Free Chick-fil-A on Cow Appreciation Day, July 9
Chick-Fil-A is celebrating Cow Appreciation Day on Friday, July 9, buy offering a free meal to any customer who visits one of the restaurants fully dressed as a cow.
What’s new at Discovery Place?
Upgrades and additions to Discovery Place make it worthy of a visit.
A WTF moment in South Carolina
No bondage tools, no hardcore porn, but you can get a Love Machine from the cashier …
Audiofloss — Vol. 4, No. 5: Promoter Mike Kitchen talks DJ Jazzy Jeff’s July 4 Q.C. party at The Forum
Jeff spins at The Forum’s closing party on July 4. Get all the details here.
Your band could open for KISS
Legendary rock band Kiss is holding a contest to find its opening act for upcoming shows, including the one in Charlotte. Currently, Charity Case is in the lead for the Charlotte show on Aug. 28 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. Find out more information here.
Localized mini-Novello in the works
It looks as if there may be some relief for fans of the Novello Festival after all.
Glenn Beck reaches new depths of delusion
Glenn Beck hasn’t exactly established himself as an icon of reason and clear thinking, but the Unbalanced One has now outdone himself, disappearing into a fantasy world in which up is down, light is dark, and Martin Luther Kin, Jr. is a conservative. Beck plans to hold a “Restoring Honor” Tea Party rally at the…
Announcing the winner of Chicago tickets
Drum roll, please…
Ready your rollout recycling cart
Next week’s the big week for Char-Meck’s new recycling program.
Q.C. gets props for light rail
Never taken Lynx? Watch a video tour.
S.C.: Rally for the rebel flag
The Civil War ended 145 years ago. Let it go.
Best bets in Charlotte comedy this week, June 28-July 4
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
Neighborhood Theatre, 6/25/10
It was a free music night, featuring The Mantras, at Neighborhood Theatre on Friday, June 25.
Tonight’s Top 5, 06/28/10
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, June 28, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
Live review: DudeFest 2010
Inaugural DudeFest rocks the NoDa neighborhood on June 26, 2010.
Cheesing it up: Photos from the Pizza Tour
Everyone was so stuffed we had to practically roll the pizza tour folks off the bus at the end.
Live review: Electric Coma
Local duo performs at Tremont Music Hall on June 24.
Free Boat Ride for 2!
All Aboard Anchor Island
Tribute overload
Michael Jackson tributes are all over the place but you may have missed this one.
Dar Williams and Foxy Shazam tonight (June 28)
Quirky, spastic rock at Tremont, mellow folk at McGlohon Theatre.
Today’s Top 5: Monday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Jeans and Jewels, 6/26/10
The inaugural Jeans and Jewels Gala with Silent Auction was held at the Carillon building Uptown Charlotte on Saturday night.
DudeFest, 6/26/10
It was DudeFest in NoDa on Saturday, June 26. Photos by Rhiannon Bowman
Oreo-studded peanut butter chocolate chip cookies
It was only logical to throw the Oreos into my batch of peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, right?
Today’s Top(less) 5: Monday
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date.
Keeping Riley tonight (June 27)
New Jersey natives Keeping Riley bring eclectic sound to Tremont.
Kellie Pickler tonight (June 26)
Local yocal country star Kellie Pickler performs at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.
$10 Live Nation deals for this weekend
Here are the deals for this weekend via Live Nation’s all-in lawn tickets for $10: On Saturday, June 26 from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m.: TOBY KEITH – July 11 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte CHICAGO/THE DOOBIE BROTHERS – June 29 – Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre Charlotte On Sunday, June 27 from 12:01 a.m. until…
Karaoke meets hip-hop
Russell Simmons has unveiled his “Def Jam Rapstar” — hip-hop karaoke — at the E3 conference: \\\\\\\\\\
Charlotte-area 4th of July events
Check out this list of events celebrating the 4th of July in Charlotte and the surrounding area.
Live review: Earth, Wind & Fire
Stars align, inclement weather holds off and Earth, Wind & Fire puts on a show worthy of their legendary status.
What to do this weekend (June 25-27)
Some random picks of events going on in Charlotte’s nightlife line-up.
Knight and Day: Plot eclipsed by stars
Cruise and Diaz are main reasons to consider seeing mindless action flick.
Mother and Child: Strong dynamics
Drama about adoption showcases three excellent performances by its leading ladies.
