Cover
Class of 2012 gets a break
by Michelle Boudin and Joanne Spataro
Tags: Cover , graduation , jobs , economy , Charlotte , NoDa Brewing Company , college , unemployment , recession , job market , Wells Fargo , John Silvia , Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 , Rep. Hansen Clarke , Denise Dwight Smith , University of North Carolina at Charlotte , Career Center , student loans , forgiveness , repayment , news , Ana McKenzie , Michelle Boudin , networking , internship , marketing , 10/10 Loan Repayment Plan , Joanne Spataro
News Feature
The hip-hop artist visited Charlotte as part of a Hip Hop Caucus workshop
by Mike Cooper
Tags: News feature , Respect My Vote , 2 Chainz , Dimitros Jordan , Hip-Hop Caucus , William Harding , Trayvon Martin , North Carolina , politics , music , Democratic National Convention , DNC , 2012 , Lennox Yearwood
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Last week's BofA shareholder meeting protests pave the way for another upcoming extraordinary event: the DNC
by Amy Goodman
Tags: Breaking the Sound Barrier , Bank of America , shareholder meeting , Amy Goodman , Rebecca Tarbotton , Rainforest Action Network , Brian Moynihan , extraordinary , Occupy Charlotte , National People's Action , Democratic National Convention , DNC , marriage equality , LGBT , foreclosure , environmentalists , Charlotte City Council , coal
Music Features
"Art is the receptor of vibrations — there's no logic behind it," says band leader Eugene Hutz
by Jeff Hahne
Tags: Features , Eugene Hutz , music , concert , Charlotte , world music , The Fillmore Charlotte , Gogol Bordello , Bonnaroo , Jovanotti, , Omar Souleyman , Hanggai , rock , punk , folk , Gypsy , Voi-La Intruder , Trans-Continental Hustle , Kopecky Family Band , Jeff Hahne , The Fillmore
Music Features
Drum event goes global, continues efforts to beat cancer
by Jeff Hahne
Tags: Features , DrumStrong , Scott Swimmer , cancer , benefit , Weddington , drum , Misty Meadows Farm , Keller Williams , George Porter Jr. , Jeff Sipe & Friends , Sol Driven Train , Eyes of the Elders , Bubonik Funk , Sci Fi , music , Jeff Hahne
Music Features
The loss cannot be measured, especially by Chocolate City natives-in-exile
by Kandia Crazy Horse
Tags: Features , Chuck Brown , go-go , godfather of go-go , music , death , celebrity , funk , Soul Searchers , Bustin' Loose (Parts 1 & 2)
Music Features
'90s alt-rockers fueled by latest album
by Jeff Hahne
Tags: Features , Jane's Addiction , music , concerts in Charlotte , Stephen Perkins , Eric Avery , Dave Navarro , Perry Farrell , Martyn LeNoble , Chris Chaney , alternative rock , The Great Escape Artist , Ovens Auditorium , Voodoo Music Experience
Album Review
Trekky; Release date: April 3, 2012
by Jordan Lawrence
Tags: CD Review , Kym Register , Catherine Edgerton , music , CD , album , review , Midtown Dickens , Home , LP , Durham , neo-folk , Jordan Lawrence
Album Review
Trouble in Mind; Release date: April 10, 2012
by Bryan C. Reed
Tags: CD Review , Estrogen Highs , Irrelevant Highs , CD , album , review , music , Tell It To Them , Friends and Relatives , The Clean , folk , indie , Kiwi-pop , post-punk , Bryan C. Reed
Vibes
The man who kept go-go going and going has left the capital.
by Mark Kemp
Tags: News , Chuck Brown , go-go , Washington , D.C. , music , funk , Latin , hip-hop , soul , blues
Vibes
Albemarle Idol strips down her sound in the fake plastic breeze of Charlotte's EpiCentre complex
by Mark Kemp
Tags: Live Reviews , Kellie Pickler , country , 100 Proof , American Idol , Albemarle , Epicentre , Whiskey River , live , concert , review , Mark Kemp
Vibes
Nick Lowe, Robyn Hitchcock, Chatham County Line to play October event in Carrboro.
