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The Blotter
$3 fail, a stolen wig, more
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Commentary
A longtime Observer columnist reflects on the former UNC system president he knew
- by Ed Williams
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Tags: City Forum, William Friday, UNC, University of North Carolina, university system, higher education, education, Charlotte Observer, UNC-TV, desegregation, obituary, civil rights, separation, Dixie Classic, college basketball
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This Modern World
The end is near
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Cover
How four local eccentrics work ghoulishness into their lives
- by Ana McKenzie, Kimberly Lawson, Anita Overcash and Jeff Hahne
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Tags: Cover, Halloween, eccentric, Drew Badger, Carolina Coffin Cruisers, Darrell Lindsay, Rachael Harper, Neal Harper, Halloween, costume, Junior Webb, Scarowinds, haunted house, Hannibal Lecter, hearse, handmade, Marley's Revenge: The Monster Movie, Godzilla, Cover Story
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Vibes
Bonnie Raitt's experience shines brightly at Charlotte performance.
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Album Review
Hollywood; Release date: Oct. 16, 2012
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: Album Review, ZZ Ward, Til the casket Drops, Lana Del Rey, rock, soul, Kendrick Lamar, review, CD, album, Jeff Hahne
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Vibes
Actors from Scarowinds offer their take on the Psy dance hit.
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: Videos, Psy, Gangnam Style, Scarowinds, Charlotte, music, video, The Fillmore, concert announcement, Cher Lloyd, Conor Maynard, Rita Ora, Cody Simpson, Kiss 95.1, Kissmas
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Vibes
Del’s tried on pretty much every hat — often with stunning results.
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Vibes
Edward’s dusty, spiky vocals have drawn comparisons to Lucinda Williams.
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Vibes
The swirly sonic backdrop is also splashed with blues rhythms and organ riffs inspired by the '70s Tulsa, Okla., sound.
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: Music Menu, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte, music, concert, Jeff Hahne, Grateful Dead, Tulsa, J.J. Cale, Leon Russell
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Vibes
Singer/songwriter Jeanne Jolly crafts soulful folk-pop laced with heartfelt lyricism and a dash of Appalachian Americana.
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Vibes
“Besetzt” translates to “possessed” in German.
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Vibes
It’s nice to hear kids playing loud guitars over intricate rhythms without forgetting that song still matters.
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Vibes
There’s still chops aplenty here, but one does miss the rough edges and freestyle genre-hopping of early White Denim.
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Vibes
Singer brings infectious energy to Gravedigger's Ball.
- by Alison Angel
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Tags: Live Reviews, B.O.B., Bobby Ray, Charlotte, music, concert, Live reviews, Dixie's Tavern, Gravedigger's Ball, Alison Angel, photos
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Vibes
This project inhabits an ’80s-tinged mood-rock character.
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Soundboard
Recommendations include StS9, Sam Bush, more
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Vibes
Complex, soulful and soaring, with a tinge of darkness.
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Features
Rap duo transform throwback hip-hop into ingenious kitsch
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Vibes
Asheville's Ahleuchatistas helps define the weekend's best performances.
- by Jordan Lawrence
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Tags: Live Reviews, Ahleuchatistas, MoogFest, Asheville, 2012, music, Live reviews, Jordan Lawrence, Gza, Death Grips, Divine Fits, Tim Hecker, Daniel Lopatin, Britt Daniel, Spoon, Dan Boeckner, Wolf Parade, Handsome Furs, Sam Brown, New Bomb Turks
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Vibes
While recent songs have toned down the guitars, the ghost of Paul Westerberg still hovers in the periphery.
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Vibes
He’s an unassuming, old-school guitarist that can jam for hours and folks will stick around.
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Vibes
The coastal N.C. sludge trio’s live shows can be noisome assaults of sweat, volume and vomit.
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Vibes
Brit wunderkind Max McElligott seeks to conquer America with a sublime union of swirling symphonics and sticky-sweet electro-pop.
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Vibes
Spacey instrumentals ebb and flow into layered, trancelike tracks.
