RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

The downtown/arts-and-crafts branch of the Mint Museum has some crazy 
glass sculpture, and the main branch is opening the traveling exhibit of 
American stuff from the Corcoran: http://www.themintmuseums.org/

The Corcoran stuff includes Frederic Church's utterly mindblowing "Niagara":

http://www.themintmuseums.org/exhibit_artwork.php?item_id=378

It's like 7 1/2 feet long. It was at the NCMA ~10 years ago & slew all 
those who gazed upon it, though I can't find the a.m.c-h discussion that 
I vaguely recall us having about it.

Not exactly ball-of-twine material, but a few notches above 
chamber-of-commerce.

Beyond that, I think there's a Country Doctor Museum in Mint Hill; 
always good for a larf.

Otherwise, you can just drive around Downtown Charlotte and marvel at 
how much it resembles the interior of a mall.

Ross

thegav AT hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello, all. I'm headed to Charlotte this weekend for a wedding--staying
> in the University area, I think. I haven't been there in, like, 10
> years so the big question is: anybody got any tips for daytime
> sightseeing-type things to do while I'm there?
>
> If it helps, I'm more World's Largest Ball of Tin Foil than whatever is
> on the Chamber of Commerce-approved list of sights. Also worth noting
> that I'll have my kids with me so bar recommendations will go sadly
> unused.
>
> Help me dispel my own continuing perception of Charlotte as The City of
> Lending Institutions, won't you?
>
> Many thanks,
> GAVIN
>
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