Film Clips
NEW RELEASES CHARLOTTE FILM SOCIETY Movies begin this Friday at the Manor. Call 704-414-2355 for details. * CITIZEN KANE Orson Welles’ 1941 masterpiece has been cited as the greatest film ever made from so many different quarters, it’s a wonder that a Congressional law hasn’t been passed making it required viewing for anyone who claims…
8 Days A Week
WEDNESDAY 9 The Charlotte Hornets will play the Atlanta Hawks tonight at 7pm at the Coliseum. Tickets range from $9-$39. For more information, call 1-800-4NBA-TIX. The Charlotte Checkers will play the Columbus Cottonmouths tonight at 7pm at Cricket Arena. Tickets range from $6-$19. For more information, call 704-522-6500. The Union County Players will present Death…
Standing Tall
At first, attending the recent Little People of America (LPA) Christmas party in McAdenville was another of those surreal experiences reporters get used to. After a while, though, I realized that the “surreal” feeling was actually the result of my having come to the party with some preconceived notions I hadn’t been aware of. While…
Stargazer
For All Signs In the early part of 1997 Jupiter and Uranus began a 13-year cycle that represents renewed hope for the New World, the global outlook, and the manifestation of the Aquarian Age. For individuals, it brought a new beginning, the conception of a fresh idea. Between now and May the positions of these…
Checkmate, Brother
Thought the Hornets’ new arena deal was dead? Think again. There may now be a solution to the issue that ripped Charlotte apart last summer. On Monday, corporate leaders stunned the Charlotte City Council or most of it with a $100 million offer that could pay close to half the cost of a…
Karma Cleanser
My girlfriend works in an office with about 50 other people. Because of this, she can’t keep anything personal in her cubicle. During her year at the company, she’s had coffee mugs, CDs, even a potted fern swiped off her desk. he same thing happens to her co-workers. This makes her unhappy at the job,…
Homefront Adviser
Where’s the next stop in our overseas war on terror? Even though we still have one or two small tasks yet to complete in Afghanistan — getting bin Laden and Mullah Omar, picking up our empty cans and bottles, etc. — it appears our government is moving ahead with plans to expand the war against…
Twinkle, Twinkle
A star is rising in Charlotte near West Boulevard just under the I-277 overpass. The star is a faint, slow burning blue. The star is named Duy Huynh. He’s a 26-year-old Vietnamese-American painter. In his anonymous home in the Wilmore section of Charlotte, Duy Huynh (pronounced YEE WEN) quietly works on paintings which are signposts…
Citizen Servatius: Textbook Charlotte
There’s nothing more amusing to me than watching this city’s loopy visionheads run smack into the brick wall of reality, then stagger away wondering what hit them. In fact, I enjoy it so much, I’ve built a full-time career out of it. Needless to say, they’ve done it again. This time, it’s the uptown trolley…
Crummy Year, Great Books
For such a lousy year (terrorist attacks, war, stolen election, recession, you name it), last year sure delivered a bumper crop of good reading. Even in a time when book publishers are being swallowed left and right by giant, roster-clearing conglomerates, the power of the word triumphed. Locally, our own library system became the first…
Frailty, Thy Name Is Not Woman
Well, since it’s now 2002, I need to get cracking on my New Year’s resolution, which is to speak my mind about things. I usually tend to keep things bottled up without telling people what I really think about issues. All that is about to change. From now on, no holding back. OK, two men…
Tired of making things up?
