Mar 9-15, 2010

Mar 9-15, 2010 / Vol. 24 / No. 2

DJ Battle tonight (3/15/2010)

Look, we know it’s Monday. We know you have to work in the morning and you just walked through today like a zombie because you partied all weekend, but how often do you get a chance to see eight DJ’s battle it out and then catch a legendary DJ spin afterwards…for FREE! Red Bull’s Thre3Style…

Mike McCray

Sale of the day: Fresh Boutique

From Fresh Boutique’s Facebook page: Progressive Sale starts today!!!!!!!!!!!! Buy one item of clothing, get 10% off, buy two items get 20% off, buy 3 items or more get 30% off!! This is a special early spring sale we do to give you an opportunity to get a great start to your spring wardrobe!! Fabulous…

Kimberly Lawson

Project Runway winner Jay McCarroll plays host at Southpark Macy’s

Saturday, Macy’s at Southpark held its first every Style Challenge, hosted by celebrity designer and Project Runway winner Jay McCarroll. The challenge was in conjunction with the launch of Macy’s Fashion Director, an online site that guides consumers through spring trends and help them put together outfits for any occasion. In the photo, Jay McCarroll…

Kimberly Lawson

Whose rights? Hate speech vs. funerals’ privacy

People like Fred Phelps can make you think twice about free speech rights. Phelps, as you probably know, is the belligerent preacher from Kansas, who has also set up a headquarters in Waynesville, N.C. Phelps’ followers show up at soldiers’ funerals to protest gays. To them, this actually makes sense because, they say, America’s growing…

John Grooms

Kylie’s Sports Bar and Grill

Kylie’s Sports Bar and Grill is now 0pen! The hottest sports bar in town, Kylie’s has everything your heart could desire – from appetizers like Kylie’s mile high nachos to cheeseburgers, seaside shrimp and pasta and the best baby back ribs you could sink your teeth into. We’ve got 50 HDTV’s, five nine-foot Diamond Pool…

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Blue, 3/13/10

BRAVO, Opera Carolina’s Young Professional’s Group got together at Blue, following Saturday’s opening of “Carmen” at the Belk Theater.

Priscilla Tsai

Bill Evans

alias: “Pockets.” “I have designed custom made for years my trousers, a take off on olde English High Waisted Design from 1920s, no rear pockets. NO POCKETS,Thus nickname…” inspiration (fashion): “Dewey Cain, my grandfather on my mothers side. A tobacco farmer from Lone Hickory, NC-population 50, near Harmony. Every Sunday(to go to Sandy Springs Baptist…

Jasiatic

Corner Pub

The Corner Pub is conveniently located in Uptown Charlotte, NC. Just 3 blocks from Tryon Street in Post Uptown Place. We are a neighborhood bar where you can drop in and have a few drinks with friends or relax outside on the patio. With the laidback atmosphere and the friendly staff, it’s the perfect place…

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Loco Lime

Loco Lime not only serves great Mexican Cuisine, we also feature a variety of Mexican beers and homemade Margaritas. Monday night we feature half priced Margarita’s, Tuesday nights are $2.50 bottles, Wednesday is $2.50 Corona and Corona Light and Thursday is $2.50 Dos XX Lager and Dos XX Amber. Come in, pull up a stool,…

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Dirty Martini

Dirty Martini If you’re looking for the full blown energy of a night club blended with the sensual vibe of a lounge, then come experience “The Dirty Martini”. Lake Norman’s premier Ultra Lounge is open from 5:00 P.M. until 2:00 A.M. Tuesday through Saturday. Sip one of our signature martinis while you take in the…

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Yesteryears

Located at the crossroad of Sharon Amity and Independence, Yesteryears Good Time Pub is the king of watering holes. Our atmosphere is that of a museum of knick-knacks and memorabilia collected over the years. We have pool tables, darts, karaoke, and more to keep you having fun. Our menu offers everything from steaks to burgers…

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Tommy’s Pub

“Cead Mile Failte!” Since 1977, Tommy’s Pub & Club has been the hot gathering spot for natives of Charlotte’s Plaza-Midwood neighborhood. Bring your records down for Tuesday Night Vinyl or play your instrument and sing us a song during Wednesday’s Open Mic. Night. With daily specials and a full line of very affordable domestic &…

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Tilted Kilt

We are truly unique in that the Tilted Kilt experience delivers more than meets the eye (no pun intended). We aren’t your typical chain restaurant/pub. We deliver on providing a great overall experience: The world famous tilted kilt girls, great food, sports viewing excellence, a fun atmosphere, and oh yeah, an ice-cold beer to remember.…

