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Friday, August 19, 2011
Today’s Top(less) 5 Today's Top(less) 5: Friday
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 6:30 AM
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, August 19, 2011— as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Back To School Weekend at The Estate
• Whisky Friday Night at Whisky River
• Charlotte's Happiest Happy Hour at Uptown Cabaret
• The World's Longest Happy Hour at Howl at The Moon
• After Hours Breakfast Buffet at The Men's Club
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Today’s Top(less) 5 Today's Top(less) 5: Thursday
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:25 AM
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, August 17, 2011— as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• No Cover For Ladies at Buckhead Saloon
• Bottle Popping Thursday at Club Onyx
• What The Buck Thursday at Bar Charlotte
• Diverse Thursday at Dharma Lounge
• Kick Ass Fillet at The Men's Club
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Today’s Top(less) 5 Today's Top(less) 5: Wednesday
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 6:30 AM
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, August 17, 2011— as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Wild Wednesday at Club Onyx
• Wet Wednesday at Leather and Lace SouthEnd
• Riot Wednesday at The Saloon
• Fabulous Feast at The Men's Club
• Pure Wednesday at Halo
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
feature Charlotte Pride weeks starts Friday
Posted By Cheris Hodges on Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:22 AM
It's that time of the year, time for Charlotte Pride.
Here are the details from the Pride Charlotte press release:
Highlighting the social, cultural, ethnic and artistic diversity of the metro Charlotte area’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, The LGBT Community Center of Charlotte will kick-off their 10-day Pride Charlotte Week slate of activities on Aug. 19. The diverse series of events run through Aug. 28, with its premier event, the annual Pride Charlotte Festival, taking over S. Tryon St. and Uptown’s Levine Center for the Arts on Saturday, Aug. 27, Noon-8 p.m. A full list of Pride Charlotte events and activities can be found at PrideCharlotte.com/events/.For the first time, organizers have moved their annual festival to S. Tryon St., home to many of the city’s other high-profile festivals and street fairs. The event, featuring dozens of vendors and multiple stages of entertainment, will include featured national and local entertainers like Charlotte hip-hop band Eyes of the Elders, drag performer Jessica Wild from Logo’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” teenaged transgender singer-songwriter Ryan Cassata, recording artist Adam Tyler, indie rocker Richard Cortez and many others.
Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners Chairman Jennifer Roberts are scheduled to speak at the Pride Charlotte Festival on Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. on the festival’s Stonewall Stage. For more on this year’s festival, a festival map and entertainment line-up, visit PrideCharlotte.com/events/festival/.
Pride Charlotte Week will run Aug. 19-28. The week-long series of events includes an art exhibit, an interfaith Pride worship service, diverse nightlife events, a family-friendly picnic and more. In addition, “The Sounds of Pride,” a joint concert in celebration of Pride Charlotte will be presented by the Charlotte Pride Band, Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte and One Voice Chorus at the Mint Museum Uptown on Thursday, Aug. 25. For more information on Sounds of Pride and for tickets, visit PrideCharlotte.com/SoundsofPride/.
Pride Charlotte, a project of The LGBT Community Center of Charlotte, is the largest event across the Carolinas celebrating the lives and culture of the LGBT community. A portion of proceeds from the event benefit The Center.
For more detailed information about Pride Charlotte, visit PrideCharlotte.com.
It is great that local politicians aren't hiding from Pride Charlotte and are recognizing that a community that accepts all of its residents is the only way Charlotte will ever be a world class city.
Today’s Top(less) 5 Today's Top(less) 5: Tuesday
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:30 AM
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, August 16, 2011— as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• $3.50 Coronas at Uptown Cabaret
• $2 Tuesday at Club Onyx
• The Blue Plate Special at The Men's Club
• Anthony David at Tempo
• Social Storm at Whisky River
Monday, August 15, 2011
Hard News Will N.C. ever make same-sex marriage legal?
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:21 AM
Equality NC spent the weekend getting signatures to stop a proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. It's interesting that the GOP-controlled General Assembly wants to push this legislation through when such an amendment may hurt North Carolina.
How, you ask? University of North Carolina law professor explains it this way:
"the larger economic impact may be based on the perception of what the policy means about the state of North Carolina as a place to live and do business. In this way, even the Constitutional amendment that apparently would only codify state law could have an effect on business as it changes the perception of the state." In addition to impacting the perception of the state as a good place to do business, other UNC Law professors have also pointed out that the passage of such an amendment could impact those already doing business here, undermining "private employers efforts to attract top employees to North Carolina by providing employee benefits to domestic partners."