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Album Review
Matador; Release date: Oct. 9, 2012
- by John Schacht
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Tags: Album Review, A.C. Newman, Shut Down the Streets, LP, sing-along, Gerry Rafferty, Gordon Lightfoot, review, CD, album, review, John Schacht
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Features
Mike Herrera lets his band grow beyond its beginnings
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Commentary
Where were the rappers during Louis Farrakhan's recent Day of Atonement in Charlotte?
- by Kendrea Mekkah
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Tags: Commentary, Million Man March, hip-hop, social commentary, Louis Farrakhan, Day of Atonement, rap, Kojo Nantambu, Charlotte, Jay-Z, Wu-Tang, Nas, 2Pac, KRS-One
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Features
Horror flicks galore from Universal Pictures
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Features, horror flicks, horror movies, Universal pictures, Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The invisible Man, The bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf man, Phantom of the Opera, Creature from the black Lagoon, blu-Ray, DVD, review, matt Brunson
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Reviews
Rating: ***1/2
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Reviews, Cloud Atlas, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, oppression, reincarnation, interconnectedness, movies in Charlotte, film, review, Matt Brunson
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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, Terror Train, The Funhouse, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Raven, Magic Mike, The Invisible War, E.T., Filmmakers Signature Series, film, movie reviews, DVD, Blu-Ray, Matt Brunson
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Visual Arts
Solo exhibit invites company
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Performing Arts
No limits to innovation in upcoming NCDT show
- by Perry Tannenbaum
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Tags: Performing Arts, North Carolina Dance Theatre, NC Dance Theatre, Limiteless, dance, dance in Charlotte, Charlotte, Sasha Janes, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Shelter, Chautauqua Institution, Jamie Dee, Dangerous Liaisons, ballet
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Feature
What goes in the kitchen, stays in the kitchen (or not)
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Eat My Charlotte
A recap of Wednesday's Food Day 2012 event in the 7th Street Public Market celebrating the local food movement.
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Reviews
Eatery brings burritos and brews to Montford
- by Tricia Childress
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Tags: Reviews, Montford Drive, 15 North Roadside Kitchen, Maverich Rock Taco, Tex-Mex, Angelo Kaltsounis, Xenia Hospitality Group, Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, Birdsong Brewing, restaurant review, Tricia Childress, Maverick Rock Taco
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Eat My Charlotte
Something healthy for the finicky family members
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Eat My Charlotte
Halcyon: Flavors from the Earth offers a different approach to pairing food with libations.
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Features
Cool weather brings in the good stuff
- by Mark Iafrate
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Tags: Features, seasonal beer, Oktoberfest, beer, brew, pumpkin ale, harvest ale, Ass Clown Brewing Company, Triple C Brewing, NoDa Brewing, Heist Brewery, Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, Birdsong Brewing Company, Reinheitsgebot Purity Law, Mark Iafrate, Charlotte Beer Blog
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Eat My Charlotte
Chefs will be onsite throughout the day to showcase unique holiday dishes.
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Eat My Charlotte
Orrman's Cheese Shop is serving locally minded food products featuring local and regional cheeses and small batch artisan food products.
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Savage Love
A recent answer savaged by readers
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The CLog
Month-long series offers one recommended horror flick a day up through Oct. 31.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, film, film review, Matt Brunson, Halloween, Halloween Countdown, The Howling, Joe Dante, John Sayles, Dee Wallace, Forrest J Ackerman, Rob Bottin, werewolf
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The CLog
A storm destroyed the Queen City's own boardwalk almost 80 years ago
- by David Aaron Moore
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Tags: News, East Coast, North Carolina, Maine, David Aaron Moore, Lakewood Amusement Park, New Jersey, Atlantic City, boardwalk, Great Depression, Ken Rutherford
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The CLog
It's as if the third party candidates are Radiohead and I’ve been listening to Obama and Romney sing Nickelback for the last year
- by Erin Tracy-Blackwood
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Tags: News, Opinion, Obama, Romney, Jill Stein, Gary Johnson, Virgil Goode, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, drug war, prison industrial complex, domestic spying, National Defense Authorization Act, police, climate change, marraiage equality, poverty, corporate control of elections, Erin Tracy-Blackwood, third party, debates
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The CLog
What's new and covered in theaters.