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T1 Tapas

T1Tapas is the most technologically advanced restaurant in the Queen City. Your evenings out will never be the same again! Our bar is stocked with a great collection of beers, wines, and liquors. Some of the regional beers available are only served at T1Tapas. Fan of Asheville Brewing Company or Jack of the Wood? Well,…

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Solstice Tavern

Solstice Tavern is your friendly neighborhood bar with all your favorite pub foods and beyond.  Daily specials to enlighten your taste buds while indoors enjoying the game or out on our patio with table games and a bar with the sun on your back.  Great daily drink specials from our fun and friendly staff will…

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Rock Bottom

Uptown Charlotte’s only working Brewery, Rock Bottom is the place where friends and families go for great food, the best beer around, and good times you’ll want to have again and again.  Six handcrafted beers and our changing seasonal beer are made in our onsite brewery and taste as fresh as an untamed mountain stream.…

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Revolution Pizza

Located in the heart of NoDa, Revolution Pizza & Ale House is a Mediterranean & Art Deco themed bar & restaurant. Pound for pound, this is Charlotte’s best destination for finely crafted draft beers. Revolution’s rotating selection of 44 drafts offers something for everyone from the novice to the beer enthusiast. Don’t neglect the cocktails…

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Bar Madness

Special Advertising Section 1st Annual BAR MADNESS While March Madness fanatics and bracket addicts fill up their local watering hole the staff here at CL thought it was only right to have some of the best bars get into the fun. Crowning our area’s best bar is not going to be an easy task. Charlotte’s…

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Quaker Steak And Lube

Quaker Steak & Lube® serves over 70 million wings annually, has bottled sauces for retail sale, has won the title of “Best Wings USA,” and has over 100 local, national, and international awards for their sauce recipes. As if our wing sauces weren’t intense enough, our drink menu can satisfy a seasons worth of winner…

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Picasso’s Sports Cafe University

Enjoy Picasso’s Sports Cafe University in Charlotte, North Carolina. Whether you’re looking to unwind and drink some booze, or you’re looking for a popular for you and your friends, you’ve found the right place. With more than 4 years of experience, we offer high quality food, 15 HD televisions with 12 receivers, and daily drink…

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Picasso’s Sports Café Uptown

Enjoy Picasso’s Sports Cafe at the popular uptown location. Whether you’re looking to unwind and have a drink, or looking for a popular spot for you and your friends, you’ve found the right place. With more than 15 years of experience in charlotte, we offer high quality food, 23 televisions, and daily drink specials. FREE…

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Philosopher’s Stone

The most-happening restaurant, tavern, and live-music venue in Charlotte’s Elizabeth Neighborhood! Our kitchen is open until 2 am every day of the week and there is a different lunch and dinner special provided daily. We have 2 main bar areas – one in the front and one in the back, as well as 2 outdoor…

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Loft 1523

Loft 1523 is just what Charlotte was missing…an ultra-hip lounge in Charlotte featuring signature martinis and a stylish atmosphere. Located minutes from Uptown in the historic Elizabeth District, Loft is where Charlotte’s young professionals go to be seen. While you’re here, be sure to check out the patio and enjoy the perfect view of the…

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Lebowski’s

Lebowski’s Neighborhood Grill lives up to its motto – “Great Food, Tunes & Times…That’s Just How We Roll”.  The menu consists of several signature items including Awesome Wings, the Already-Famous-Soon-To-Be-Legend Lebowski Burger and a Haddock Fish Fry that has patrons driving all the way from Hickory. Listen to the sound system playing anything from Hank…

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Jock & Jills

Jocks & Jills, Charlotte’s favorite sports bar & grill located in Southwest Charlotte; catch your favorite team during the tournament! Wall-to-wall historic professional & college memorabilia along with 60+ High Def TVs! Perfect place to gather for your group outing; we can accommodate large groups of 40+! Call and speak with a manager about larger…

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Harvey’s

Harvey’s in Huntersville is a neighborhood hangout with something for everyone. Nestled in the Vermillion neighborhood, Harvey’s offers a great menu, a sprawling bar with microbrew beers on tap, over a dozen TV’s, free billiards, darts, live music and a great patio. Harvey’s features special events, including monthly Beer Dinners and Ballroom Dancing, and is…