Jonah Hex fires blanks
Comic book adaptation is a blown opportunity.
Grown Ups: Arrested development
Painful comedy is one of Sandler’s worst.
Big business to vouch for undocumented workers
As the nation’s proposed immigration reforms continue to stir the political pot, an unexpected addition to the bubbling stew hopes to make it boil over.
The jobless and the elephant in the room
The Senate bowed to Republican threats of a filibuster yesterday and nixed a bill to extend unemployment benefits to the 1.2 million people out of work for longer than six months. This is the first time that unemployment benefits have not been extended when the unemployment rate is above 7.5 percent, and is, in effect,…
10-in-10 CD reviews
Each Friday, we review 10 recently released CDs in 10 words each.
Tonight’s Top 5, 06/25/10
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, June 25, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing. • Party on the Patio at M5 • Free Music Night at Neighborhood Theatre •Looking Good and Feeling Good with Emynd at Dharma Lounge •Summer Kickoff Party at Whisky River •Draught for the Draft Party at Buffalo…
Dazzle up your denim at Jeans and Jewels
Jeans and Jewels, a benefit for 24 Hours of Booty, is happening this Saturday (June 26) at the Carillon Building Uptown
Today’s Top 5: Friday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Harry Reid tries again
The Senator hopes to push a climate and energy bill through before the August recess.
Crazy for iPhones, RPat
What’s with people camping for days for a movie or a phone?
Duke Energy withholding taxes, schools suffer
Energy company ticking off the good folks of Ohio and Indiana.
Pizza Foodie Tour is sold out
For those who will be joining us tomorrow on the dub-decker, see y’all pizza party people tomorrow at 1 pm.
Today’s $10 deals from Live Nation (June 25)
Live Nation is offering $10 all-in lawn ticket deals for the rest of June. The deals for June 25 are: BRAD PAISLEY – Friday August 27 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte COUNTING CROWS – July 14– Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre Charlotte The deal runs until 11:59 p.m. tonight.
Sale: Black & Blue’s $99 and $49 jean sale
For 10 days only!
Petra’s Piano Bar, 6/24/10
Petra’s Piano Bar hosted The Dirty Spelling Bee Thursday night, June 24. Photos by Rhiannon Bowman
Street Style: Whatever goes … flows
His styles shows that you don’t have to match to be the coolest guy on the block.
Artist Adam Hughes Runs into Charlotte tonight
Geek alert!
Drivin’ n’ Cryin’ headline the evening’s events (June 25)
Ty Bru rhymes and reasons at the Milestone, Cyril Neville shows off his legendary blues at the Double Door Inn.
Today’s Top(less) 5: Friday
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date.
MANish at a great-ish price
Live review of Ralph Harr
Weekender, June 25-27
Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend.
Sex Q&A: Coretta Livingstone has the key to unlocking your love, sorta
Unlike other Lock and Key Parties, this one won’t be held at a club.
McChrystal isn’t main problem in ‘Allah’s Cat Box’
The awkward episode over Gen. McChrystal’s insubordination during his Rolling Stone debut is over, and the careless general is on his way home after Pres. Obama reasserted a basic American principle of military deference to civilian authority. But while the article and McChrystal’s firing have sent the media flailing around in their usual breathless frenzy,…
Suite, 6/23/10
Party pics from Suite last night, Wednesday, June 23. Photos by Kate Robinson.
Drink of the week: The Grape Big Chew
Found at Fifty 1
Tonight’s Top 5, 06/24/10
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, June 24, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing. • The Dirty Spelling Bee at Petra’s • The Style Suite: Men’s Appreciation Event at Crave • Bass Church at Neighborhood Theatre • Open Mic Night at Puckett’s • Shiprocked Dance Party at Snug Harbor
Worse than a KFC Double Down?
And you thought KFC’s Double Down sandwich was unbelievable. The cheese and bacon sandwich that uses two pieces of chicken instead of bread will go down in U.S. fast food history, but, incredibly, it has already met its match. The food website Slashfood reports that the Friendly’s chain of restaurants now offer, for your arteries’…
ACLU backs Amazon’s tax battle with state
Want tax money? Legalize pot.
CODE RED!
It might be best if you stayed inside today.
Patio Party at M5, Friday 6/25
Enjoy drink specials and food for a good cause.
