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The Blotter
A pot-bashing, a greasy mess, more
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Cover
Three local activists keep the revolutionary spirit alive. Celebrate July 4 by taking a stand.
- by Ana McKenzie
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Tags: Cover, Ella May Wiggins, workers rights, protest, activist, July 4, Charlotte, Gastonia Daily Gazette, mill, Bessemer City, Loray Mill Strike of 1929, United 4 the Dream, Loan Tran, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Luis Rodriguez, protest, Occupy Charlotte, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Cover Story
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Vibes
Rock Hill club gets a new name, new look and new acts.
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Vibes
Hip-hop duo has offered engaging freestyles on all things Queen City, from the Bobcats to NASCAR.
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Vibes
The British boyband is the latest in a long line to bring the squeals.
- by Alison Angel
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Tags: Live Reviews, One Direction, Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, Live reviews, Alison Angel, Simon Cowell, X Factor, photos, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, 'N Sync, Backstreet Boys, Hanson
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Vibes
The Charlotte band's playing is heartfelt and authentic.
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Vibes
The ska-punk re-revival may have waned, but Reel Big Fish still remains a must-see.
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Vibes
Comedic duo brings its childish humor to sold-out crowd.
- by Caroline Pate
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Tags: Live Reviews, Tenacious D, Rize of the Fenix, The Fillmore, Charlotte, Music, Concert, Comedy, The Pick of Destiny, Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Caroline Pate, setlist, Live reviews
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Vibes
Band blasts out a maelstrom of loud guitar, fat piano, over-the-top theatrics and double-kickdrums.
- by Pat Moran
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Tags: Music Menu, Foxy Shazam, Unstoppable, Eric Sean Nally, glam, rock, Amos' Southend, Pat Moran, Charlotte, music, concert
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Vibes
Local MCs battle while a few big names steal the show.
- by Emiene Wright
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Tags: Live Reviews, Coor's Light, Search for the Coldest MC, Ice Cube, Felony Fame, The Fillmore, Charlotte, music, hip-hop, rap, Bun B., Big K.R.I.T., Eddie Blaze
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Vibes
Melodic enough to draw in folks who don't usually listen to music that requires earplugs.
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Vibes
Hour-long film examines the social, political and musical landscape of the South in the 1970s.
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: News, Videos, BBC, Sweet Home Alabama, documentary, video, Southern rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers Band, Charlie Daniels, Mark Kemp, Kandia Crazy Horse, Southern Rock Saga, Jimmy Carter, Martin Luther King Jr., assassination, election, music, South, Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South, Rip It Up: The Black Experience in Rock N Roll
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Vibes
Five bands playing free concert for City Invasion event.
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: Concert Announcement, P.O.D., City Invasion, Brian "Head" Welch, Love and Death, Memorial Stadium, free, concert, music, Amy Lambert, Thi'sil, Flame, Korn, The Rep, Charlotte
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Features
Frontman Ari Picker brings emotional honesty with latest album
- by Jordan Lawrence
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Tags: Features, Ari Picker, Lost in the Trees, music, Chapel Hill, Visulite Theatre, concert, Charlotte, Daytona, A Church That Fits Our Needs, All Alone in an Empty House, Karen Shelton, suicide
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Album Review
Smalltown Supersound; Release date: June 19, 2012
- by John Schacht
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Tags: CD Review, Neneh Cherry, The Thing, Mat Gustafsson, free-jazz, The Cherry Thing, Timo Maas, Gorillaz, music, review, CD, album, MF DOOM, Madvillain, Ornette Coleman, Dana Colley, Albert Ayler
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Vibes
Ice Cube will host the semi-finals to determine Charlotte's best rapper.
- by Caroline Pate
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Tags: Concert Announcement, The Search for the Coldest MC, Charlotte, Coors Light, rap, Ice Cube, Fabolous, The Fillmore, music, contest, Eddie Blaze, Felony Flame
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Vibes
Chapel Hill sextet stuns with emotional power of its music.
