Creative Loafing Charlotte

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, Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Pippin, Theatre Charlotte, JD McPhearson, Visulite Theatre, Queen's Feast, Charlotte Restaurant Week, Mint Hill Arts, America exhibit, Charlotte, NC

The second wave of summer theater season makes a splash

Including CPCC's Guys and Dolls, Theatre Charlotte's The Odd Couple, more

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, Queen's Fab Fest, Coco Peru, Pandora Box, Twisted Broadway, cabaret, theater, Wizard of Oz, Theatre Charlotte, The Odd Couple, The Odd Couple (Female Version), Guys and Dolls, A Steady Rain, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre, Costazuela, Legally Blonde, CPCC

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, The Odd Couple, Theatre Charlotte, Off the Record, The Belmont Playboys, Evening Muse, Greg Morton, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Works by Contemporary Artists, New Gallery of Modern Art, Aqualads, Snug Harbor, Charlotte, NC

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, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Theatre Charlotte, Micro Brews Cruise, U.S. National Whitewater Center, Jane's Addiction, Ovens Auditorium, Johnny Millwater, Crazy Late with Johnny Millwater, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Echoed Locations exhibit, Twenty-Two, 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, Recollection exhibit, MoNa, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Theatre Charlotte, Forecasting Fashion Trends, Mint Museum Randolph, Conscious Movie Night, The Last Mountain, Center of Light, Frankie Paul, The Comedy Zone Fort Mill, Charlotte, NC

Meet Charlotte's new alpha slob at The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Belting it out at Theatre Charlotte

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, Jeremy Shane, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, theater, performing arts, Charlotte, Theatre Charlotte, Jamey Varnadore, Chesson Kusterer, Joe McCourt, Tyler Smith, Megan Midkiff, Dennis Delamar, spelling bee

Around the World in 80 Days: 10 hands spanning the globe

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Performing Arts, Theatre Charlotte, art, theater, Around the World in 80 Days

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, Around the World in 80 Days, Theatre Charlotte, Osama Wazan, Poor Richard's Book Shoppe, Cedric Burnside Project, Double Door Inn, Midnight Swinger, Comedy Zone, Lyle Lovett, McGlohon Theatre, Charlotte, NC

Hunger strikes

• by Anita Overcash
The Charlotte Film Society's Saturday Night Cine Club screens the Irish film.
• Tags: Film, Arts, The Charlotte Film Society, Saturday Night Cine Club, Hunger, film, Theatre Charlotte

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, Ringling Bros. and Barnem & Bailey, circus, Time Warner Cable Arena, Crown Station Pub, Donna Carter, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Theatre Charlotte, Snug Harbor, Wolves 2013, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash

Theater review: Doubt, a Parable

• by Perry Tannenbaum
A purely professional grade performance from Theatre Charlotte.
• Tags: Arts, theater, Theatre Charlotte, Doubt a Parable, John Patrick Shanley, David Blamy, Katherine Goforth, Gina Stewart, Daniel Fleming, Manhattan Theatre Club, Cherry Jones, Brian F. O’Byrne, La Cherry & Co., Belk Theater, Emily Rast

Weekender, Jan. 20-22

• by Anita Overcash
Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend.
• Tags: Arts, See & Do: The Weekender, Queen's Feast: Charlotte Restaurant Week, dining, Global Fever: Moscow Never Sleeps, DJ Dim, Kosta X, nightlife, Dharma Lounge, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Architecture + Film series, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, film, New Year New You, Kalu Restaurant, makeover, beauty, comedy, Paula Poundstone, Knight Theater, NASCAR Acceleration, Charlotte Convention Center, racing, motorsports, Doubt a Parable, Theatre Charlotte, The Chinese Dynasty, food, restaurants, Chinese New Year, Citizens of the Universe, Rosencrantz & Guilsdenstern Are Dead, Chop Shop, theater, things to do in Charlotte this weekend, weekend, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash

Theater reviews: The Nutcracker and A Christmas Carol

• by Perry Tannenbaum
The scoop on NCDT's Nutcracker and Theatre Charlotte's A Christmas Carol performances.
• Tags: Arts, theater, Theatre Charlotte, North Carolina Dance Theatre, dance, review

Weekender, Dec. 9-11

• by Anita Overcash
Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend.
• Tags: Arts, See & Do: The Weekender, Charlotte Fine Art Show, Charlotte Convention Center, Beards BeCause, Amos' Southend, Theatre Charlotte, Belk Theater, NC Dance Theatre, Distant Relatives, An African Ballet, Oneaka Collective, Santa Bar Crawl, Carolina Actors Studio Theater, Knight Theater, things to do in Charlotte this weekend

Cover Story

Enter stage right: CL's theater holiday preview

Where fantasy usurps reality and relevance and rock 'n' roll rules over traditional musicals

• by Perry Tannenbaum
• Tags: Cover story, arts, theater, holiday, Actor's Theatre of charlotte, Children's Theatre of Charlotte, Carolinas Actors studio theater, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, theatre charlotte, Cover Story

Weekender, Nov. 18-20

• by Anita Overcash
Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend.
• Tags: Arts, See & Do: The Weekender, Collaborative Arts Theatre, theater, Duke Energy Theatre, 2011 Beaujolais Nouveau, Levine Museum of the New South, UniverSoul Circus, Genome, Saturday Night Cine Club, Theatre Charlotte, Josh Ritter, McGlohon Theatre, music, art, Cafe Really, Fall One-Act Play Festival, Phillip Roebuck, Milestone, things to do in Charlotte this weekend, Charlotte events

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, Johnny Millwater, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Marsha Amrosius, The Fillmore, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Theatre Charlotte, Hank III, Amos' Southend, Easy Eddie's

Weekender, Nov. 4-6

• by Anita Overcash
Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend.
• Tags: Arts, See & Do: The Weekender, Jeff Hahne's Homebrew Vol. 5 CD Release Party, Neighborhood Theatre, Erich J. Moffitt, Espada Bicycles, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte Artery, Freeman's Pub, Riot Dolls, West Side Story, Belk Theater, SAGA of the Carolina's, ScanFest, Rory Scovel, Petra's Piano Bar and Cabaret, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Theatre Charlotte, Wysacky Trading Post, things to do in Charlotte this weekend

Today's Top 5: Thursday

• by Anita Overcash
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Plaza Muse, Theatre Charlotte, Skandalos, Visulite Theatre, Dharma Lounge

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, Craig Shoemaker, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Visulite Theatre, The Meat Puppets, Charlotte NC Fashion Week Kickoff, The Music Man, Theatre Charlotte, Jackalope Jacks, things to do today in Charlotte, things to do in Charlotte today, Charlotte events