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Another corporate logo will join Charlotte's skyline

Huntington Bank will hang its sign on Charlotte's One South tower

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Huntington <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="National Bank" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2026/03/06/banks-branch-expansion-huntington" data-vars-content-id="57e10ce2-bbcd-4931-b7b9-30a8e6b12a38" data-vars-headline="Another corporate logo will join Charlotte&#x27;s skyline" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2026/03/06/banks-branch-expansion-huntington" target="_self">National Bank</a> plans to hang its green logo, with synchronizable lights, atop the 40-story One South office tower in Uptown.Why it matters: Ohio-based Huntington is the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="next" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/06/13/wells-fargo-sign-skyline-uptown-letters-helicopter" data-vars-content-id="57e10ce2-bbcd-4931-b7b9-30a8e6b12a38" data-vars-headline="Another corporate logo will join Charlotte&#x27;s skyline" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/06/13/wells-fargo-sign-skyline-uptown-letters-helicopter" target="_self">next</a> corporation daring to make its mark on Charlotte&#x27;s skyline, following the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="controversial Wells Fargo" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/10/02/wells-fargo-sign-uptown-skyline-duke-energy-center-tryon-opinions-340669" data-vars-content-id="57e10ce2-bbcd-4931-b7b9-30a8e6b12a38" data-vars-headline="Another corporate logo will join Charlotte&#x27;s skyline" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2023/10/02/wells-fargo-sign-uptown-skyline-duke-energy-center-tryon-opinions-340669" target="_self">controversial Wells Fargo</a> and Truist logo installations.

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The Queen's Mahjery, Charlotte's new mahjong studio, opens Thursday in Oakhurst Commons near the Health Club and Mood House. 

Why it matters: Founders Lauren Ulrey, Jennifer Ross and Patti Roth envision the space as a new third space for Charlotte. Not only will it be a place where people can gather to play mahjong, a centuries-old Chinese strategy game growing in popularity, but where people can also host baby showers or build a puzzle together.   

The latest: There will be a free open house at The Queen's Mahjery from 10am to 7pm Tuesday and Wednesday.

What to expect: The space, which has ample parking, is just under 2,400 square and includes three rooms that can fit up to 17 tables total for mahjong (it can hold around 94 people for other events).  

The space has a playful industrial vibe, with murals by local artist Meredith Riggins.  

There's a kitchen with snacks, plus coffee and other non-alcoholic beverages that are included with your seat. You'll be able to purchase wine, beer and seltzer. 

You'll also have the option to add on a personal or sharable charcuterie board from Babe & Butcher, a locally owned business, when you reserve your space. 

How it works: If you have a membership, a table will always be available for you, the founders tell Axios. A membership includes the whole table, meaning you can pay for it yourself or split it with other people. 

Mahjong, mats, racks, tiles and cards are provided. There will also be a retail section where you can buy your own. 

A monthly membership is $295 and includes up to three guests for any booking. Reserving a table is $150, and a seat reservation is $40. 

If you go: The Queen's Mahjery is at 4000 Monroe Road, Suite 110. Hours will be 10am-8pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday hours will be noon-6pm. The studio will be closed on Wednesday. 

What's next: The Queen's Mahjery team plans to add about 12 outdoor seating later this fall. 

Outdoor tables, where people can split a bottle of wine or sip, on a coffee won't require a reservation but will be on a first-come, first-served basis . 

View into The Queen's Mahjery through an open doorway: cream walls, blue geometric wallpaper on the far wall, wooden tables with patterned chairs, a white chandelier overhead, and a TV visible in the back room.

The Queen's Mahjery. View into a modern room through white double doors: beige walls, a wall-mounted flat-screen TV, patterned chairs around square tables, and a white cone chandelier; geometric wallpaper on the right.

The Queen's Mahjery. Bright modern lounge with gray patterned chairs around light gray tables, a bold black and gray floral mural on the back wall, a wall-mounted TV, and large windows to the right.

The Queen's Mahjery. An airy room with light grey walls covered in white vertical leaf-pattern wallpaper. Green patterned chairs surround white square tables; a central white pillar stands in the middle under soft overhead lighting.

The Queen's Mahjery. Low-angle view of a game room: a blue mahjong table in the foreground, green patterned chairs around white tables, and beige walls with vertical stripe wallpaper; soft ceiling light overhead.

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See inside Charlotte's new mahjong studio in Oakhurst Commons

Glass storefront with the sign "The Queen's MAHJERY" and a circular pastel logo showing a crown and a bird. Reflective windows mirror trees; the door shows address 110 Monroe Rd.