Lobbyist for a day
Though it wasn’t a victorious day, it was an eye-opening day.
$10 Live Nation deals for June 24
Today’s Live Nation $10 ticket deals (all-in lawn tickets) are for: BARENAKED LADIES – Friday July 30 – Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre Charlotte JONAS BROTHERS – Sunday October 17 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte This runs until 11:59 p.m. tonight.
New iPhone 4 draws masses to stores despite reception issue
More than 1,000 people lined up at Apple in SouthPark this morning.
Today’s Top 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top(less) 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date.
Best bets in Charlotte comedy, June 23-27
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
Has the heat wave cooled your sex life?
If you’re hot — like, temperature hot — but horny, you can still enjoy some sex with your partner without worrying about a heat stroke.
Trailer for new Batman movie debuts
See trailer for latest superhero flick.
Concert announcement: Deftones
Band could be performing at the Fillmore in September.
Tonight’s Top 5, 06/23/10
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, June 23, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
Open bar this Friday at Tilt
Hosted by SocialFlockers, a partygoers promotional company.
A Metropolis of Nightlife: The Metropolitan
The Metropolitan brings new nightlife to Charlotte, and makes Charlotte more Metropolitan
Inaugural DudeFest invades NoDa venues
Featuring more than 20 bands, DudeFest will also feature some man-centric activities such as a beer tasting, chicken wing eating contest and motorcycle rally.
Eastland Mall closes its doors June 30
Four notable residents share their mall memories with Creative Loafing.
Eat pizza, win tickets to see Chicago
Breaking news: All pizza tourists coming on our Eat My Charlotte Foodie Tour this Saturday, June 26, will have the chance to enter a free raffle to win a pair of tickets to the Chicago and The Doobie Brothers concert that’s going down at the Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre on Tuesday, June 29. So for…
Professor Bun B?
Legendary Texas rapper to teach a course at Rice University.
America, fuck yeah!
Last minute goal further proves why the rest of the World hates us.
Election wrap-up & breakdown
Timmy Boy, we hardly knew ye. And thank God for that. In the 8th Congressional District GOP primary runoff, the Wild Man from Raeford, Tim D’Annunzio — whose wacked out ideas and enraged rants freaked out even the right-wingers running the GOP — lost to Harold Johnson, a famous former Charlotte sportscaster and human cardboard…
Upcoming: Men’s Appreciation Event
This Thursday, Charlotte STYLE Magazine is bringing the fellas an event they’ll not want to miss.
Today’s Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Street Style: Mix and Match
Cardigan, T-shirt, skirt, leggings, and sneakers?
Pura Vida Worldly Art is moving
Goodbye Plaza Midwood, hello NoDa!
The Avett Brothers at Bonnaroo video
A couple of weeks ago, The Avett Brothers performed at the 2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival — on one of the main stages, for a radio broadcast and in a smaller tent. Crackerfarm has put together a video of the day… Check it out: \\\\\\\\\\
The Queers and Health tonight (June 23)
The Queers Legendary pop-punk progeny (make that “post-punk pop-punk progeny”) The Queers never was the kind of band (nor had the kind of band name) to cash in on its well-known notoriety and influence. Lead Queer Joe King – the lone original member, although there have been dozens of sidemen throughout the years – still…
Today’s $10 Live Nation offer
Today’s $10 all-in lawn ticket deals are for: TOBY KEITH – Sunday July 11 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte CHICAGO/DOOBIE BROTHERS – June 29 – Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre Charlotte It runs until 11:59 p.m. tonight at livenation.com.
Today’s Top(less) 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, June 23, 2010 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing. • Pure Wednesday at Halo • Midweek on Fifth Street at The Attic • No Cover Wednesday…
Sneak Peek: Molly MacPhersons Scottish Pub
Molly MacPhersons is opening this weekend, take a sneak peak into Charlotte’s new Scottish Pub.
Tasting wines at The Capital Grille
The Capital Grille is currently offering a special Master Wine Tasting Event this summer featuring vintage and insider wines from around the globe, picked out by Master Sommelier George Miliotes. For $25, your waiter will help you pair California, Italy, and New Zealand wines from the Tasting Event menu with your meal. During my visit…
Sex before the big game? You bet
Here’s a lesson from the World Cup, sex before the big game is not a BFD.
