC; a three-round volley by the Honor Guard; recognition of all branches of service and veterans; a flag retirement ceremony; and free entertainment and refreshments.

Indian Trail, NC · 14d

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Light the Knights Festival returns to Truist Field

The seventh annual Light the Knights Festival will open Nov. 25 at Truist Field, bringing outdoor winter sports and holiday light displays to the Uptown ballpark.

Charlotte, NC · 13d

WritersDigest.com

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Kennedy Cole: Your Story Is Yours

Kennedy Cole is a speculative author with a BFA in Creative Writing and a Certificate in Publishing. Born in North Carolina, she lives by the beach with her partner and enjoys playing games, puzzling, sipping matcha, and collecting tattoos. Her creative portfolio includes an array of published fiction, poetry, and nonfiction with Oakland Arts Review, Carolina Muse, Second Story Journal, and others. Follow her on Instagram.

North Carolina · 12d

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One Historic Battleship: A Year End Salute to the United States' Original 13 Colonies

Wilmington, NC, Nov. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thirteen colonies helped give birth to a nation. Now, 250 years later, the Battleship North Carolina Memorial, part of the North Carolina Department

Wilmington, NC · 13d

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First Alert Forecast: balmy breezes, shower risks, chillier winds

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Looking ahead...... Balmy breezes will continue to fuel high temps around 80 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Passing cold fronts will support medium shower chances late this week and early next and whisk low temps back to the more November-like 40s much of next week. On the...

North Carolina · 12d