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The 2017 ‘CL’ Fall Guide
Mark your calendars, because this is a jam-packed fall season. From Jay-Z at the Spectrum Arena — and a ton more music — to the Panthers and Hornets, there are plenty of events to attend. Not to mention food to eat. Beer to drink. And art to experience. Check out what Charlotte has to offer…
Charlotte singer-songwriter Bart Lattimore releases the ultimate ‘dad’ video
Lattimore and Modern Primitives drummer Phillip Gripper collaborate on “That’s What Daddies Do.”
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Fall Film Frenzy
It got off to a strong start, and by “it,” we mean both the fall film season and the Stephen King cinematic property that broke several box office records when it opened on Sept. 8. The fall season continues with today’s releases of mother! and American Assassin and will end in October, as November will…
Listen Up: DJ SPK and Black Linen Drop In to the ‘Local Vibes’ Studio
In this week’s Episode of Local Vibes, DJ SPK and Black Linen talk about Charlotte’s hip-hop scene, from how it compares with Atlanta to Black Linen’s battle against pay-to-play. And don’t forget to catch up on all the past episodes on our iTunes page. Related Stories
It Comes at Night, The Mummy, Re-Animator 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 BIG KNIFE (1955). A Clifford Odets theatrical piece morphs into a Hollywood-insider movie, and while the staginess remains, it actually suits this claustrophobic story about a self-proclaimed artist suffocating from all…
The Blotter: Grab Your Guns
Go Ahead, Take It Police responded to a home in northwest Charlotte last week after a man caught another man in the act of breaking into his car, but decided not to confront him about it. The victim, a 25-year-old man, told officers that he witnessed someone rummaging through his car, but knowing what was…
20 Ways to Seduce a Banker Bro
If you’ve ever browsed through the men of Tinder, swiping this way and that, you start noticing patterns. Types. There’s the man holding a fish, promising with his profile photo that he will be able to provide for you and your future children a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Then there’s the man reclined…
Weekly Horoscope (Sept. 14-20)
For All Signs: The asteroid Vesta moves into the sign of Libra on September 18. Vesta represents the Vestal Virgin of Roman times. She is the keeper of the sacred flame and devoted to maintaining the spirit of individuals as they pursue their creative growth. She is associated with the flame that is carried to…
A Mexican-Cuban Goes Home to an Authentic Meal
In the Charlotte of the current millennium, authentic Mexican restaurants are as prevalent as locally owned Southern barbecue joints. But it wasn’t always like that. When Pedro Santillan arrived here in 1994, he was a pioneer. Santillan, a native of Guadalajara, in the southern Mexican state of Jalisco, opened Azteca Mexican Restaurant on Woodlawn Road…
Golden Door Scholars Face Adversarial Government, Sense of Guilt
Sitting in Summit Coffee on the Davidson College campus, Carlos Miranda fits right in with the other students chatting at tables or working quietly on the couches behind him. Sipping blueberry white tea in a black and gray striped sweater, his shoulder-length hair dangling over his eyes as he looks down at his laptop, the…
Steve Umberger of ‘Angels in America’ Fame Returns With ‘The Christians’
There’s plenty of history between Steve Umberger and the Queen City, stretching back to 1976 when he founded the Actor’s Contemporary Ensemble. That company became Charlotte Repertory Theatre, which gave us an epic production of Angels in America, Parts 1 and 2, in 1996. On the wings of Umberger’s supreme achievement as Rep’s artistic director…
Soul Junction Brings Music Fans Together at the Crossroads
Before Charlotte R&B legend Wilbert Harrison took his swinging version of “Kansas City” to No. 1 on the Billboard chart in 1959, he got his start rousing crowds in a two-story, Four Square-style Art Moderne building on Beatties Ford Road. The building still stands, a monument to the power and fortitude of a local black…
Newcomers Send Incumbents Packing in Primary
When Creative Loafing wrote in June about the flood of young candidates running for Charlotte City Council, we asked whether it could help turnout among young voters in the usually low-interest local primaries. While the turnout for yesterday’s primaries was not impressive — just under 8 percent — young candidates did very well. Three new…
Folk singer John Prine inspires a night of singalong fun
John Prine 9/16/17 Belk Theatre I have to admit: I have not been a longtime John Prine fan. That would be my husband, Joe, who first saw the folk singer-songwriter at the now-demolished War Memorial Auditorium in Greensboro, with Arlo Guthrie, 20 years ago. But I have joined the tribe of followers who love the…
The ‘CL’ Fall Guide is Here
It’s pretty weird how quickly it got cold the first week in September. Maybe it was Irma making her presence known before she swirled her way up toward Charlotte. By the time you read this, Irma will have come and gone, and God knows what kind of devastation she will have left behind. Here’s hoping…
