Creative Loafing Charlotte

In the streets: Brass Connection

Brass band adds gritty soul to Uptown streets

• by Ladianne Mandel
• Tags: Feature, Brass Connection, busker, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Belk Theater, Knight Theater, Bill Jones, street performer, Busk!, Buskapalooza

Today's Top 5: Tuesday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Artist to Artist, McColl Center for Visual Art, Country Tuesday, Snug Harbor, Traces, Knight Theater, Bill Hanna Jazz Jam, Double Door Inn, Sociales: Debora Arango Arrives Today, Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC

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Today's Top 5: Tuesday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Traces, Knight Theater, Imagine Dragons, Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre, Connectivity, McColl Center for Visual Art, Understanding Karma, Be Yoga, Beer Ed, Growlers Pourhouse, Charlotte, NC

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NC Dance Theatre mixes things up in Contemporary Fusion

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Arts, theater, dance, North Carolina Dance Theater, Contemporary Fusion, Knight Theater, Charlotte, NC

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Alton Brown wows Charlotte crowd with equal parts theatrics, science and good eats

• by Graham Odom
He came out riding a unicorn that fires lasers - or perhaps that was just my cold meds/whiskey finally kicking in
• Tags: News, Food, Culture, Alton Brown, Food Network, Knight Theater, Uptown, cooking, food, North Carolina Science Festival, science, Good Eats, Doctor Who, Graham Odom, Robot Johnson, Charlotte

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Today's Top 5: Friday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Lucky 5, The Evening Muse, Sinbad, Knight Theater, First Look Friday, Mint Museum Randolph, Critical Masses: New Dimensions in Assemblage and Sound, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Alessandra Mecaluso, The Bitch's Bridal Bible, BlackFinn Restaurant & Saloon, Charlotte, NC

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LOL: Comedy in the Q.C.

• by Anita Overcash
A roundup of CL's top picks for comedy shows in Charlotte.
• Tags: Arts, comedy, stand up, Sinbad, Knight Theater, Lisa Landry, The Comedy Zone, Charlotte, NC

Mary Chapin Carpenter playing Knight Theater tonight (2/21/13)

• by Rachel Bailey
Country legend searching to find the real beauty in melancholy.
• Tags: Music Menu, Rachel Bailey, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Knight Theater, Charlotte, concert, music, preview

Today's Top 5: Wednesday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Primoris Ortus, Women Centered Art, The Ringers, Neighborhood Theatre, Cirque de Légume, UNC Charlotte, Off the Record, Saints and Sinners, Bo White, Evening Muse, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Knight Theater, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Friday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Barb Wire Dolls, Tremont Music Hall, Fela: From Abeokuta to Broadway, Su Casa, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts & Culture, Innovative Works, NC Dance Theatre, KnightSounds: Pop Up Opera, Knight Theater, TEDxCharlotte, Silver Hammer Studios, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Friday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Very Still & Hard to See, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre, Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Milestone, A Silent Film, The Fillmore, Macbeth, Matthews Community Center, Travis Tritt, Knight Theater, Charlotte, NC

Travis Tritt Playing Knight Theater Tonight (02/01/13)

• by Pat Moran
Country veteran who draws on the bluesy swing of Skynyrd and the Allmans while keeping touch with country's honky-tonk and rockabilly roots.
• Tags: Music Menu, Pat Moran, Travis Tritt, Knight Theater, Charlotte, Music, Concert, Preview

LOL: Comedy in the Q.C.

• by Anita Overcash
A roundup of CL's top picks for comedy shows in Charlotte.
• Tags: Arts, comedy, stand up, Jonny Fairplay, Kevin Alderman, Volume Lounge, The Comedy Zone, N.C. Music Factory, Joe Pettis, Petra’s Piano Bar and Cabaret, John Heffron, Laugh for the Cure, Knight Theater, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Friday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Jamie Ward, Cloudeater, Snug Harbor, Ronnie Jordan, Winthrop University, Su Casa, Dharma Lounge, KnightSounds: Ballroom, Knight Theater, Charlotte, NC

Acoustic shell provides sonic difference at Knight Theater

• by Perry Tannenbaum
Charlotte Symphony tests out new cocoon that improves sound quality at the venue.
• Tags: Live Reviews, Perry Tannenbaum, Knight Theater, Charlotte, music, concert, Symphony, Beethoven, Oratorio Singers, McGlohon Theater, Bechtler Museum of Art, Ovens Auditorium, Halton Arena, Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson, Project Trio, Lollipops, KnightSounds, Christopher Warren-Green

Today's Top 5: Monday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Levine Museum of the New South, Martin Luther King Day Series of Events, Davidson College, Bryan Adams, Knight Theater, Solid Gold Mondays, Growlers Pourhouse, Trivia, Sir Edmond Halley's, Charlotte, NC

Bryan Adams at Knight Theater Tonight (01/21/2013)

• by Rachel Bailey
For anyone who is a fan of watching dead horses being beaten.
• Tags: Music Menu, Rachel Bailey, Bryan Adams, Knight Theater, Charlotte, Concert, Music, Preview

Martha Graham Dance Company returns to Charlotte

• by Anita Overcash
Renowned dance troupe performs at Knight Theater.
• Tags: Arts, dance, Martha Graham Dance Company, Knight Theater, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Friday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Antje Duvekot, The Evening Muse, Martha Graham Dance Company, Knight Theater, 2013 Wolves, Babyshaker, Velvet Elvis, Snug Harbor, The Gruen Effect, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, SlamCharlotte Poetry Slam, McGlohon Theater, Charlotte, NC

Today's Top 5: Friday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Lucy Kaplansky, Evening Muse, The Old Ceremony, Double Door Inn, New Works by Pamela Murphy, Renee George Gallery Years Resolution Singles SpeeDating Event, The Roxbury, Charlotte Symphony Pops: Winter Dance Party, Knight Theater, Charlotte, NC