Wow–the first thing Dwayne Jarrett catches is a case
The Associated Press is reporting that Carolina Panther Wide Receiver Dwayne Jarrett was arrested and charged with DUI in Mint Hill. If you’re looking like, who the hell is Jarrett, don’t be upset. He’s the wide receiver drafted by the Panthers who couldn’t read the play book and spent most of the season on the…
It’s not TV, it’s a Direct rip-off
I’m sitting here on the the phone with the satellite company, Directv. I’ve been on the line for 13 minutes on this call. Why? Well, these bastards charged me nearly $300 for months that I didn’t have the service. And some slimy customer service representative added high dollar items, like NFL Sunday Ticket, to my…
Loaf on the radio
Carlton Hargro, editor of Creative Loafing, and Jarvis Holliday, associate editor of Charlotte magazine and president of CAABJ, will be guests on Mike Collins’ Charlotte Talks show (WFAE 90.7 FM) tomorrow morning from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The segment is titled “African Americans in the Media” and will include a discussion about Comic Stripped:…
The worst person in Charlotte
Tonight, check out the School Board meeting, where you’ll see the latest performance by the Worst Person In Charlotte, board member Ken Gjertsen. (Yes, I’m stealing the idea from MSNBC host Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Person In The World” feature.) In a way, Gjertsen should share the award with all the other homophobes who’ve crawled out…
Hall of Fame inductions
Justin Timberlake is not a comedian… His induction speech was not funny, though he tried. Madonna also gave a snoozer of an acceptance speech. The highlight — I heard it on the radio this morning, but haven’t been able to locate it online — was Billy Joel’s speech about John Mellencamp. It was hard-hitting, honest…
Oprah is evil … and not just because her book picks are schlocky
Folks as dull as Married With Children’s Al Bundy and as learned as some book editors have long suspected that Oprah has formulated a secret plan to take over the world. But even they never suggested Oprah was the tool of Satan. Enter Don’t Drink The Kool-Aid: Oprah, Obama and The Occult by Carrington Steele,…
News Roundup, 03/11/08
New photos released in UNC slaying case: On March 10 a suspect in the slaying of University of North Carolina’s student body president Eve Carson was seen on surveillance photos using her ATM card. It appeared to be the same person seen in two ATM surveillance photos released March 8, said Chapel Hill police Chief…
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Did you hear Billy Joel’s induction speech about John Mellencamp yesterday at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Some people online will focus on Madonna and Justin Timberlake — for what reason, I have no idea — but they should be paying more attention to Joel’s speech. He hit the nail right on the…
Live from Kuwait
A live concert is currently being broadcast on MySpace live from Kuwait. The show, dubbed Operation MySpace, started at 2 p.m. today and stars bands like Disturbed, Jessica Simpson, The Pussycat Dolls and Filter, among others. And it’s hosted by Carlos Mencia. Weird lineup, but the picture and sound quality is great. Check it out:…
Hall of Fame inductions
Madonna is being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today and it’s spurring some interesting comments online. Grandmaster Flash was inducted last year as the first hip hop performer. So, now they’re leaning on pop… Justin Timberlake is the one doing her presentation. So, what are your thoughts? Should Madonna be inducted…
Live from Kuwait
A live concert is currently being broadcast on MySpace live from Kuwait. The show, dubbed Operation MySpace, started at 2 p.m. today and stars bands like Disturbed, Jessica Simpson, The Pussycat Dolls and Filter, among others. And it’s hosted by Carlos Mencia. Weird lineup, but the picture and sound quality is great. Check it out:…
This week’s new releases (2/11)
Here’s a quick rundown of some of the big names releasing albums this week: Mike Patton A Perfect Place Snoop Dogg Ego Trippin’
News Roundup, 3/10/2008
Obama advisor resigns; Called Clinton a monster: Sarah Howard, a young Harvard professor and rising star in Obama campaign, resigned on Friday after an international newspaper quoted her as calling Hilary Clinton a monster. Obama pursued the Harvard professor after reading her Pulitzer Prize winning novel America and the Age of Genocide. Ms. Howard apologized…
What’s in our tap water?