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Dixie’s Tavern

No one throws a party like Dixie’s.  Dixie’s Tavern is known for drawing a young, professional crowd looking to unwind at the end of a workday or watch their favorite team on the tube. No game on? Then let our DJ take care of throwing the party! That’s right, Dixie’s Tavern has a DJ playing…

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Dharma Lounge

The Dharma Lounge, Dharma Lounge is located in the heart of the Camden Rd District on the corner of West Summit Ave and S.Tryon Street. Dedicated to stylish nightlife without all the fuss, dharma is the perfect place to dance and mingle without worrying about velvet rope lines, VIP sections, or ridiculous cover charges. Pretty…

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Cuban Pete’s

At Cuban Pete’s Café, we offer a diverse menu of Cuban cuisine classics and we let the exceptional quality of ingredients take center stage. We work closely with area growers and purveyors to ensure the produce, meat, fish, and chicken are of the highest standard. Everything is prepared from scratch daily and expertly presented. A…

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Anti-gay prom bias wins the prize

I know a couple of Charlotte high school students, a young man and a young woman, who attended their prom together a couple or so years ago. She’s bisexual and he’s gay. She dressed in a tux and he wore a gown. And, here’s the kicker, nobody really cared; certainly, no one griped about it.…

John Grooms

Cosmos Café

The heartbeat of uptown Charlotte, Cosmos Café is located at the corner of Sixth and N. College streets. Our eclectic eatery offers daily drink specials as well as cuisine from around the world. Wood-fired pizzas, fresh sushi and delectable desserts are only a small part of the continental flair of our diverse menu. Wander through…

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Buckhead Saloon

Buckhead Saloon has been rocking Uptown since 2003.  Home of 50 cent drafts every Thursdays. We keep the party going all night by offering Great Live Music, Ice Cold Beer and a DJ spinning Top 40 in between band sets. Charlottes only weekly indoor Cornhole Tournament where we give cash prizes every Tourney. Question on…

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Boardwalk Billy’s

Boardwalk Billy’s is a unique bar and restaurant in the University area.  You voted us Best Drink Specials in Charlotte and we feature 24 great beers on tap.  Billy’s rocks live music Wednesday to Saturday and there are 25 TVs that are always showing your favorite sports.  We have two huge patios overlooking the lake…

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Preview the new Kim and Khloe Kardashian line by BeBe

Tonight, that happening EpiCentre nightspot Suite, along with The E Modeling Agency, is hosting The Models Mingle Part 2, a party for the fashionable and the fashion-minded. The fashion show will feature the new BeBe line from Kim and Khloe Kardashian. Here are some photos I snagged from StarPulse.com to give you an idea of…

Kimberly Lawson

BAR Charlotte

Welcome to the home of the World Famous BAR Charlotte, where the Jager flows freely and the party never ends!!! Often imitated, but never duplicated, BAR Charlotte and its extreme staff excel at throwing the sickest party in Uptown. From the sexiest beertub girls to the hottest bartenders. Imagine New Years Eve, Mardi Gras, Spring…

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Alley Cat

Located in the heart of Uptown Charlotte’s nightlife district between Sixth and Seventh Streets, The Alley Cat is home to a nightly raucous party where attitudes and inhibitions alike are checked at the door in exchange for the wildest party in town. The Alley Cat is a place to enjoy stiff drinks, DJ’s, and the…

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Step and Sloan’s dot sale ends this weekend

Today through Sunday, take half off the dot sale. You would have paid $10, $20, $30, etc. Now slash that price in half. Sale applies to shoes, handbangs, clothing and accessories. 1419 East Blvd. SLOAN 704.338.1400 STEP 704.376.1275 Oh, and by the way, the fabulous waxMaMa has a great Q&A with Dan “The Shoe Man”…

Kimberly Lawson

Sale of the day: Pure Denim

Take 40 percent off all True Religion kids items (fitting since the True Religion store in Southpark opens next week). Also take 25 percent off all sale items. Happy shopping, folks! 4400 Sharon Road, #P19 704-366-7873 www.puredenim.com

Kimberly Lawson

Kami Shalom

alias: none inspiration: “The raw creativity of children.” passion: “Sharing the stories of my people with anyone willing to listen….” favorite movie: “Sankofa.” current city: Charlotte plug: “One woman show- coming soon.” To see more photos by Jasiatic, visit www.createtressphotography.blogspot.com and to see some of these portraits on the wall, visit Crave Dessert Bar

