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Murals Bring Positive Vibes to the Historic West End

By Kia O. Moore The Historic West End was left reeling after the mass shooting that took place last month on Beatties Ford Road. Families lost loved ones when shots rang out at a nighttime block party on Sunday, June 21 after first responders...

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OPEN STREETS 704 COMES TO HISTORIC WEST END

Open Streets 704 is coming to the Historic West End on September 30! Four miles of street stretching from Historic West End to South End will be shut down and turned into a park. Bikes and pedestrians will rule the Open Streets route. (Click here to...

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MORE SOUL JUNCTION FUN WITH GOSPELSHOUT! AND THE SOUL JUNCTION TECH & MAKERS EXPO

Soul Junction goes beyond the limits of a two-day music festival on the Liston Hall lawn at Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU). The festival is connected to events at the United House of Prayer for All People and the New Science Center on the JCSU...

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MAIMOUNA YOUSSEF, MOONCHILD AND BILAL TO HEADLINE 2018 SOUL JUNCTION MUSIC FESTIVAL

Free, family-friendly event returns to Johnson C. Smith Campus Sept. 14-15 Soul Junction, a free, two-day music festival featuring top talent from across the nation and right here at home returns to Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte’s...

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TRANSFORMING "THE DANGER" STAGE PLAY WITH THE HELP OF THE WEST END COMMUNITY

West End residents are invited to workshop a stage play with playwright Stacey Rose from July 9 - 14 The Danger: A Homage to Strange Fruit is a described by playwright Stacey Rose as a "sprawling piece of theater." The piece is Rose’s thesis...

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THE AFROFUTURISM MURALS ARE COMING!

A mural art gallery will soon come to West Trade St. with the help of community paint parties.   The Historic West End is full of outdoor canvases. Social justice creative Janelle Dunlap has been working to...

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