Page Leggett

Charlotte

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Charlotte Squawks returns for more funny business

1 month ago | southparkmagazine.com | Page Leggett

Charlotte Squawks returns for more funny businessEntertainment The ArtsMay 29, 2025Poking fun and packing the house: Charlotte Squawks has been delighting crowds - and occasionally offending the thin-skinned - for 20 years. by Page LeggettThey're baaaa-aaack. Charlotte's version of Saturday Night Live 's "Not Ready for Primetime Players" are taking the stage again. And taking aim at the rich, powerful, ruthless and/or clueless.
After a Century, Eels and Shad Return to Their Historic Waters

1 month ago | apnews.com | Page Leggett

By Page LeggettConsider the eel. Unlike most eel species, which live in saltwater their entire lives, the American eel spends most of its life in freshwater before returning to the Sargasso Sea to spawn. It’s probably their final journey, but scientists say much about their life cycle remains a mystery, said Mike Abney, a project manager with Duke Energy, whose expertise comes from a decades-long effort to restore eel populations in the Catawba-Wateree and Pee Dee rivers.
Eighty going on 17

2 months ago | southparkmagazine.com | Page Leggett

Judy Goldman's latest book, The Rest of Our Lives, posits that, no matter how old we are, we're all 'still kids grappling.'by Page LeggettIf you've ever been surprised to be called "ma'am" or "sir" - since you'd swear that you and the (relative) youngster who's "ma'am'ing" you are the same age - you'll relate to Judy Goldman's new memoir. "Yesterday reminds me of today because inside, I'm just a kid," writes Goldman in the prologue to The Rest of Our Lives, her eighth book.
Thomasville man requests same heart surgeon who operated on his parents

2 months ago | hpenews.com | Page Leggett

THOMASVILLE — Trey Strickland has heart disease on both sides of his family. His parents, Lisa and Joey Strickland, both had triple bypasses — his mom in 2022 and his dad about a decade prior. His maternal grandparents both had heart disease, as did his paternal grandfather. kAm$@[ E96 bd\J62C\@=5 %9@>2DG:==6 C6D:56?E 2?5 D64FC:EJ :?5FDECJ H@C<6C 92D =@?8 366? 2H2C6 @7 9:D @H? AC@A6?D:EJ 7@C E96 D2>6] w6 C6=:6D @?
Elvis has entered the building

Mar 27, 2025 | southparkmagazine.com | Page Leggett

Elvis has entered the buildingMarch 27, 2025In its world-premiere adaptation of Carmen, Charlotte Ballet introduces a character inspired by Vegas' most famous denizen. by Page LeggettThere's no evidence that Elvis Presley ever saw Georges Bizet's opera, Carmen.
Pork and pinot at the Florence Wine & Food Festival

Feb 27, 2025 | southparkmagazine.com | Page Leggett

Pork and pinot at the Florence Wine & Food Festival Cuisine Travel February 27, 2025 Could the Carolinas’ next great food town be … Florence? The South Carolina city’s annual wine and food festival (March 27-29) makes a strong case. by Page LeggettConsider Florence. Not the capital of Italy’s Tuscany region teeming with Renaissance masterpieces, but the city in South Carolina’s Pee Dee region.
The music man - SouthPark Magazine

Jan 29, 2025 | southparkmagazine.com | Page Leggett

The music man Entertainment People The Arts January 29, 2025 In all he does – and that’s a lot! – Queen City Concerts’ Zachary Tarlton puts musicians front and center. by Page LeggettThere came a moment in Queen City Concerts’ production of The Secret Garden last November when, suddenly, the previously hidden orchestra was illuminated — revealing the musicians had been on stage the whole time.
He was a patient in his own operating room: Malignant melanoma landed nurse in the very OR he manages - Salisbury Post

Nov 16, 2024 | salisburypost.com | Page Leggett

Published 12:00 am Saturday, November 16, 2024 By Page LeggettCale Banks makes it a practice to get to work early. The assistant nurse manager for the operating rooms at Novant Health Rowan Medical Center oversees eight ORs.“We perform 25 to 30 procedures each day,” he said. “My role is to ensure the day flows, that we’re appropriately staffed and have the instrumentation, equipment and supplies we need. If there’s one delay, it just compounds.
NC trend: Mooresville-based actor inspires a new generation, including her rising-star daughter.

Oct 31, 2024 | businessnc.com | Page Leggett

Mooresville’s Lacy Camp calls herself a “journeyman actor.” In fact, that’s what most actors are. “It’s a very small percentage that get to be a household name,” Camp says. Only about 2% of actors make it to that level, Backstage magazine noted in an August 2024 story. Still, since appearing in her first play as Mammy Yokum in “Li’l Abner” at North Mecklenburg High School, the actor’s life was all Camp wanted.
Surviving the corporate jargon jungle

Oct 19, 2024 | charlotteledger.substack.com | Page Leggett |Tony Mecia

The following article appeared in the October 19, 2024 edition of The Charlotte Ledger, an e-newsletter with smart and original local news for Charlotte. We offer free and paid subscription plans. More info here. Does your workplace use words like “synergy,” “level set” and “actionable”? If so, you might be a victim of language abuse, according to writer Page Leggett. by Page LeggettI once worked in the training department of a global financial institution.

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