The most human kind of column connects with readers through a shared emotion or experience. If that's the case, this could be one of the best I've written.

It's two steps forward, one step back for Rose Hamid. When you are an American and Muslim, loyal to your country and devout in your worship, it can be tricky.

N.C. Dance Theatre's season-opening program displays the versatility of Russian-born, American choreographer George Balanchine, the company's dancers and Traci Gilchrest.

Small-town America has always been held up as an ideal.

While there is stability on the men's roster for the new season at N.C. Dance Theatre, there are several changes among the women.

Everyone had a story. Only two had the nerve.

The note card and the magic marker printing were bright pink (I'm guessing that the author is a “she”). But if the words' meaning had a color, it would be gray.

Last week in Denver, the Democratic Party chose Barack Obama as its presidential nominee. No matter what happens at the end of a bruising campaign season, he has achieved what no other African American politician has achieved.

Send in the clowns! No, not the politicians, the political comedians.

Ashante Mayfield was more than a statistic.

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Mary C. Curtis
Mary C. Curtis, an award-winning columnist for The Charlotte Observer, writes for the Local section on Thursday and Saturday.