E-mail Hagan: Support gay job protection
June is Gay Pride Month, so let the politicians know where you stand. In recognition of the month’s designation, President Obama is meeting this afternoon with members of various state organizations that work toward legal equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens. Obama has also ordered the Labor Department to set up an expansion…
Recession, architecture and Dope: A tale of two art shows
A look at a duo of notable shows that opened this month
Photos: Fashion Soul at Dharma Lounge
Look at those shoes!
UNC is broke
For the first time, the University is turning qualified students away.
Street Style: Miss Rainbow Bright
By Alexis Greene Name: Jamie Miller Occupation: Retail store manager Spotted: Bakers in Northlake Mall Rockin’: Earrings: Forever 21 Shirt Dress: Wet Seal Waist Belt: Forever 21 Boyfriend ripped Jeans: Charlotte Russe Dress Sandal Heels: Bakers What inspired your look today?: “Color; it’s hot and dark colors are really not in — it’s really, really…
Primary run-off is TODAY
Go vote. Go vote. Go vote. Go vote. Go vote.
Lady Gaga bares all in Rolling Stone
There’s a lot of chatter about the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone. First, people are talking about the cover of the magazine which features Lady Gaga in machine guns and little else. Second, they’re talking about the article itself which discusses Gaga’s desire to keep up an image and always portray Lady Gaga — whether…
Upcoming: Wish Upon a Wedding launch party
Welcome to Charlotte the Carolinas’ chapter of the world’s first nonprofit wedding wish granting organization.
R.I.P., last bag of non-tainted shrimp
Should we eat it, hold a wake for it or preserve it?
This week’s new releases (June 22)
Here’s a quick list of some of the new albums hitting stores today: Chemical Brothers Further Danzig Deth Red Sabaoth Eminem Recovery Macy Grey The Sellout Ozzy Osbourne Scream The Roots How I Got Over
Video: J Cole’s “Who Dat”
North Carolina MC making National noise comes home to shoot new video.
Opening this week
What’s opening Wednesday and Friday at area theaters.
Do you love fake eyelashes?
Ten By Ten Eyelashes brings you Glam Girls Night Out.
Public Free Day at Discovery Place
Discovery Place invites folks to visit its quarters for no cost during its Public Free Day on Sunday, June 27, from 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
Today’s $10 lawn ticket offer (June 22)
Live Nation has announced the bands for today’s $10 lawn ticket offer — LILITH FESTIVAL – August 6- Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre GOO GOO DOLLS – August 10 – Road Runner Mobile Amphitheatre The offer is good until 11:59 p.m. tonight.
Dazzling up denim at Jeans and Jewels benefit
The particularly laid-back dress code of this gala — happening on June 26 at the Carillon Building Uptown — entails a combo of both formal and casual.
Tonight’s Top 5, 06/22/10
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, June 22, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
Good Old War tonight (June 22)
American folk band bring acoustic style to Tremont.
Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top(less) 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date.
The tough transformation of author Pat MacEnulty
Going to prison was one of the best things that ever happened to Pat MacEnulty. By the late 1970s, when she and some friends were arrested for breaking into a pharmacy to steal drugs, MacEnulty had been aching for a big change. A smart young woman from a creative family, she had grown weary of…
Susan Burgess was no saint, and neither are we
The late Susan Burgess was a flesh-and-blood human being, which automatically means that she was complicated, at times self-contradictory, both generous and self-serving, funny and fearful, like most of us. That isn’t the message we normally send each other when someone in a leadership position passes away — and it’s certainly not the way local…
Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files
Eat My Shorts: A 21-year-old man called police after someone damaged his property. The man told officers that the suspect was at his residence when she poured ketchup and assorted food items onto six of his shirts, one pair of jeans and a pair of sneakers. It all added up to $232 worth of damage.…
Kicked while down: Unemployed and uninsured
While America is fixated on the BP oil spill, another crisis has been brewing under the radar: the denial of insurance coverage to the unemployed. Talk about being kicked when you’re down. According to a June 12 Associated Press article: “Congress allowed emergency health care assistance for unemployed workers to expire May 31, and seems…
Did nature clean up most of the Exxon Valdez oil spill?