Jasiatic

SUPERcity

The founder of the TED Conference has some super ideas for the Q.C. He’s coming to share them in April at two talks in Uptown. Registration is now open. Or, if that’s not your speed, check out his books. Richard Saul Wurman, an architect who taught at N.C. State University in the early 1970s, rocketed…

Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman

Fifth Third Bank move brings promise of urban paradise

Wow, what a huge, huge deal for this city — Fifth Third Bancorp is moving its corporate headquarters a whopping eight miles or so! To Uptown! Woo-hooo! The city’s economy is saved, new jobs are being created as we speak, and pretty soon we expect to see ordinary Charlotteans rolling around in piles of money…

John Grooms

Upcoming: Hems and Hers trunk show

I like when local stores pimp out their local designers, and Bella Ropa is doing just that with Hems & Hers. The Birkdale Village boutique is hosting a trunk show with local designer Caroline Black and her line Hems & Hers. The event goes down Friday, from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Check out this blurb I…

Kimberly Lawson

Tonight’s Top 5, 03/11/10

The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, March 11, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing. • ATAVISM Revisited at Crave Dessert Bar • CLT Business Networking After Hours and Mixer at Cosmos Cafe • Alley Cat College Night – Spring Break Special • Trivia Blast with DJ Tommy Dee at Phil’s Tavern…

Kimberly Lawson

Conan O’Brien at Bonnaroo 2010

It was announced today that Conan O’Brien will be at this year’s Bonnaroo Festival. O’Brien will not only be performing in the Comedy Theatre, but will also be MCing the What Stage on Friday and Saturday. Also confirmed to perform in the Comedy Theatre are Margaret Cho, Aziz Ansari, Greg Giraldo, Bo Burnham, Doug Benson,…

Jeff Hahne

Monster Cookies

Adapted from a recipe in the Baked cookbook Baked: New Frontiers in Baking, these Monster Cookies, are well, monster. (Baked is the well-known bakery with locations in Charleston, SC and New York.) Be afraid. These cookies are monsterous in size. They are downright beastly they are so big. Each drop cookie contains over 3 tablespoons…

Priscilla Tsai

D’Annunzio: extremist or megalomaniac?

It says all you need to know about GOP congressional candidate Tim D’Annunzio’s extremism (and I’m being kind) that Jack Hawke left the campaign. Hawke, a former N.C. GOP chairman and longtime political strategist, was an advisor for former Gov. Jim Martin’s campaign as well as for Pat McCrory, but he has left D’Annunzio’s campaign…

John Grooms

Theresa

alias: none inspiration: “My husband.” passion: “Following the Golden Rule.” favorite book: “Withering Heights.” current city: Charlotte plug: “Ad concepts USA 704.588.7666 www.promodonnas.com To see more photos by Jasiatic, visit www.createtressphotography.blogspot.com and to see some of these portraits on the wall, visit Crave Dessert Bar

Jasiatic

Celebrating Notorious B.I.G. Day

With today being the 13th anniversary of Biggie Small’s death, it’s crazy to think that as a 23-year old that literally grew up with hip-hop, that B.I.G. has been dead more than half my life. March 9 is always a day where radio blows the dust off Biggie records that aren’t just singles but the…

Mike McCray

Health reform war in its final throes

With the president on the warpath in the heartland, the battle over health care reform is now in its final throes (special thanks to Dick Cheney for the great phrase), with Democrats moving toward probable passage of a bill in the next few weeks. Just in time for reform’s stretch run, the North Carolina Attorney…

John Grooms

Life’s a (segregated) beach

If you were to view Leisure Space, Juan Logan’s latest exhibition, with no wall text, no titles, no clue as to what the work is about, you might be puzzled, but you would still be moved.

Barbara Schreiber

Viva Charlotte!

After a four-and-a-half-hour flight across the country, I woke up on a plane with my head nestled on the shoulder of the stranger sitting next to me. I repeat, a stranger … awkward! Is that what I get for waking up in Vegas? Apparently so … Last week, I joined the NASCARnival to Viva Las…

MUSIC: Jimmy Brown & Belfast Balladeers at PJ O’Reilly’s

On the official St. Patrick’s Day, Jimmy Brown — a talented Charlotte musician who hails from Belfast, Northern Ireland — will perform at PJ O’Reillys with his Belfast Balladeers. Frequently performing his originals and tradition Irish tunes around town, Brown’s shows ensure good times. In addition, the party will also feature Irish dancers, Irish pipe…

Anita Overcash

The Black Lips’ reputation precedes them, but is it deserved?

