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News Feature
A new Urban Institute study and GOP commissioners disagree
- by John Grooms and Cheris Hodges
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Tags: News feature, consolidation, Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, politics, GOP, Anthony Foxx, City-County Consolidation: Promises Made, Promises Kept?, John Grooms, Cheris Hodges, Anthony Foxx, County Commission, Bill James, John Woods, Suzanne Leland, UNC Charlotte, Urban Institute
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Breaking the Sound Barrier
- by Amy Goodman
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Tags: Breaking the Sound Barrier, Military Prison, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Amy Goodman, Breaking the Sound Barrier, Bagram, Bush administration, Dick Cheney, Susan Crawford, Congressional Research Service
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Cover
The lazy man's guide to looking and feeling... well, relatively OK
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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
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Vibes
Charlotte rock quartet plans new album for 2012.
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: News, Sugar Glyder, ORG Music, Song Holiday, Charlotte, rock, Jeff Hahne, Manchester Orchestra, Matt & Kim, Neon Trees, Silverson Pickup, NC
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Vibes
Provo, Utah, quartet surprises at Tremont Music Hall show on Jan. 19, 2012.
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Features
Bluegrass with a sense of humor
- by Grant Britt
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Tags: Features, music, Steep Canyon Rangers, Steve Martin, concerts in Charlotte, Grant Britt, bluegrass, McCelvey Center, Brevard, New York Times, Graham Sharp, Asheville, NC, Rounder Records, Grant Britt
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Vibes
Charlotte band filming for "Screaming at the Ceiling" on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
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Vibes
Numerous musicians coming out to help Charlotte personality.
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: Concert Announcement, Jerry Klein, Great Aunt Stella Center, Benefit, Charlotte, Beth Chorneau, JD Wilson, Rusty Knox, The Cloers, Donna Duncan, Mike Strauss, David Childers, Eric-Scott Guthrie, Hope Nicholls, Ron Gattis, Chuck Johnson, John Tosco
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Vibes
Two free solo albums released so far in 2012.
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Vibes
Charlotte hip-hop artists has a new album due Jan. 31.
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Vibes
N.C. band performs Bob Dylan cover on Jimmy Fallon's show.
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Vibes
Juan Miguel Marin is a former member of the Charlotte band La Rúa.
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Arts Preview
- by Anita Overcash
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Tags: Arts Preview, Light Factory, Garinger High School, Olympic High School, Hough High School, photography, art, Charlotte, Earth Exhibit, Anita Overcash, NC
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Reviews
Restaurateur turns to heritage for inspiration
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Eat My Charlotte
Pastry chef Rachael Burns demonstrates everything chocolate just in time for Valentine’s Day.
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Eat My Charlotte
Jan. 21 will be a full day of activities to satisfy the creative culinary soul.
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Eat My Charlotte
A Charlotte favorite for more than 32 years, this spot recently reopened at the Met.
- by Kimberly Lawson
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Tags: Events, La Paz, Mexican, Metropolitan, Paschal Promotions, specials, food, restaurants, Charlotte, Charlotte Disc Association, World's Disc Golf Championships, NC, Kimberly Lawson
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Eat My Charlotte
VBGB becomes the only place in Charlotte to get some craft beer from the Cornelius brewing company.
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Savage Love
Yeah, it's tough out there for a 'phobe - and it's getting tougher all the time.
- by Dan Savage
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Tags: Savage Love, Dan Savage, Rick Santorum, sex, advice, Savage Love, GOP, Republican, LGBT, DADT, gay, Emily Santorum, Huffington Post
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The CLog
Documentary brings the triumphant life and tragic death of an American musical and political hero to PBS on Jan. 23.
- by Mark Kemp
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, Phil Ochs, PBS, American Masters, WTVI, Charlotte, documentary, film, '60s, folk, rock, protest singer, politics, music, counterculture, suicide, Sean Penn, Christopher Hitchens, Joan Baez, Tom Hayden, Pete Seeger, Mark Kemp
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The CLog
Friends of the ex-CL columnist and music promoter are throwing a star-studded benefit on Saturday.