The current drama over the gulf oil spill reminds me of an article some years ago saying that, despite millions spent on massive coastline cleanup following the Exxon Valdez disaster, contaminated areas untouched by cleanup crews reverted to their pristine pre-spill condition just as quickly as those with human help. Is this a case of…
A local news roundup
Are you too fat? Is your kid? Your state legislator wants to know. Last week, the Carolina Journal reported that state legislators in both the House and the Senate want to weigh your kid. Officials are debating over which kids should have body mass index tests, with the results reported to state government, of course.…
Weekly horoscope June 23-29, 2010
Cancer The Crab (June 21-July 21): Your plans and ideas may be challenged by another at this time. If you have done the necessary groundwork, you will emerge the winner. Do your best to generate a win-win situation out of the duel, and avoid a frank battle of wills. For All Signs: We have entered…
Book review: Nathaniel Philbrick’s The Last Stand
The Battle of the Little Bighorn, or Custer’s Last Stand, took place in Montana on the afternoon of June 25, 1876. Since then, it has become so deeply ingrained in American history and imagination, and so much minutiae has been examined, you’d think it was impossible to find anything new to write about it. What’s…
Toy Story 3: Factory guarantee
Three-peats may be rare in the sports world, but they’re even harder to achieve in the cinematic realm. Yet here comes Toy Story 3, bucking the odds and satisfying sky-high expectations to emerge as the perfect final chapter in a trilogy that’s guaranteed to live on for generations (to infinity and beyond?). It’s been a…
Theater review: Five Course Love
Beginning with the garish, glowing turquoise paint on the walls of the set, subtlety is on short ration these days at Actor’s Theatre. But if you’re hungry for a supersized slapstick buffet, you should be setting your GPS for 615 E. Stonewall Street and chowing down on the boffo buffoonery of Five Course Love. We…
The Secret in Their Eyes well worth seeing
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES***1/2DIRECTED BY Juan Jose CampanellaSTARS Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil The most recent Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, Argentina’s The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos) seized its victory from the maw of the overrated frontrunner The White Ribbon. But awards are ultimately just a feather…
Theater review: Into the Woods
With its fairytale simplicities and adult analytics, Into the Woods is Stephen Sondheim’s most profound work, with mythological and psychological depths woven into the music as well as the text and lyrics. Yet I’ve always enjoyed Act 1 and its artful interweaving of five happily-ever-after fairytales more than the brainier Act 2 and its grim…
Please Give deserves your dollars
The Martin Scorsese-Leonardo DiCaprio and Tim Burton-Johnny Depp partnerships have become famous in their own right, so why not the team of writer-director Nicole Holofcener and actress Catherine Keener? All four of Holofcener’s films to date — Walking and Talking, Lovely & Amazing, Friends with Money and now Please Give — have featured Keener heading…
Broken promises, broken laws, broken lives
Federal authorities are investigating whether officials of the government south of the border participated in a citizen’s kidnapping and torture — Canadian authorities, that is, investigating the possible role of U.S. officials in the “extraordinary rendition” of Canadian citizen Maher Arar. “Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for arresting someone and secretly sending him to another…
Splice merges originality with formula
Fans of classic monster movies will see Splice and of course immediately think of Frankenstein. Connoisseurs of modern horror-science fiction mixes will check it out and be reminded of such works as Species and David Cronenberg’s take on The Fly. But who could have possibly guessed that the film that served as its primary inspiration…
Another world is possible; another Detroit is happening
DETROIT — “I have a dream.” Ask anyone where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. first proclaimed those words, and the response will most likely be at the March on Washington in August 1963. In fact, he delivered them two months earlier, on June 23, in Detroit, leading a march down Woodward Avenue. King said:…
Lauded Chef Brett McKee to open eatery in August
Ever dreamed of a restaurant where your favorite dish was on the menu — because you said so? Well, wake up. Your dream comes true on Aug. 23 when noted Charleston Chef Brett McKee brings 15 North to town. If you’ve been to Charleston, S.C., and dined at Oak Steak House, then you’re probably Facebook…
BENEFIT: Life, Lyrics & Laughter Benefit Concert
Stand-up comedian, TV star and actress Erica Watson (who is regularly featured on BET, Oxygen network and starred in the Oscar-winning film Precious … but she’s big and beautiful that’s all you really need to know) visits the Q.C. tonight to host the Life, Lyrics & Laughter Benefit Concert — which helps support Hip Hop…
3 questions with Michael Brawley, beer aficionado
As Michael Brawley hops on a brownish-orange moped named “Buddy,” fully equipped for riding, his appearance simultaneously confirms and belies the fact he is the resident beer aficionado at Brawley’s Beverage. His store at 4620 Park Road, which he manages, has become Charlotte’s highest-rated specialty beer and wine shop, according to BeerAdvocate.com. Creative Loafing: How…
COMEDY: Ralph Harris
Any man who describes himself as a “Man-ish boy” is someone I want to stay away from — mainly for fear of immaturity. But comedian Ralph Harris — coming to Booth Playhouse — is an exception. Though his new stand-up gig is called MANish Boy, I’m willing to bet it entails laughter as opposed to…
Uptown Jazz Fest brings smooth sounds back to the Q.C.
