Apr 13-19, 2016

Apr 13-19, 2016 / Vol. 30 / No. 8

RiverRun Wrap 2016

It used to be that it was easier finding that proverbial needle in a haystack than finding a film festival offering in a Blockbuster Video store. If an indie effort that premiered at a fest didn’t receive any awards or even a small modicum of buzz, there was a good chance it would sink without…

Matt Brunson

The Jungle Book: Animal act

THE JUNGLE BOOK *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Jon Favreau STARS Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley Forget “The Bare Necessities”; the bare fact of the matter is that Disney’s 1967 animated hit The Jungle Book, the most famous film version of Rudyard Kipling’s stories, is the least effective of the various celluloid adaptations. Made during…

Matt Brunson

Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (April 14)

Case in Point A Steele Creek man may have sealed his fate with an ex following a messy breakup recently. A judge ordered a temporary domestic violence restraining order to keep the fueding couple apart. This didn’t sit well with the man, who proceeded to violate the order by warning his ex that if she…

Madeline Lemieux

Weekly horoscope (April 14-20)

For All Signs: Mars, known to the ancients as the god of war, goes retrograde on April 17 and remains so until June 29. Historically, those who draw a sword or attempt to expand power during these periods eventually find it turned against themselves. In our personal lives we are well advised to avoid extending…

Vivian Carol

Spying on Hamlet for laughs

If you’re playing Rosencrantz or Guildenstern in Hamlet, you’re not exactly one of the Danish Prince’s most formidable adversaries. On the contrary, you’ve been specially chosen by King Claudius to spy on your old friend Hamlet, who sees through your treachery rather quickly. You’re not exactly peripheral, either: you come on early in Act 2,…

Perry Tannenbaum

Three questions for Doug McKinney of Legal Remedy Brewing

Objections are overruled when it comes to Legal Remedy Brewing. The Rock Hill, South Carolina, brewpub — remodeled from a former auto dealership — is well worth a commute for two good reasons: beer and food. Though most breweries offer food trucks these days, this venture shows how promising a full onsite kitchen can be.…

Anita Overcash

Group works to stop child abuse before it happens

According to Pat’s Place Child Advocacy Center in Charlotte, there were 14,401 child abuse cases reported in Mecklenburg County during the 2013-’14 fiscal year. April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, and for the fourth straight year, members of the Mecklenburg Child Abuse Prevention Team (MCAP) will be campaigning to raise awareness for ways to be…

Ryan Pitkin

Local artist’s deportation story adapted to the stage

Between playing a large part in the NUEVOlution exhibit at Levine Museum of the New South, working on her second large mural along Central Avenue and beginning work on a culinary project with Heritage owner and chef Paul Verica based on her art, it’s safe to say Rosalia Torres-Weiner has had a lot on her…

Ryan Pitkin

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars give back

One could only imagine that being hopeful in a war-torn country isn’t easy. But if there’s one thing that Reuben Koroma, frontman of Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, possessed during his time in refugee camps — he lived in several in Guinea from 1997-2005 — it was the feeling that something good would come out…

Anita Overcash

Greetings from a familiar face

It’s pretty fitting that my first issue as the new editor of Creative Loafing would be a Beer Guide. But this isn’t because I’m a beer aficionado. Thanks to Charlotte area breweries and a slew of locally-organized beer-related events, I finally — after years and years of trying to find beers I liked to no…

Anita Overcash

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