Aug 17-24, 2016

Aug 17-24, 2016 / Vol. 30 / No. 26

Cover Stories

Will Puckett bids farewell to the Queen City

You could say Will Puckett and his family had come full circle on their experience living in Charlotte’s NoDa neighborhood on a recent Monday evening. His sister, Bobbie Puckett, was hanging out with his wife, Lauren, and two daughters, 3 and 5 years old, while they ate from a Domino’s box on the floor. Will…

Ryan Pitkin

Run-down of Charlotte Pride performers

Adore Delano Thanks to appearances on American Idol and RuPaul’s Drag Race, we know Adore Delano as a sassy songstress and a rambunctious drag queen. In 2014, Delano released ‘Till Death Do Us Party and followed that up with a sophomore album, After Party, released back in March. We can only imagine how much fun…

Anita Overcash, Madeline Lemieux

Ben-Hur: Faith no more

BEN-HUR ** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Timur Bekmambetov STARS Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell Back in 1959, when William Wyler’s mammoth production of Ben-Hur debuted, it was comedian Mort Sahl who quipped his review of the film: “Loved him, hated Hur.” Sahl was clearly in the minority — the movie proved to be a box…

Matt Brunson

Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (August 18)

Green Thumb A 36-year-old man living in a neighborhood off Rea Road called police after finding an item in his yard that apparently startled him. The report states that the man came across some unknown green pepper and called police, later turning it in to responding officers (not into police officers, although that would be…

Ryan Pitkin

Dust & Ashes find a place at Charlotte Pride

For Charlotte-based Americana/folk band, Dust & Ashes, the Bible has been a muse. The band’s name was taken from scripture — specifically from Job 42:6, where Job says, “I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” But the trio is far from religious in the sense of ancient law. Heather Himes, the vocalist/guitarist who…

Anita Overcash

Delighted Tobehere despite HB2

Back in April of 2015, Charlotteans said goodbye to Clay Smith, aka Delighted Tobehere, formerly known as Roxy C. Moorecox, a longtime drag queen who brought an extra twinkle to the Q.C. drag scene. But since then, we’ve gotten some pop-up performances by Tobehere who still has family and friends in the area and frequently…

Anita Overcash

Three Questions For Penny Craver, co-founder of Dish

It was the arts that beckoned Penny Craver to Plaza Midwood in the early 2000s. For the Tremont Music Hall founder, the Charlotte neighborhood offered an affordable utopia for the creative. In 2002, Craver took that comfort to a new level when she co-founded Dish — a restaurant that reflected the neighborhood’s relationship with the…

Madeline Lemieux

Weekly horoscope (Aug. 18-24)

For All Signs: We have entered an eclipse “season” in which the Aquarius full moon eclipse of Aug. 18 is followed in two weeks by a new moon eclipse in Virgo (Sept 11). This summer is loaded with tense and potentially explosive aspects. The eclipse this week is punctuating those tensions with an extra smack…

Vivian Carol

Three Bone Theatre’s Seminar sets up shop in Spirit Square

We all know that politics, connections, and strategic socializing often figure into securing Hollywood production budgets and achieving Hollywood stardom. We’re apt to think of the proverbial casting couch as Tinseltown’s exclusive domain. But can the same tools also work in the literary world, where writers aspire to lucrative publication and enduring prestige? You better…

Perry Tannenbaum

Rock On, Babalu

There’s a special something about Babalu that’s hard to put a finger on. Maybe it’s the brightness of the interior that coincides with the inviting and popping colors of the exterior. The clean-cut, yet rocking designs and contemporary furniture make the taco and tapas joint a place that’s great for dates, family dinners or casual…

Courtney Mihocik

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