— Cartoon by Jim Hunt
Concert announcement
Jimmy Buffett & The Coral Reefer Band will perform at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre on April 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale on Saturday, March 15, at 10 a.m. There is a six-ticket limit per customer.
Drink your greens
The week of everything Irish is nearing quickly, and here are a couple of events to keep in mind as you plan out how you’ll go green. Table Restaurant & Bar will host a St. Patrick’s Day Party with international music from DJ Jensacion and Irish beer specials on March 15. And on March 17,…
Britney, What?
“Oh Lord Britney Spears is pregnant again!” This utterance set off a chain reaction of “No she didn’t” and “that girl is crazy” here in the Creative Loafing office today. Everyone and their momma logged onto their terminals to find confirmation that the spiraling star was indeed preggers. After about 10 minutes of search, only…
American Idol – And then there were 12…
America’s biggest karaoke contest narrowed the contestants down to the Top 12 last night. I think people were shocked or glad to see 18-year-old Danny Noriega get the boot. I would be on the happy side because I thought he wasn’t a good singer and kind of annoying. Ryan Seacrest called him “one of our…
Specialized jobs of the future
I learned today that there’s almost no limit to what some people will pay other folks to do, especially if it keeps them from having to do something boring. Yes, the field of specialized jobs has reached new heights of absurdity. Accompanying a thrilling story about a new controversy related to houses’ square footage is…
News Roundup, 3/07/2008
Thousands mourn slain UNC student; Cops search for Killer: Eve Carson was a bubbly, bright 22-year-old senior at UNC-Chapel Hill who was shot and killed in a neighborhood close to the university. “We’ve lost someone who we cherish and love. We’re all in a state of shock,” UNC Chancellor James Moeser told the students who…
Fresh new video
Lookee here … fresh new video by a fresh new artist named Estelle. She’s on John Legend’s new record label, and I hear she may be coming through Charlotte soon … In the meantime, check out the clip: \\\\\\\\\\
Fresh new video
Lookee here … fresh new video by a fresh new artist named Estelle. She’s on John Legend’s new record label, and I hear she may be coming through Charlotte soon … In the meantime, check out the clip: \\\\\\\\\\
A fine line between good and evil
(by Tom Tomorrow: www.thismodernworld.com)
What would Satan do?
As well as being a closet Muslim who’s probably gonna activate 1,000 terror cells in Dubuque the day he’s inaugurated, Barack Obama may also be a satanist. “Those What Would Satan Do” bracelets sound kind of snazzy.
News Roundup, 03/06/08
UNC student president found shot to death: Eve Marie Carson, 22, UNC-Chapel Hill student president and Morehead-Chain scholar was shot multiple times. It is thought to be in connection with a stolen vehicle. She was found dead at the intersection in the Hillcrest neighborhood early March 5. No arrests have been made. Full story: http://www.charlotte.com/109/story/524621.html…
Democrats’ showdown
Last night, Mecklenburg Democrats chose Joel Ford as their new chairman. CL will have more on it later, but for now, let’s just say the evening was pretty boisterous (as political meetings go): Michael Evans, a former chairman, was criticizing the talk he said he’d heard in the lobby that falsely linked Ford to Nick…
The Cross
The Cross could be said to be a variation of the Missionary position. The easiest way to achieve this position is through the missionary. The woman is instructed to lay on her back with her legs spread, while the man enters her in typical missionary fashion. Once in, the man then carefully spins his body…
A f***ing ban on cursing
CNN is reporting that a town outside of LA is banning cursing for a week. That’s some bullshit. “So if you’re headed to South Pasadena this week, be sure to turn down the volume on that Snoop Dogg CD, and, if the little old lady from Pasadena cuts you off in traffic, don’t even think…
When presidents get funky with it
By George W. Bush Let’s call the whole thing off! (AP) While I was waiting for John McCain, I broke into a little tap dance. That’s right. Do you want to know why? No? You sure? Really? Absolutely sure? It’s weird how I keep asking if you want to know why, and it’s a rhetorical…
Something that will not happen in our lifetime
The Charlotte Bobcats will win the NBA Championship and be embraced by the Queen City. (Insert laughter) It’s a damned shame that college basketball sells out the Charlotte Bobcats Arena and the NBA team that rents that spot doesn’t.
