Apr 9-15, 2014

Apr 9-15, 2014 / Vol. 28 / No. 7

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Women of Vision exhibit will transport you beyond your own skin

Funny thing, art museums: They can take you places you never knew you wanted to go. Go see Women of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment at the Mint Museum Uptown. Give yourself a wacky reason to go, instead of a good reason not to. Consider yourself invading enemy territory, if that’s what it takes…

Scott Lucas

Theater review: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

When Dante Alighieri laid out his intricate plan for heaven, purgatory and hell for his Divine Comedy, he consigned Judas Iscariot to the lowest depths of hell and designated Brutus and Cassius as his bunkmates in that ultimate nadir of sin. So there is precedent for Stephen Adly Guirgis’s The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,…

Perry Tannenbaum

Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (April 10)

Fire back: In theory, a person having easy access to guns should deter a would-be crook. Such was not the case at a gun store on Wilkinson Boulevard last week. An employee told police that a ballsy suspect picked up a large rifle fitted with a scope and bipod and walked out of the store.…

Ryan Pitkin

The Raid 2: A gory good time

THE RAID 2 *** DIRECTED BY Gareth Evans STARS Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra The 2011 Indonesian effort The Raid: Redemption hit the U.S. to much critical acclaim in spring 2012, and as I noted in my review at the time, it “works best as pure, unadulterated, uncut action — it’s like cocaine for adrenaline addicts.”…

Matt Brunson

Draft Day: One for the fans

DRAFT DAY *** DIRECTED BY Ivan Reitman STARS Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner In 1966, recent Mad Monster Party guest William Shatner starred in Incubus, notable for being filmed entirely in Esperanto (created in the 19th century as a universal language, it obviously failed to catch on with the global masses). Since so few people stateside…

Matt Brunson

Dukes Bread offers a slice of home

When Adam Duke and his then-girlfriend (now wife) moved to Charlotte, there were a few things they missed about home. Hailing from New York, the poster city of deli sandwiches, quality bread was a slice of home they couldn’t do without. Luckily, Duke, who studied at Syracuse University and went on to work for a…

Lauren Blake

12 of the region’s hottest music festivals

Ah, warmer weather. Everyone’s ready to get out of the house, soak up some rays and listen to good music. These days, it looks like there’s nearly a festival every weekend and each year, the lineups continue to get stronger. From local one-day events to four-day fests that require camping out, you can easily find…

The demise of HBCUs

I jokingly tell people that I attended more than six undergraduate institutions, some I left, and some I was asked to leave. Intellect — or a lack thereof — had nothing to do with my nomadic experience. In my day, many institutions had trouble retaining and graduating a diverse student population. Many still do. As…

Charles Easley

Weekly horoscope (April 10-16)

For All Signs: The Passover and Easter traditions have variations in historical details, but they share similarities in spiritual meaning. Each celebrates a homecoming to the spirit. The Passover (April 15) remembers the rebirth of the Jewish community after 400 years of slavery. Easter (April 20) recalls the opportunity for an individual to be reborn…

Vivian Carol

The simple life

Aaron Cookson hasn’t quite finished carving out the road to his house. “See, we pulled a stump out right here before this rain started,” the 38-year-old says with one hand relaxed on the wheel, as his old Jeep bounces out of a deep rut and fishtails toward a tangle of forsythia. From the backseat his…

Sara Patterson

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