May 2-8, 2018
Munching Tours cover story, The Wormholes, Ray McKinnon Q&A, Resist: An Activist Art Show, Kanye
Was That a Topless Woman in Center City Today?
Why yes … yes it was
Summer Cinema Season
Avengers: Infinity War got a jump on the summer movie season by opening the last weekend of April, but there are plenty more titles to fill out the official seasonal slate. Over 50 movies are expected to debut locally between the start of May and the end of August. Here are sneak peeks at some…
Clergy Members, Former Inmates Speak Out Against Solitary Confinement in Mecklenburg County
Group calls on sheriff’s office to end the practice immediately
Auto Focus, Peter Rabbit, The Virgin Suicides among new home entertainment titles
(View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray, DVD and Streaming. Ratings are on a four-star scale.) AUTO FOCUS (2002). Greg Kinnear plays Bob Crane in director Paul Schrader’s Auto Focus, a distant, even sterile, yet compulsively watchable look at the sordid life of the Hogan’s Heroes star. Played…
Listen Up: The Wormholes Space Out on ‘Local Vibes’
For the 41st episode of the podcast, Ben and Chris of the Wormholes came and kicked it in the lead-up to their May residency at Snug Harbor. We talked about — and followed along musically with — the band’s transition from a more traditional rock sound to their newer synth-based space electro-alternative vibe. Be sure…
Munching Tours Take You Around the Globe in Two Hours
A group of seven of us sat around a couple of tables pulled together inside La Shish Kabob restaurant in east Charlotte. At the tables directly next to us sat more than a dozen Middle Eastern men, apparently a Saudi Arabian delegation visiting Charlotte with U.S. State Department representatives. Elsewhere in the small dining room,…
Dine Around the World in One Charlotte City Block
Is there any better place to come together and learn about each other than at a dinner table? There’s music, of course; there’s festivals, sporting events, school plays. But when it comes to getting down to that primal place where everyone lives — even Donald Trump — food is about as fundamental as it gets.…
Ray McKinnon Looks to Move From Political Activism to Elected Office
Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners at-large candidate Ray McKinnon’s campaign slogan is “Justice, Mercy and Humility.” If you’ve got any doubts that those are his priorities, check his forearm; it’s tattooed on him in black ink. The slogan comes from McKinnon’s favorite bible verse, Micah 6:8, which reads, “He has shown you, O mortal, what…
Activist Art Show Strikes Notes of Defiance and Hope
The paradox of the Donald Trump administration may be that its assault on civil liberties, immigrant rights and the environment has spurred an artistic renaissance, an outpouring of expression in opposition to White House policies. At least that’s what Megan Walsh has been seeing. “After the election a lot of people wanted to create art…
Charlotte Artists Prepare for ‘I Miss The Old Kanye’
We’ve all seen the #IMissTheOldKanye memes that have floated around on social media the past few years. Next week, Charlotte will be getting the “I Miss The Old Kanye” live event. Believe it or not, the idea for “I Miss The Old Kanye,” which takes place next Saturday, May 5, at Studio 1212 on East…