Back to reality
It’s Thursday, got anything to do this weekend? Probably not. Charlotte’s back to being herself, boring as fuck. Why does this city have to be an event city? Unless there’s a CIAA or Speed Street going on there is really nothing to do in town where you meet new people. The bar scene in Uptown…
Taxi to the dark side: Will film bask in TV light?
On the Sunday following Sept. 11, 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney told the truth. On NBC’s Meet the Press, he said regarding plans to pursue the perpetrators of that attack: “We have to work the dark side, if you will. We’re going to spend time in the shadows.” The grim, deadly consequences of his promise…
Live Review: Maceo Parker, Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones, Maceo Parker Duke University Feb. 29, 2008 Review By Grant Britt It was billed as “Foundations of a Sound,” the finale of Duke University’s Soul Power series that began in January with Lonnie Liston Smith and included Solomon Burke, The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Five Blind Boys and Mavis Staples. The last, sold-out…
Can I have a water without lemon?
It’s pretty customary to order a glass of iced water or iced tea with a lemon when we go out to eat. But can lemons make you sick? Check out this video to find out. \\\\\\\\\\
Kid Rock heading to QC
Kid Rock has added May 3 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Charlotte to his list of concert dates on his Web site… No official word from the venue/Live Nation, but it’s also listed up at pollstar.com, too.
News Roundup, 03/05/08
McCain to get push from Bush: After securing the GOP nomination last night with wins in Ohio, Texas, Vermont and Rhode Island, Sen. John McCain was in Washington, D.C., today to receive an endorsement from President Bush. Republicans and Democrats alike are excited about McCain being linked with Bush. Full story: www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/05/mccain.bush /index.html?iref=mpstoryview Clinton: Campaign…
C-ya!
Charlotte is still not ready for us. Last week the CIAA was in town. Unlike the ACC whose main focus is on sports, the CIAA tournament is about profiling and partying in addition to sports. Black men and women of all ages are decked out in their finest threads, pushing fly whips and jockeying for…
The rap on Cuba
The documentary Guerilla Radio: The Hip-Hop Struggle Under Castro will be screened at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in the Knight Gallery at Spirit Square. Presented by The Light Factory, the film details the struggles of four musicians to create their art in the midst of an oppressive regime. The movie’s directors, Thomas Nybo and…
A whole lot of voting going on…
Yesterday was a day for primary elections and American Idol voting. Frankly, I’m scared. I’m scared that we’ve only had a Bush or Clinton in the White House for the last 20 years and it may be another four headed our way as much as I’m scared of Danny Noriega’s horrible singing and purple hair.…
Urban Explorer’s Handbook 2008: Battle of the Hoods ‘Ballot
To go along with our special Battle of the Hoods edition of this year’s Urban Explorer’s Handbook 2008, Creative Loafing is giving you, dear readers, the chance to vote and pick Charlotte’s greatest neighborhood. Let your voice be heard by finding your favorite hood in the list below and selecting it as the best. Now,…
Mad About Saul
Among Charlotte Symphony’s popular Neighborhood Concerts, this season renamed Baroque and Beyond, last Thursday’s at Halton Theater must be counted among the all-time best. This wasn’t one of those traveling aperitifs. You know: strategically shortened concerts featuring agreeable classics at agreeable prices? Nope, this was Handel’s Saul, a mighty oratorio that lasts longer than most…
Last week on The CLog …
Misogyny is a bitch. “If I get one more e-mail from a black person calling Hillary Clinton a bitch, I am going to scream. First of all, this election has confirmed for me that sexism is alive and well in the United States. The fact that so many people are comfortable circulating e-mails calling her…
Dance: A gypsy falls
Passion, jealousy, obsession and murder — just the right recipe for an emotional tragedy. The distinguished St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre brings us such a potion in Georges Bizet’s Carmen. Don Jose’s downfall begins and ends with the firey Carmen, a gypsy no man can resist. Watch this loyal lover become an obsessed lunatic with murder…
Taxi to the dark side
On the Sunday following Sept. 11, 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney told the truth. On NBC’s Meet the Press, he said regarding plans to pursue the perpetrators of that attack: “We have to work the dark side, if you will. We’re going to spend time in the shadows.” The grim, deadly consequences of his promise…
Who’s yore daddy?
