Creative Loafing Charlotte

LOL: Comedy in the Q.C.

• by Anita Overcash
A roundup of CL’s top picks for comedy shows in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, comedy, Aries Spears, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Mon Frere, Roux, Kayte Malik, Chris Layton, Will Spann, Eric McCrickard, Steve Price, AJ Ellis, Black Tie Comedy, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Loft 1523, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash

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, The Color Purple, Ovens Auditorium, theater, The Chuckleheads, Dilworth Neighborhood Grille, comedy, SlamCharlotte Poetry Slam, McGlohon Theatre, spoken word, The Legacy Committee, Mez, Ballot Measure 9, Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte, things to do in Charlotte, weekend, weekend events, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash

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

Paula Poundstone laughs for libraries

• by Anita Overcash
Poundstone performs at Knight Theater on Saturday.
• Tags: Arts, Paula Poundstone, Knight Theater, comedy, The Association of Library Trustees Advocates Friends & Foundations, Friends of Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, libraries, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Anita Overcash, Charlotte, NC

Lewis Black tour stops in Charlotte

• by Anita Overcash
Lewis Black scheduled to perform at Ovens Auditorium on April 14.
• Tags: Arts, Lewis Black, comedy, Ovens Auditorium, April 14, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash

Cover Story

CL's 2012 Health & Fitness Issue

The lazy man's guide to looking and feeling... well, relatively OK

• Tags: Cover, fitness, lazy, health, Charlotte, tips, Milestone, Creative Loafing, weight loss, New Year's resolution, smoking, video games, Kimberly Lawson, Desiree Kane, Jeff Hahne, Matt Brunson, Mark Kemp, Anita Overcash, Kyle Lee, Editorial, comedy, satire, commentary, Anna Nicole Smith, Xbox, Cover Story

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Jan. 10-15

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, Debbie Millwater, comedy, Taboo Tuesday Open Mic, Crown Station Pub, Johnny Millwater, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, DC Curry, BDaht, Darren Brand, Burpie, Chico Bean, OsamaBinDrankin, Club Lux, Julie Scoggins, Charlotte Comedy Theater, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash, Charlotte

Weekender, Jan. 6-8

• by Anita Overcash
Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend.
• Tags: Arts, See & Do: The Weekender, sumo wrestling, Hartigan's Irish Pub, Hidell Brooks Gallery, Johan Hagaman, Justin Robinson, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Evening Muse, All the President's Men, Main Library, Wells Fargo Playhouse, Mint Museum, Romare Bearden, Romare Bearden: Southern Recollections exhibit, Single Cell Productions, Alloy, Bloodsucker's Bash, Underworld Awakening, vampires, DJ Torch, Justin Kates, Memphis, Broadway, Ovens Auditorium, Huey Phillips, Moroccan tagines, tagines, Casablanca Cafe, Moroccan food in Charlotte, The Comedy Zone, Charlotte Comedy Theater, Charlotte, NC, things to do in Charlotte this weekend, music, theater, comedy, nightlife, food, Anita Overcash

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, The Marriage of Art + Architecture, Rodolfo Machado, Sheila Hicks, Mint Museum, Museum Mouth, Milestone, Shiprocked, Snug Harbor, Wine Up, The Comedy Zone Fort Mill, Open Mic, comedy, music, art, nightlife, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash, things to do in Charlotte, Charlotte events

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Jan. 3-8

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, comedy, Crown Station Pub, Kevin Alderman, Jackalope Jacks, Saints & Sinners, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, The Comedy Zone Fort Mill, Dilworth Coffee, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Dec. 27-31

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, Debbie Millwater, comedy, Jackalope Jacks, The Comedy Zone, Charlotte, John Wesley Austin, Tim Kidd, John Colwell, Kevin Alderman, John Wesley Austin, Fort Mill, NC, SC, Anita Overcash, Crown Station Pub

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Dec. 21-23

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte.
• Tags: Arts, comedy, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, The Comedy Zone Fort Mill, James Sibley

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Dec. 14-18

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, Debbie Millwater, comedy, The Comedy Zone, Fort Mill, Jackalope Jacks, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC, SC

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Nov. 29-Dec. 4

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, Debbie Millwater, comedy, The Comedy Zone Lake Norman, Galway Hooker Pub, Jackalope Jacks, Shaun Jones, Tim Pulnick, Kevin Alderman, Skandalos, Dilworth Coffee Concord, Charlotte Comedy Theater, Wet Willies, Allure

Don't diss the Dysfunctionals

• by Perry Tannenbaum
Review of sketch troupe Dysfunctional Figurines at CAST.
• Tags: Arts, comedy, sketch, Dysfunctional Figurines, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Nov. 23-27

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, Debbie Millwater, comedy, DS Sanders, James Gregory, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, The Comedy Zone Fort Mill, Daniel Tosh, Ovens Auditorium, Charlotte Comedy Theater

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Nov. 15-20

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, Debbie Millwater, comedy, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Mike Speenburg, Julian McCullough, The Comedy Zone Fort Mill, Dilworth Coffee, Charlotte Comedy Theater

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Nov. 8-13

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, Debbie Millwater, comedy, Crown Station Pub, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Johnny Millwater, The Wayans Brothers, Skandalos, Michael Mack, The Comedy Zone Fort Mill, Robot Johnson, Charlotte Comedy Theater

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Nov.2-6

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Debbie Millwater, comedy, Neighborhood Theatre, Skandalos, Zooman, Dale Jones, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Robot Johnson, Petra's Piano Bar and Cabaret, Rory Scovel

Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Oct. 18-23

• by Anita Overcash
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
• Tags: Arts, Debbie Millwater, The Lake Norman Comedy Zone, Jason Russell, Hannibal Buress, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, The Comedy Zone Fort Mill, Basile, Carlos Mencia, Mon Frere, The Mill, Charlotte Comedy Theater, comedy, comedy in Charlotte, Charlotte comedy shows