Well, this is a surprise. I didn't know he did stuff like this, did you?
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, Oct. 7, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Hannibal the Magician-- Dinner and a Show at Mez
• Second annual MartiniFest at Pavilion at EpiCentre
• Ladies Night at Double Door Inn
• Funny First Thursday at Twilight Caribbean Restaurant and Bar
• MetLive: Music on The Greenway
Rumor has it Marigny will be a new dance club, located at 1440 S. Tryon St., Suite 110 (near Dharma Lounge).
From their website: The spirit of Southern Decadence and Olde New Orleans is born under the flashing lights and glittering chandeliers of Charlotte's newest dance club Marigny. Set to open late summer/early fall in South End, this club will offer a new and luxurious setting for revelers with an appetite for seduction.
Click here to get free tickets to their grand opening party.
UPDATE: Marigny will be hosting its grand opening this Saturday, Oct. 9. Be there at 10 p.m.
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, Oct. 6, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
• PURE ABC (Anything But Clothes) Party at Halo
• 'Explicit Content' Stand-Up Showcase with special guest 'Eddie Kane' Band at Closet Nightclub
• Wicked Women Wednesdays at Morehead Street Tavern
• Complimentary Wednesdays at Apostrophe Lounge
• Half off mega martinis at Crave Dessert Bar
Monday nights hardly scream party, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. For example, take the rain-soaked Monday we had recently. After six hours of driving on my part and a friend of mine making a major life decision, drinks were in order. And I just needed to find the football game. The crew and I wandered to Cafe Central, where we not only got control of the remote to put the game on, but also created an awesome new drink ... at least, we think we did.
With the kitchen closed and things pretty light in the bar, we set out to find a drink for the chick with us — something that was girly enough but not a total bitch drink. Flipping through the book of shots, we saw a few things we liked before asking our bartender, Joe, to morph them into something appealing.
After some trial and error, adding some elements, taking others away, taste test after taste test, the final product contained amaretto, Southern Comfort, sweet tea vodka, cranberry juice and sour mix.
Delicious. We convinced everyone coming in the door to order this thing without knowing what was in it, what it cost or anything. After positive reviews, we needed a name.
It’s kind of dick move to name a drink after ourselves. We’d been running with “the new shit” for a while, but ordering a “new shit” didn’t feel right. It had to be something Southern.
Obviously, I shot down the Dukes of Hazzard ideas, but we tried everything, even for a moment agreeing to name it after whichever quarterback won the game.
The Bears got the win, and I was cool with calling it “The Cutler,” but that lasted about a minute before a girl in a pink shirt and her cool Asian friends came up with Plaza-Midwood Tea. After nods all around and some tweaking, it was settled: “Plaza Tea” it is.
So, the next time you’re at Cafe Central, ask Joe to make you a Plaza Tea or PMT. He’ll know what you’re talking about, and you’ll thank me later
Mike McCray, a Charlotte native and North Carolina A&T grad, is a city explorer, neighborhood partier and dress code ignorer who shakes his head at DJs getting away with bad blends, girls pretending to be drunk and grown men with low tolerances for alcohol. Follow him on Twitter.
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, Oct. 5, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Open bar (with $12 cover charge) at Tilt from 8 p.m.-midnight)
• Young Affiliates of the Mint's monthly happy hour at Andrew Blair's (1/2 price wine tonight)
• Deadbolt w/ The Belmont Playboys & The Aqualads at Tremont Music Hall
• Pajama Jam hosted by DJ Havana Brown at Whisky River
• Foreign Affairs Tuesdays at On The Roxx Southend
Here's another reason why I kind of hate having gone back to school. Guess who's in class during this? Sigh.
Aside from drooling over hot men in nothing by skimpy underwear and swimwear (see hot pictures here!), the best part about Brief Charlotte 2010 (a men's underwear show that benefited the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation) was the finale, which included seeing Cubby from 96.1 The Beat perform live.
Cubby is known all over YouTube as "the fat guy who dances to Beyonce's 'Single Ladies.'" Well, the radio show co-host (on A.M. Mayhem with hot Brotha Fred, who was also in attendance ... swwooooon) treated the attendees of Brief with three dance routines: the songs featured were Britney Spears' "Circus," Lady Gaga's "Telephone," and finally, the coup de resistance, Beyonce's "Single Ladies."
Now, excuse the poor quality of the clips ... these were taking on my cell phone. I just had to share!
Jeez. This is a good weekend to be living in Charlotte, because there's just so much going on in the nightlife scene! Here are my picks for what to do this weekend.
Friday, Oct. 1
• The Mint Museum's Uptown location grand opening (complete with Pecha Kucha, live music and a dance party!)
• The Breakfast Club is proudly hosting their first ever Twister Tournament.
• Soul singer Ledisi and guitar-slinging soul vocalist Anthony David perform at McGlohon Theatre
• The annual celebration of hip-hop flavored music, visual art and performing art Art, Beats + Lyrics, this year held at The Westin.
• Launch of Latin Fridays at Sunset Club (open bar from 10 p.m.-midnight)
It's not typical that nightlife is associated with a museum, but I guess that's why the new Mint Museum Uptown is going to be extra cool.
Here are some of the events associated with the Mint Museum's 24-hour grand opening that you can check out tonight.
8 p.m.-1o p.m.: On the second floor terrace, jazz band Ocio Davis trio will be performing.
10 p.m.-2 a.m.: Takeover Friday, the gay-friendly mobile party, will be taking over the 5th floor for a dance party. (Additional $10 admission.)
Midnight-2 a.m.: That Japanese-inspired, powerpoint party Pecha Kucha will take place in the Atrium.
2 a.m.-4 a.m.: A poetry slam will take place in the Auditorium.
Between 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m., the cost to get in is $10. After 2 a.m., though, it's free! So if you've got insomnia or something, and want to do something that's easy on your wallet, you know, just head to the new Mint about 3 in the morning to check out their new exhibits. (Bet you never thought I'd ever be telling you that, huh.) Hey, at least it's something different.
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