Who’s Yore Daddy? I’m 33, never married. In 2000, I happened to call my old boyfriend, “Tim,” when he’d just become a dad and was a week away from getting married. He seemed happy I called, but I could tell his wife-to-be was right there, so I was brief and apologized for the timing. Well,…
Violence R Us
Violence and popular culture are becoming more synonymous these days. Last week as I watched the 80th Annual Academy Awards, I realized how many extremely violent films were lauded, praised and celebrated; nominations were granted to films like No Country for Old Men, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Eastern Promises, and There…
Music: Hail to the Chiefs!
When The Chieftains play at The Belk Theater, the audience will get more than a taste of Ireland; they’ll get an entire piece. The Chieftains are widely accredited with the expansion of Celtic music, and have claimed six Grammys and 19 nominations to validate it. Averaging an album a year since their creation in 1968,…
Karma Cleanser
Dear Karma Cleanser: I was on a flight from Charlotte to Atlanta that was full of screaming, unhappy children. I do not have kids, nor do I ever want any. I know this is a horrible thing to say and it always makes people look at me like I’m an evil, mean person. It also…
Kenston Griffin
Kenston J. Griffin travels between the East and West coasts teaching people keys to reaching their highest levels of success. Griffin is a motivational speaker, trainer and CEO for Dream Builders Communication, Inc., the Charlotte consulting firm he founded in 2002. Griffin received his bachelor’s degree in social work with a minor in psychology at…
Florida boy
Grant just got back from Florida, where I guess he is from, but that’s always been a little hard for me to believe. I lived in Florida myself once. Some of my favorite childhood memories are from that time, like when I used to set fire to underbrush in all the undeveloped lots on our…
Police plead for mercy
It was midnight, and I was running on fumes when I stopped at a Mount Holly gas station that was deserted, except for the clerk. I’d just started the gas pump when a beat-up old car that had just passed the station did a quick U-turn and pulled into the lot. I instinctively knew something…
Urban Explorer’s Handbook 2008
Battle of the Hoods
Stargazer
Pisces The Fish: (Feb. 18 – March 19) You have one or more angels behind the scenes during this period. People are saying positive things about you and are offering help, even if you do not know it. Those with secret lovers will be surprised with a gift of beauty. For All Signs: Mars, ancient…
Road to nowhere
Disturbing documentary traces a lost soul
Ballantyne
Ballantyne, located on the extreme southern boundary of Charlotte, is the city’s most recent large-scale suburban area. The perfect picture of modern sprawl, Ballantyne is known for its luxurious mini-mansions, high-end retail shops, large hotels and swanky country clubs. And because it’s located so far from the heart of Charlotte, driving to Ballantyne can feel…
Film Clips
New Releases THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL An often fascinating blend of fact, rumor and outright fabrication, The Other Boleyn Girl feels like an Oscar-bait title that somehow got its DNA mixed up with a daytime soap opera. Based on Philippa Gregory’s controversial novel, this tracks the political intrigue and bedroom shenanigans which sprang from the…
Solid gold
Turmeric may hold the key to untangling Alzheimer’s
Cotswold
The peaceful neighborhood of Cotswold, located at the intersection of Randolph and Sharon Amity roads, is beginning to emerge as one of the premier areas to live in Charlotte. Many of the neighborhoods’ 1950s- and 1960s-style homes are being renovated and sold — and developers are swooping in building condos, single-family and multi-family homes. Within…
View from the Couch
THE APARTMENT (1960). A year after collaborating on the immortal Some Like It Hot, writer-director-producer Billy Wilder, co-writer I.A.L. Diamond and star Jack Lemmon reteamed for another screen gem that attained classic status in about as much time as it takes to comb one’s hair. Yet such instant accolades were nothing more than a work…
Holding court
I recently stumbled onto Doug Martsch’s internet basketball game at Builttospill.com/jams, and though I apparently lack the transition gene from typing for a living to keyboarding for successful gaming, I could not stop waging hoops-war with the Built to Spill singer/songwriter. Avatar Martsch drubbed me Globetrotters-v.-Generals style, but with “Conventional Wisdom” from 2006’s You In…
Dilworth
Dilworth, located southwest of center city, holds the title of Charlotte’s first suburb and is credited with starting the residential rush towards the edge of the city that continues today. Ranked as one of Charlotte’s premier neighborhoods at the beginning of the 20th century, the streets of Dilworth are lined with Victorian-style homes that were…
A drink in detail
I sit nervously sipping wine in a wine bar. The person I await is always late, so I’m not sure why I ever arrive on time. With nothing to distract me — no TV, no computer, no phone — my itinerant ADD mind notices everything. The soul patch stuck to the bartender’s face. How does…
Is it Harry Taylor’s moment?
