Culinary program's restaurant open

Artisan, which The Art Institute of Charlotte calls its "student-run dining lab," is open for its winter 2013 session, serving lunch 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday through March 14. Students, under supervising chef Mark Martin, cook, as well as run the dining room. Among the offerings are Creole chicken sandwich, grilled grouper and porter-braised short ribs, and a $13.95 three-course menu. You don't need reservations, but can make them at 704-357-5900. 2110 Water Ridge Parkway (off Tyvola Road in southwest Charlotte).