by Jeff Hahne
Tags: News , Concert Announcement , Yep Rock , anniversary , Carrboro , Cat's Cradle , 2012 , Nick Lowe , Robyn Hitchcock , Chatham County Line , Fountains of Wayne , Los Straitjackets , 15
Reviews
Rating: *1/2
by Matt Brunson
Tags: Reviews , What to Expect When You're Expecting , Valentine's Day , New Year's Eve , Jennifer Lopez , Cameron Diaz , Heidi Murkoff , pregnancy , Elizabeth Banks , Anna Kendrick , Brooklyn Decker , movie , film , review , Charlotte , Chris Rock
Reviews
Rating: *
by Matt Brunson
Tags: Reviews , Battleship , movie , film , review , Charlotte , Peter Berg , Taylor Kitsch , Liam Neeson , board game , Rihanna , Battle: Los Angeles , Alexander Skarsgard , Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle , The Seventh Seal
Reviews
Rating: **1/2
by Matt Brunson
Tags: Reviews , The Dictator , Larry Charles , Sacha Baron Cohen , Anna Faris , Borat , Bruno , mockumentary , Admiral General Aladeen , Wadiya , film , movie , review , Charlotte
View from the Couch
This week's reviews of what's new on Blu-ray and DVD
by Matt Brunson
Tags: View from the Couch , film , DVD , Blu-ray , review , ALBERT NOBBS , RAMPART , THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY , TIM & ERIC'S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE , WE WERE HERE , JANET MCTEER , WOODY HARRELSON , GHIBLI , AMENDMENT ONE , movie , Charlotte , Matt Brunson
Film Clips
Movies include The Avengers , Damsels in Distress , more
by Matt Brunson
Tags: Film Clips , reviews , movies in Charlotte , film , The Avengers , The Woman in Black , Titanic , The Three Stooges , This Means War , MIrror, Mirror , THe Hunger Games , The Five-Year Engagement , Damsels in Distress , The Cabin in the Woods , American Reunion , The Pirates! Band of Misfits , 21 Jump Street , Matt Brunson
Arts Preview
Mixed media works show at MoNa Gallery
by Anita Overcash
Tags: Arts Preview , MoNa Gallery , art , exhibit , Recollection , Alyssa Wood , Ben Premeaux , Diane Hughes , Felicia Van Bork , Nathaniel Lancaster , McColl Center for Visual Art , Sharon Dowell , Andrea Flair , Charlotte , Anita Overcash , MoNA
Performing Arts
Belting it out at Theatre Charlotte
by Perry Tannenbaum
Tags: Performing Arts , Jeremy Shane , The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee , theater , performing arts , Charlotte , Theatre Charlotte , Jamey Varnadore , Chesson Kusterer , Joe McCourt , Tyler Smith , Megan Midkiff , Dennis Delamar , spelling bee
Reviews
First restaurant for enterprising brothers offers a rooftop bar and elevated dishes
by Tricia Childress
Tags: Reviews , Blackthorne Restaurant & Bar , food , review , Charlotte , Tricia Childress , Think Chocolate , Tim Duffy , Jay Duffy , venison meatloaf , lamb shank , tiramisu , crostini , Blackthorne Restaurant & Bar
Three-Course Spiel
Cooking is her creative outlet
by Laura Camilo
Tags: Three-Course Spiel , bed , breakfast , Baxter Hoffman , vegetarian , vegan , food , Elizabeth , Charlotte , RecessFest , neighborhood , Laura Camilo
Eat My Charlotte
Stir-fries are the first thing I think of when I get a hankering for an Asian-inspired meal
by Kelly Davis
Tags: Recipe , Asian , fusion , tempeh , quinoa , Kelly Davis , stir-fry , food , Foodie Fresh , recipe , Charlotte
Eat My Charlotte
The vibe in this new spot is uptown sophisticated, with a splash of artsy cool and geek chic. But the food? Amazing.
by Kimberly Lawson
Tags: Food News , 5Church , food , photos , Uptown , Charlotte , restaurant , opening , Alejandro Torio , Mills Howell , Patrick Whalen , nightlife , Church Street , 5th Street
Eat My Charlotte
The Food Babe talks juicing.
by Vani Hari
Tags: Food Babe , Vani Hari , juice , juicing , vegetable , organic , fast food , Berry Brook Farms , Luna's Living Kitchen , Home Healthy Market , Earth Fare , Viva Raw , vitamins , enzymes , healthy
Eat My Charlotte
Beer, bourbon and BBQ, starting tonight at 5 p.m.
by Laura Camilo
Tags: Events , Queen City Q , BBQ , bourbon , craft beer , Laura Camilo , food , event , barbeque , Charlotte
Boomer with Attitude
But that doesn't mean all is lost
by John Grooms
Tags: Boomer with Attitude , Amendment One , Mark Harris , Charlotte , gay , marriage , rights , civil union , North Carolina , Charlotte Observer , LGBT , religion , politics , First Baptist Church of Charlotte , John Grooms
The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
by Anita Overcash
Tags: Arts , Today's Top Five , Cult Movie Monday , Jaws , Actor's Theatre of Charlotte , Mac & Cheese Eating Contest , Whiskey Warehouse , Comedy School Graduation Night , The Comedy Zone , Wiley-Cash Harper , Park Road Books , Gogol Bordello , The Fillmore , Charlotte , NC
The CLog
Everyone knows the DNC won't leave Charlotte. But a petition asking for just that only adds more fuel to demonstrators' fire.
by Mary C. Curtis
Tags: News , Democratic National Convention 2012 , DNC , DNC 2012 , Mary C. Curtis , Democratic National Convention , Charlotte , demonstrators , May 8 , Amendment One , gay marriage , President Barack Obama , LA , Antonio Villaraigosa , Gay Marriage USA , New York , Charlotte Transit Center , Bank of America , protest , convention , Taste of the Carolinas , barbecue , Seventh Street Market
The CLog
Channeling the Rev. Billy Graham, Evans, one of the strongest defenders of Israel in America, uses a non-fact-based religious and political message to attack the White House.
by William E. Jackson Jr.