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The CLog
- by John Grooms
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Tags: Boomer with Attitude, N.C. General Assembly, billboard industry, Thom Tillis, environmental damage, rules committee, John Grooms, Boomer with Attitude, commentary, GOP, Republican, NC, trees
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The CLog
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter has switched her position on homosexuality, now saying she supports gay rights.
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The CLog
Lewis Black scheduled to perform at Ovens Auditorium on April 14.
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The CLog
U.S. Navy asks the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to withhold information from a report.
- by Rhiannon Fionn
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Tags: News, Camp Lejeune, water, contamination, pollution, cancer, Navy, Marines, military, government, cover-up
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The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
- by Anita Overcash
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Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Cash Crop, Harvey B. Gantt Center, Dylan Gilbert, The Evening Muse, The Amen Corner, Duke Energy Theatre, Shaun Jones, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Paint Fumes, Milestone, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
Senate bill loses co-sponsors, and a few images from around the 'net.
- by Rhiannon Fionn
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Tags: News, SOPA, PIPA, blackout, Internet, protest, Congress, antipiracy, Senate, Google, Tumblr, Wikipedia, Flickr, Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF, Wired, Rhiannon Fionn
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The CLog
- by Mary C. Curtis
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Tags: Democratic National Convention 2012, Democratic National Convention, DNC, 2012, Charlotte, NC, North Carolina, Barack Obama, Anthony Foxx, Mary Curtis, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Steve Kerrigan, Time Warner Cable Arena, Republican National Convention, RNC, Tampa, Mitt Romney, Jerry Richardson, Carolina Panthers, NASCAR, Concord, Scott Padgett
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The CLog
Venture philanthropy, ever heard of it?
- by Rhiannon Fionn
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Tags: News, Seed20, venture philanthropy, competition, grants, Social Venture Partners Charlotte, Circle de Luz, Sustain Charlotte, CARS Inspiring Youth, The Center for Community Transitions, Charlotte Community ToolBank, Charlotte Teachers Institute, Easter Seals, Exodus Foundation, Friendship Gardens, Friendship Trays, Inspire the Fire, Let Me Run, Julie Jones, McClintock Partners in Education, Mothers Raising Sons, The Relatives, Second Helping of Charlotte, Silent Images, Sow Much Good, Urban Ministry Center, Street Soccer 945, Community Works 945, Urban League of Central Carolinas, Rhiannon Fionn, semi-final
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The CLog
Poundstone performs at Knight Theater on Saturday.
- by Anita Overcash
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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
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The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
- by Anita Overcash
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Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, William Partridge Burpee, Thomas McNickle, Jerald Melberg Gallery, 2013 Wolves, Snug Harbor, Promoting Democracy lecture, UNC Charlotte, Taboo Tuesday Open Mic, Crown Station Pub, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
What's new in theaters this weekend.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film News, film, film news, local openings, Matt Brunson, Charlotte, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Haywire, Shame, Red Tails, Underworld Awakening 3D
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The CLog
- by Desiree Kane
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Tags: News, DNC, DNC2012, Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte Observer, Desiree Kane, Mark Washburn, WBT, Chris Miller, Twitter, Social Media, Politics, DNCC Winter Media Walkthrough, off the record, Mark Kemp, Democratic National Convention, Slideshow
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The CLog
Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend.
- by Anita Overcash
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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
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The CLog
Here's what's newly covered on the cinema scene.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, film, film reviews, Matt Brunson, Shame, Michael Fassbender, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Tom Hanks, Contraband, Mark Wahlberg
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The CLog
Classic film will be released on Blu-ray next Tuesday, Jan. 31.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film News, Film Reviews, film, film review, film news, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gregory Peck, Harper Lee, Universal Pictures, Centennial, E.T., Jaws, The Sting, The Birds, Frankenstein, Schindler's List
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The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
- by Anita Overcash
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Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Betwixt and Between exhibit, UNC Charlotte, UNC Charlotte's Center City Building, Eilen Jewell, Visulite Theatre, Asphalt Revolution: The Vandals of Verse, McGlohon Theatre, Jack Goes Boating, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre, Rebelution, The Fillmore, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash
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The CLog
The Art of Cleonique Hilsaca & Alexandra Loesser exhibit opens this Saturday at Genome.
