Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, April 30, 2009 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.

• The UNC-Charlotte Short Film Festival at the Cone Center’s McKnight Hall on campus

• Film screening for Running the Sahara at Ballantyne Village Theatre

• Kings of Leon at Bojangles’ Coliseum

• Island Vibe Night at The Attic

• Shiprocked with Scott Weaver at Snug Harbor

Anita Overcash, Associate Editor at Creative Loafing, has toiled in journalism for nearly a decade. She' a former arts and entertainment editor for The University Times at UNC Charlotte, where she graduated...

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