Tags: News , Opinion , Mike Evans , America , President Obama , evangelical , Israel , right-wing , North Carolina , WBTV , May 5 , William Jackson , Rev. Joel Osteen , Mrs. Anne Graham-Lotz , Iraq , American-Israel Public Affairs Committee , Knesset , Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu , Christian
The CLog
by Matt Brunson
Tags: Film , Film Reviews , film , film reviews , Matt Brunson , Dark Shadows , Crazy Horse , Tim Burton , Johnny Depp , Barnabas Collins , Michelle Pfeiffer , Frederick Wiseman , Paris
The CLog
Maybe "JK LOL" was in the director's cut.
by Ana McKenzie
Tags: News , Opinion , James O' Keefe , ThinkProgress.org , William Romero , Zbigniew Gorzkowski , News & Observer , voter fraud , North Carolina , Ana McKenzie , Dunce of the Week , certification of naturalization , Halina Gorzkowski , European
The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
by Anita Overcash
Tags: Arts , Today's Top Five , Alvin Ailey , Knight Theater , Greg Laswell , Tremont Music Hall , Open Mic , The Kilted Buffalo , My Family , Our Stories exhibit , The Light Factory , Jonathan Wilson , Visulite Theatre , Charlotte , NC
The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
by Anita Overcash
Tags: Arts , Today's Top Five , Recollection exhibit , MoNa , 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee , Theatre Charlotte , Forecasting Fashion Trends , Mint Museum Randolph , Conscious Movie Night , The Last Mountain , Center of Light , Frankie Paul , The Comedy Zone Fort Mill , Charlotte , NC
The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
by Anita Overcash
Tags: Arts , Today's Top Five , Passion , Duke Energy Theatre , Monophonics , Double Door Inn , Top Chef Tour 7th Street Public Market , Songwriters Showcase , Summit Coffee , Pauly Shore , The Comedy Zone Charlotte , Charlotte , NC
The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
by Anita Overcash
Tags: Arts , Today's Top Five , Burn the Floor , Belk Theater , DL Hughley , The Comedy Zone Charlotte , Off the Record , Natalie Royal , Evening Muse , WFAE's Public Conversations Series , at CPCC , Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros , The Fillmore , Charlotte , NC
The CLog
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
by Anita Overcash
Tags: Arts , Today's Top Five , The Polyphonic SpreeMcGlohon Theatre , Patriot Festival , Symphony Park , Karaoke , Dixie's Tavern , Find Your Muse Open Mic , The Evening Muse , Monday Night Allstars , Double Door Inn , Charlotte , NC
The CLog
What's new and covered in theaters.
by Matt Brunson
Tags: Film , Film Reviews , film , film reviews , Matt Brunson , Battleship , The Dictator , What to Expect When You're Expecting , Peter Berg , Hasbro , Taylor Kitsch , Brooklyn Decker , Sacha Baron Cohen , Cameron Diaz , Jennifer Lopez , Alexander Skarsgard
The CLog
Poll results show the priorities of North Carolina's voters just in time for the 2012 legislative session.
by Ana McKenzie
Tags: News , North Carolina , redistricting , poll , nonpartisan , nonprofit , NC Coalition for Lobbying and Government Reform , Raleigh , voters , Ana McKenzie , Justice Department , hyper-partisan
Features
A new concept takes over an old spot — but it looks nothing like it has before
by Lauren Blake
Tags: Features , 5Church , restaurant , decor , The Art of War , Jon Norris , Alejandro Torio , Twenty-Two Gallery , Vida Mexican Kitchen y Cantina , Rodney Raines , Nathaniel Lancaster , art , Church Street , Jamie Lynch , Uptown
Style Stalker
The Chima Brazilian Steakhouse manager is "an open canvas when it comes to style"
by T. Strong
Tags: Style Stalker , Chima Brazilian Steakhouse , Style Stalker , Hugo Boss , Prada , Diesel , Armani Exchange , Ted Baker , Galliano , Charlotte , style , Ezekiel Cheney , T. Strong
Klepto Blog
A recap of the new Uptown bridal consignment shop's grand opening celebration
by T. Strong
Tags: Features , Lineage Bridal , Uptown , consignment , wedding , bride , bridal , attire , dress , Faith Thornburg , Elle Magazine , T. Strong , StyleMayvin , Robert Christopher Photographer , fashion , show , Charlotte , Rooftop with a View , Slideshow
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