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Homegrown: The year in concert photos
I promised myself I would cut back on my concert intake this year, and I did. A little bit. In 2012, I attended 101 concerts. For 2013, I’ll finish with around 75. The difference? I have a daughter to stay home for. Mina (the German name for “love”) turned 1 on Thanksgiving and she’s plenty…
Lust List 2014 Ballot
For Valentine’s Day next year, we’re bringing back CL’s annual Lust List,in which we feature the members of Charlotte’s service industry that make our teeth sweat. We know – our job is so tough. Help us out by nominating the sexiest folks you know – whether that be your hair stylist, favorite neighborhood bartender or…
The Pull List (12/11/13): The Krampus Cometh
Ho-ho-horror for the holidays.
Redemption for Watt, hope for America, chaos in the 12th
After the “nuclear option,” the long-time N.C. congressman will head the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 box set, Nosferatu, City Lights among new home entertainment titles
(View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD.) ARGO (2012). The best picture of an admittedly weak year, director-star Ben Affleck’s Argo is an amazingly proficient film in which great swatches of humor never get in the way of the suspenseful saga at its center. Loosely based…
Palin & Co.: Shut up already about the mythical ‘War on Christmas’
Many conservative Christians have somehow convinced themselves that they are an increasingly endangered minority whose rights are being pulverized by leftist cultural terrorists, culminating in this “war.”
Bobcats-Hornets Week in Review: MKG Adding Injury to Insult
The current rough patch punctuated what this team wanted to find out about themselves.
Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
First Drip (12/10/13): TV pilot filmed uptown, life on Mars, handshake heard ’round the world, more
The news you need to know today.
Panthers knocked down to reality
But fans don’t lose faith, even after tough loss to New Orleans
The Sagas Continue: Comic Book Movies in 2014
Look for new movies starring Captain America, Spider-Man, the X-Men and … Godzilla!
My virgin visit to the abortion clinic
Naysayers deservedly exercised their voice, but perhaps they were using the wrong tone.
Live review: Sol Driven Train, Visulite Theatre (12/7/2013)
Band helps celebrate launch of the 4th annual North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival in May.
First Drip (12/9/2013): US Airways/American merger details, freak cockroach, Sriracha shortage
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Today’s Top 5: Monday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
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.
Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files (Dec. 5)
Problem Child: A 41-year-old woman filed a report after an argument with her daughter revealed the true boss of the family. In response to her mother’s persistent nagging, the daughter told her, “I will slap you like I slapped my father.” Hot Mess: The Charlotte Fire Department had to deal with a serial arsonist in…
Nebraska: ’70s revival
NEBRASKA ***1/2 DIRECTED BY Alexander Payne STARS Bruce Dern, Will Forte The 1970s proved to be the playground for an inordinate number of great actors, and if Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro and Gene Hackman are among those tagged as the era’s national treasures, then it’s only fair for Bruce Dern to be deemed its…
Black Nativity loses the faith
BLACK NATIVITY ** DIRECTED BY Kasi Lemmons STARS Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson The art of the edit can be seen throughout the trailer for Black Nativity, writer-director Kasi Lemmons’ radical reworking of Langston Hughes’ celebrated 1961 play. An expertly cut two minutes, this preview makes the movie look like a major event, an inspirational and…
Tab Benoit concert time moved… for Panthers
Big game at 8:30 p.m. pushes up Neighborhood Theatre concert time.
Holiday shenanigans to keep on your radar
Check out this big ol’ list for some very merry events.
Tales of Woe from the Age of Mediocrity, Part Two: Dirk Nowitzki
Against him, McRoberts looked hopeless.
Tales of Woe from the Age of Mediocrity, Part One: Chris Bosh
I had no doubt he would miss.
VIDEO: Fast-food workers, activists demand higher wages at local protest
Thursday’s protest followed a similar event, in August
Pat Cotham, the no-b.s. political bulldozer
A tactless leader, perhaps, but she was the right person at a critical time.
