Apr 2-8, 2014

Apr 2-8, 2014 / Vol. 28 / No. 6

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Two-faced: The day Charlotte met a different Patrick Cannon

Paper shuffles in the background as the half-prepared radio newscaster interrupts regularly scheduled programming to break the news. An affidavit. The mayor of Charlotte. Arrested. The big local news story of March 26 should have been one of closure: a multi-billion dollar settlement Bank of America reached with the Federal Housing Agency over misdeeds the…

Ana McKenzie

The Pull List (4/9/14): Explore the city with Shutter

While the Big Two continue to revamp their superhero books, Image keeps churning out new series of every genre. Lately, adventure books have made a return through the company, and another makes its debut this week. Shutter, written by Joe Keatinge and drawn by Leila del Duca, takes urban exploring to magical heights. You may…

Andy Smith

A heavy lesson learned at the Port of Roseau, Dominica

Roseau is Dominica’s most important trade port, with roots going back to the 14th century. It’s heavy French influence from the arrival of Europeans in the late 18th century is evident in the architecture and the teeny, tiny, illegible little streets.  The beautiful racket of daily life paired with super vibrant, gorgeous colors on the…

Desiree Kane

Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files (April 3)

Goodie bag: A 29-year-old Georgia man was ready for anything when he ventured to North Carolina last week, except for thieves. The man reported that his car was broken into while he was in his hotel room off Tyvola Road and a bag was stolen. The camouflage backpack contained a handgun, four boxes of assorted…

Ryan Pitkin

Captain America: The Winter Soldier heats up the season

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER ***1/2 DIRECTED BY Anthony Russo & Joe Russo STARS Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson Among Marvel Cinematic Universe exercises, Captain America: The Winter Soldier fares better than fellow sequels Thor: The Dark World and Iron Man 2 and 3, even if it proves to be more of a team player than…

Matt Brunson

Before I cheat

Before I got married, I took a lot of pride in the fact that my fiancé and I had done things by The Book. The groom-to-be was chivalrous, with a solid group of guy friends and no red flags in sight. He taught me how to flip an omelet without splattering the entire kitchen with…

Claire Gibson

CD review: Future Islands’ Singles

Future Islands seem to be insulated within their own musical niche. It’s one of the things that makes this band so entertaining. They’re hard to pin down and even harder to push away from. For years, the Baltimore by way of Greenville, N.C., trio has been crafting tightly wound, post-wave music, brilliantly combining the pomp…

Clifton Golden

Weekly horoscope (April 3-9)

For All Signs: April is loaded with challenging aspects. These make things happen, for good or bad. The first four weeks we have planets aggravating the ongoing Uranus/Pluto squares. The archetypal battle in the sky is power versus social justice, versus the sovereign rights of the individual. This is a quarrel that will last for…

Vivian Carol

Brain F≠ is running on Empty

A few weeks after notice of long-quiet Charlotte punk band Brain F≠’s April 4 set at The Milestone was posted to Facebook, Brain F≠’s singer Elise Anderson posed the following question: “is this real,” she conjectured, the lack of punctuation suggesting this might all be a joke. It’s an appropriate question. Despite the recent release…

Patrick Wall

Rice dancing at Persis Biryani Indian Grill

The truth about the way we approach ethnic cuisines is that once we select a favorite dish, such as pad Thai in a Thai restaurant or sushi in a Japanese one, we return to it, again and again. Thus, any restaurateur worth his or her salt will include these expected dishes on the menu —…

Tricia Childress

Amelie’s highlights N.C.’s right-to-work issues

When news of Patrick Cannon’s arrest broke last Wednesday, I assumed the folks at Amelie’s French Bakery were breathing a sigh of relief. For days, the business had been under the microscope of the Charlotte public and media for accusations of wage improprieties after former employee Justin Miller released a public resignation letter detailing alleged…

Erin Tracy-Blackwood

Theater review: Spelling 2-5-5

After 27 years of reviewing, I’m as confident in my own judgments as anyone in my profession when I walk into a theater. Yet there are times, like after the current U.S. premiere of Spelling 2-5-5 at ImaginOn, when I must defer to my wife Sue’s expertise. The protagonist in Jennifer Overton’s play, the preadolescent…

Perry Tannenbaum

The time I finally met Glen Campbell

Often, when I see some compilation of music from the 1960s being sold on television — the Jefferson Airplane playing against images of dancing headbanded hippies — I can’t help but feel you’re not getting the whole picture. Sure, there was great rock ‘n’ roll, courtesy of the Kinks, the Rascals and the Stones. Plus,…

Peter Gerstenzang

Theater review: Ophelos

Theater is the only art form that uses the same word for what its practitioners produce and the place where they produce it. Little wonder that theater companies yearn for a place of their own and, when they find one, tend to settle there. Few of our local companies have moved from place to place…

Perry Tannenbaum

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