Former CL “Local Hero” makes Congressional bid
Elizabeth
Situated along Elizabeth Avenue, the neighborhood of Elizabeth blends the affluence of Myers Park with the middle-class livability of Plaza Midwood. The foundation for modern-day Elizabeth was formed in the mid-1800s when streetcars roamed up and down its streets, making the area a hotbed for people with money. And before neighboring Myers Park developed as…
A passionate place to mingle
There are a lot of adjectives you can use to describe food — delicious, appetizing, bland, spicy … passionate? Every time I go down Tryon and pass Harry & Jean’s Passionate American Food, I can’t help but think, “What the hell?” and wonder if their food is zealous, loving and obsessive — they’re synonymous with…
Hee Haw revisited
Exhibit works promote stereotypes – and some truths
Myers Park
Myers Park, located south of South End, is one of the city’s oldest and wealthiest neighborhoods. It stands out from other areas because of its classically-built, historic homes, lush yards that hug the winding tree-lined streets and natural beauty. Although it has very few retail attractions, Myers Park is still one of Charlotte’s most visited…
Made for music
Music runs through Amy LaVere’s veins. You can hear the passion she has for it in her voice. She even finds time when she’s not performing to give tours at Sun Studios in Memphis — for the money, but also for the enjoyment. Acting? Sure, why not throw that into the mix, as well. “I…
CD Review: Nada Surf
The Deal: The Brooklyn-based alternative pop/rock trio releases its fifth album. For the forgetful, their sarcastic, high school-outlined video “Popular,” aired with success on MTV in 1996. The Good: The album is charged with chirpy, wistful and energetic melodies, beginning with the band’s first track and single “See These Bones.” The track is about being…
NoDa
NoDa holds the title of one of Charlotte’s most eclectic neighborhoods. Known as the Q.C.’s arts district, NoDa originally existed as a mill village that operated almost independently of Charlotte. After the mill closed in the 1970s, the area went downhill and became a hub for the poverty-stricken. But that all changed when artists moved…
Guitar workshop planned for March 8
The Nashville Songwriters Association International is sponsoring a Finger-Style Guitar Workshop by Stevie Coyle on March 8 at The Evening Muse. Coyle is a multi-instrumentalist — a true music veteran who is working on his first solo album after recently departing from The Waybacks; known for their vintage folk music and on-stage collaborations with Bob…
CD Review: Antietam
The Deal: Double disc highlights long-running trio’s sonic diversity. The Good: It’s tempting to view Brooklyn-via-Louisville stalwarts Antietam as one of those rediscovered treasures washed ashore in the latest trend cycle and declared “seminal,” a Dream Syndicate or Mission of Burma for the late aughts. Even though guitarist/singer Tara Key, husband/bassist Tim Harris and drummer…
Plaza Midwood
Plaza Midwood, located along The Plaza east of center city, was once an industrial neighborhood that sprung up around the city’s original streetcar line. After the industrial and manufacturing plants moved out of the area, Plaza Midwood developed a reputation as a slightly seedy part of town. But because of an economic swing in the…
Music Menu
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 English Beat While London Calling, Nevermind the Bollocks, The Specials and My Aim Is True are often – and rightly – cited as pinnacles of Britain’s fecund punk explosion, we shouldn’t forget that the Beat’s debut, I Just Can’t Stop It, deserves a place among them. Jam-packed with jittery ska, rocksteady pop,…
CD Review: Black Mountain
The Deal: Psychedelic rock band returns with sophomore effort. The Good: It’s as if The Flaming Lips, early Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, and ’70s rock got together for a big orgy and Black Mountain was the love child. It’s a good mixture of short and long with tracks clocking in at everything from 1:42 to…
South End
South End, located directly south of center city, started off as a thriving manufacturing community during Charlotte’s textile boom of the early 20th century. The area went downhill, however, during the 1970s and 1980s as the once thriving manufacturing companies closed shop and moved out, leaving behind huge buildings to rot and decay. But as…