The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Queen&#x27;s Mahjery" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2026/02/03/charlotte-mahjong-studio-monroe-road-oakhurst-commons-third-place" data-vars-content-id="7937cc11-7e5d-4fa5-ac06-13c9cb20938d" data-vars-headline="See inside Charlotte&#x27;s new mahjong studio in Oakhurst Commons" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2026/02/03/charlotte-mahjong-studio-monroe-road-oakhurst-commons-third-place" target="_self">Queen&#x27;s Mahjery</a>, Charlotte&#x27;s new mahjong studio, opens Thursday in Oakhurst Commons near the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Health Club" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/02/11/gym-health-club-fitness-equinox-now-open" data-vars-content-id="7937cc11-7e5d-4fa5-ac06-13c9cb20938d" data-vars-headline="See inside Charlotte&#x27;s new mahjong studio in Oakhurst Commons" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/02/11/gym-health-club-fitness-equinox-now-open" target="_self">Health Club</a> and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Mood House" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2026/07/24/mood-house-expands-charlotte-names-new-ceo" data-vars-content-id="7937cc11-7e5d-4fa5-ac06-13c9cb20938d" data-vars-headline="See inside Charlotte&#x27;s new mahjong studio in Oakhurst Commons" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2026/07/24/mood-house-expands-charlotte-names-new-ceo" target="_self">Mood House</a>. Why it matters: Founders Lauren Ulrey, Jennifer Ross and Patti Roth envision the space as a new third space for Charlotte. Not only will it be a place where people can gather to play mahjong, a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="centuries-old Chinese strategy game" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/mahjong-global-history#:~:text=Mahjong%20was%20developed%20in%20Southern,the%20tiles%20make%20during%20reshuffling" data-vars-content-id="7937cc11-7e5d-4fa5-ac06-13c9cb20938d" data-vars-headline="See inside Charlotte&#x27;s new mahjong studio in Oakhurst Commons" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/mahjong-global-history#:~:text=Mahjong%20was%20developed%20in%20Southern,the%20tiles%20make%20during%20reshuffling" target="_blank">centuries-old Chinese strategy game</a> growing in popularity, but where people can also host baby showers or build a puzzle together.

Things to Do

The Study Food Social is now open at The Pearl — the massive midtown development housing Charlotte's first four-year medical school. 

What to expect: The Study is 2,911 square feet. It seats 40 people inside, with additional seating on the outdoor patio. Menu options include breakfast, lunch, desserts and light bites. 

Restaurant Associates, which is part of Charlotte-based Compass Group, is The Pearl's food and beverage provider.

Dig in: Breakfast options include omelettes, buttermilk pancakes, freshly baked pastries, plus a fruit and yogurt bar, to name a few options. Lunch features house-made soups, a salad bar, burgers, sandwiches, bowls and rotating chef-inspired dishes. 

Change Please, a nonprofit with a local roasting facility in Charlotte, is the coffee roaster. 

How it works: The Study is open to the public. To order, use the café kiosks or pre-order and pay via Toast online. 

If you go: The Study is on the ground floor of the Howard R. Levine Center for Education (915 Pearl Park Way). It's open for breakfast from 7–10am and lunch from 11am–3pm Monday through Friday. Grab-and-go options are available from 7am–6pm. 

Inside a modern cafe: brown tufted leather banquette along white walls with framed black botanical prints; marble tables; chandelier; geometric ceiling panels; open kitchen with glass counter.

Modern cafe with glass display cases of salads and prepared foods, bananas on the counter, a woman in teal behind the counter, and refrigerated shelves in back; books line the left wall.

The Pearl adds a café

The Study Food Social is now open at The Pearl.

Bright cafe interior with long wooden tables and stools, a glass pastry counter, staff behind it, and large windows along the right; paneled ceiling and warm chandeliers.

The Study Food Social is now open at <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The Pearl" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/06/02/the-pearl-see-inside" data-vars-content-id="7b7d8e0f-ae5d-4c70-afeb-b42ffaa50005" data-vars-headline="The Pearl adds a café" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2025/06/02/the-pearl-see-inside" target="_self">The Pearl</a> — the massive midtown development housing Charlotte&#x27;s first <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="four-year medical school" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2024/08/28/pearl-wake-forest-university-school-of-medicine-atrium-health" data-vars-content-id="7b7d8e0f-ae5d-4c70-afeb-b42ffaa50005" data-vars-headline="The Pearl adds a café" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2024/08/28/pearl-wake-forest-university-school-of-medicine-atrium-health" target="_self">four-year medical school</a>.

