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Charlotte is ground zero for coal ash
Fishing and swimming in the Dan River were a huge part of Ben Adkins’ youth; he hoped to share those experiences with his young children. “It’s where I spent my summers my whole life. It’s where I first experienced God and knew he was real,” Adkins, 37, says. But now, he says, he wouldn’t let…
Today’s Top 5: Monday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Sunday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Saturday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Saturday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Featured Dish: Modern Duck a l’Orange at Lumiere
At Lumiere, chef Tom Condron elevates the classic dish by preparing duck two ways.
General Assembly’s attempt to block cities from regulating trees concerns more than just their huggers
Raleigh’s overreach continues.
John Waite’s bookstore performance
There are rock ‘n’ roll stars who sometimes take unaccompanied walks on the rarest of occasions. Like, say, St. Swithins Day. If they do, they go to great pains not to be recognized by the mentally-challenged, poorly-dressed, shit-throwing monkeys who have made them rich and famous — meaning you and me who, heaven forbid, might…
Outside spending in N.C. Supreme Court race gets New York Timed
A nationwide super PAC’s involvement in a race for a seat on the state’s Supreme Court adds to concerns that political money from outside N.C. is influencing what should be a nonpartisan race.
First Drip (5/6/14): Polls open around N.C., federal study shows climate change affecting daily life in U.S., more
The news you need to know today.
Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Photos: Systematic exhibit at Twenty-Two, 5/2/2014
New exhibit features works by Ben Premeaux and Matthew Steele.
Lenny Boy is brewing more than kombucha in South End
Expansion is underway.
Live review: Spottiswoode & His Enemies, Evening Muse (5/3/2014)
Two exhilarating sets showcase witty and compassionate songs.
A conversation with Charlotte’s newest kink-friendly sex expert, Angelique Washington
The Pittsburgh native recently moved to the Queen City to start a kink-aware, sex-positive business.
Today’s Top 5: Monday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
First Notes (5/5/14): Sad Kanye storms the Internet
Plus, Beck coming to the Uptown Amphitheatre.
First Drip (5/5/14): McCrory sells Duke stock, Target’s CEO resigns, more
The news you need to know today.
Today’s Top 5: Sunday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Saturday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files (May 1)
Scavenger Hunt: Employees at a local medical park were shaken after finding an ominous message written inside the elevator. People in the building were riding it around noon when they noticed that someone had written the word “bomb” along with a time and a date on one of its walls. Signing Out: A student at…
Chihuahua races, festivals and more among this weekend’s cheap things to do
Cheap things to do in the Q.C. this weekend.
Theater review: Peter and the Starcatcher
Nothing has been left behind in this wacky journey to Neverland.
Coalition hopes to bridge Charlotte’s east and west sides
The two seem like natural partners but have never come together, not really.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Spin City
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 **1/2 DIRECTED BY Mark Webb STARS Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone The screen settles on a depressed teen, and through some deft editing and camerawork, we watch as this brooding protagonist remains in the exact same position even as the months fly by and the previously bare ground is now covered with…
Lowering school district boundaries will only increase economic segregation in schools, not lessen it
The plan, in committee, would allow families to request a seat in any school, anywhere, regardless of their home district.
Smelly Cat Coffee unveils Kegged Cold Brew for the workplace
Or, how CL’s offices just got cooler.
Photos, setlist: Against Me!, Amos’ Southend (5/1/2014)
Laura Jane Grace and Co. performed 21 songs.
Question the Queen City: The story of Mabel Rea
The Charlotte native went Hollywood, returned home and met a tragic demise.
Today’s Top 5: Friday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
First Drip (5/2/14): N.C. 5th in health care enrollees, Seattle mayor proposes minimum wage increase, more
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Free Comic Book Day hooks new generations
The first Saturday in May, comic book shops across the world are packed with customers of every demographic. Long-time fanboys, young newcomers and casual readers fill the aisles, bags in hand. For some, wallets stay in pockets and purses. After all, it couldn’t be called “Free Comic Book Day” if free comics weren’t part of…
Wardrobe malfunction
“Turn around,” the frat boy grinned. Clearly, he was impressed by the ensemble I’d selected: matching print blouse and knee pants, featuring a vaguely airbrushy orange-and-black beach sunset pattern. I’d picked out the material myself with my mom, who’s always been a whiz with a sewing machine. “Commmere and look at this awesome outfit,” he…
This week’s BNR Weekly (5/1/14): An interview with Estelle
She talks about her upcoming album True Romance and the latest single.
