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To hell with cookie-cutters
In Brockton McKinney and Dave Dwonch’s upcoming comic book Party Monster, one of the characters has a kaiju sniper rifle — that is, a gun built to take down Godzilla-sized monsters. So McKinney contacted Rodrigo Solsona, a Brazilian artist who goes by the name Magenta King, to design it. “It’s huge. It’s got notches in…
Today’s Top 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Lunch Break (8/10/16): Charlotte shooting suspect shot by officers following chase to Catawba County
The morning already passed us by. What the hell happened?
Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Monday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Lunch Break (8/8/16): Phil Berger’s birthday cake is somewhat disturbing
The morning already passed us by. What the hell happened.
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.
Theater review: Miss Julie
Midsummer Night’s catastrophe.
Suicide Squad: Suicide Prevention
SUICIDE SQUAD *1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY David Ayers STARS Will Smith, Jared Leto After the death knell sounded on the advance screening for the heavily hyped and heavily hopeless Suicide Squad, an elderly woman gently tapped my arm with her cane and asked, “What did you think of the movie?” Wary that she…
Bringing August in with a bang
Enjoying splashes of champagne and plenty of food in Charlotte.
Today’s Top 5: Friday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Lunch Break (8/5/16): Environmentalists file FOIA request to make McCrory prove perjury accusations
The morning already passed us by. What the hell happened?
Keanu, The Mark of Zorro, Zelig among new home entertainment titles
(View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD. Ratings are on a four-star scale.) THE BRONZE (2016). Hollywood has presented viewers with far too many movies in which the protagonist is a petulant man-child, so it’s only fair that here’s one in which the lead is a…
Neighbors weigh in on recently unveiled coal ash testimony
Residents say Rudo has had their back all along, stand by his testimony
Today’s Top 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (August 4)
You’re All Guilty Police arrived on the scene of an assault at an east Charlotte grocery store last week but found it hard to determine who deserved to be taken into custody. Police found the “victim” of the assault, who said that a man began tussling with him in the store and scratched his hand.…
CL contributor’s new photo series spotlights Charlotte’s trans and gender non-conforming community
When Lara Americo was interviewed for Creative Loafing’s cover story in last year’s Pride Issue, she discussed her disappointment at the fact that Charlotte wasn’t able to pass a nondiscrimination ordinance in 2015. “As a trans person, I just want to be normal. I don’t really like all the attention that trans people get. I…
More tax money gets set aside for discriminatory schools
Book bag? Check. Loose-leaf notebook paper? Check. Pencils, crayons and glue sticks? Check. Kicked out of school because you or your parents are LGBT? Double-check, especially if you’re one of the nearly 100,000 students attending one of the more than 700 private schools in North Carolina. It seems absurd that schools might actually deny admission…
Three questions for Roger Kongham, owner of Hibiscus
Roger and Robert Kongkham are no strangers to Charlotte’s Thai food scene. About 28 years ago, around the time Roger was born, their mother and former stepfather opened the first Thai Taste in Charlotte, and both have played an integral part in the restaurants as they’ve grown up. In June, the brothers officially flew the…
Oh Pep! is wild and free
The last time Olivia Hally and Pepita Emmerichs of Oh Pep! were in Charlotte, it was just a stopover. Had the Aussie pair had the hind-leg capacity to travel like their Melbourne-based marsupial cohabitants, the journey might have worked by foot. But after landing in the Q.C. and struggling to find fast transportation options to…
Rai Lay offers distinct taste of Thailand
Surrounded by a barrier of rocky cliffs and lush jungle, Rai Lay is one of Thailand’s most beautiful beaches. Thai native Jai Budsri pays homage to the exotic destination with Rai Lay Thai, a new concept restaurant that brings authentic Thai street food to South End. Rai Lay is Budsri’s second foray into bringing Thai…
Temperance League’s Day of the Dove
With their fifth studio effort since 2011, Temperance League is doing their best to earn the “hardest working band” in Charlotte label. Comprised of some of the Queen City’s best musicians and songwriters — singer Bruce Hazel, guitarist Shawn Lynch, drummer David DK Kim, keyboardist Jay Garrigan, bassist Eric Scott and guitarist Chad Wilson —…
Vote, now!
It’s not time to choose Team Hillary or Team Trump just yet, but it is time to vote for Creative Loafing’s Best of Charlotte 2016. Hit up our website at clclt.com/charlotte/BestofCharlotte2016/Page, where you’ll find the five usual sections — After Dark, Arts & Entertainment, City Life, Consumer Culture, and Food & Drink — and lots…
Weekly horoscope (Aug. 4-10)
For All Signs: Venus, goddess of love, beauty and harmony, is traversing troubled waters. This is a time that will test the strength of your relationships. Dormant or hidden tensions that are gnawing at the edges of any relationship are likely to become apparent. Make an effort to recognize the difference between ego conflicts and…
