Today’s Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, June 29, 2016 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing. • Dollar Signs w/ Modern Moxie, Mall Goth, Sext Message at Snug Harbor • Screening of Jaws at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library (Steele Creek Branch) • Almost Famous Comedy Show at…
Live review: Twenty One Pilots, CMCU Amphitheatre (6/28/2016)
Band performs for sold-out crowd in Charlotte.
Lunch Break (6/29/16): Obama set to visit Charlotte to officially support Clinton
The morning already passed us by. What the hell happened?
Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Lunch Break (6/28/16): Reward money offered for info in pawn shop robbery; NoDa break-ins believed to be connected
The morning already passed us by. What the hell happened?
Bad Company deserves a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
For Simon Kirke, a longtime member of Bad Company – coming to Charlotte for a performance at PNC Amphitheater on June 30 – this summer’s “One Hell of a Night” tour marks one hell of a milestone. He’s surpassed more than 600 gigs with the band. Bad Company has consisted of a revolving cast of…
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.
Today’s Top 5: Friday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
The Shallows: Step Lively
THE SHALLOWS *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Jaume Collet-Serra STARS Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the sunlight following what’s proving to be a rather desultory summer movie season, along comes The Shallows to drive everyone back into the deep end of the auditorium. Like…
Free State of Jones: Civil chore
FREE STATE OF JONES ** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Gary Ross STARS Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw Just as much history can be found in the eight minutes required to listen to Guns N’ Roses’ “Civil War” as can be derived from the 140 minutes necessary to watch Free State of Jones, the new Matthew…
De Palma cuts to the critique
DE PALMA *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Noah Baumbach & Jake Paltrow STARS Brian De Palma Brian De Palma’s superb 1980 thriller Dressed to Kill was the first movie that, as a teenager, made me aware of the art of filmmaking and, by extension, the necessity of film criticism. Because of that, I’ve always…
Lunch Break (6/24/16): Anti-HB2 protesters set up outside Pat McCrory/Roy Cooper debate at Westin
The morning already passed us by. What the hell happened?
Drinks on the boss are the best
Happy hour with coworkers at McCormick & Schmick’s.
Lunch Break (6/23/15): Democrats stage House sit-in that lasts throughout the night
The morning has already passed us by. What the hell happened?
Today’s Top 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Live review: Taking Back Sunday, Dashboard Confessional, more (6/21/2016)
Taking Back Sunday headlines the Taste of Chaos Tour at Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheater.
The Brothers Grimsby, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Star Trek TV box sets 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.) THE BROTHERS GRIMSBY (2016). Most movies, even the generally unique ones, can’t help but stir memories of past pictures, whether through similar plots, characters, art direction or what-have-you. The Brothers Grimsby turns to…
Theater reviews: Chicago and Manifest Pussy
When I saw Annie at Halton Theater earlier this month, I had a theory about why the first show in CPCC Summer’s 43rd season boasted such opulent production values. Surely they had chosen to follow up with Kander and Ebb’s Chicago because this decadent vaudeville could be produced so cheaply, freeing funds for the other…
Creating Exposure showcases tattoos and teen talent
“Lord help me not to be just a barber but an example of you.” That phrase, dubbed as the “barber’s prayer,” is inked on the skin of local barber and stylist Brandon Locklear. Barber’s poles, with those definitive red and white spiraling stripes, line both sides of the quote, a meaningful mantra that Locklear strives…
Sober, motivated and successful country artist Caleb Caudle goes for it
When Caleb Caudle picks up the phone, he sounds really down-and-out, so much so that I blow past my first interview question and simply ask if he’s OK. He is, he says, it’s just that he’s been driving nonstop. He woke up in Hollywood two days ago. Last night, he was in New Mexico. Today,…
Gamers in Charlotte connecting like never before
Michael Zytkow is in gaming hell…or gaming paradise, depending on how you look at it. It’s Father’s Day and his wife and kids are at a cookout somewhere in Charlotte without him. Instead, he’s standing in the living room of his newly purchased NoDa home wading through a sea of electronics; thousands of dollars worth…
Weekly horoscope (June 23-29)
For All Signs: Jupiter, our largest planet, will be in a favorable relationship to Pluto on June 26. The aspect is effective for about three weeks on either side of this date. It is symbolic of improvement in the economy, and a more hopeful attitude in the public. The corporate world wins the prize, though…
Three questions for Steven Young, co-founder of Zablong
To walk into Zablong Pizza during the lunch rush is to see artistry at work. The line can be intimidating, as it may very well fill the entire front of the small space, but it winds down fast as employees quickly build each customer’s pizza from scratch and toss it in the oven. The Brevard…
Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (June 23)
Lost and Found An officer filed a report last week after a hit-and-run investigation turned into something else entirely. The officer said he saw a car that matched the description of a hit-and-run suspect parked on the curb. Although the vehicle wasn’t the one he was looking for, he did find some marijuana sitting on…
Pepperbox and Joe’s Doughs add to the doughnut frenzy
For Pepperbox founder Alex Beebe, loving doughnuts was always in the genes: “My dad and my granddad always really enjoyed them, so it kind of passed down the family line.” A self-described cook by trade, Beebe had clocked plenty of kitchen hours, but had never tried his hand at baking the family dessert of choice,…
Tap into the world you feel the need to save
The South is a new world for me. I prefer trains over cars, bodegas to chain supermarkets, and street food in unmarked, unfriendly carts to food trucks, but I’m making my peace with sweet tea and neighborhoods. Over the years, I’ve called more than one community home; recognizing in each an ongoing erasure in communities…
