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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Arts / See & Do: The Weekender / News Weekender, July 16-18
Posted By Anita Overcash on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend— as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
Friday, July 16
Dharma Lounge
You’ve probably heard of the Japanese-started Pecha Kucha by now. But just in case you haven’t, I’ll fill you in. A kind of artsy shindig for folks to show and tell — 20 slides for 20 seconds on a big screen — it’s bound to get your creative juices flowing. See for yourself during Pecha Kucha Vol. 6 at Dharma Lounge tonight.
• Festival This year’s Charlotte Black Gay Pride Festival, themed “Engage, Enlighten & Empower,” will feature loads of things to keep you entertained, including workshops, forums, pool parties, spoken word, music and other cool events around town. more...
• Music Though Billy Corgan is the only remaining member of Smashing Pumpkins, he’s handpicked a crew of musicians for his current tour — which makes a stop in Charlotte tonight to rock The Fillmore. With Kill Hannah and Bad City. more...
Saturday, July 17
Carolina Actors Studio Theatre
Playwright Josefina Lopez is the mastermind behind Real Women Have Curves. This inspirational play — which won a Humanitas Prize in 2002, was turned into a film, picked up by HBO, and snagged an Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival — follows the story of a traditional Latino family. Upon graduating high school, Ana is faced with a heavy-duty dilemma. She’s torn between the expectations of her family to work in a dress factory and her own longing to receive a higher education.
• Art Jerald Melberg Gallery’s newest exhibition Lost in Line, Found in Form isn’t a test, although some of the art in it — which is subject to plenty of thought — does slightly resemble inkblots in a Rorschach test. The exhibition features more than 30 works by Robert Motherwell. Motherwell was part of a group of artists known as the New York School of Abstract Expressionists — which also included popular painter Jackson Pollack. more...
• Food I’d imagine a dinner fit for a queen to be flashy, eccentric, and above all, delicious. But seeing as I’m a mere commoner, I’ll never truly know. Queens Feast: Charlotte Restaurant Week is the closest I’ll come. In this culinary extravaganza 88 upscale restaurants in Charlotte and the surrounding area offer prix fixe, three-course (or more) dinners for $30 per person (not including tax and gratuity). Since this is a savings from what a meal like this would usually cost, you don’t have to worry about getting Prince Charming to spring for the date. more...
Sunday, July 18
CPCC’s Pease Auditorium
Belly dancing is an art form that takes practice, from the training of muscles to the learning of special techniques. This evening, members of Yasmine’s School of Mid-East Dance and members of Magic Hips will perform group and solo shows during Belly Oasis Mid-East Dance Concert. The two-hour long showcase features demonstrations of different styles of belly dancing, including those originating from the Middle East and adapted by the Western world.
• Food A new restaurant serving French cuisine, Georges Brasserie dishes out a menu full of delights, including trout amandine, beef bourguignon, onion soup gratinee and cassoulets. more...
• Theater CPCC’s Summer Theatre has been busy at work. Already bringing plays like Into The Woods and A Year With Frog & Toad to the stage, it continues with The Drowsy Chaperone. This parody of a 1920s Broadway musical comes to life as an obsessive (and lonely) Broadway fan listens to a recording of his favorite musical and lets his imagination take a run for the wild. more...
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