By ZHATEYA JONES A panel of Charlotte-based creatives and storytellers gathered at the Forum today to explore a central question shaping the city's cultural future: Who gets to tell the story – and how does that story shape the community? Featuring publicist J Hill, photographer Cyda 'Moon' ... Continue Reading →
Announcements return, but with narrower focus
April 6, 2026 An idea came to me last week, years after I began pondering how to trim the Forum Announcements load to a manageable task that was sustainable before I, like the Cheshire Cat, slowly fade away. From late January through today, more than 200 e-mails to the Forum contained material ... Continue Reading →
Update on election result reporting
March 2, 2026 Tomorrow is Primary Election Day. I hope that you vote if you have not already. Reporting election results has been part of this website since its inception. Elections have consequences, as they say. Staying home has consequences for us all. Please vote. In preparation for the ... Continue Reading →
Summaries of Forum announcements suspended
Feb. 8, 2026 Another update about changes at the Forum. Earlier articles are from Sept. 9, Sept. 26, Nov. 13, and Nov. 18. Saturday night I inadvertently caused a part of the Forum website to go offline. Within 6 hours, techs had the website problem mostly fixed, but I have not been. An ... Continue Reading →
Charlotte’s sounds of music
Building a new, Black-led city from scratch
Combined Meeting: Busing across town; ‘renewal’ dislocation
Hospitality will take a new form
Nov. 13, 2025 By Steve Johnston In my Sept. 26 comments, I focused on changes that may make it easier to keep the Forum's website up to date. Those changes will affect almost no one. The following, however, will be instantly noticed by Forum regulars – and they may be delighted with the ... Continue Reading →
Test page Short Ballot 11-4-25
All 195 precincts reporting, 11:32 p.m.; Nov. 4, 2025 After all polls closed, unofficial Mecklenburg vote totals were available at the NC Board of Elections website here. This page is used chiefly to add election results to the Forum’s archive on individual candidates (e.g., Juanrique Hall) to ... Continue Reading →
Small design changes on Forum website
Sept. 26, 2025 By Steve Johnston The "look" of the Forum website has begun to change. Not that I like some of the changes. But they are designed to address the reality that, at 837 or whatever age I am, things are now taking twice as long as they used to. The changes follow my announcement ... Continue Reading →
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