The OUTlook, a weekly newsletter about LGBTQ+ business, labor and workplace equality from Qnotes.
Hello, everyone, and Happy Tuesday!
Welcome to this week’s OUTlook, Qnotes’s own business newsletter. For anyone new to the OUTlook, my name is Taylor Heeden, and I hope you’re having a great start to your week.
As you may have noticed, we are only one week away from one of the best holidays of the year: Halloween. Halloween is one of the most expensive holidays, according to the National Retail Federation: this year, Halloween spending is expected to reach over $12 billion.
There are many Halloween centric events happening across the Carolinas, each one contributing to the local economies of each community. Qnotes has created a guide to some of these events, which will be taking place over the next week. You can read more below.
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Spooks, costumes and ghoulish fun times
October is arguably the spookiest month of the year. All Hallows Eve — perhaps better known as Halloween — is celebrated on the last day of October, and the entire month is dedicated to preparing for the ghouls and freakish good times. […]
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LGBTQ+ History Month: Michael Stipe
Rock Star b. January 4, 1960 “My feeling is that labels are for canned food … I am what I am—and I know what I am.” Michael Stipe is a […]
COMMUNITY – THIS WEEK
Gastonia city council member Robert Kellogg running for mayor
Robert Kellogg is an independent candidate running for the office of Mayor in Charlotte’s neighboring city of Gastonia. First elected to the city council there in 2015, he’s already served […]
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