If you search for information about The Black Lips online, chances are you’ll find stories of getting kicked out of India, bar fights, nudity, vomiting, urination, male-on-male kissing and other outrageous antics. As the stories go on, they’re usually followed with statements about how the band has calmed down in recent years — perhaps a…

Jeff Hahne

Comic Review: Green Hornet No. 1

Green Hornet No. 1 Published by Dynamite Entertainment. Written by Kevin Smith. Breakdowns by Phil Hester. Pencils by Jonathan Lau. The Deal: Movie director and part-time comic book scribe Kevin Smith rolls out his brand-new version of the Green Hornet. This comic series is based on a screenplay written by Smith some time ago. The…

Carlton Hargro

Iron Cordoba headlines Brawling Irish benefit event

Usually, the guys in Iron Cordoba and woman behind Nasty Productions team up for fantastic themed parties that last for hours and are just plain fun in every way. Those same people are getting together again this month, but this time around, it’s for a good cause. On March 13, from 9 p.m. to 2…

Jeff Hahne

Review of Evie’s Waltz and Charlotte Symphony’s Variations

Bringing us to a West Coast hacienda for an early-evening barbecue, playwright Carter W. Lewis has a lot on his mind. His questions in Evie’s Waltz swirl around the unseen Danny Matthews, a troubled teen expelled from his high school for firearms possession with additional problems looming in his near future. As we enter the…

Perry Tannenbaum

CD Review: Juliana Hatfield’s Peace and Love

The Deal: Indie fave and former Blake Babies member, Juliana Hatfield, releases her 11th solo album. The Good: Known for many of her DIY ways, Hatfield’s latest album is no different. Released on her own label, the album features her playing all instruments on the album along with producing and engineering the 12-track disc. Her…

Jeff Hahne

Horoscope for March 10-16, 2010

Pisces The Fish (Feb. 18-March 19): Let the past go. Keep only what and who is truly important to you. Throughout this year, the main trajectory is to blend what is at your core and unchangeable with what is nontraditional for you. This will be a test of confidence and creativity, but it is timely…

Vivian Carol

Invisible life

Charlotte’s black music scene exists … I think. Currently, Grammy winners Stephanie Mills, Anthony Hamilton and Fantasia call this emerging metropolis home. Grammy-nominated crooner Calvin Richardson lives here, too — as does rising star Rudy Currence, who was recently signed to rapper Ludacris’ Disturbing Tha Peace record label. Music industry veterans Ed “Special Ed” Archer…

Nsenga Burton

Where to find fresh egg rolls

Reader Kyle Martin from Huntersville asks where he can find a good, crispy, never-frozen egg roll. Where to find it: Fresh, never frozen, egg rolls Chinese restaurants are the single most popular ethnic eateries across the United States, and the last time I counted ethnic eateries in Charlotte, they were still No. 1 here, too.…

Tricia Childress

It’s a jungle in here

You know they call them “Killer Whales”?! But you seemed surprised when it pinned you down To the bottom of the tank Where you can’t turn around. It took half your leg and both your lungs. “When I craved I ate hearts of sharks, I know you know it.” I’m a man-man-man, man-man-man eater And…

Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files

Piss Drunk: A police officer arrested a man in the NoDa area after he couldn’t hold it in any longer. The officer came across a woman and her two friends at an intersection and escorted them to their vehicle. When they arrived at the car, the only male in the group stood in plain view…

Ryan Pitkin

Small banks get big

In late 2009, the news/political Web site The Huffington Post organized Move Your Money, a “movement” designed to show big banks — like Charlotte’s own Wells Fargo/Wachovia and Bank of America — how pissed off customers are about the recent spate of bailouts, bonuses and other bad financial moves. Move Your Money encourages people who…

Cheris Hodges, John Grooms and Rhiannon Bowman

Bus crash

This week, the South slid backward, returning to the segregationist era of separate and unequal schools. Or at least that’s what you’d believe if you read the national coverage of the Wake County school busing story. In a saga watched around the country, neighborhood schools advocates took over Wake’s school board, defeating a majority dedicated…

Alice in Wonderland: Feed your head

Here’s the problem with the vast majority of movies based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass: They’re too tame, too hesitant and too conventional to really tap into the more unsettling aspects of an immortal fantasy that provides as much satisfaction for adults as for children. The most…

