Best Of The Blotter 2001
* A restaurant ex-employee ordered a meal of chicken to go. He picked up the food, but refused to pay. The man fled the scene with the chicken and attempted to escape in a car that had been linked to several hit and run cases in the area. The man never had the opportunity to…
Year-End Scorecard
It’s time for the body count. This is the where Creative Loafing recounts the coups of the last year in our editorial crusade to get critical information to our readers free of charge. From printing the addresses of registered sex offenders living in our community to taking on Duke Power to digging the real dirt…
8 Days A Week
WEDNESDAY 26 Christmas Town USA, the McAdenville light spectacular, continues through today. Hours for the light viewing are Monday through Friday, 5:30-9:30pm and Saturday and Sunday, 5:30-11pm. You can get to McAdenville from I-85 by taking the Lowell/McAdenville Exit. For more information contact the McAdenville Town Hall at 704-824-3190 or visit online at http://users.vnet.net/srankin/. What…
Other stories of note this year included “World Class City, Third World Paycheck”
This April 25 cover story discussed how the working poor folks who work a full-time job, yet still do not earn enough to make ends meet have become one of the fastest growing demographics in the city. We told you about how some of these folks work for the city of Charlotte. Helping…
New Year’s Eve Listings
Note: All events are on December 31, unless otherwise noted. Aqua 521 N. College St., 704-377-9962 Theme: “James Bond.” Frolic. Fire. Friction & Bond girls. Doors open at 9pm. $10 cover. Amos’ Southend 1423 S. Tryon St., 704-377-6874 Jupiter Coyote w/ Beth Wood & Cast Iron Filter. $20 advance/$25 at the door. Doors open at…
The Nipple Effect
You won’t catch me watching Sex and the City on HBO, and with good reason: I don’t have HBO. Still, even though I’ve never seen the Emmy award-winning comedy and probably never will, I can’t avoid being aware of the ripple effect the show has had in some areas of popular culture. Or should I…
Stargazer
For All Signs On December 30 at 5:40am EST we will have a penumbral eclipse of the full moon, visible across much of North America, as well as elsewhere in the world. This is the last of an 18 month series of eclipses in the signs of Cancer/Capricorn. We have been in an “eclipse season”…
Citizen Servatius: Get Over It
Enough about the damned Hornets already. It’s time to move on. And so what if the city of Atlanta got a $200 million gift to build some dumb fish tank. Why should that be front-page news here? No Nordstrom at SouthPark any time soon? That means more parking for me. A $32 million miscalculation by…
Swinging A Big Stick
In 1901, an anarchist assassinated President William McKinley, making him the third commander-in-chief killed during the last 40 years. His replacement, 42-year-old Theodore Roosevelt, regarded the anarchists as a threat to the nation’s survival. Roosevelt’s challenge: restoring confidence and security to a nation rocked by tragedy and destruction. The parallels with contemporary America aren’t lost…
Arts Agenda
Classical Music A New Year’s Celebration – A Tribute to Sinatra & Friends presented by Charlotte Philharmonic at the Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon St. Featuring Les Marple, the Charlotte City Ballet, and the Eddie Mabry Dancers. Sat., Jan. 5, 8 p.m. $15-$35. Tuesday Noon Concert Series at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 115 W. 7th…
Another Ethiopian Restaurant Opens
* A second Ethiopian restaurant has opened in Charlotte. Owner Darvit Getahum, a native Ethiopian, opened the 72-seat Ibex Ethiopian Restaurant, 3200 Monroe Road (formerly the site of Diamond India). Getahun has a 10-seat traditional Ethiopian dining area complete with basket tables. On the breakfast menu are kinche, cracked wheat blended with herbed oil; ftfit,…
Corkscrew: Kiss My Glass
