A Trifling Place

Welcome to A Trifling Place , a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte.

Welcome to A Trifling Place , a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte. Overall, Charlotte has more than 100 pieces of public art . In this episode, we’re going to take a tour of a few of them.

Correction: This story wrongly says the Really Really Free Store will move in March to a building next door. The Free Store moved into that building this month. The on-scene reporting for this piece was conducted in mid-October, when the Free Store was still located in the house. In the latest episode of our podcast A Trifling Place , we take you to a store where everything is free. It's in a complex called Area 15.

Welcome to A Trifling Place , a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte. Charlotte has a lot of nicknames. Some of them are flattering and others … not so much. One of them is "The Great State of Mecklenburg." Much of this has to do with how Raleigh perceives Charlotte and vice versa. "If you've lived here long enough, you know about the bitter feud between Raleigh and Charlotte," Morgan Fogarty says on Fox News Edge in 2008. " They hate us. We don't care. " Some

Welcome to A Trifling Place , a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte. The story goes that the deeper South you go, the friendlier the people become. So moving here a year ago, I was well-prepared for the onslaught of Yes mams and chivalrous men who insist that you walk through the revolving door first.

Welcome to A Trifling Place , a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte.

Welcome to A Trifling Place, a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte. When I accepted this job, I knew I was choosing to live in the

Welcome to A Trifling Place , a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte. When I first moved here, there was one billboard that I found really confusing. It was for the new ' 49ers football team at UNC Charlotte . The only 49ers I know of are 3,000 miles away … in San Francisco.

Welcome to A Trifling Place, a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte. When I first moved here, there was one billboard that I found

Welcome to “A Trifling Place,” a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte. So about a month ago, reporter Lisa Miller handed me a book

Welcome to “A Trifling Place,” a podcast dedicated to exploring the ins-and-outs of Charlotte. So about a month ago, reporter Lisa Miller handed me a book called How To Speak Southern . It has some funny tips on how to exaggerate a Southern drawl – but it wasn't too surprising – I mean, it's pretty easy to identify a Southern accent. But it got me thinking – I have no idea what a Charlottean sounds like. In New York, I can easily tell what part of the city you're from by your accent. In

When you "talk," do you say "tawk" or "tock?" What does it mean to have a Charlotte accent? If you were born in the Charlotte region (or even if you’re a

When you "talk," do you say " tawk " or "tock?" What does it mean to have a Charlotte accent? If you were born in the Charlotte region (or even if you’re a newcomer like me), we want to know what you sound like. So we've started a new project to collect your voices called The Charlotte Accent Project. We'll publish your recordings and photos on the radio as well as our web site, Tumblr blog , Facebook and Twitter .

OK, lots of cities have a Square. There’s Red Square, Times Square, St. Peter’s Square to name a few. And then … there’s Independence Square. Where’s that,

OK, lots of cities have a Square. There’s Red Square, Times Square, St. Peter’s Square to name a few. And then … there’s Independence Square. Where’s that, you ask? Charlotte – at the intersection of Trade and Tryon. In case you didn’t know, this intersection is where a Native American trading path - Trade Street – crossed what used to be called the Great Wagon Road, which we now know as Tryon. Today, the intersection is named Independence Square to recognize the Mecklenburg Declaration of