- by Caroline Pate
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Tags: Photos, Live Reviews, setlist, Ari Picker, Lost in the Trees, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Visulite Theatre, Live reviews, photos, setlist, All Alone in an Empty House, A Church That Fits Our Needs, Emma Nadeau, Caroline Pate, Jeff Hahne
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Vibes
This Charlotte band's brand of hardcore is vulnerable and nihilistic.
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Vibes
The band creates a dark, texturally rich swirl of blues- and folk-based songs that, er, seduces.
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Features
Garage punk band set to release its debut LP
- by Jordan Lawrence
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Tags: Features, Paint Fumes, Southside Punx, Bloodshot Bill, Appalucia Militia, Elder Statesman, The Milestone, Egyptian Rats, music, local, band, concert, Charlotte, Sewercide Mansion, Uck Life, Elijah Von Cramon
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Album Review
Barbes; Release date: May 8, 2012
- by Lew Herman
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Tags: CD Review, music, CD, album, review, Chicha Libre, Canibalismo, Bolivia, Peru, huanynos, cumbia, Brooklyn
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Film Clips
Movies include Brave, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, more
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film Clips, review, movies, Charlotte, film, The Avengers, Prometheus, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Brave, THe Hunger Games, Rock of Ages, That's My Boy, Snow White and the Huntsman, The Intouchables, Men in Black 3, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Battleship, Matt Brunson
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Features
A chat with filmmaker Lynn Shelton
- by Adam Frazier
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Tags: Features, Lynn Shelton, Your Sister's Sister, movie, film, interview, Humpday, Sundance Film Festival, Emily Blunt, Rachel Weisz, Rosemarie Dewitt, Mark DuPlass
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Reviews
Rating: **1/2
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Reviews, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, film, movie, review, The Amazing Spider-Man, Marc Webb, Sam Raimi, Stan Lee, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Marvel Comics
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Reviews
Rating: **1/2
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Reviews, People Like Us, Alex Kurtzman, Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Robert Orci, Michael Hall D'Addario, movie, review, film, Matt Brunson, Olivia Wilde
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View from the Couch
This week's reviews of what's new on Blu-ray and DVD
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: View from the Couch, God Bless America, Meatballs, Mirror Mirror, Treasure Planet, Under the Tuscan Sun, Bobcat Goldthwait, Bill Murray, Julia Roberts, Diane Lane, Matt Brunson, DVD, Blu-Ray, reviews
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Reviews
Rating: ***1/2
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Reviews, Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, film, review, movie, Charlotte, Matt Brunson, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Kara Hayward, Jared Gilman
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Performing Arts
Including CPCC's Guys and Dolls, Theatre Charlotte's The Odd Couple, more
- by Perry Tannenbaum
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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
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Eat My Charlotte
Charlotte! We've got kombucha on tap!
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Reviews
Restaurant brings a little Belgium to south Charlotte
- by Tricia Childress
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Tags: Reviews, Cast Iron Waffles, South Charlotte, Belgian, Liege waffle, restaurant, review, Tricia Childress, Krista Duggan, Pierre Marcolini, Chris Duggan, food, Cast Iron Waffles: Coffee and Espresso
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Three-Course Spiel
The co-owner of the Elizabeth restaurant admits cooking is about finding the right balance
- by Mary Stevens
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Tags: Three-Course Spiel, The Fig Tree, chef, Greg Zanitsch, fig, Charlotte, food, Ritz Carlton, European, Italian, French, Oregon Pinot Noir, fig and pig risotto, Auberge du Soleil, New England Culinary Institute
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Eat My Charlotte
You can do some pretty magical things with corn.
- by Kelly Davis
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Tags: Recipe, vegetable, recipe, farmers market, corn, CSA, quinoa, salad, Foodie Fresh, Kelly Davis, Cold Water Creek Farm
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Savage Love
Is her question serious?
