A big celebratory weekend for Suite
SUITE is celebrating their third anniversary with a weekend full of special appearances and performances.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman starts new investigation of Bank of America
Did you think local banks were finally in the clear? Sorry, but no.
Craftiness: Batch Apparel hosts launch party
You know a concept has made it big when someone designs a T-shirt centered around it.
Blu-ray Pick: Hair
Isn’t it time for this musical masterpiece to receive its proper due?
Loft 1523, 6/10/11
Rhythm *30 Rock Edition*: a night dedicated to all of the hottest line dances around, took place at Loft 1523 on Friday, June 10.
Taking a bite out of bad pick-up lines
One of the worst ways to pick up a woman.
RSVP to mix and mingle with Outkast’s Big Boi
Half of the hip-hop duo Outkast will be in town this week to hang out with you — if you RSVP in time, that is.
Charlotte Talks about summer movies
Local critics will discuss this year’s hot-weather offerings on WFAE show.
Psychedelic Cupcakes
Neon food colors make these cupcakes head-spinningly cool.
RE:Public, 6/10/11
RE:Public hosted Jacinda’s Gemini Experience on Friday, June 10.
Style divas unite for ‘Fashionistas Rule’ model competition
Models and non-models alike are invited to come out for Charlotte NC Fashion Week’s Fashion Democracy “Fashionistas Rule” Model Competition at CenterStage NoDa on Friday June 17.
Bar Charlotte,6/10/11
Bar Charlotte hosted one of its renown pajama parties on Friday, June 10.
Twin Sister, JD Souther tonight (6/13/11)
Romanticized ’80s sound at Snug Harbor. American songwriting treasure at McGlohon Theatre.
Today’s Top 5: Monday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
The Dirty Lungs tonight (6/12/11)
Classic distorted tones and psychedelic tinges at Snug Harbor.
Bonnaroo: Saturday review (June 11, 2011)
Buffalo Springfield reunites, Eminem plays short, heavy set on festival’s third day.
Bonnaroo: Sunday preview (6/12/2011)
The 2011 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival might be winding down, but that doesn’t mean the talent is any weaker than it has been. Sure, the heat has taken its toll on the energy of many ‘Roo-sters, but there’s still plenty of good stuff left to see. The day will get started with The Head…
Bonnaroo: Friday review
Arcade Fire headlines second day of 2011 festival.
Bonnaroo: Saturday preview (6/11/2011)
Eminem, Buffalo Springfield and The Black Keys headline festival’s third day.
Super 8: Raiders of a lost art
Abrams apes Spielberg, with some success.
Midnight in Paris: Say oui to Woody
A worthy Woody Allen movie? It’s been a while!
Sidewalk sale at Consign By Design
There’s nothing like a good sidewalk sale, and tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is your chance to stroll down Providence Road for an amazing consignment store sale.
Honey in Charleston: Spoleto Festival USA
There certainly is a more relaxed atmosphere down in Charleston as Spoleto explodes into its 35th season.
Alive After Five, 6/9/11
Frontiers was the feature band at the Alive After 5 June 9.
New, stricter N.C. restrictions on illegal immigrants
SATIRE ALERT!
Unpack those bags!
Don’t take your baggage on your honeymoon.
Dharma Lounge, 6/8/11
Over 500 people checked out the weekly Le Bang party at Dharma Lounge, June 8.
The dish on Foxx and Rogers’ DNC convo
The duo met at the Levine Museum of the New South earlier this week for a DNC update.
Put that water bottle down
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities says the tap is fine.
This weekend’s events (June 10-11)
What are you doing this weekend?
Brice Randall Bickford tonight (6/10/11)
Former Triangle staple debuting lush arrangements at Snug Harbor.
Bonnaroo: Thursday review (6/9/2011)
Sleigh Bells dominates first day, while The Drums will be remembered for a different reason.
Bonnaroo: Friday preview (6/10/2011)
Florence and the Machine highlights tents while My Morning Jacket and Arcade Fire headline the night.
Today’s Top 5: Friday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Artificial Sweetener Daddies
Sugar Daddies and gold digging: A legalized form of prostitution.
Give my regards to Broadway
With the 65th Annual Tony Awards right around the corner, why not plan to celebrate in style at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s seventh annual Tony viewing party?
Time Out Youth celebrates 20 years
And after 20 years of dedicated service to the LGBTQ community, TOY figures it is time to celebrate.
Opening Friday
What’s new in theaters this weekend.
Delta charges returning troops $2800 in baggage fees
Sometimes it’s the little injustices that get to you.
State legislators play politics with abortion rights
The N.C. House of Representatives passed a bill that will slow down the abortion process for women who seek one.