North Carolina is one of 37 states with a law that defines marriage as something between a man and a woman. According to an article in The Charlotte Observer, conservative groups are saying this is a biblical issue. (Which means the government shouldn't even be involved. Separation of Church and State, anyone?)
Proposed constitutional amendments must be decided by voters. To get on a ballot, the proposed amendment needs three-fifths majorities of the House and Senate. About 30 other states have constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage. Constitutional changes were eventually approved in every state where they made it on to ballots.
North Carolina is one of 37 states with active laws defining marriage between a man and woman.
Ron Baity, president of the conservative Christian organization Return America, was a featured speaker at a pro-ban rally that drew thousands to Raleigh in May. Baity, a pastor frequently invited to speak at Baptist churches around the state, says he preaches about supporting the constitutional ban."It's a biblical issue," Baity said. "Our organization is pushing to say to our legislature, 'We want you to vote on it.' "
A poll of North Carolina residents showed that more than half of the people who participated support same sex-unions. So, who does this proposed legislation benefit? The people writing it? If voters sent their representatives to Raleigh to do the work of the people, maybe it's time to pull a Wisconsin and call them back. Because, this is not what the people want.
Equality NC hopes to have 50,000 signed postcards in favor of same-sex marriage and against the proposed constitutional amendment to deliver to legislators in September, when lawmakers return.
Today’s Top(less) 5 Today's Top(less) 5: Monday
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:30 AM
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, August 15, 2011— as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Monday Funday at Dixie's Tavern
• Monday Effen Monday at Uptown Cabaret
• Get Thru Monday at Tilt
• Blue Plate Special at The Men's Club
• Monday Madness at Club Onyx
Friday, August 12, 2011
Hard News Charlotte youth and sex crimes
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Aerosmith asked the right question: What's the matter with the world today?
Two young people in Charlotte have recently been involved in sex crimes — and that's just what's been reported.
On last Thursday, 18-year-old Robert McFadden was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison for raping an 83-year-old woman.
McFadden, who was 16 at the time of the rape, was sentenced to at least 9 1/2 years in prison. It was the maximum sentence the judge could impose."In 25 years on the bench, this is the first case I've handled like this," Superior Court Judge Timothy Kincaid said. "It's awful."
The jury of seven men and five women deliberated just 1 1/2 hours before reaching their verdicts. McFadden, now 18, was convicted of second-degree rape and breaking and entering. He was acquitted of first-degree kidnapping.
What will McFadden's mindset be when he is released from prison? How can a young person commit a crime like this? What factors contribute to something so heinous? Will the state examine this while he's confined? His family took responsibility for what McFadden did in court, but is it too little, too late?
James McFadden, the teenager's uncle, cried as he stood before the judge and apologized to the victim's family."I love my nephew," he said. "I should have been a better uncle. ... He's a troubled boy because his mom and dad weren't there."
Lue McFadden told the judge she'd helped raise her grandson.
"I am truly sorry," she said to the victim's family. "Nobody should have to go through that."
Judge Kincaid then addressed McFadden's family members.
"I'm sure you did the best you could," he said. "This is not your fault."
Then news broke last Friday that a 12-year-old Charlotte boy had been arrested for the rape of a 2-year-old girl at a day care center.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police charged the boy with one count each of rape and indecent liberties with a child, according to a police report.The 2-year-old was assaulted on Tuesday at Kid's Inn Childcare on Old Potters Road.
Where does this violent behavior come from, and what should we do to stop it from happening again?
Today’s Top(less) 5 Today's Top(less) 5: Friday
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 6:30 AM
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, August 12, 2011— as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Bare as You Dare at The Estate
• OMG!! The World’s Longest Happy Hour Party at Howl at The Moon
• Mimosa Grill at 5
• Whisky Friday Night at Whisky River
• Charlotte's Happiest Happy Hour at Uptown Cabaret
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Today’s Top(less) 5 Today's Top(less) 5: Thursday
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 6:30 AM
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, August 11,2011 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• The Entourage Challenge at Butter
• Girls' night out at Aria
• $6 Jim Beam at The Uptown Cabaret
• Kick Ass Fillet at The Men's Club
• Bottle Popping Thursday at Club Onyx
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