First Drip (12/06/13): Nelson Mandela dies, unemployment rate drops, more
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Featured Dish: Scotch Egg at Block and Grinder
This popular British snack food could quite possibly be the most portable meal next to the Hot Pocket.
Today’s Top 5: Friday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Lickety-click
“It’s like Christmas morning,” Joe Rowland exclaims, standing in a field in Concord, holding a bundle of just-uprooted, sprightly carrots. For Rowland, the fruits, or vegetables, of his labor are gifts that keep on giving. With the help of his wife Dani, the Rowlands curate an online farmers market and delivery service called GO Local…
Kids do the darndest things
Bless you, intrepid business traveler, for you have been seated next to me on an airplane. I’m traveling alone with at least one of my three children. Again. That suit looks clean. And expensive. And you have a lovely leather bag full of electronics that you’d like to store under the seat in front of…
Opening Friday
What’s new in theaters this weekend.
Live review: Hugh Cornwell, Tremont Music Hall (12/4/2013)
Stranglers frontman’s Charlotte debut worth the wait.
The Pull List (12/4/13): Marvel Knights gets indie edge
X-Men and Spider-Man series show promise.
Wanderlust: A tale of two wolves
There’s an American Indian tale of an old Cherokee man talking to his grandson: “My son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, empathy and truth.” The…
Sexercise with yoga ball dildos
The sexercise machine you would watch an hour-long infomercial on.
Theater review: Godspell
The look and the manner of the hippie Godspell are gone, but its quirkiness is updated for today.
Recipe: Latkes and Applesauce
This week I try to recall the entire history of Hanukkah and make latkes. One of those things goes extremely badly.
First Drip (12/05/13): Fast food workers protest, House of Prayer in court, more
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Today’s Top 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Weekly horoscope (Dec. 5-11)
For All Signs: Mars, the red planet, was known in ancient times as the god of war. Within ourselves, this planet represents our need for psychological and physical boundaries. We draw on our Mars energy when we feel angry and want to “protect” our territory. We also access Mars energy for physically heavy work. Normally…
Welcome to leftovers season
Revelers call it the holidays; retailers call it shopping season; I call it leftovers season. It runs from about Thanksgiving until New Year’s Day, when the last of the Christmas leftovers are used to sponge up the libations of last night’s revelry. Conveniently, leftovers season happens to be a period when the weather is cold…
Phil Ochs likes my song?
There was a time in my life when I was absolutely sure I wanted to be a singer-songwriter. I remember sitting on my bed, holding my Gibson (no, that’s not a euphemism) and writing 10 wrenching songs about a girl who turned me down — and that was just one afternoon! When I wasn’t penning…
Condos over culture
It’s a breezy Sunday afternoon in Queens, N.Y., and MoMA PS1, one of the largest institutes of contemporary art in America, is desolate. Instead, art lovers crowd on a block of abandoned buildings across the street. 5 Pointz, as this block is known, was the graffiti mecca of New York. For two decades, it was…
Theater review: O Guru Guru Guru, or Why I Don’t Want to Go to Yoga Class with You
CAST sets its mantra into motion.
First Drip (12/4/13): A year in concerts (photos), Detroit’s art, aliens(?), more
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Bureaucracy, technology and time have worked against N.C.’s neediest in 2013
Bags full of groceries surround Monique Butler as she waits for her ride home. The mother of two is visiting the Loaves and Fishes food pantry in Uptown, which First Presbyterian Church folded into its campus years ago, because she’s run out of options. Either she collects free food — which will hopefully last her…
A sound experiment
After a couple of decades carrying a heavy burden, I’m finally ready to share a defining secret about my childhood with the world: When I was in the 5th grade, I sort of, kind of cheated on my experiment at the annual science fair. You see, I wanted to win so badly that I reused…
The return of Jeff Hahne’s Homebrew
Check out the 15 songs included on this sixth volume of Jeff Hahne’s Homebrew — either by downloading or streaming the songs, or by using the Layar app in the pages of the Dec. 5 edition to hear the music on your phone. Below, find out more information about the bands and the meaning behind…
