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Theater Outsider Rory Sheriff Has Come a Long Way to Land at Spirit Square
Rory D. Sheriff showed up at Spirit Square on a recent afternoon fresh off the golf course and ready for rehearsal. His red golf tee and white Nike visor were reminiscent of Tiger Woods’ “Sunday red,” a similar outfit (usually with a black Nike hat) that Woods wears when he competes on a Sunday, the…
BJ Barham brings solo performance to the Visulite Theatre
American Aquarium frontman hits the road for 48-state tour.
Reenergized Sonics Rock the Neighborhood Theatre
Influential band finally performs its first Charlotte gig.
Alien: Covenant: Satisfying sci-fi
ALIEN: COVENANT *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Ridley Scott STARS Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston To say that Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel from 2012, divided audiences would be an understatement. Championed in some quarters for expanding the franchise’s mythology and lambasted in others for being too cerebral, the film was subjected to mixed word-of-mouth…
Everything, Everything: Not quite
EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING **1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Stella Meghie STARS Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson A YA adaptation brandishing a WTF plot twist, Everything, Everything arrives in theaters as a seasonal antidote to all the superhero and sci-fi sagas clamoring for attention. Of course, counterprogramming is nothing new, and it worked like gangbusters three summers…
Norman operates in first Gere
NORMAN *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Joseph Cedar STARS Richard Gere, Michael Sheen Subtitled The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer, Norman finds Richard Gere delivering one of the finest performances of his lengthy career. He stars as Norman Oppenheimer, a self-professed businessman. And if you’re wondering what “businessman” exactly…
The Accidental Tourist, Streets of Fire, xXx sequel 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 ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (1988). Quite simply one of the most emotionally satisfying movies I’ve ever had the pleasure to sit through, this adaptation of Anne Tyler’s bestseller is perfect in every way…
A Weekend of Charlotte Firsts
I’ve been spending a lot of time alone lately, and despite the fact that I’m an only child, I can’t say I’ve been enjoying it. That’s why, as of late, I’ve been finding myself in quite a few random situations. On that note, this past weekend was certainly one for the books. On Thursday, I…
Varian Shrum Helps Transform a Little-Known Site Called CAMP North End
This story is the third installment of a five-part series on women making a difference in Charlotte arts and cultural institutions and businesses. Strands of golden blonde hair whip against Varian Shrum’s face on a windy August day in 2016 as she poses for an “us-ie” with three fellow Charlotte Emerging City Champions. The newly…
The Know It Alls Answer Your Questions About Social Media
Knowledge is power, right? But what if your brand of knowledge is actually bullshit? Glynnis O’Donoghue and Tina Ollenburg take this serious query and spin it into comic gold. As the improv duo The Know It Alls, they are a font of misinformation, taking suggestions from their audiences to craft fact-free lectures on any given…
The Blotter: Falling Out
Nap Time Police responded to a Rite Aid in the University area last week after someone decided to make themselves at home inside the store. Employees told officers the suspect was in the store for two hours, an odd amount of time to spend in any pharmacy, but they may have just been moving slowly…
Weekly Horoscope (May 18-24)
For All Signs May 17 and 18, 2017, are especially favored days this month. I mentioned this on May 3, 2017, so I hope you read that and planned to start new things this week. I will re-print the overview of this favorable energy here: Saturn is moving into favorable position with Uranus. The exact…
Ignore Those Same Old Potatoes, Carrots and Onions at Your Own Peril
As a new food season dawns, epicures face wave upon wave of fresh produce over which to obsess. But as we celebrate the evolving cast of seasonal bounty — the strawberries, tomatoes, sweet corn, peaches, and other joys of summer — it’s important to remember another subset of crops that often slips through the cracks,…
Oba Amitabha Is Taking Charlotte Nightlife To New Places
Positive vibrations. Happy people. Cross-generational connections. Those are just a few of the descriptions that characterize Oba Amitabha’s nightlife and music events. He has officially been an organizer on the Charlotte party scene since 2008, but Amitabha’s latest business venture, Funk-shun, is quickly transforming from alternative nightlife events into a full-fledged lifestyle movement. Creative Loafing…
Huntersville Resident’s 1960s Garage-Rock Band Invented Punk
The legendary band plays the Neighborhood Theatre on May 19.
Ricky Ortiz May Be Charlotte’s Youngest Food Truck Owner
Meet the new (young) boss.
Tressie McMillan Cottom Ends Book Tour Back Home in Charlotte Tonight
Since Tressie McMillan Cottom’s new book Lower Ed, which tackles the predatory enrollment practices of for-profit colleges, was released on February 28, to say her life has been a whirlwind would be an understatement. Cottom has been traveling around the country to tour the book on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while continuing to teach sociology…
