FilmClips
NEW RELEASES BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF Movies that adopt an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach are often maddening messes, but this French import is reminiscent of countless other films and yet still manages to retain its own swagger of originality. With a first half that plays like Sleepy Hollow, a second half that begs comparison to From Hell,…
Cartoon Contest Winner
And the winner is. . . Dr. Ivy Hayes, who was selected from the many entries of folks who wanted signed copies of all the Jim Hunt editorial cartoons reprinted in the Best of Jim Hunt 2001 contest. Hunt’s cartoons will soon be winging their way to Hayes, via snail mail. Congratulations!
8 Days A Week
WEDNESDAY 23 The Misanthrope, a classic play by Moliere, is presented in a contemporary version by Charlotte Repertory Theatre in the Booth Playhouse of the Performing Arts Center. Preview performances will be tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30m with post-show “talkback” sessions. The official opening will be Friday, January 25, and the play will run…
Black Hawk Down
One of the most anticipated films of the year arrived in town last Friday. What’s different about this one is that Black Hawk Down was probably looked forward to by people who had read the original book by Mark Bowden more than by film fans per se. It’s no wonder. The print version of Black…
Stargazer
For All Signs The Age of Aquarius has its astronomical basis in what is called “precession of the equinoxes.” The earth’s magnetic north pole draws a large circle in the sky over a period of approximately 26,000 years. This is the result of gravitational pull from the moon and the sun, resulting in a wobbling…
Reach Out And Touch Someone
It’s been something of a mystery to Creative Loafing execs for a while now. They’d turn on WSOC Channel 9 and watch Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police vice officers who’d never so much as attempted to contact the paper complaining that Loafing continues to run sex-oriented ads for escorts services that are in reality prostitution rings. Why vice…
Karma Cleanser
Karma Cleanser: I’m one of those unlucky-in-love types who still believes in impossible dreams like finding a soulmate. Most everyone I know says I’m a fool for thinking like this but I believe in my heart of hearts that everyone belongs to someone, you just have to find that special person. The problem is my…
“We Are Disgusted, We Are Hurt”
As of deadline Monday, community leaders had planned to meet at the old city hall on Trade Street Tuesday morning to discuss a potential boycott. This is in the wake of the city council’s 8-3 vote to terminate a minority program that mandates that 6 percent of subcontracts be set aside for women and minority…
Echoes, Memories And Dreams
The new year brings a host of variety to our art scene. Painting and photography predominate the shows, and a couple of current exhibits reflect the personal pasts of the artists. * Echoes: A Century Survey, on display through February 8 in UNC-Charlotte’s Rowe Arts Main Gallery, is a fantastic exhibition by New York artist…
Who Knew?
For most of us, the first 15 years of life consists of diapers, cartoons and school — in that order (at least let’s hope so). But at 16, just as the acne has started to kick in and the body is morphing in all kinds of strange and embarrassing ways, we’re allowed to get a…
Post-9/11 Broadway
Emerging from the Park Place station in New York City on the evening of December 30, we saw the panorama of destruction spread out in front of us. From my birds-eye TV vantage point, I guess I’d imagined that the World Trade Center rubble measured about the area of two Yankee Stadiums. Now I’m thinking…
Bush’s First Year: A Quiz
1. What prank did outgoing Clinton staffers pull on the incoming Bush staff? a) They emptied out all the condom dispensers b) They removed the “w” keys from the computers c) They draped Monica’s thong over the fuselage of Air Force One d) They modified the nuclear briefcase to be operated by a Game Boy…
Three To Get Ready
Carl Hiaasen’s latest, Basket Case, is a bit of a departure for him. This is a more straightforward murder mystery that takes aim at the sorry state of the newspaper business, as opposed to his usual lambasting of Florida developers. Hiaasen, a native of South Florida and an award-winning investigative reporter before he turned his…
Rash Wins Novello Press Award
Writer Ron Rash, best known for his superb poetry, has been named winner of the 2002 Novello Festival Press Literary Award for his novel One Foot In Eden. Novello Press Executive Editors Amy Rogers and Frye Gaillard announced the award this week. “A number of the manuscripts we read were deserving of publication,” Rogers said.…
Arts Agenda
Classical Music Annual Richard and Betty Peek Recital and Masterclass Featuring Organist John Mitchener. Masterclass will be Feb. 2 from 9am-12pm, Recital will be Feb 3 at 4pm. Sat., Sun. Free. Covenant Presbyterian, 1000 E. Morehead St. 704-334-2283 Ext. 22. Brazillian Guitar Quartet The first-ever public performance in Davidson College’s new Duke Family Performance Hall.…
Dream Deferred
