Live photos: Deep Sea Diver opens for Colony House at The Underground (3-7-2017)
That time when the opening act overshadowed the headliners.
Charlotte Roller Girls All-Stars Take Care of Business in Opener
Team readies for cross country trip to compete in Dust Bowl
Sherrell Dorsey Appears on Phone Wallet Keys Podcast
CL contributor speaks about Thursday’s #BLKTECHCLT event
VIDEO: The Revolution Got Screen Printed in NoDa on Sunday
Charlotte, NC, artists set up at Company Shop in NoDa, making political and other kinds of socially conscious art as part of a nationwide campaign leading up to International Women’s Day on March 8.
Logan: No Country For Old X-Men
LOGAN **1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY James Mangold STARS Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart It’s too early to make a definitive declaration, but the R rating handed by the MPAA to last year’s Deadpool might end up being the worst thing to ever happen to comic-book movies. Certainly, Deadpool earned its R, and it wore…
Live photos: Sleigh Bells, The Underground (3-2-2017)
Band brings raucous set to Charlotte.
Watch Charlotte’s Sinners & Saints Sing Sweet Harmonies
On the cover of Creative Loafing Charlotte this week: Pat Moran writes about Mark Baran and Perry Fowler of the Charlotte acoustic duo Sinners & Saints. Check out his video clip of them doing what they do best: harmonizing on a sweet country-folk tune. Related Stories
The Before Trilogy, Doctor Strange, Moonlight 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.) A*P*E (1976) One of the many rip-offs to appear circa the time of Dino de Laurentiis’ lamentable 1976 remake of King Kong, this Korean production is absolutely awful, yet it’s awful in…
Unclear Future for Historic Excelsior Club After Recent Foreclosure
There was a time nearing the end of 2016 when N.C. Rep. Carla Cunningham decided to take a drive by the historic Excelsior Club, a trip that one could say marked the beginning of the end for the 72-year-old venue. Cunningham had inherited the deed for the club in 2010 from her husband Pete Cunningham…
Elexus Jionde Is a New Kind of Black History Teacher
Elexus Jionde came out of college a changed woman, and she aims to bring us all with her on her new path of enlightenment. The 23-year-old Charlotte native graduated from Ohio State University in August 2016, and in less than a month was grabbing national headlines for her thought-provoking commentary — and the harassment it…
Don’t Break Up the Extraordinary Event Ordinance, Repeal It
It’s nice that city officials, activists and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department agree that the city’s extraordinary event ordinance is outmoded and overused, but be wary of the remedy. In Jan. 2012, when Charlotte City Council enacted the ordinance, Creative Loafing reported, “City attorney Robert Hagemann assured council that the ordinances will not impede anyone’s First…
Cotswold Enters the Food Truck Frenzy
Food trucks — three years ago them were fightin’ words in Charlotte. That’s when the city’s quest to minimize the presence of construction-site taco trucks ran headlong into a newly burgeoning culinary scene among a young, mostly affluent population. Eventually, city ordinances settled into a friendlier attitude, and South End’s Food Truck Friday grew into…
Local Couple Aims to Print a Protest
When local screen print artist Evan Plante hosted a show called “Reclaimed” at Twenty-Two art gallery in Plaza Midwood two years ago, his goal was to show the city a culture he felt it was lacking. Plante brought in screen print artists from around the country to showcase the possibilities of the art. Now, he…
Sinners & Saints Are “Making It” in Charlotte
When their host, who was tripping on acid, started playing punk rock records on a turntable with no needle, Perry Fowler and Mark Baran knew they were in for a long night. “The record player was making these insane cat noises,” Fowler says. “But the guy was into it,” Baran adds. “He was rocking out.”…
Jermaine Nakia Lee’s A Walk in My Shoes Puts Spotlight Back on HIV/AIDS
It’s no wonder the multi-talented Jermaine Nakia Lee was once hired at a community center called the PowerHouse Project. He’s not just a playwright, director, actor, poet and songwriter, but Lee also is a committed community activist. This week, he premieres his second new musical in the past five seasons, A Walk in My Shoes.…
How Perry Fowler Helped Transform Petra’s into Plaza Midwood’s Hottest New Old Club
Perry Fowler may be an enthusiastic owner of Petra’s now, but when he first visited the Plaza Midwood hangout in 2009 he was underwhelmed. “It wasn’t the coolest night, to be honest,” Fowler says. “I paid a cover to get in, and somebody was just going through YouTube videos on a projector. They were just…
A Look At All the Ways Charlotteans Help Their Own
The first time I saw the acoustic duo Sinners & Saints, they’d agreed to perform at a benefit show I organized at the Evening Muse to help raise funds for my former wife and dear friend Tarrah, who had been diagnosed with cancer and was faced with exorbitant medical bills. I was living in the…
Weekly Horoscope (March 2 – 8)
For All Signs Changes which appear sudden and unexpected drop onto the scene and it is time for a rapid adaptation. Sometimes the changes have been brewing in the background for a long time and then appear abruptly. Jupiter is the largest planet and expands whatever it touches. Lightning strikes suddenly that opens the door…
Blame the Youth At Your Own Peril
“We make bluesy, jazzy weird shit,” proclaims Blame the Youth’s Facebook page. The Charlotte-based quartet has been together in their current configuration for two years, and their influences are as diverse as the band’s makeup. “Everybody in our band has such a distinct style,” says 23-year-old bassist and background vocalist Amber Daniel. “I’m really into…
Reflections on Tournament Weekend
After work on Friday, a few of my galpals were trying to decide if going to grab a drink was a smart idea. As I mentioned in last week’s column, a large handful of my coworkers were anticipating a “Dadchelor” (aka father-to-be) celebration for the following day on a party bus. While we didn’t want…
The Blotter: Teach ‘Em Young
Setting a Good Example Police responded to a Walmart on E. WT Harris Boulevard last week after a man was caught giving a kid some unsavory shopping advice. Employees told police the man entered the business with his 12-year-old relative and began hiding merchandise in his clothes. Not only was he doing this in the…
