Aug 12-18, 2015

Aug 12-18, 2015 / Vol. 29 / No. 25

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2015 Pride Power Couple

Creative Loafing’s ‘Pride Power Couple’ walked into Kitchen Malaya in south Charlotte on a hot August day in the midst of a disagreement on the ethics of making good mac-and-cheese. “Who eats crunchy macaroni and cheese?” said Joanne Spataro, describing the argument she was just having with girlfriend Lara Nazario on the way to the…

Ryan Pitkin

Eat this: Korean Fried Chicken at Kindred Restaurant

There are a good number of reasons why Kindred Restaurant in Davidson was recently named to Bon Appetit’s 2015 list of 50 Best New Restaurants in America. The ambience and warmth of the interior, reflective of its history as a century-old pharmacy, is one. The attentive servers and expert bar staff are another. Chef Joe…

Keia Mastrianni

Shaun the Sheep Movie: A shear delight

SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Mark Burton & Richard Starzak STARS Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes Since the major news emerging from last weekend’s box office race centered around the catastrophic take of Fantastic Four, many may have missed that there was another commercial flop debuting in theaters. Shaun the Sheep…

Matt Brunson

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: It’s all relative

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Guy Ritchie STARS Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer With a pair of bland pretty-boy leads, the hyperactive Guy Ritchie in the director’s seat, and a trailer that didn’t exactly inspire hope, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. promised to be the sort of late-summer miss that would leave…

Matt Brunson

A look at the history of Pride celebrations in Charlotte and nationwide

The upcoming release of the film Stonewall has a lot of people upset over the apparent white-washing of the historic gay struggle. The film casts white male Jeremy Irvine as the leader of the Stonewall riots, which are credited by most historians as being started by black transgender activists such as Sylvia Rivera and Marsha…

Ryan Pitkin

CD Review: Elonzo Wesley’s To Be True

As popular Charlotte indie-rock/alt-country outfit Elonzo slowly disbanded, Jeremy Davis continued to hold the torch as a solo performer. It only makes sense, then, that Davis would rebrand himself as Elonzo Wesley — named after his father, as was the original band — and continue forth as a folk singer-songwriter brandishing the quality lyrical content…

Jeff Hahne

Three questions for Kelli Swick, Queen Of Oats

Finding out one of your children has a wheat allergy can be a hindrance to a parent unfamiliar with nutrition. For Kelli Swick, who has a degree in nutrition and food science, the medical prognosis had an easy fix. For years, oats were the healthy solution to this dietary dilemma. But after her kids went…

Anita Overcash

Weekly horoscope (August 13-19)

For All Signs: Saturn, planet of reality, is semisquare to Pluto. I mentioned this aspect in July, but it continues for some time to come. On the personal level, it requires that you work really hard to hold onto your personal power in the face of circumstances that are not at all conducive to your…

Vivian Carol

From the complexity of 4000 Miles to the beauty of Barrymore

Now that The Flick has won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, it has become obvious that the prize committee devoutly believes we should admire comedy dramas that are lengthy, episodic, ponderously slow, devoid of eloquence and only obliquely meaningful. That would explain why Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles was merely nominated for the 2013 Pulitzer. Unlike Annie…

Perry Tannenbaum

LGBT community continues focus on the issues at hand

Since Creative Loafing’s 2014 Pride issue, the LGBT community has experienced some big wins, both statewide and nationally, in the fight for marriage equality. The U.S. District Court’s ruling in the bizarrely titled General Synod of the United Church of Christ v. Cooper case in October 2014 and the June 2015 decision by the U.S.…

Ryan Pitkin

Hipstocracy

The negative chatter directed toward hipsters has reached a fever pitch. Since I don’t live in Brooklyn, where most of the hipsters and their haters seem to reside, I’ve observed this dynamic from a safe distance. But some recent anti-hipster screeds that have appeared in high-profile publications like U.S. News and World Report and the…

Ari LeVaux

Highly Suspect’s introspection

Listen to Highly Suspect’s song “Lydia,” and you hear crunching guitar riffs, the bass guitar’s heartbeat rhythm, the snap of the snare as singer/guitarist Johnny Stevens croons and growls through the lyrics. “I can’t fucking breathe, much less believe the truth,” he screams. The anguish in his voice is clear as the song steers toward…

Jeff Hahne

Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (August 13)

Sending a Message: People in Uptown may want to get used to sending eCards for a while, as the local supply of greeting cards was recently soiled by a man who just couldn’t wait. A man reportedly entered the CVS on Trade Street and urinated on a display of “Get Well” and birthday cards. He…

Ryan Pitkin

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