Can you ace our weekend quiz?

Happy weekend, QCity. How closely did you follow the news in Charlotte this week? Test your knowledge with this five-question quiz.

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FAMILY-FRIENDLY PLAY COMBINES BLACK CULTURE, MAYA ANGELOU AND MUSIC

If shadows on the wall and noises down the hall don’t frighten you, “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me” might be worth seeing. Charlotte is one of just four cities where the play can be seen, and it made its premiere at Children’s Theater over the weekend.

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OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS SUPPORT SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH

Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved $6 million in opioid settlement funds to support

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In other HBCU news… – Q City Metro

This item first appeared in our morning newsletter, which is delivered Monday through Saturday to more than 7,000 smart subscribers in the Charlotte area. You can become one of them. Ally Financial, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Charlotte-area businesses will host 60 HBCU students this week in an entrepreneurial pitch competition. The student teams will spend four-day developing

This week in city government

City Council is scheduled to vote on a proposal today that would give financial subsidies to a developer pledging to preserve affordable housing in east Charlotte. The two-part proposal would: Allocate $8 million in federal covid relief dollars to Central NOAH. The company would use that money as a subsidy to buy and renovate Peppertree

And finally… – Q City Metro

This item first appeared in our morning newsletter, which is delivered Monday through Saturday to more than 7,000 smart subscribers in the Charlotte area. You can become one of them. Hornets Sports & Entertainment announced this week that it will revive its “Swarm the Polls” initiative to encourage voter participation. The initiative was launched in