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Bang Town
Just say no to EL James' book trilogy. Please.
- by Megan Henshall
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Tags: Misc., EL James, 50 Shades of Grey, book, sex, Christian Grey, Anastasia Steele, submissive, dominant, epidemic, social media, addict, female, psyche
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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, Micro Brews Cruise, U.S. National Whitewater Center, Miss Coco Peru, Duke Energy Theater, One Direction, Time Warner Cable Arena, Ron Feingold, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Summer Outdoor Cinema Series, Kenton Place, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
The long road to reform has been paved with the efforts of activists from around the counter - and Charlotte
- by Ryan Pitkin
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Tags: News, Obamacare, Supreme Court, Charlotte, Gaffney Health Services, Charlotte Healthcare Coalition, ActionNC, League of Women, Action NC, NAACP, doctors, labor groups, activists, Chief Justice John Roberts, American, America, North Carolina
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The CLog
The film makes its hometown debut at EpiCentre Theaters.
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The CLog
What's new in theaters this holiday week.
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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, CyberSoul, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre, Kony, Milestone, Chiddy Bang, Amos' Southend, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, UNC Charlotte, The Screwtape Letters, Knight Theater, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
Tavis Smiley's touring exhibit examines African-Americans' contributions to the U.S.
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The CLog
CLs got a new blog on the block! Travel and tech with @dbirdy, coming right up!
- by Desiree Kane
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Tags: Desiree Kane, dbirdy, Charlotte, Blog, Technology, Tech, Travel, Hong Kong, China, Traveling, Blogging, Wayfaring, Nomad, Wayfaring Tech Nomad, Kevin Beaty
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The CLog
The exhibit features more than 30 large-scale paintings, sculptures and wall assemblages.
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The CLog
Deal reunites Creative Loafing Charlotte with former sister papers.
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: News, SouthComm, Inc., Creative Loafing Charlotte, Nashville Scene, Kansas City, Pitch, Louisville, LEO Weekly, Creative Loafing Atlanta, Washington City Paper, bought, sold, news, alt-weeklies, newspaper
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The CLog
Dan Murrey's had quite a week.
- by Mary C. Curtis
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Tags: News, Democratic National Convention 2012, DNC, DNC2012, Democratic National Convention, Mary C. Curtis, Dan Murrey, DNCC, Democratic National Convention Committee, Cameron Moody, Levine, Labor Day, President Obama, uptown, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Tampa, Democrats, Carolina Fest 2012
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The CLog
The Broadway musical comes to Belk Theater.
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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, Out of the Boxx, Duke Energy Theater, The Captain's Beardaversary, Growlers Pourhouse, Junior Astronomers, Tremont Music Hall, Lavell Crawford, The Comedy Zone Charlotte, Gabrielle Javier, Park Road Books, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
What's new in theaters this weekend.
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The CLog
They figure looking to the past is the best way to predict the future
- by Erin Tracy-Blackwood
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Tags: News, Opinion, General Assembly, sea level rise, real estate developers, North Carolina, shoreline, Stephen Colbert, Comedy Central, North Carolinians, grandfathers, H819, Planet Earth, American, Erin Tracy-Blackwood
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The CLog
Treehouse Acting Company show focuses on communication struggles in a cyber-dominated world.
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The CLog
What's new and covered in theaters.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, film, film reviews, Matt Brunson, The Amazing Spider-Man, Ted, People Like Us, Your Sister's Sister, Moonrise Kingdom, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Seth MacFarlane, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pine, Emily Blunt, Mark Duplass, Rosemarie DeWitt, Wes Anderson, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand
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The CLog
C.S. Lewis' demonic showcase is presented by Fellowship for the Performing Arts.
