Agenda for Thursday May 28: Third Eye Blind to Baristas
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Hello Thursday.
I found myself inside Anne Neilson Fine Art in South End yesterday. My hottie wife purchased my mom an artsy book called Angels in our Midst by Anne Neilson for Christmas. It was a hit with my mother and now I’m the favorite child. To secure my favorite child position, I purchased a set of 24 angel notecards for my mom for her birthday on Friday. Boom (although it set me back $45). Rarely am I in an art gallery where I want everything on the walls. I did yesterday. Anne and I have the exact same taste – not sure that’s a good thing for Anne. Anyways.
VITALS
Today’s Weather: 87. 60% chance of an afternoon thunderstorm.
Today’s Stat: No 36. JJ’s Red Hots rank on Fast Casual’s Top 100 Movers & Shakers list.
Today’s Job: Bicycle Program Manager at Sustain Charlotte ($35k-$45k salary).Apply.
Today’s Charlottean: Steve Hall, Co-owner of the Charlotte Express Ultimate Frisbee team, making this happen in our city.
ORIGINALS
The “semi-charmed life” at Red Ventures
Third Eye Blind is swinging by the RV headquarters on June 10th for a private performance in their company’s giant living room space. Speechless.
Here’s how 5 Charlotte baristas take their coffee (and what you’re most likely to order from them)
Discover the palette of Brittney Grubb from Central Coffee, Diana Mnatsakanyan and Lindsey Pitman from The Daily Press, Taylor Williams from Not Just Coffee and Rose King from Smelly Cat Coffee.
Level Office brings 3 floors of coworking space to Uptown. Details and 33 photos.
First big, national coworking player to come to Charlotte and the space is located near Green’s on 4th Street in Uptown. Starts at $349/mo for a private office (eventually there will be 85 of these) and $199/mo for a desk. Fancy amenities included a TopBrewer coffee machine, which is insane. Amazing location.
Dinner Lab: My kind of experiment
Startup with a simple formula: chef + space + people. Chefs experiment with dishes and diners grade them. Intimate setting. Clay gives you the scoop on membership fees and how it works. I loved this so much that I did some internet research and found that this startup has raised $3.1 million to bring dining experiences to cities.
The Great Wall of Charlotte
Our first “longform.” I don’t read good, so this story took me 19 minutes to read. It’s a beautiful story from Dion on dating, our city, and people. Curious on your reaction.
Charlotte Express: The ultimate fan experience
Did you realize we had a professional ultimate frisbee team? We do. Last Saturday, Miller attended their game against the Raleigh Flyers at East Meck High School along with 450 fans.
What is BREWPUBLIK doing with the 414 mediocre beers they swapped? Time to party.
BREWPUBLIK, Tupelo Honey, NoDa Brewing, Inland Seafood and the Charlotte Independence will host a Lowcountry Boil and Independence viewing party on Sunday, June 7. $5 ticket buys you all you can eat. Yes please.
The Weekender: May 29 – 31
Queen City Conscious Market to Charlotte Magazine’s Best of the Best to Iliza Shlesinger to USA Rugby Quarter Finals.
TALKING POINTS
Cam Newton told Morgan Fogarty at WCCB that no QB has ever had his physical talent and intangibles. The internets are going insane. Cam: “nobody has ever been who I’m trying to be.”
Pure Pizza Plaza Midwood to open end of June. Taking over the old LuLu’s space on Central Avenue with plans to grow some ingredients on site (turning a 1,700 sq ft shed into an organic garden). Agenda Briefing.
Consulting firm tells Charlotte what it already knows: we need a med school.Observer reports that we’re the biggest city that doesn’t have a four year med school. Our city needs this and it’s important. I love that smart people are working to make this happen.
Orvis is hosting a Grand Re-Opening at Phillips Place tonight (May 28th) from 5 to 8 pm. Why should you care? Because they’re going to have free food, free drinks, free pint glasses (limited), a raffle for a $500 gift card and fly fishing podcast star Tom Rosenbauer will be there.
Have a thoughtful Thursday and congratulations to the 9 startups that presented at last night’s City Startup Labs event.