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Small But Mighty: These Neighborhood Breweries Are Holding Their Own
Emily Ferron explores the various small breweries of Charlotte
Creative Loafing Alum Running for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction
A Creative Loafing alum and education professional announced her candidacy for the North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2020. “This is the office I have prepared for throughout my life and all of my experiences lead me to the duties of this position,” said a press release from Constance Lav Johnson. Johnson graduated…
WINE TO WATER: Keeping Up With The Global Water Crisis
Visit www.winetowater.org to donate monthly and help give water to people in need.
Top 10 Fictional Kids of All Time
Top 10 Fictional Kids of All Time In celebration of our 9th anniversary, What To Do With The Kids has taken on the monumental task of selecting the top ten fictional kids of all time from television, movies and books. Superheroes and wizards are not included since they have extraordinary powers and abilities. These characters may…
Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program Ranks 3rd in Nation for Pre-College Summer Programs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wake Forest University Pre-College Programs 200 N. College St. Suite 150 Charlotte, NC 28202 https://immersion.summer.wfu.edu/ Contact: Betsy Schneider, Assistant Director of Pre-College Programs schneier@wfu.edu (980) 224-9298 (office) Charlotte, NC, Thursday, February 19, 2019 – The Wake Forest Summer Immersion Program has been ranked #3 in the nation on College Consensus’ list of…
Dragon ball
Going for the threepeat, the How to Train Your Dragon series ends on a high enough note that fans won’t be feeling a discernible letdown. So while How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (*** out of four) might be the runt of this particular litter, it won’t come near to stirring memories of…
All the right moves
One need not be a wrestling fan to enjoy Fighting with My Family (*** out of four), a guaranteed crowdpleaser sure to entertain even those who just always assumed that Hogan was the surname of The Incredible Hulk rather than a lord-of-the-rings superstar in his own right. Turning to both real life and a 2012…
Blumenthal Performing Arts Welcomes New Board of Trustees Members
Charlotte, N.C. –Blumenthal Performing Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to its Board of Trustees. John Giannuzzi, Portia MacKinnon, Susanne McGuire, and Courtney Rogers were confirmed to the board during Blumenthal’s Annual Meeting at Knight Theater in January. “Blumenthal Performing Arts throughout its history has been fortunate to attract talented,…
Fallen angel
Produced by James Cameron and directed by Robert Rodriguez, Alita: Battle Angel (** out of four stars) is a visually ugly and unseemly movie — and that’s meant as the highest compliment possible. Adapted from Gunnm (aka Battle Angel Alita), a manga series created by Yukito Kishiro back in 1990, this expensive endeavor takes place…
Out of time
When it comes to a movie dealing with a multiverse or a parallel universe or an alternate universe or whatever the kids are calling it these days, Happy Death Day 2U (** out of four stars) unfortunately skewers closer to the lameness of The Cloverfield Paradox than the giddiness of Spider-Man: Into the Multi-Verse. It…
Mad Monster Party: a Charlotte tradition
Mad Monster Party returns to Charlotte Feb. 22-24
Oscar nominations: ‘Roma’ and other favourites
Following the recent announcement of the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards, many favorites — or should that be favourites? — still find themselves in the mix while the good fortune of other stars is suddenly stillborn. Here, then, are the highlights, low points and other notes of interest associated with this year’s crop. Highlights…
Haberdish hype is well-deserved
Jennifer Zeleski feasts at Haberdish
The comedy scene in Queen City is no joke
Emily Ferron talks about the Charlotte comedy scene
Heartaches by the number: Chapel Hill’s Blue Cactus play classic country with twists and surprises
John Adamian interviews the band Blue Cactus
Delivering the male
The 2000 Mel Gibson hit What Women Want undergoes a sex-change operation and emerges as What Men Want (**1/2 out of four), a rousing if rocky remake-of-sorts that proves to be no better and no worse than its predecessor. In that Y2K smash, Gibson played a misogynistic advertising executive who, through a freak accident, is…
A swing and a miss
A remake of a 2011 Mexican movie that only played film festivals stateside, Miss Bala (** out of four) follows in the footsteps of such recent efforts as Peppermint and Everly in that it takes a standard Liam Neeson or Bruce Willis programmer and injects it with a heavy dose of girl power. In Peppermint…
Something fishy
Just how absolutely ludicrous is the big twist in the new thriller Serenity (* out of four)? It’s so head-smackingly stupid that I had to check the credits to see if M. Night Shyamalan was listed anywhere. Instead, the culprit is Steven Knight, a gifted scripter responsible for such original efforts as Dirty Pretty Things…
‘High Energy’ Asian Street Food Coming to South End in Early February
For the restauranteur looking to start February off with a bang, look no further than South End, where Hawkers will open its newest location on Feb. 5. “From day one, the food was at the core of Hawkers Asian Street Fare—generations of Asian street food recipes have been passed down, some of which are still…
Here Are 10 Super Bowl Watch Parties in Charlotte
Super Bowl 53 between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots will be played in Atlanta on Sunday, at 6:30 p.m. ET. If you can’t afford those cheap $2500 a pop nosebleed tickets, or you simply don’t feel like fighting the traffic in Atlanta, there are plenty of places here in Charlotte to watch…
Black Violin begins ‘Impossible’ Tour, new album expected late summer
“Black Violin upends cultural and musical stereotypes…an unexpected blend of classically trained musicianship and hip-hop beats and inventiveness.” —The Miami Herald “Their music will keep classical music alive for the next generation.” —NPR Black Violin will be hitting the stage on their 2019 Impossible Tour this January with over 40 high energy shows scheduled into…