On January 15, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 72. If he had survived. And in every conceivable sense of the word, he has not. At least, not in mainstream American culture. In many ways, Ronald Reagan did the worst possible thing for the memory of Dr. King by acceding — reluctantly –…
Myers Park Dough
* There’s more dough in Myers Park these days. Krispy Kreme opened a new bakery last week in the former Eckerd’s location, 1025-A Providence Road. The good news for morning commuters is the shop is located on the right side (towards town) of the road. The bad news is there is no drive through, and…
Another Week Already
Charlotte Hornets owners George “Where’s The Love” Shinn and Trailer Boy Wooldridge signed a deal with the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana to take the Hornets to the Big Easy beginning next season. The NBA still has to approve the move to a smaller market, but chances of keeping the Hornets…
Aging Wine
Remember the Paul Masson wine commercial from the ’70s where the guy said, “We will sell no wine before its time”? Now I wasn’t much of a wine connoisseur in grade school, so I had no idea what that slogan meant back then. Well it only took me 20 years to figure it out, so…
Citizen Servatius
A few years ago, standing in line at the grocery store, I noticed this kid, about 16 or 17, in line behind me. He was of mixed race, and he had the most gorgeous eyes I’d ever seen, so feline and exotic it didn’t seem possible that they were real. I didn’t want to stare,…
GoodEats
b>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…
Measuring up
So recently I had a discussion about issues facing American youth, and one of the topics that happened to come up was Britain’s refusal to convert to the Euro. Voicing the views of so many American young people, I complained that Britain should have thought of this problem, like, before they joined the European Union.…
Head Spinning
Spin magazine, that bastion of cultural journalism, recently released their list of (drumroll please, with clarion call) The Top 50 Bands Of All Time. The criteria the magazine used had to do with bands’ impact on music and the bands and trends that followed, which would help explain Rage Against The Machine — a good…
Sports
If you’re a fan of pro team sports, why would you want to live in Charlotte? I’ve been asking myself that ever since our city ended a depressing sports year. Not because we don’t have interesting teams to watch, but as fans, we have about as much loyalty to our teams as Enron executives do…
Kee To Success
* Charlotte’s own John P. Kee has been nominated for a Grammy again. This year, he’s up for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album for his latest release, Not Guilty. The awards will be held in Los Angeles on February 27. * With the start of a new year, two local music organizations have named new…
Scene & Herd
Members Only: The Visulite Theatre held a Member Appreciation Party on Thursday night with a free show by the N’awlins band Juice, self-proclaimed progenitors of “Psychedelifunk.” The band’s leader was no doubt the scale-shredding guitarist, but the highlight was the band’s percussionist/harmonica player, a John-Popper like figure wearing a La’Roi Glover New Orleans Saints jersey.…
Music Menu
THURSDAY 1.24 Eric Lovell Band — The Jesus-like visage conceals one of the best musicians in town, on showcase all over town in the David Childers Band and in his own solo project, the appropriately titled Eric Lovell Band. Eric’s got a nice new CD out on SingleWing Records, titled The Long Road, and he…
Homefront Advisor
What does it mean to “freeze” the assets of terrorists? On September 24, President Bush issued an executive order freezing the financial assets of individuals and organizations the government deems are involved in or supportive of terrorism. When the feds say assets are frozen, they simply mean that it is illegal to move the asset…
Soundboard
Wednesday, Jan. 23 Alabama Grill, Concord Jamie O’Neal w/ Rascal Flatts & Darryl Worley Bayou Kitchen Bill Noonan Big Al’s, Mooresville Robin Brown Cajun Queen 7th Street Gator Band Cajun Queen, Pineville 7th Street Gator Band II Connolly’s Craig & Rich Dilworth Coffeehouse Open Mic w/ Bert Wray* Double Door Inn The Interstellars *The Evening…
Letters
Don’t Talk About It To The Editors: In reference to Lucy Perkins’ “Frailty, Thy Name Is Not Woman” (CL, January 9): Lucy, you may know a little about women but you don’t know much about men. Men do not discuss menstruation, childbirth, or jiggly boobs. Never. As a matter of fact, men seldom talk about…
Sam The Sham
Has there been a more shameless movie released over the past 12 months than I Am Sam? And could there possibly have been a less likely actor than Sean Penn at the center of such a debacle? One of today’s most compelling performers, Penn has never been known to pander to the lowest common denominator.…
The Blotter
* An elementary school reported a burglary after someone entered the school through an unlocked door and stole several classroom supplies, including televisions and VCRs, as well as “7 boxes of miscellaneous ice cream items.” * Having arrived home, a man parked his car, locked the car doors, and left the car keys on the…
