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Reclaimed exhibit celebrates the art of screen print
In a back room at Ink Floyd, the NoDa-based printer, Jacob Freve is hard at work on a 12-by-18-inch poster. His tools aren’t colored markers or paint brushes, and he can’t just hit “print” on a laptop. Yet screen printing is just as much a hands-on process as what Claude Monet did. Freve pours a…
Today’s Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Tiki Hideaway offers an island adventure
Forget you’re in the Queen City at this Myers/Madison Park area bar.
Jean de Florette, Nightcrawler, 101 Dalmatians 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.) ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY (2014). Most screenwriters adapting literary properties face the daunting task of excising reams of text in order to produce a wieldy script rather…
Hozier already has Charlotte return planned
Violent Femmes, Jason Isbell and more concerts announced.
First Drip (2/10/15): Whole Foods coming to Uptown, Samsung TVs too smart, more
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Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
17 things to do for Valentine’s Day in Charlotte
A list of V-Day events for couples and singles alike.
Live review: Ingrid Michaelson, The Fillmore (2/6/2015)
Folk-pop songstress plays satisfying, if too short, show.
Live review: Toleman Randall, Double Door Inn (2/7/2015)
Grey Revell’s Roman Candles opens with a blistering set of its own.
Chris Brown’s Charlotte concert rescheduled for March 14
Tour was delayed so singer can complete community service.
First Drip (2/9/15): R.I.P. Dean Smith, Adnan Syed gets case reopened
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First notes (2/9/2015): It’s all about Beck and Kanye at Grammys
A weekly update of recent happenings in the world of music.
Today’s Top 5: Monday
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Today’s Top 5: Saturday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Masked and ready to sing: Phantom‘s Chris Mann
A mysterious number flashes across my phone’s screen and I know it must be singer/actor Chris Mann. He’s the man behind the mask of Broadway’s touring production of The Phantom of the Opera. I’m surprised to find that he sounded like a normal guy on the phone. You’d never know that this was the voice…
Raise a glass, raise some cash at Farm Hands
Event will raise money for Carolina farmers.
Jupiter Ascending / Seventh Son: The theory of flops
JUPITER ASCENDING**DIRECTED BY Andy Wachowski & Lana WachowskiSTARS Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis SEVENTH SON*1/2DIRECTED BY Sergey BodrovSTARS Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes I call it The Norbit Effect, that unfortunate happenstance when an acclaimed actor has a turkey in theaters at the same time he or she is hoping to nab an Academy Award for a…
Two Days, One Night works hard for the money
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT***1/2DIRECTED BY Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc DardenneSTARS Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione The members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences are batting .500 when it comes to the case of Two Days, One Night, the latest picture from those sibling purveyors of common folk, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. On one…
Today’s Top 5: Friday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
First Drip (2/6/15): Two killed at USC, transparency issues at fire department, more
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Opening Friday
What’s new in theaters this weekend.
Moo and Brew Festival on Wilson’s World
A little shameless self-promotion for our inaugural craft beer and burger festival.
First Drip (2/5/15): Anthem gets hacked, the Guv’s State of the State address, 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 (Feb. 5-11)
For All Signs: I have written several columns about the Uranus/Pluto squares. There are seven of them. The “feel” of this aspect began in 2010 as the Arab Spring developed. We are approaching the last square in March. It is a war between the common people and the “powers that be.” I want to interpret…
North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival announces lineup
Steep Canyon Rangers will headline the May event.
First Drip (2/4/15): R.I.P. Charlie Sifford, gas prices creep up, more
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A man’s right to choose
Rod (not his real name) sat in a south Charlotte reproductive health clinic, hugging his wife, who was there for a medically induced abortion. She didn’t speak. Tears streamed down her cheeks. “We’re both in agony about this,” Rod, 31, said. “I don’t understand how it happened. We were so careful.” The couple already has…
Culture Initiative puts a spotlight on ramen
What one dish can solve world hunger, be found in both a swanky urban restaurant and a Styrofoam cup on a construction site, and pairs perfectly with a multi-faceted art experience? The answer is ramen, of course. That steamy, savory bowl of springy noodles and brothy goodness. Think about it. If you’re out on a…
Intrepid Artists’ service with a smile
Rick Booth has had a lot of memorable moments as president of the booking agency Intrepid Artists International. He’s gone golfing with Dickey Betts. He’s chatted with B.B. King on his tour bus. He’s hung out backstage with Steven Tyler. But in a recent conversation, what the Charlotte-born booking agent raves about is the fact…
Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (Feb. 4)
How Much?!?: A South Park area department store reported the theft of Polo socks and a Polo belt. The socks retail for $34 and the belt sells for $195. Was the crime shoplifting or that Polo charges that much for socks and a belt? Oh Shihtzu: Officers were dispatched to the west Charlotte home of…
Goody Two Shoes
I have never been drunk. I’ve never even tasted beer. I might’ve had a sip of wine once when I was a kid, but beyond that, anything stronger than a drop of vanilla extract has never passed my lips. (Well, not on purpose, anyway. There was the Great Orange Soda Mix-Up of 2003, but I’ll…
Theater reviews: The Pillowman, Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Harvey
Killing people for the sheer fun of it isn’t just for sadists, tyrannical megalomaniacs or demented psychopaths. No, as Martin McDonagh’s darkly comical The Pillowman reminds us over and over, killing is also a playground for short story writers — and, of course, playwrights. Such sardonic, subversive sentiments didn’t quite capture the fancy of Tony…
NYC Theater reviews: Broadway & Off-Broadway
Shoveling snow isn’t my idea of great fun, so I decided to acknowledge the cruel lessons I’ve learned over the past two Februarys, when my wife and I had the hubris to drive up to New York into the teeth of winter. This year, we started out on the fourth day of Chanukah, arrived on…
Marlon Wayans talks about meditation, his first love and more
A quarter century. That’s how long Marlon Wayans has been in the comedy business. It’s a jarring stat from the youngest of the prodigious Wayans brothers, but he’s taken his time creating — and learning to control — his distinctive form of funny, and has grown up along the way. Wayans comes to The Comedy…
UNC’s Board of Governors is threatening to silence Gene Nichol and close his Poverty Center
The greatest threat to North Carolina, says Gene Nichol, director of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, is a plague of wrenching poverty. Ten years ago, North Carolina ranked 26th in poverty; it’s now 11th. Forty-one percent of minority children are poor, and in places like Charlotte, with the worst upward mobility of…
Queen City Conscious Market: Where a purchase keeps on giving
And it’s not even Christmas.
