Jun 27 – Jul 3, 2018
Fourth of July Etiquette Guide; Independence Day playlist; Spongetones; Mama Ricotta’s; ‘The Mousetrap’
The Blotter: Two Saws, One Door
Leatherface One in the hand beats two in the bush. But two in the hand helps when security guards push. A man decided to better his odds while trying to steal a chainsaw from a Home Depot on Albemarle Road in east Charlotte last week by grabbing two before heading for the door. The man…
CPCC’s New Whodunit Has Kept Crowds Guessing for 66 Years
Photo by Darnell Vennie/cpcc Lisa Hatt as Mollie Ralston (left) and Cole Pedigo as Detective Sergeant
Listen Up: Late Bloomer Ends the ‘Waiting’ on ‘Local Vibes’
Between their punk band, Self Aware Records and Lunchbox Records store, the guys from Late Bloomer have their hands in a lot of facets of the local music scene. Josh, Neil and Scott [from left, in above photo by Brian Twitty] sat down with ‘Local Vibes’ to talk mostly about the band and their new…
News of the Weird: Best Friends
Wait, What? Visitors to Merlion Park in Singapore on June 8 were startled to see Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump enjoying a casual walkabout, hand-in-hand. On closer inspection, however, they would have seen the two men were Howard X, a Kim impersonator, and Dennis Alan, a Trump impersonator, who traveled to Singapore in advance…
Intro to Carolina Cannabis 101
Welcome to the first installment of Carolina Cannabis Now. The time to exit the pot closet is upon us, and we have much work to do. Freedom is what we’re talking about here, and now is the time to demand the freedom to choose cannabis in North Carolina. While the federal government could decriminalize marijuana,…
Frank Scibelli’s First Restaurant Venture Remains His Favorite
When Frank Scibelli was a child, he went with his family to a restaurant that served its food family-style. The concept of big plates designed to be shared around the table struck a chord with the young future entrepreneur. “I liked the feel of it,” Scibelli says. “Just, how it made me feel inside, so…
The Fourth of July Etiquette Guide
We’re coming up on yet another Independence Day, a usually chill holiday during which we grill food and spend time outside around family and friends. However, July 4th festivities often find us amongst strangers, as well. From Reedy Creek to Steele Creek, the parks will be packed and, come nightfall, folks will be congregating in…
Re-Invasion of the Spongetones
[Image-2] “We were stars,” Jamie Hoover says. “I’d go to a shopping center and people would come up and follow me around. I had girls driving around my house gawking. It was like we were the Monkees.” Hoover, guitarist for the Spongetones, is remembering the heyday of the veteran Charlotte power pop group. Soon after…
A July 4 Playlist For Folks Who Want Trumpland to Become America Again
[Image-8] IT’S A HARD TIME to be celebrating America. We’re living under an American president who represents everything America is not supposed to be, particularly in 2018: He’s a racist, a serial liar, a wannabe tyrant, a kidnapper and imprisoner of immigrant children, an enemy of America’s allies and friend of its foes, vehemently against…
