Aug 15-21, 2018
Pride Guide 2018: Parties, performers and Champions of Pride; Thirsty Nomad Brewing; Greg Cox; XOXO, ‘All Our Little Innocence: Children’s Crusade’
The Blotter: Real Geniuses
Watch This One man in south Charlotte was all wound up when he discovered that his watch was taken from his own yard. According to the police report, the 50-year-old man was working in his yard when he took his timepiece off his wrist and placed it on top of some stones so that it…
News of the Weird: Something Stinks
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Armed thieves in New Delhi, India, left a craftsman deep in debt after they made off with 500 pounds of wigs and raw hair worth more than $20,000 on July 27, according to the Associated Press. “People think wigs are cheap, but they cost a fortune to make,” wig-maker Jahangir Hussain…
Salome’s Stars
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A little “wool-gathering” for the usually productive Lamb is all right if it helps you unwind. But be careful; too much daydreaming can put you behind schedule in your work. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A work problem is close to being resolved. Now you can go ahead…
Rodgers, Beck and Wilson prove they aren’t too old to rock
Rock trio enthralls small Charlotte, NC audience.
First Look: Local Documentarians Wrap Filming on ‘Frayed Fabric’
Two local filmmakers are now in the post-production stages of a harrowing documentary titled Frayed Fabric that they have been working on for three years. In September 2016, Creative Loafing sat down with Devan Penegar and Camille Dalke-Rogers as they were in the midst of interviewing sexual assault survivors from the greater Charlotte area. You…
Crazy Rich Asians: Fifty Shades of Cray
CRAZY RICH ASIANS *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Jon M. Chu STARS Constance Wu, Henry Golding Has it really been 25 years since The Joy Luck Club premiered? Certainly, there has been a handful of American films in the interim quarter-century that have showcased Asian casts — the 2003 crime flick A Better Tomorrow…
Longtime ‘CL’ Columnist Jerry Klein Passes Away at 66
Jerry Klein, the author of an estimated half-a-million words worth of Creative Loafing columns, news features and cover stories, lost his battle with esophageal cancer early this morning. He died peacefully, according to loved ones. A Creative Loafing contributor between 1987 and 2001, Klein tackled the city’s toughest issues, lifting the rug to expose the…
The Day After, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Supergirl among new home entertainment titles
(View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray, DVD and Streaming. Ratings are on a four-star scale.) THE DAY AFTER (1983). Thirty-five years after its debut, The Day After still remains the most-watched TV movie of all time. A major event by any measure, this ABC production resonated far…
The Blotter: Next to Godliness
Clean Getaway A woman in the University area was alarmed to come home last week and find that she had apparently been hosting an unwanted house guest, but a polite one. The 19-year-old victim told officers she returned to her apartment at the University Village at Charlotte and found a suspect whom she had never…
Listen Up: Dexter Jordan Serves Up Pride on ‘Local Vibes’
After a couple weeks off, Local Vibes is back for another season with a brand new co-host, Mariah Scott. To kick things off, in the lead-up to his performance at Charlotte Pride, Dexter Jordan stops by to talk to Ryan and Mariah about the loss of his mother, “Hello, New Me,” and what comes next.…
The Intersectionality and Separations of Pride Week
As someone who majored in Women’s Studies in college, I was mind effed when it comes to LGBT life. I came from a space and town where being black was hard enough. However, I was also what I’d call the black sheep of the family who could always think outside of the box. That’s why…
Among the Festivities, Charlotte Pride Recognizes Community Advocates
While this weekend’s Charlotte Pride festival and parade will be a celebration of the entire LGBTQ+ community and its allies, and most folks will be in the crowd to see a specific musical performance or drag show, the Charlotte Pride board of directors will also be highlighting the community work of six individuals with the…
Pride Guide 2018
You’re done with the pregame, you’re ready for the main event. Now get familiar with the performers you’ll be seeing. CupcakKe It’s surprising that CupcakKe hasn’t reached the same fame and notoriety that other female rappers have. This Chicago-based rapper is unapologetic, in your face and her music is riddled with quick-witted one-liners, making her…
Charlotte R&B Singer Greg Cox Makes His Own Band on Extraordinary Debut LP
The world was watching when Greg Cox’s fingers stumbled over the ivories like a drunken Babe Ruth doing a field sobriety test. Cox was just 19, fresh out of eastern North Carolina. The young keyboard player had passed the initial rounds of untelevised auditions for MTV’s Making His Band. The next stop: Los Angeles, where…
Salome’s Stars
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your honesty might upset some people, but you inevitably win more admirers for having the courage to tell the truth when others are more likely to scramble for cover. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your efforts to defend your project begin to show favorable results. You should soon…
Local Brewer Divulges Recipes to the Community
Brad Ledbetter is a homebrewer — and a programmer — at heart. Anyone visiting his brewery will see both passions at play. After moving from Salt Lake City, Utah, where the laws surrounding alcohol are a little more strict, back to North Carolina, he opened Thirsty Nomad Brewing about two years ago. You may not…