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The CLog
A few picks of exhibit openings and receptions to check out this week.
- by Anita Overcash
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Tags: Arts, art, visual arts, CPCC Art Galleries, Allison Luce, The Serpent Tree, Diana Arvanites, Experiments in Roundness, Gil Gallery, Through the Eye of Art: Part 4 Yellow, Charlotte Fine Art, Andrea Grimsley, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte Artery, Tina Alberni, Laura Hitchcock, Randy Leibowitz Dean, Raine Middleton, Renee George Gallery, Kiki Slaughter, Carolina Artisan League, Holiday Art Show, UNC Charlotte Center City, Torqued and Twisted: Bentwood, Frank Gehry, Matthias Pliessnig, Michael Cooper, Jeremy Holmes, Michael Jarvi, Clifton Monteith, Yuir Kobayashi, Don Miller, Michael Thonet, Tonya Gregg, 701 Center for Contemporary Art
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The CLog
Month-long series offers one recommended horror flick a day up through Oct. 31.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, film, film review, Matt Brunson, Halloween, Halloween Countdown, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, Guy Maddin, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Bram Stoker
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The CLog
Theatre Charlotte is presenting the local premiere of Matt Pelfrey's stage adaptation of the 1967 Oscar-winning film.
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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, A Little Bit Zombie, Actors Theatre of Charlotte, Mayhem Monday, Sanctuary Pub, Charlotte Horror Fest, Neighborhood Theatre, Karaoke, Dixie's Tavern, Monday Night Allstars, Double Door Inn, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
Month-long series offers one recommended horror flick a day up through Oct. 31.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, film, film review, Matt Brunson, Halloween, Halloween Countdown, The Descent, Neil Marshall, Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza
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The CLog
Month-long series offers one recommended horror flick a day up through Oct. 31.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, film, film review, Matt Brunson, Halloween, Halloween Countdown, Black Sunday, The Mask of Satan, Mario Bava, Barbara Steele
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The CLog
What's new in theaters this weekend.
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The CLog
CL film critic hits the road to blog from the event.
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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, 4th Annual Haunted Ball, Whisky River, David Ramirez, Evening Muse, Gaston Country Library, Sultry Silent Trivia, Strike City, Charlotte Horror Fest, The Black Box, EpiCentre Theaters, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
Away from the films, there was plenty to see.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film News, Film Reviews, film, film news, film reviews, Matt Brunson, Savannah Film Festival, Savannah, SCAD, Savannah College of Art and Design
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The CLog
Month-long series offers one recommended horror flick a day up through Oct. 31.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, film, film review, Matt Brunson, Halloween, Halloween Countdown, The Orphanage, Juan Antonio Bayona, Guillermo del Toro, Belen Rueda
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The CLog
Playwright A.R. Gurney's Sylvia turns Pease Auditorium into a park.
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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, Unwritten Law, MxPx All Stars, Milestone, CLT Zombie Crawl, Heist Brewery, Pop Life: Wonderland Costume Halloween Party, Re:Public, 5th Annual Haunted Harbor, Snug Harbor, Villians Halloween Party, Suite, Halloween, nightlife, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
Scientists the world over believe climate change is happening. Why can't our politicians?
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The CLog
Month-long series offers one recommended horror flick a day up through Oct. 31.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, film, film review, Matt Brunson, Halloween, Halloween Countdown, The Fly, David Cronenberg, Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
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The CLog
The Countrywide home-loan program allegedly defrauded the federal government during the depths of the financial crisis
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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, Charlotte Horror Fest, EpiCentre Theaters, Shaquille O'Neal Presents All-Star Comedy Jam, Ovens Auditorium, Illusions and Realities, Women Centered Art, 7th Annual Halloween Howler Costume Contest Bar Crawl, RumbaWeen, Phoenix, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
Annual film fest will showcase 19 flicks from 15 different countries.
