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In Dixon’s eyes, cheetahs always win

Lawrence Toppman: Pharmacist has turned his love of animals into eloquent nature photography.

William Dixon's work

Five Questions for Brian Arreola

By Joanne Spataro | Correspondent | May 23, 2012

Opera tenor Brian Arreola knows the importance of finding your own spotlight.

Teacher of the Arts: Dimitris Zaimakis

By Michael J. Solender | Correspondent | May 23, 2012

Dimitris Zaimakis, 41, is a composer and musician from Crete, Greece, who came to Charlotte in 2008 to teach music

Arts Calendar

By ArtsAlive | May 23, 2012

“Les Nobles à la trappe, 1966” by Joan Miro, part of the exhibit “Atelier Mourlot & The Great Masters of Lithography,” is on view at New Gallery of Modern Art through June 7.

High school 'Tony' winners announced at gala

May 23, 2012

The 2012 Blumenthal Performing Arts High School Musical Theater Awards ceremony includes two $10,000 scholarship winners.

Mural re-creates history under NoDa bridge

By Mark Price | E-mail | May 18, 2012

A 14,000-square-foot painting on the underside of a NoDa bridge will be unveiled Saturday, marking the latest in what arts boosters hope will be a series of gussied-up city underpasses.

Mural under a bridge

Shaping a flexible forest | May 18, 2012
Five Questions for Jonathan Tropper | May 16, 2012
Arts Calendar | May 16, 2012
Student of the Arts: Dorrie Hankins | May 16, 2012
'Underneath the Lintel:' Sutch, a strange play | May 16, 2012

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