Dec 25-31, 2013

Dec 25-31, 2013 / Vol. 27 / No. 44

Cover Story

New Year’s Eve 2013 guide

Every year we’re faced with the dilemma of choosing where we’ll bring in the new year. If you’re like me, then you find yourself overwhelmed by the plethora of options and admission fees and underwhelmed by the usual fare. In Charlotte, I’ve learned that choosing which New Year's Eve party to attend is a bit…

Anita Overcash

Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files (Dec. 26)

Multiple Personalities: Police responded to a restaurant bar in Charlotte Douglas International Airport because a young girl couldn’t handle her liquor. The teenager was visibly intoxicated. When she was asked to show identification, the girl pulled out four different licenses stating that she was over 21. The problem was that none of the IDs depicted…

Ryan Pitkin

The Book of Mormon: Assume the missionary position

Defying all the naysayers who scoffed at the idea that Blumenthal Performing Arts would dare to bring it to Charlotte, scandalizing our devout champions who battle against sacrilege and foul language, The Book of Mormon is coming to town — before most pious folks have even thought about taking down their Christmas lights. The smash-hit…

Perry Tannenbaum

Rucho & the GOP’s Silly Season

N.C. Sen. Bob “The Human Meth Lab” Rucho made national news this month after a tweet he wrote compared the results of Obamacare to damage done to the U.S. by the Nazis, Soviets and terrorists, combined. The Matthews lawmaker responded to his critics by calling them members “of the socialist elite.” He then snarled, turned…

John Grooms

Shovels and Rope’s dynamic duo

Townes Van Zandt might make an appearance at Time Warner Cable Arena on Dec. 31. No, not the deceased musician — wouldn’t that be a trip — but the hound dog of Charleston, S.C., husband-and-wife folkers Shovels and Rope. Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent take Townes with them everywhere, and he usually makes fast…

Jeff Hahne

Repo Record re-opens

Jimmy Parker remembers the first record he ever bought. “It was Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde, but the record that really got me hooked was the Allman Brothers’ Live at the Fillmore East. The Allmans pointed me to soul music and now I’m crazy for Motown.” We’re in the latest incarnation of Parker’s record fever,…

Pat Moran

Weekly horoscope (Dec. 26-Jan. 1)

For All Signs: The Christmas Star has been a source of inquiry for centuries. It is generally accepted among historians that the Magi were astrologers. Since the birthdate of Jesus is unknown, one must search history for clues as to what compelled the Magi to travel. Though some have suggested that a comet might have…

Vivian Carol

William Barber, the lightning rod

The Rev. William Barber II is recounting a story most of us have heard about a million times, recasting it in modern terms: A woman in her third trimester walks almost cross-country and gives birth with no health care. Don’t recognize the tale? Hint: The woman’s name was Mary. It’s no surprise Barber, who heads…

Emiene Wright

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