Patrick Moran

3 days ago | qcnerve.com | Patrick Moran

On March 15, the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day, an affable group of people gathered at Divine Barrel Brewing in NoDa. Some were clad in the green T-shirts associated with America’s unofficial drinking holiday and a few ordered beers in the sunlit taproom.

1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Patrick Moran

To paraphrase humorist and legendary lager imbiber Mark Twain, rumors of the Charlotte craft beer scene’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. This is not to say that the industry hasn’t been weathering the winds of change. In recent years, Charlotte’s craft beer boom, which saw nearly 20 independent breweries open in the decade between 2009-19, has leveled off and even faltered.

3 weeks ago | qcnerve.com | Patrick Moran

More than 1,200 people gathered on Sam Furr Road at Holly Point Drive Saturday afternoon to protest multiple actions by the Trump administration, including dismantling America’s education and health care systems, selling public lands to billionaires, ignoring due process and defying the courts.

4 weeks ago | qcnerve.com | Patrick Moran

Even as state lawmakers continue to waffle over marijuana legalization, placing residents in a confusing holding pattern where certain hemp products are allowed and others aren’t, two universities have seen their cannabis research programs blossoming as of late, as they focus on the burgeoning potential for the cash crop.

4 weeks ago | qcnerve.com | Patrick Moran

On a warm April night, Petra’s is packed for “Sam on Someday,” a multi-act, genre-fluid jam launched by Sam Tayloe, founder and frontman of Charlotte folk rock band Time Sawyer. The talent onstage is prodigious — guitarist Justin Clyde Williams, drummer Tim Haney, bassist Kerry Brooks, piano player Jason Atkins (Greazy Keyz) and more. Darian Parham, who performs as Wild Recluse, is the final act of the evening.