- by Anita Overcash
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Tags: Arts, The Art of Cleonique Hilsaca & Alexandra Loesser, art, visual art, Cleonique Hilsaca, Alexandra Loesser, exhibit, Genome, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash
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The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
- by Anita Overcash
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Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Love, Loss and What I Wore, theater, McGlohon Theatre, 5th Annual Stout Pull, Coyote Joe's, One God? Yours or Mine: A Provocative Look at the Concept of God, The Islamic Perspective, lecture, Temple Beth El, Janet Williams, The Tennessee Tramp, The Comedy Zone Lake Norman, Madama Butterfly, Belk Theater, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash
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The CLog
Documentary about New York's "No Wave" era will be screened Jan. 19-21.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film News, film, film news, Blank City, The Light Factory, Debbie Harry, Blondie, John Lurie, John Waters, Steve Buscemi, Fab 5 Freddy
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The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
- by Anita Overcash
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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
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The CLog
A full evening of rousing music, colorful characters, and meaningful conflicts.
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The CLog
CL editor comments on rules surrounding the "People's Convention"
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The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
- by Anita Overcash
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Tags: Arts, Today's Top Five, Monday Funday, Dixie's Tavern, Weekend Nachos, Milestone, Find Your Muse Open Mic, The Evening Muse, Mummies of the World, Discovery Place, Cash Crop exhibit, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, exhibits, nightlife, art, music, Charlotte, NC, Anita Overcash
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The CLog
Civil rights attorney George Daly accuses city of "letting fear run the agenda."
- by Rhiannon Fionn
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Tags: News, Occupy, OccupyCLT, Occupy Charlotte, Community Relations Committee, CRC, stakeholders, conflict resolution, Willie Ratchford, Andy Silver, Deborah, J. Walker, Michael Zytkow, Harry Taylor, Scottie Wingfield, Bob Hagemann, city attorney, George Daly, civil rights lawyer, Janet Lama, Craig Glisson, Pat Taft, Beverly Foster, Steve Barker, search, seizure, Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, Roger Cardell, mediator, CMPD, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, city manager, Curt Walton, Rhiannon Fionn
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QC After Dark
Party photos from Level Wednesdays, the Jan. 18 edition, with DJ Dirty.
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QC After Dark
Photos from their Queer As Folk Circuit Dance party.
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QC After Dark
Photos from that weekly Wednesday night party that attracts all the cool kids to South End.
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QC After Dark
Photos from Social Flockers Winter Wonderland + the Legacy Committee video release parties.
- by Kimberly Lawson
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Tags: Party Pics, Social Flockers, Charlotte, Legacy Committee, nightlife, Mez, photos, party pics, QCAD, QC After Dark, Slideshow
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QC After Dark
It happens … drinking too much, that is.
- by Megan Henshall
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Tags: Out For The Night, nightlife, Charlotte, Marigny, Daisy Dooks, Uptown Cabaret, Harvey's in Huntersville, Justin Driscoll, Megan Henshall, QCAD, QC After Dark
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QC After Dark
What better way to spend your Friday the 13th than drinking PBR and getting tatted up?
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QC After Dark
Photos from their hot body contest. Need we say more?
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Boomer with Attitude
"South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum." - 19th-century S.C. unionist James Petigru
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Klepto Blog
This Plaza Midwood home decor shop is like one very cool flea market.
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Features
- by Kimberly Lawson
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Tags: Features, Wear With Attitude, faux fur, Teraysa Grasty, Green With Envy, Burning Man, fashion, Kimberly Lawson, style, Charlotte, NC
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Klepto Blog
Don’t get frustrated by your lack of home improvement skills, circling the home-improvement stores like a lost puppy.
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Klepto Blog
Are you looking for something to get into after work today? How about a new pair of jeans?
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Profile
A marketer for beauty and beyond
- by Lauren Blake
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Tags: Profile, Dana Sidberry, Style Profile, Lauren Blake, Myers Park High School, Motivation Marketing, Salon 2844, Sheen Magazine, style, fashion, Charlotte, NC