The Blotter
‘TIL JAIL DO WE PART: A 25-year-old man said his wife opened up a can of whoop ass on him during an argument. He said she hit him in the face with an open hand and then picked up a belt and started hitting his entire body. The woman was arrested on the scene and…
Community: Mosaic Masterpiece
Get to know your artistic side today in the perfect garden setting. Altered art artist Janice Micek will lead participants through all things mosaic in Piece by Piece: Mosaic Planter. Learn how to break and apply ceramics and china to make the perfect custom home accent. Micek will teach you how train your eye to…
SouthPark
When most people think of SouthPark, they automatically think of SouthPark Mall, one of the largest and ritziest malls in the city. But there’s much more to this neighborhood than just great shopping … or maybe not. SouthPark is a semi-urban area that has become a hub for business and retail activity; within its neatly…
Bush’s daily comedy act
Lately, I’ve been loving Preznit Bush’s comedy routine. I mean his recent act of popping out of his coop every single day, like a newly hatched Chicken Little, to deliver a daily dose of fear-mongering over the so-called Protect America Act. Every day, the nation indifferently shrugged him off, but the next morning, there he…
Art: God City + Creative Loafing = Counter Culture
Creative Loafing has teamed up with the funky, Charlotte-based art collective known as God City to bring you a provocative art exhibition titled Counter Culture. Counter Culture will display an incredible body of new work created by the God City crew — and the focus of all the pieces in the show is the media…
Starmount
Starmount, located along South Boulevard and Arrowood Road, is the largest established neighborhood in South Charlotte with nearly 1,400 homes. It was constructed in the 1960s and the majority of the homes are ranch-style. It’s not a luxurious neighborhood like SouthPark, but it is a neighborhood that was built to last with sturdy homes that…
Rasl No. 1
The Deal: Comic god Jeff Smith — the man behind the acclaimed Bone series — is back with a brand new comic series. And this new book, titled RASL, ain’t nothing like Bone. You won’t find any dragons or broadswords in this one; it’s set pretty firmly in the modern world. But reading RASL…
Amtrak ramps up security
Last week, Amtrak announced plans to beef up security on their trains. But will Charlotte be any safer? It doesn’t look that way. Shortly after the new security measures were announced, Creative Loafing sent a reporter to the Tryon Street train station to see if signs of the beefed-up security were there. There were no…
Comedy: Laugh Out Loud
The Emmy-winning writer of The Chris Rock Show, Louis CK, comes to the Q.C. for one night only on his Chewed Up tour. The director of the cult hit Pootie Tang, and star of 2 HBO specials and the HBO sitcom Lucky Louie brings his honest, funny, no holds barred comedy act to Spirit Squares’…
University City
University City, located to the extreme northeast of Charlotte, was originally a rural area before it developed into the sprawling suburban district that it is today. A semi-urban neighborhood, it is centered around a “downtown” area located at the intersection of North Tryon Street and W.T. Harris Boulevard and is notorious for its backed-up, rush-hour…
7 lean women
Could a technicolor dream at CPCC be providing a quick spurt of inspiration to an NC Dance Theatre choreographer? Behold, there were seven women onstage at Booth Playhouse — less than a week after Pharaoh, transformed into a swivel-hipped king by Andrew Lloyd Webber, had his dream of seven fat cows and seven lean cows…
High Country gay students, there’s a scholarship for you
Are you a gay college student at a Charlotte university from the high country? Need some help paying for school? Boone Pride may have a $1,500 scholarship for you. “We’re a young organization,” says Deborah Hollingsworth, a board member of the group. “And most of us are connected to higher education. We started out as…
Theater: Eccentric Applewhites
Theater
Uptown
There was a time when people only came to Uptown to go to the courthouse and pay their water bill … and the only folks walking the streets were bank employees and homeless people. But after a major effort to revamp the area, Uptown has become one of the hottest spots in Charlotte, attracting a…