Charlotte’s not exactly known as a “jazz-friendly” city. Not that music fans here hate the genre; it’s just difficult to hear it on a regular basis in the Queen City. Well, thanks to a group of promoters organized by Charles Whitfield, vice president of A&R for Hidden Beach Recordings (home of Jill Scott and other…
MUSIC: Uptown Jazz Festival
The smoother side of jazz takes the spotlight tonight at the Uptown Jazz Fest, featuring music by The Rippingtons, Norman Brown, Mike Phillips, Maysa, Alex Bugnon and more. $43-$103. 6 p.m. Road Runner Amphitheatre (formerly Uptown Amphitheatre), 820 Hamilton St. 704-365-4587. www.uptowncharlottejazzfest.com.
Making Charlotte Metropolitan
I found some new nightlife in Charlotte … at Target. Actually, I was driving through the Metropolitan community in Midtown on my way to Target and saw a band performing on a massive patio at what looked like a mini Alive After Five. Seeing as how the traditional Thursday after-work party keeps hood hopping, I…
MUSIC: Charlotte Symphony’s Music for Lovers
It’s pretty sweet that Charlotte Symphony does the good deed of giving folks a high-quality series of summer concerts for free. Having already staged performances with titles like Symphonic Dances, Musical Travels and Supermen, the symphony presents another concert on June 27 at Symphony Park at SouthPark Mall. The show, titled Music for Lovers, will…
Charlotteans share memories of dying Eastland Mall
Next Wednesday marks the end of an era as Eastland Mall closes its doors for the last time. Built in 1975, it was once one of Charlotte’s premier shopping destinations. But over the last two decades, Eastland has been in decline, losing all of its anchor stores — such as Sears and Dillards — and…
FILM: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Remember Pee Wee Herman’s catch phrase “I know you are but what am I?” Well, you can hear it again — and spoken in that awful voice — during a film screening of Pee Wee’s Big Adventure at Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte during its Cult Movie Mondays series. The movie revolves around the character of…
Truckstop Preachers aim to entertain with unique brand of country
Johnny Cash prances around onstage wearing nothing but his boxers and a deer head. Dave Dudley wanders through the audience, giving lap dances while singing “Truck Drivin’ Man.” Welcome to a parallel universe created by the Truckstop Preachers, where country gets stood on its ear Preachers front man Nathan Palmer is the man in the…
ART: Lineage of NoDa at The Adam Ramsey Miller Gallery
You’d pretty much have to be a stranger to Charlotte if you’ve never set foot in NoDa. One of the Q.C.’s major art hubs, thriving with galleries and regularly scheduled art crawls, the district is also known to have inspired many artists to bring those very scenes to life on canvas. During a group exhibition…
Inaugural DudeFest invades NoDa venues on June 26
If there’s a Charlotte FemmeFest, then why isn’t there a DudeFest? That’s the question Evening Muse co-owner asked his wife, Lea, when the two were talking about the inaugural female-centric festival three years ago. Well, his wish has come true as their efforts have culminated in the first DudeFest, to be held in NoDa on…
PARTY: Twilight Movie Release Party
Suck on this: Adult fans of the vamp sensation Twilight come together for a special party and screening at Mez and Epicentre Theaters in celebration of the latest flick of the saga, Eclipse tonight. Cocktails, a guest DJ and more will be featured at Mez at 8 p.m. The movie will begin in Epicentre Theaters…
CL previews upcoming concerts (June 23-29)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23 The Queers Legendary pop-punk progeny (make that “post-punk pop-punk progeny”) The Queers never was the kind of band (nor had the kind of band name) to cash in on its well-known notoriety and influence. Lead Queer Joe King – the lone original member, although there have been dozens of sidemen throughout the…
