Welcome to Charlotte ViewPoint.

We are a communty-based organization dedicated to metropolitan ideas and art.  We produce the region’s premier web-based, multimedia magazine about civic and cultural life.  We engage in conversation and events that bring citizens together to enrich our intellectual and artistic capital. We invite your insights and creativity as we work toward realizing the full potential of our region.

Fame Monsters: We're Goo-Goo for Gagapuffs

Lady Gaga has captivated audiences across the world through a traditional medium-- pop music-- while still managing to break all the rules. But is a "weird factor" what's been missing from mainstream culture since Madonna? In this essay, Lila Allen explains why Lady Gaga may just be the best performer of the twenty-first century.



Sex Ed Saves: A Review of Spring Awakening

"Adult" content, or the reality of growing up?  Anna Hamilton reviews the Tony-award winning musical Spring Awakening, here in the Queen City at the Belk Theater until February 7th.



Lunchbox Records: Come All Ye Analog

Lunchbox Records may not be the biggest dog in town, but it might be the smartest.  In this article, Sam Webster discusses how shop owner Scott Wishart has accommodated his record store to meet the demands of an evolving market.



Bells, Whistles, Substance: Why Charlotte Needs the Knight

"In a city with a plethora of performance spaces and more than a few suffering arts organizations, what is new and different about this theater? And perhaps more importantly, will the programming fill the seats?"  In her latest essay, Anna Hamilton illuminates the differences between the Knight Theater and other uptown venues, and in the process takes readers on a tour of one of Charlotte's newest architectural gems.



A Fall from Innocence: An Excerpt from "Red Ryder"

In this excerpt from her memoir piece "Red Ryder," Meghan Barnes reveals a shaping event from her adolescence.  Join the story as Tom Talbot, a town legend, is arrested for a horrific crime, as the narrator and others play jury, judge, and executioner.