Duke Energy could make bank on iCloud
Apple was attracted to N.C. because of our cheap electricity.
Democratic National Convention 2012 Notebook: The city under a microscope
Will the first question about everything that happens in Charlotte now be, “How will this affect the convention?”
More than just books at Red@28th
This NoDa bookstore markets itself as “Charlotte’s first multicultural literary lounge.”
Bonnaroo: Thursday preview (6/9/2011)
A quick look at the first day of the 2011 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.
Tonight’s Top 5, 6/9/11
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, June 9, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
Plain Jane Automobile, Eternal Summers tonight (6/9/11)
Mood-rock quartet at Visulite Theatre. Quirky duo at The Milestone.
Weekender, June 10-12
Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend.
Rewind: See the top pre-Weiner sex scandal apologies
OK, so now Weiner King has finally admitted to tweeting lewd messages as well as beefcake and wrapped-sausage photos to women who are not his wife. What better time to take look at past apologies by politicians who’ve been caught with their minds in their shorts? Luckily for us, Mother Jones’ website has done just…
Today’s Top 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Elizabeth Billiards, 6/7/11
Modern Primitives performed at Elizabeth Billiards on Tuesday, June 7.
Wear protection: Like finger condoms
What’s a better look — wearing a mini condom on your pinky or a little kids band-aid?
Staying ‘True’ to a cause: Laurel True presents community mosaics
Though many may take a mosaic art class as something fun to do occasionally, Laurel True has turned a hobby into a legacy.
Fashion inspired by water
Style Sanctum students are putting on a fashion show where they will showcase their very own designed garments inspired by vitaminwater.
TOMS unveils the new chapter
TOMS unveiled eyeware will be the new chapter of the “One for One” movement.
PHOTOS: Summer Plates menu at The Capital Grille
Diners can create their own combo meal by picking one item from three categories (soup or salad, sandwich, and side), all for $18.
Hypocrisy à l’Anglais
Collaborative Arts Theatre presents a darker, more devilish five-act comedy, Molière’s Tartuffe.
Tonight’s Top 5, 6/8/11
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, June 8, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
Soul Rebel Brass Band, Jon Dee Graham tonight (6/8/11)
Authentic New Orleans jazz at Visulite Theatre. Texas troubadour at The Evening Muse.
Daddy, I need teachers
You do?
Today’s Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
$20 ticket sale for Blink-182 with My Chemical Romance, Matt & Kim
Live Nation offering some $20 tickets for the show.
Best bets in Charlotte comedy, June 7-11
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte — from stand-up to improv to sketch comedy and more
Sale at Coplon’s
Take 40 percent off various items.
RSVP to 9th Wonder’s new documentary screening, meet & greet
Super producer (and North Carolina’s own) 9th Wonder will be in the house at RE:Public tomorrow, June 8, to screen the new documentary about a year in his life.
Florida couple ‘forecloses’ on Bank of America branch
Here’s a great story of poetic justice at the expense of an arrogant, bullying bank — that would be our own lil’ Bank of America …
New spring/summer finds at KK Bloom
KK Bloom has lots of new spring/summer pieces that just arrived at the store.
Revolution participates in TOMS mystery box opening today
The renown shoe company TOMS, who have taken it upon themselves to work to put a pair of shoes on every child in need, is announcing a new product today
Raising Charlotte’s curfew age is a ridiculous idea
Just a typical politicians’ knee-jerk reaction to the brouhaha …
Tonight’s Top 5, 6/7/11
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, June 7, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
The story of a girl and her elongated uvula
Do you snore? How to stop, at least during sleepovers.
Where in the world is Sue Myrick?
She hasn’t been voting in the U.S. House of Representatives lately.
Alive After 5, Suite host casting call for The Bachelor
“The Bachelor” producers are looking for potential bachelorettes for the next season of the reality television show in Charlotte on June 16.
This week’s new releases (6/7/2011)
Plenty of new albums out in stores today.
Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Rob Schneider talks Zen and the art of stand-up comedy
If your only knowledge of Rob Schneider comes from the idiotic roles he played in movies like Grown Ups, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and The Hot Chick — or from the bizarre characters he portrayed as a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s — be prepared to be surprised. The 47-year-old actor,…
NIGHTLIFE: Big Boi at Pop Life
The legendary Big Boi — of Outkast fame — drops into Pop Life for a Crown Royal-sponsored event. Big Boi will be the guest of honor at a special meet and greet (which folks can only attend by RSVP) and afterward, he’ll kick it with the general public. Oh and both of these events are…
As opening night approaches, more Comedy Zone details emerge
Walking into the offices of Comedy Zone owner Brian Heffron about a month before the unveiling of the new club at the N.C. Music Factory, there isn’t much laughter going on. Heffron, sitting behind a small desk, is hunkered over a laptop, surfing the Net, looking over his sprawling network of clubs — and wrapping…
Youth discover way to keep white conservatives out of Uptown
Welcome to the latest, shiny, new edition of Ask Boomer With Attitude, coming to you live from Charlotte, N.C., where a proposal to employ a couple handfuls of people to service an industry that’s on the skids because of the Japanese nuclear catastrophe, is considered exciting enough to be front page news. Sigh. By the…
Goodbye, Dolly!
Cranking up their 38th season, CPCC Summer Theatre isn’t wanting for musical talent onstage as they present Hello, Dolly! But holy cabooses, those talented folk must have been feeling mighty beleaguered at Halton Theater after opening night. When Deborah Rhodes starred as Dolly Levi in 2000 at Central Piedmont, taking CL’s Best Musical Actress award,…
Nightlife profile: Emily Shedrow
Emily Shedrow describes herself on Twitter as “sarcastic and slightly vulgar with a love for food and an appreciation for a good drink … trivia host.” You can find her Tuesdays at Pub at Gateway and Thursdays at Dilworth Billiards, when the crowd gets rowdy. The second Tuesday of every month, Shedrow turns up the…
EXHIBIT: Rock, Paper, Scissors
Culture Initiative went wild with its latest exhibit, which pays homage to drugs, sex and rock ‘n’ roll. The exhibit’s setup at Baku Gallery aims to take its viewers to an atmosphere similar to that of an underground punk club. Artists (among them Meredith Jones; see her featured work, left) used mixed media, screen prints…
CD REVIEW: Great Architect’s Cultural Games
THE DEAL: Charlotte experimental, instrumental jazz collective Great Architect releases its second full-length album. THE GOOD: The album opens up with the scattershot “Cat Part Home for Albert,” a disjointed piece of deconstructed art that sounds like the group is simultaneously warming up for and concluding a song. From there it launches the frantic “Musth”…
EXHIBITS: 3 for 1 at CPCC
Central Piedmont Community College’s galleries are currently filled with an assortment of works. The Dual Citizenship exhibit contains photography (landscapes of New York and Charlotte) by Sarah Baron, while The Annual Art Department Exhibition features art by numerous artists in a range of mediums. And the Contextural Journeys exhibit contains art by Michael Henry (see…
CD REVIEW: The Strokes’ Angles
The Deal: Strokes deliver a slick commercial product that feels like a sellout. THE GOOD: I really wanted to like this record, but I just can’t find anything worth hearing over and over. The Bad: Pretty much everything. Once heralded as a garage band and the future of rock ‘n’ roll, on this outing The…
Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files
Flavored Emissions: A 50-year-old woman filed a police report after her car was vandalized. She told officers that she walked out to start her Ford Windstar one afternoon last week and found that someone had poured grape Kool-Aid into her gas tank. Just be happy the giant pitcher from the commercials didn’t come bursting through…
What really sparked Speed Street violence
Our gangs aren’t like other cities’ gangs because ours get along great, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe explained last week. “You know, you could have somebody from the Crips and somebody from the Bloods living in the same house here in Charlotte, which you would never see in other cities,” Monroe said at a press…
Followup: Why don’t we ditch nukes and coal?