Creative Loafing announces its first annual Creative Non-Fiction Contest for writers in the Carolinas, in association with the CPCC Spring Literary Festival. What, exactly, do we mean by creative non-fiction? It’s memoirs and essays and any work of non-fiction written in a literary style, as opposed to a journalistic one. Some examples would be books…
Sports: Homefront Advisor
In 2002, I hope that. . . The Carolina Panthers Strengthen the Weakest Links. Going for them are quarterback Chris Weinke, the late-season play of the offensive line and special teams. Leadership? Running game? Defense? Bring them up to respectability and black-and-blue will return to being merely a description of the team’s colors — not…
Arts Agenda
Classical MusicChamber Music at Queens Performing in concert will be pianist Mac McClure. His program will include Saint-Saens, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Granados. There will be a pre-concert lecture at 7:15pm. Sat., Jan. 19, 8:15 p.m. $20. Queens College, 1900 Selwyn Ave. 704-337-2213. Charlotte Symphony Performance with guest conductor Junichi Hirokami and guest pianist Anton Kuerti…
Spurred To Writing Greatness
My heroes have always been cowboys. . . Cowboy hats. They look good on cowboys, naturally. The look good on women, albeit in a Cowboy Ugly, Madonna kind of way. They somehow manage to make Garth Brooks appear a bit more palatable, and sometimes musicians in general, as evidenced by singer/songwriter Phil Lee’s 10-gallon hat…
East To West
If you think a Sloppy Joe is a triple-decker cold cut sandwich on rye with coleslaw and Russian dressing, then you must be from Northern Jersey. If so, you need to go to Lee Katz’s deli, Katz New York. If you twist his arm, Katz, a native of Bergen County, NJ, will produce a Sloppy…
Letters
Innovative Thinking To The Editors: Re: “Get Over It” (CL, December 26), Tara Servatius is one of the most innovative thinkers in Charlotte. I enjoyed her column challenging city hall to recognize the contribution of activities like dance clubs to creating a vital, engaging space. Until these places opened, downtown had all the charm of…
What’ll Ya Have?
Performance anxiety has gripped every soul who has ever been assigned the wine list. Tension builds as one guest wants salmon, another chooses steak, still another tofu, and nervous sweat beads form on your forehead. The eager party awaits your choice of the perfect bottle of wine; the wine to end all wines — the…
The Blotter
* A man called police after he discovered someone had swiped his new mountain bike from his front yard. By the time police arrived, the man had located his missing bike, which had been lying in the street a few houses down from his own. Apparently the guy didn’t learn a lesson the first time,…
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…
To Grandmother’s House
When it gets busy here, I expect you to help yourself, just like you would at your grandma’s house,” Abdul Bilal, owner of Grandma’s Country Kitchen, told our table. This Kings Mountain native is serious. At times, veteran diners from surrounding tables migrate to the drink station to refill their foam cups with sweet tea…
The God Couple
“God writes the words. I just hold the pen.” — Hank Williams, Sr. Fueled by a spiritual quest that’s both powerful and inspiring, Buddy and Julie Miller have created a musical style that stems from their unique combination of blue-eyed soul, sweet country charm, and rock & roll energy. Their partnership was the result of…
Major News
* World Class Fad have parted ways with their lead guitarist Craig Hanks, and the remaining members have decided to revive Major Nelson. Henry Pharr and Buddy Dukes will assume their original Major duties on, respectively, guitar and vocals, and drums. Lori Dalton will handle keys, vocals, guitar and percussion, and Jeff Dunegan will play…
Music Menu
The American Plague A trio from Knoxville, TN spews forth punk rock; there are plenty of high fives with Motorhead, Stooges and Ramones, along with raw 70s glam sentiments. It’s basically a case of yelling, “One, two, three!” into the mic and kicking in fast and furious American rock & roll with all the bone-crunching…
Soundboard
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 BAYOU KITCHEN Bill Noonan BIG AL’S, MOORESVILLE Robin Brown BOARDWALK BILLY’S, UNCC Billarabi CAJUN QUEEN 7th Street Gator Band CAJUN QUEEN, PINEVILLE 7th Street Gator Band II CAT’S CRADLE, CARRBORO Buddy & Julie Miller DILWORTH COFFEEHOUSE Open Mic w/ Bert Wray DOUBLE DOOR Machine 7 w/ Scott English THE EVENING MUSE Bret…
Cinema 2001
Call them the bastard children of John Malkovich. It’s not unusual to occasionally stumble across a movie that likes to think outside the box, but over the past few years, one of the most influential has arguably been 1999’s Being John Malkovich, which rode an overwhelming number of superlative reviews to decent box office, some…