Food and Drink

From a comedy show to a silent book club to your sourdough dreams, there's plenty to do in Charlotte this week.

🍞 Monday: Learn how to make sourdough at Dilworth United Methodist Church. | $45 | 6:30-8:30pm | Details

🤣 Tuesday: Laugh during an Engineering Comedy Town Hall featuring comedians Alex King and Sean Kett at Comedy Arts Theater of Charlotte. | $12.51 | 7:30pm | Details

🍷 Wednesday: Emmy Lou's will host a wine tasting, with complimentary pours of three wines with pairing tips and optional food specials. | Free | 5-7pm | Details

📚 Thursday: Head to Silent Book at That's Novel Books. | Free | 6-8pm | Details

🎤 Friday: See Kacey Musgraves perform at Spectrum Center. | $61.60+ | 7:30pm | Details

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Colorful bookstore storefront with large glass windows. Pink wall above features green circles and yellow shapes; white line art of an open book and the sign "That's Novel Books" inside.

From a comedy show to a silent book club to your sourdough dreams, there&#x27;s plenty to do in Charlotte this week.

Why it matters: Charlotte's fourth annual music industry conference is bringing a festival approach to this year's event by expanding its live music offerings with Confluence Music Fest. 

What they're saying: This type of music festival is a little different than Charlotte is used to, Confluence and Confluence Music Fest organizer Rick Thurmond tells Axios. 

The goal isn't to be Lovin' Life, but instead to connect more music fans and people in the music industry to more artists and venues. 

What to expect: More than 45 artists will perform this week, Oct. 8-10. In addition to Confluence's traditional showcase format for emerging and independent artists, there will be an outdoor festival on Saturday, making it three days of live music. 

The new outdoor festival on Saturday, Oct. 10, will take place at Suffolk Punch South End  (2911 Griffith St.) from 2-10pm. There will be six bands performing. It's free to attend as long as you register. Full schedule

After the festival, there will be an after-party at DeepCuts HiFi (2433 South Blvd.) featuring DJ Emma Way (yes, Axios' Emma Way). RSVP for the free party here. 

Live music venues include: Petra's, The Evening Muse, Rabbit Hole, The Music Yard, Neighborhood Theatre, Snug Harbor and Amos' Southend. These locations highlight Plaza Midwood, NoDa and South End with the goal of people being able to walk from one venue to the next. 

Artists include Ripe, Rising Appalachia and Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon, to name a few. 

Yes, and: Confluence itself remains a daytime music industry conference. It runs Oct. 7–9 featuring panels, workshops and networking events.

By the numbers: Last year the live music portion of Confluence drew around 1,200 people. This year the expectation is to draw between 3,000 and 4,000, Thurmond says. That's due to bringing in more artists and adding more shows. 

There were around seven shows last year, and there will be 13 this year. 

Last year there were around 35 acts, compared to more than 45 this year.

The conference side is still expected to draw 250-300 people, Thurmond says. 

If you go: Music festival passes start at $64 for access to all three days. Single-show tickets are also available here.  See conference pass options here. 

The big picture: It will be a busy week for live music fans in Charlotte, from intimate shows to arena tours. 

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Confluence expands with outdoor music festival in South End

More than 45 artists will perform across Charlotte during three days of live music Oct. 8-10.

Four musicians perform on a dimly lit stage with blue and purple lighting. Instruments include keyboard, drums, bass guitar, and electric guitar. A banner behind reads "CONFLUENCE."

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Confluence" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2024/10/07/charlotte-music-destination-confluence-festival-conference-showcase" data-vars-content-id="c72fff41-7fd4-4df2-b2c0-04f1fd43a256" data-vars-headline="Confluence expands with outdoor music festival in South End" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/charlotte/2024/10/07/charlotte-music-destination-confluence-festival-conference-showcase" target="_self">Confluence</a> returns this month. Why it matters: Charlotte&#x27;s fourth annual <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="music industry conference" data-vars-click-url="https://confluencecarolinas.com/" data-vars-content-id="c72fff41-7fd4-4df2-b2c0-04f1fd43a256" data-vars-headline="Confluence expands with outdoor music festival in South End" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://confluencecarolinas.com/" target="_blank">music industry conference</a> is bringing a festival approach to this year&#x27;s event by expanding its live music offerings with Confluence Music Fest.

Ashley Mahoney

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