[Concerning your April column on whether nuclear power is safe:] Nuclear power sucks. Coal power sucks more. Boggles my mind that we don’t just ditch them both and use options we know are better. — Randvek, via the Straight Dope Message Board Ah, a believer in alternative energy. You think if we build enough windmills,…
Artistic retreat to help one family help the world
When Jackson Lewis, 13, announced that he’d like to travel the world to do humanitarian work, his father J.D. took him seriously. Now, the family of three, including Buck, 8, are leaving on a 12-country tour this July. Their plan is to visit 12 countries in 12 months and volunteer wherever they’re needed most. But…
Weekly horoscope (June 8-14)
Gemini The Twins (May 21-June 20) There may be more than one episode that draws you back into issues of old history this week. Perhaps you will feel compelled to contact people from your past. It would be a great time for a reunion. You might be the life of the party. Be sure to…
Hope and resistance in Honduras
While most in the United States were recognizing Memorial Day with a three-day weekend, the people of Honduras were engaged in a historic event: the return of President Manuel Zelaya, 23 months after being forced into exile at gunpoint in the first coup in Central America in a quarter-century. While he is no longer president,…
Capsule reviews of films playing the week of June 8
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU One person’s religious beliefs is often another person’s existentialist theories, and The Adjustment Bureau offers plenty of theological fodder to go around. Because it tinkers with notions involving God and chance and destiny and all that other stuff that’s fun to discuss, it might turn off those types of folks who misunderstood…
THEATER: Hello, Dolly
Central Piedmont Community College’s Summer Theatre kicks off its 38th season with adventurous performances of Hello, Dolly. The humorous show centers around a woman (Dolly) who just can’t seem to stop meddling in the lives of others. This time she’s playing matchmaker for others and trying to win over the heart of a millionaire for…
Superman box set, John Wayne Westerns among new home entertainment titles
THE COMPANY MEN (2010). The topic tackled in The Company Men — the alarming rate of downsizing in corporate America — was already handled perfectly in 2009’s best film, Up in the Air. This lackluster drama, on the other hand, is a superficial look at this contemporary crisis, following a group of polished suits —…
FILM: The Found Footage Festival
For Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, digging through old videotapes at garage sales, thrift stores or in dumpsters is like striking a gold mine. The two masterminds behind The Found Footage Festival — an event showcasing countless forsaken VHS finds — add witty observations and commentary to pump even more humor into the already goofy…
X-Men: First Class: The joy of X
With apologies to Blade aficionados, director Bryan Singer’s 2000 X-Men was really the film that jump-started the cinematic superhero craze that continues to this day. Previous comic-book adaptations tended to be made for television, and such blockbusters as 1978’s Superman and 1989’s Batman proved to be the exception rather than the rule. But ever since…
SPECIAL EVENT: Taste of Charlotte
Taste of Charlotte event is a culinary celebration where restaurants from around town show off select items from their menus. Visitors purchase tokens and carefully debate on how to spend them — or simply buy more after round one of the feeding forays. Food samplings include more than 90 options, from places like Caffe Sienna,…
Where to find it: Publix Super Market-styled Cuban sandwiches
Publix Super Market is a privately held chain with stores throughout Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina. The closest Publix to Charlotte is in Spartanburg, S.C. Several readers are looking for a Publix-styled Cuban sandwich. On a recent visit to St. Petersburg, Fla., I witnessed long lines in front of the Publix prepared food…
THEATER: The Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music is one of the world’s most beloved musicals. After a overly enthusiastic nun is sent to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval captain, she decides to take a different kind of vow. Marrying the stern turned sweet captain, she is on a high…
K.C. Terry, co-owner of Krazy Fish, spills his guts
“Don’t ask me anything about years or times or dates, because I don’t know them,” K.C. Terry warns me as we sit down at the recently opened Krazy Fish (2501 Central Ave.), which features a fusion of Latin, Asian, and Southern flavors in its menu offerings. He continues: “I don’t know when anything started or…
NIGHTLIFE: Karaoke Night at Dixie’s Tavern
Mondays suck. The beginning of the work week comes much too fast after a fun weekend of drinking and hanging with good peeps. Why not extend your weekend fun a bit by checking out Karaoke Night at Dixie’s Tavern. This is one of the hottest spots to be at every Monday, with $2.50 drafts and…
River City Extension hits the road … when they can
When my interview with Joe Michelini was scheduled for 10 a.m., I had to confirm the time. After all, it’s not often musicians are awake before noon. They’re usually sleeping in, recovering from the previous night, aren’t they? Michelini quickly dispels that myth where River City Extension is concerned. “I work at a liquor store…
Book reviews: Mockery trumps despair
It’s hot, the Great Recession drags on, and statewide politics are dismal at best. We need laughter in a big way, right now. Here are two recent paperback releases that fit the bill — one is an odd look at modern life through the eyes of a smart but ineffective curmudgeon, and the other is…
CL previews upcoming concerts (June 8-13)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 SOUL REBELS BRASS BAND Rising from the rich second line and jazz funeral traditions of its hometown, New Orleans, the Soul Rebel Brass Band has brought its brand of funk, soul, soft rock and reggae to audiences all over the world. Opening for a diverse group of stars from James Brown, Green…
HeroesCon: The aftermath
Wow, another HeroesCon is over already? Oh well, if — like me — you’re a Charlotte-based comic book fan, you attended and enjoyed this year’s event. I always make the argument that HeroesCon is the Southeast’s best comic book convention … because it’s all about comic books. It’s not about B-list TV stars, or porn…
THEATER: Shrek The Musical
No enchantment spells have been cast to bring fairy tale favorites to life in Shrek The Musical. Based off the popular DreamWorks flicks, this Broadway musical will take to the stage of Belk Theater on its latest run round the nation. The show features 19 cheery songs and a charming mix of memorable creatures (with…