When I was growing up, my Italian grandpa always drank wine from a small, squatty glass. In fact, I don’t think he owned a single glass with a stem attached. This seemed perfectly functional to me at the time; the squatty glass held plenty of wine and it was hard to knock over, even when…
Goodeats
ALL AROUND TOWN ANNTONY’S CARIBBEAN 2001 E. 7th, 704-342-0749; 145 Brevard Court, 704-339-0303; 20910 Torrence Chapel Road, Cornelius, 704-894-0280. A fun, change-of-pace restaurant for a casual lunch or dinner. Limited menu features rotisserie-cooked barbecued meats, what else, Caribbean style. $ BRUEGGER’S BAGEL BAKERY All over town. Chewy bagels, crisp on the outside, and served with…
Best Of 2001
Tim Davis’ Outlook Top 25 Mostly Big Label Releases That Ought To Still Be Relevant In 10 Years, And That’s What It’s All About Anyway List: 1. Outkast – Big Boi and Dre Present (Greatest Hits) 2. Stephen Malkmus – Stephen Malkmus 3. System of a Down – Toxicity 4. The Strokes – Is This…
It’s A Wrap
Over the past year, a heck of a lot of interesting things have transpired in our local musical community. We had to say farewell to some people, while we welcomed in others. Some folks changed bands, some bands changed folks, and one band changed its name. One local act got signed, while another went gold.…
Music Menu
Kevin Aviance This gender-bender model, dancer and performer toasts his vocals over left of center funk and loads of house rhythms. Kevin is more a moving and living stage prop, or an MTV dance video come to life, than a defined singer. But with the help of hip DJs and producers (Junior Vasquez, among others),…
Soundboard
Wednesday, Dec. 26 Bayou Kitchen Bill Noonan Big Al’s, Mooresville Robin Brown Cajun Queen 7th Street Gator Band Cajun Queen, Pineville 7th Street Gator Band II Dilworth Coffeehouse Open Mic w/ Bert Wray * Double Door Inn Songwriters Night w/ Jeff Williams, Lee McCorkle, Jay Garrigan, Deanna Campbell, Bellglide, Mike Mitschele & more * Fat…
Once The Fun Is Over
I hate to sound like a Grinch, even if it is post-Christmas, but I really don’t like the winter holiday season that much. I enjoy most of the events and activities associated with Christmas: shopping, parties, food, decorations. But I hate having everything crunched into the space of a week or two in December. Maybe…
Season’s Beatings
Think of it as a holiday hangover. After last week’s laudatory reviews of such choice December fare as A Beautiful Mind, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and Vanilla Sky, it was reasonable to expect more of the same. Instead, of the five titles reviewed this week (the year-end glut prevented…
Sports: Who’d A Thought?
This has been a strange year, and sports on the Charlotte scene are no exception. Who would have thought. . . * the owners of the Charlotte Hornets would turn into high profile traveling salesmen. To make a deal here, the owners need to face reality and make a substantial contribution to a new arena,…
FilmClips
CURRENT RELEASES AMELIE After making his mark with the delightfully deranged films Delicatessen and City of Lost Children, French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet made the ill-fated mistake of going Hollywood by overseeing the hapless Alien: Resurrection. Amelie finds Jeunet back in his element: as the creator of enchanting, quirky comedies that, like their central characters, march…
Letters
Arena Hucksterism To The Editors: I want to thank Jeff Beaver of the Charlotte Regional Sports Commission for replying to my letter about the arena (“Arena In The Real World,” December 5), as his own words do so much more than mine ever could to demonstrate the dishonest hucksterism of the pro-arena crowd. First he…
Film Listings
NOTE: Because of holiday deadlines, listings are not complete. Check with the theater for up-to-date titles and times. For reviews, go online to reeltime.cln.com.) OPENS FRIDAY: In the Bedroom (Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson). AMC CAROLINA PAVILION 22 9541 South Blvd, at I-485 & Hwy 521 North. (704-643-4262) Thru Thurs: Kate & Leopold. Not Another Teen…