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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, Amor Towles, Queens University, Reel Big Fish, The Fillmore, Karaoke, Dixie's Tavern, Find Your Muse Open Mic, Evening Muse, Monday Night Allstars, Double Door Inn, 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, Presbyterian Hospital July 4 Spectacular, Memorial Stadium, WBT Skyshow, Knights Stadium, Coca-Cola 4th of July Festival, U.S. National Whitewater Center, EpiCentre, Shriners International 4th of July Parade, 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, Coca-Cola 4th of July Festival, Sol Driven Train, U.S. National Whitewater Center, Foxy Shazam, Amos' Southend, Beer Ed, Growlers Pourhouse, Caffeine Music Festival, Marigny, Cold Play, Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
A big ol' list of festivities in Charlotte and the surrounding area.
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The CLog
Does this guy moonlight as a used car salesman?
- by Ana McKenzie
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Tags: News, Opinion, Gov. Bev Perdue, Mecklenburg County Democratic Rep. Becky Carney, Thom Thillis, North Carolina, fracking, Dunce of the Week, Ana McKenzie, veto, water, land, gas, fracking liquid, controversial
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The CLog
The bank is going after people who can't afford to spare the cash
- by Erin Tracy-Blackwood
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Tags: News, Opinion, Wells Fargo, fees, lobbying, students, unemployed, San Francisco, bank, customers, America, bailout, government, taxpayers, class welfare, media
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The CLog
Screening as part of the Main Library's Ships Ahoy!!: 8 Classic Seafaring Films.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Arts, The Black Pirate, film, Main Library, Ships Ahoy!!: 8 Classic Seafaring Films, Douglas Fairbanks, ImaginOn, Wells Fargo Playhouse, Charlotte, NC
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QC After Dark
Photos from Let's Make a Deal, which offered the chance to win prizes.
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QC After Dark
Photos from the 6th Annual White Party, featuring a fashion show by Revolution.
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: Party Pics, Revolution, White Party, Mez, Epicentre, Charlotte, photos, slideshow, party pics, nightlife, Slideshow
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QC After Dark
Photos from the monthly Su Casa party.
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QC After Dark
Wet N' Wild Beach Party hits Cameo Thursdays.
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QC After Dark
Communicating with people at the club without screaming is back.
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QC After Dark
The Captain's Bearadversary held as a part of Beards Because.
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: Party Pics, The Captain's Beardaversary, Growlers Pourhouse, Beards Because, Battered Women's Shelter, Charlotte, Justin "Aswell, " Mr. Invisible, Arthur Bros., Aspyr Music, Culture Initiative, photos, nightlife, Slideshow
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QC After Dark
Boots and Bikinis mixes the worlds of swimwear and country music.
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Stargazer
The archetypal battle in the sky is Power versus Social Justice versus the sovereign rights of the individual.
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Editor's Notes
Plus, what's in this week's issue and a call for letters
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Wayfaring Tech Nomad
CL's got a new blog on the block! Travel and tech with @dbirdy, coming right up!
- by Desiree Kane
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Tags: Desiree Kane, dbirdy, Charlotte, Blog, Technology, Tech, Travel, Hong Kong, China, Traveling, Blogging, Wayfaring, Nomad, Wayfaring Tech Nomad, Kevin Beaty, travel blog, video blog
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Boomer with Attitude
Readers get their answers from the columnist directly
- by John Grooms
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Tags: Boomer with Attitude, Rielle Hunter, John Edwards, Amendment One, Democratic National Convention, streetcar, Elizabeth Avenue, John Grooms, news, politics, Charlotte
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Klepto Blog
Inexpensive ways to transform thrifty furniture.
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Klepto Blog
Another episode of CL's style-centric blog, this time featuring the Metropolitan boutique.
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Klepto Blog
Wrist candy is the latest trend in accessories. Here's how to build your statement stack from 3 local stores.
- by Christina Buttafuoco
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Tags: Jewelry Talk, accessories, jewelry, bracelets, watches, Francesca's Collections, Bijuju, Target, Blakeney, SouthPark, shopping, Charlotte
