Mar 18-24, 2015

Mar 18-24, 2015 / Vol. 29 / No. 4

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Atherton Market’s Lynn Caldwell has a big idea

On the morning of March 3, Lynn Caldwell is calm and collected. She’s hosting a group of schoolchildren at Atherton Market, the community market she has managed for the past five years. But I’m surprised to find her working; later that evening, she’s taking the stage to make a case for the next step in…

Keia Mastrianni

Insurgent: Far from urgent

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT**DIRECTED BY Robert SchwentkeSTARS Shailene Woodley, Theo James Folks often unfairly dismiss critics as unrepentant cynics and pessimists, but my view toward the Divergent franchise when it debuted last year was positively Pollyannaish. As I wrote when reviewing the first film in the series based on Veronica Roth’s YA novels, “It’s a…

Matt Brunson

The more things change in Plaza Midwood …

It’s weird to me how some people are upset about the recent announcement that the owner of littleSpoon (a breakfast/lunch spot in Myers Park) has purchased the property formerly known as the Penguin. Personally, I’m pretty happy about it. I’ve never been to littleSpoon, but friends I trust say it’s fantastic. Living in nearby NoDa,…

Scott Lindsley

Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (March 12)

That’s Annoying?: A 32-year-old northeast Charlotte woman told police that she has been receiving harassing phone calls ­— around eight calls in the last five months. She says the caller is not communicating threats, but simply calling to annoy her. Eight calls in five months? Must be horrible … if only they could create a…

Jeff Hahne

Weekly horoscope (March 19-25)

For All Signs: On March 20, we have a significant day. There will be a total solar eclipse. This eclipse is way beyond the norm for eclipses, because it occurs on the last degree of the zodiac in Pisces. It may represent a “last chance” phenomenon — a time to clean up old debts and…

Vivian Carol

Juliana Hatfield Trio’s reunion is worth the wait

“Passage of time is weird,” Juliana Hatfield says. “Something can feel like yesterday and also like a million years ago.” That’s how it was when the 47-year-old singer/guitarist returned to the studio with her group the Juliana Hatfield Three for the first time since 1993. The band started to play songs from their debut album,…

Jeff Hahne

Municipal IDs are a good idea for all Charlotteans

Have you ever forgotten your ID? It’s happened to me a few times, most memorably at a friend’s wedding where, even though everyone in the room could vouch for me, the bartender would not serve me a drink until I could prove with proper documentation that I was of age. It was incredibly frustrating and…

Ailen Arreaza

Charlotte chefs go head to head in competition

Watch out, Charlotte. Knives are drawn and kitchens are heating up around the city. The Competition Dining Series is back, and there are more opportunities than ever for you to get in on the scene. Competition Dining presents its third year of contests between some of the best culinary talents in town. Organized by the…

Alison Leininger

Q&A with Joanna Bending of Actors from the London Stage

It’s time for Actors from the London Stage to take a bow in the Q.C. The British Shakespeare troupe just wrapped up its nine-week national tour at UNC Charlotte with a self-directed, stripped-down staging of Macbeth. The five actors, who received a standing ovation for their bravura performance at Robinson Hall, played to packed theaters…

Cheryl Spainhour

Kinky Boots requires proper stretching

Local drag queen Lana Cane, better known as Davey Greene, wears a size 13 in women’s shoes. (Yes, 13.) If you’re like us, you’re probably thinking that makes finding the right footwear a challenge. But Greene, who hosts trivia once a month at Petra’s Piano Bar & Cabaret, clings to an old pair of costume…

Anita Overcash

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