Theater review: Post Secret: The Show
Prior to last week’s opening of PostSecret: The Show at Booth Playhouse, the only theatre production I’d ever seen based on a website was My First Time, which I first disliked Off-Broadway in 2008 before a less repellent version played here at Actor’s Theatre in 2010. So the idea of transforming a website into a…
Duke Energy CEO offers stock answers during shareholder’s meeting
Environmentalists got the chance to speak to Duke Energy CEO Lynn Good this morning at the company’s shareholder’s meeting, where minor outbursts peppered an otherwise dry gathering. But some who spoke said their comments fell on deaf ears, as Good relied on canned responses to questions mostly about coal ash. Good hosted a Q&A session…
Opening Friday
What’s new in theaters this weekend.
Today’s Top 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Free Cone Day at Carvel
The pioneers of soft serve ice cream are giving away a free junior cone today.
First Drip (5/1/14): Expect protesters at Duke Energy shareholders meeting, more
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Mogwai is back on point
Maybe your exposure to contemporary Scots culture comes from Ken Loach’s gritty films, or the dystopian novels and mysteries of Irvine Welsh and Ian Rankin, or Armando Iannucci’s eloquently profane satire. If your take is more music-based, then Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian or Camera Obscura probably figure into your view. But arguably the most…
Harry Hunter cranks up a brash new sound
Charlotte’s newest buzz band hasn’t done a single live show yet — it will remedy that on May 3 at Crown Station Pub — but its roster looks awfully familiar. Maybe because every Harry Hunter member is a veteran of local cult bands. Bassist Jermaine “Maine” Bracey and drummer Charles Ovett hail from noise-rock staple…
The money game of campaign finance loopholes
Last month, a team of researchers released the results of a study on political influence, which basically concluded the United States is an oligarchy. Our country’s laws and policies reflect the wishes of a small collection of elite interest groups, rather than the majority of citizens. Well, duh. Legislation that solely affects the wealthy elite…
Heirloom offers a taste of place
At first I didn’t notice the sweep of Béarnaise sauce beneath the stalks of asparagus hugged by a thin strip of tesa, house-cured Italian-styled bacon. The fresh lemony taste is everything I look for in a spring salad — a perfect meld of a farm-fresh poached egg, young greens and melting pork fat. I found…
Book review: Daniel Hartis’ Beer Lover’s the Carolinas
I can think of few people in Charlotte who have more thoroughly, respectfully and passionately promoted craft beer than Daniel Hartis. His blog, Charlotte Beer, named “Best Local Blog” by Creative Loafing readers in 2012, is a labor of love, documenting local events, tastings, beer releases and festivals. Hartis has also been named “Most Valuable…
Weekly horoscope (May 1-7)
For All Signs: The eclipsed new moon in Taurus occurred on April 29. Taurus is a sign of manifestation, a time when spring is beginning to move toward summer. The cosmic message urges us to give attention to the concrete outcomes of our past behaviors. This is a time for clarifying our goals and questioning…
A printer-friendly list of 108 things to do in Charlotte
Sorry, folks – I should have thought to share this sooner.
Live review: Sleigh Bells, The Fillmore (4/29/2014)
Band brings the thunder for its Charlotte debut.
Antiseen guitarist, founding member Joe Young dead at 54 (updated)
Memorial show to take place May 18 at Tremont Music Hall.
Photos: Culture Initiative’s Canned Culture exhibit at Sanctuary, 4/29/2014
New exhibit features works inspired by beer.
More anti-GMO protests planned in Charlotte
On the heels of Vermont legislation that mandates GMO labeling on food anti-GMO activists are planning a 52-country protest of Monsanto.
Today’s Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
The Pull List (4/30/14): Those Southern Bastards
The two Jasons team up.
First Drip (4/30/14): Execution halted in Oklahoma, antibiotic-resistant bacteria threatens modern medicine, more
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The never-ending battle for veterans
The war on terror has produced more than 1.6 million veterans since it began in 2001 and has changed, for better or worse, all veterans’ access to mental-health treatment. “We have to choose our battles,” says Blake Bourne, director of community initiatives for Charlotte Bridge Home, a nonprofit organization that aims to assist the area’s…
Theater review: Other Desert Cities
We are such a fractious society these days, surrounded by partisans, spinners and knee-jerks, that I find it’s often hard for me to look at any politically charged statement or artwork without setting off my own inner spin doctor. Of course, it’s not intrinsically wrong to hold political views, but they shouldn’t interfere with accurately…
The best and the worst of the new Knights stadium
Prices are out of control, but so are the views.
First Drip (4/29/14): Cabs vs. airport saga continues, how will NBA punish Don Sterling?, more
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First Drip (4/28/14): Religious leaders file suit against Amendment One, storms kill 18, more
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