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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, V/H/S, Carolina Cinemas Crownpoint Stadium 12, Zombie Nation, Phoenix, Jonathan Kite, The Comedy Zone, Weedeater, Tremont Music Hall, STS9, The Fillmore, Charlotte, NC
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The CLog
CL critic reviews Silver Linings Playbook and Flight.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film News, Film Reviews, film, film news, film reviews, Matt Brunson, Savannah Film Festival, Savannah, Silver Linings Playbook, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Flight, Denzel Washington, Robert Zemeckis, John Goodman, John Gatins
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The CLog
Citizens United didn’t just screw the presidential race
- by Mike Cooper
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Tags: News, Opinion, Citizens United, Mike Cooper, Supreme Court, North Carolina Supreme Court, Paul Newby, Sam J. Ervin IV, Tom Fetzer, N.C. Judicial Coalition, Supre PACs
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The CLog
Not according to historical records. But what explains the orbs?
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The CLog
See this homemade "weird-lookin' alien thing," as he calls it, in action.
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The CLog
A groom's account of a wedding extravaganza, complete (luckily) with beer
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The CLog
The World War 1 training facility's tragic past lingers even today
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The CLog
Month-long series offers one recommended horror flick a day up through Oct. 31.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, film, film review, Matt Brunson, Halloween, Halloween Countdown, Vampyr, vampire, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Sheridan Le Fanu, Carmilla
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The CLog
Debbie Michaud has been with the paper since 2006
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The CLog
In the fourth wave of this October series, here are the films selected for pre-Halloween viewing.
- by Matt Brunson
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Tags: Film, Film Reviews, film, film review, Matt Brunson, Halloween, Halloween Countdown, Spider Baby, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Descent, The Howling, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary, The Orphanage, Black Sunday, The Host, I Walked with a Zombie, Kingdom of the Spiders, The Mist, Horror Express, Phenomena, Slither, Piranha, Willard, House of Wax, Dead Alive, "Manos" The Hands of Fate, Island of Lost Souls, The Body Snatcher, Day of the Dead, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The Thing from Another World, Count Dracula, Cat People, Homicidal, The Phantom of the Opera
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QC After Dark
Photos from the Pink Paint Party.
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QC After Dark
CL's big ol' list of Halloween shenanigans.
- by Anita Overcash
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Tags: Out For The Night, Events, Halloween parties 2012, Halloween events in Charlotte, things to do in Charlotte for Halloween, Halloween parties, Charlotte, Halloween in Charlotte, Halloween parties in Charlotte, Halloween, nightlife, family-friendly, haunted house, party, Grave Diggers Ball, Music, Monsters and Mayhem
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QC After Dark
Photos from Hip Hop Rises on Friday night.
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QC After Dark
Photos from the Halloween House Party.
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QC After Dark
Photos from the 14th Annual BikeBooberFest.
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QC After Dark
Photos from the annual Freak Show.
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QC After Dark
Photos from Dixie Tavern's annual Halloween party.
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QC After Dark
A Teal Masquerade Halloween party for charity was held.
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QC After Dark
Photos from the 4th Annual Take a Slice Out of Cancer event.
- by Jeff Hahne
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Tags: Party Pics, Take a Slice Out of Cancer, Charlotte, photos, slideshow, event, Fox Charlotte, Morgan Fogarty, Brandon Chase, K104.7, Villa Francesca, Lucky Austin, charity, Slideshow
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QC After Dark
Photos from the club's Halloween costume party on Friday night.
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QC After Dark
Photos from the Heroes & Villians party.
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QC After Dark
International dance club is paired with the Peculiar Rabbit.
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Stargazer
A positive week for the Scorpios
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Editor's Notes
Homelessness and addiction are not circus sideshows
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Everybody Loves Baby
So, what do I want to be when I grow up?
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Klepto Blog
Of all the things that go bump in the night, procrastination is the beast we know best.