Matt Brunson

CD Review: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

The Deal: Mind-bending, fonky take on Dixieland by a galaxy of unlikely presenters including Merle Haggard, Tom Waits, Angelique Kidjo, Ani DiFranco, Steve Earle and Dr. John. The Good: A benefit album to raise money for New Orleans’ revered-but-financially-shabby Dixieland homestead, Preservation Hall, Preservation pairs a gathering of unlikely Dixielanders with the strutting rhythms that…

Grant Britt

CL previews upcoming concerts (March 10-16)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 They Might Be Giants The two Johns – Flansburgh and Linnell – have been penning quirky rock tunes for nearly 30 years at this point. This time around, the band is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the album Flood – which some, including yours truly, would claim to be their finest work.…

Ponyo, Capitalism among new DVD reviews

CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY (2009). It goes without saying that Michael Moore’s most recent documentary hardly shows the United States of America at its best. The sobering afterthought is that it hardly shows Michael Moore at his best, either. Easily the controversial filmmaker’s weakest nonfiction piece to date, Capitalism contains many powerful sequences yet ultimately…

Matt Brunson

THEATER: Violet

Davidson Community Players takes a trip back in time to 1964 and the early days of the civil rights movement with its latest production, Violet. Based on Doris Betts’ short story, The Ugliest Pilgrim, the play — with a book and lyrics by Brian Crawley and music by Jeanine Tesori — revolves around a scarred…

Anita Overcash

Brooklyn’s Finest: Hardly

Brooklyn’s Finest certainly isn’t Hollywood’s finest. This tired police actioner admittedly picks up during its second half, but by then, patrons may be too deep in slumber to be woken even by the constant gunplay, shouted profanity or blaring coincidences that clang against each other with Crash-like precision. Speaking of Crash, that film’s Don Cheadle…

Matt Brunson

MUSIC: Ani DiFranco at Neighborhood Theatre

Indie singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco is the type of artist who does things her way. Of course, that means big issues in the world of record labels, so rather than sign and be bound to contract (and conflict), she started her own label, Righteous Babe in the early ’90s. Since then her albums (and she’s got…

Anita Overcash

The White Ribbon: Tangled up

An Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography, Germany’s The White Ribbon also has the distinction of winning the top prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, at the same ceremony where the jury publicly denounced Lars von Trier’s Antichrist by giving it an “anti-award.” I plan to screen Antichrist in the…

Matt Brunson

FILM: Screening of The Apartment at Theatre Charlotte

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 re-teamed for 1960’s The Apartment, 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…

Matt Brunson

The Last Station: Plum role for Plummer

Helen Mirren earned her fourth Academy Award nomination for The Last Station — she deservedly won the award for 2006’s The Queen — so the real pleasure here is witnessing 80-year-old veteran Christopher Plummer finally score his first career nod. Alas, he’s been tagged in the Best Supporting Actor category, meaning that anyone hoping this…

Matt Brunson

ART: Jasiatic’s Who Shot Ya? art show

Shameless self-promotion time: Jasiatic — the local photographer who maintains Creative Loafing’s portrait blog, Who Shot Ya? (Find it at Clclt.com/arts) — is mounting her own art exhibition. The show, also called Who Shot Ya?, showcases her best snapshots of Charlotte’s funkiest denizens. And, for a small fee, Jasiatic will also be on hand snapping…

Carlton Hargro

Hard Apple Cider gains in popularity

Before Coca-Cola found its way down the gullets and onto the palates of Americans in 1886, hard apple cider, another effervescent drink, had been one of the most popular drinks in the U.S. In fact, hard cider had been the preferred alcoholic beverage, even touted by our founding fathers. When beer production arrived with German…

Tricia Childress

MUSIC: African Children’s Choir at Knight Theater

Comprised of African children ranging from ages 5-12 years old, the African Children’s Choir displays vocal talents and choreographed dances stemming from five impoverished nations, including Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, Nigeria, and Rwanda. The show stops in at Knight Theater tonight. You can expect to hear children’s songs, as well as spiritual and gospel tunes. Donations…

Anita Overcash

3 questions with cookbook author Martha Earnhardt

If you’ve spent many nights spinning your tires over what to make your family for dinner, slow your roll and pick up a copy of Pit Stop in a Southern Kitchen, a Southern-inspired cookbook. In it, you’ll find family recipes from Martha Earnhardt, mother of the late racecar driver Dale Earnhardt and grandmother to Dale…

Nicole Pietrantonio

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