May 23-29, 2018
That Guy Smitty cover; McNinch House; Atrium Health and psychiatric care; ‘Spring Awakening’
Cover Story
You Know His Name And You’ve Seen His Face. But Who Is That Guy Smitty?
[Image-1] HE WAS JUST ANOTHER GUY in March of 1996. That’s when Anthony “Smitty” Smith took a road trip with a friend from Charlotte to Winston-Salem to attend an early Beyond rave featuring the Florida-based electronic trio Rabbit in the Moon. It had been two years since Smitty returned home from England, where he was…
Bishop Briggs stuns sold-out Underground
Foreign Air gets its hometown crowd warmed up.
Fans leave Outlaw Music Festival disappointed
Willie Nelson walks off before a single note was played.
WATCH THIS: Legendary C+C Music Factory Rapper Freedom Williams Surprises Charlotte Rapper Phaze Gawd on Special ‘Local Vibes/Yo! CLT Raps’ Podcast
Charlotte rapper gets zapped on this special edition of ‘Local Vibes.’
Hips Don’t Lie: Swagger missing from solo Star Wars story
SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY **1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Ron Howard STARS Alden Ehrenreich, Donald Glover I first saw Star Wars upon its original release during the summer of ’77, when I was a mere lad of 11. There I was loving it loving it loving it — a spunky princess! a dashing…
The Blotter: Escape From Epicentre
Garbage Man A man in uptown Charlotte tried to escape the EpiCentre with a stolen bottle of vodka, but was taken down before he could make it far. According to the report, the man entered the storage area at Rooftop 210 with a garbage bag and placed $1,440 worth of Grey Goose bottles inside before…
MST3K, Red Sparrow, The Return of Swamp Thing 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.) EARLY MAN (2018). Aardman Animations, the studio responsible for those brilliant Wallace & Gromit shorts (as well as the duo’s Oscar-winning feature film), returns with Early Man, a witty and warm-hearted romp…
News of the Weird: The Orgy Next Door
Bold In the fashionable Denver suburb of Castle Rock, Colorado, the motto might be “If the house is rockin’, DO come knockin’!” Residents on Avery Way are in a tizzy about the Thunderstorm Play Palace, a 7,500-square-foot home where, neighbors told KDVR-TV, the owner invites swinging couples and singles to gather for wild sex parties.…
How One of Fourth Ward’s Oldest Buildings Keeps History Alive
Walk through Fourth Ward in Uptown and it’s easy to imagine a Charlotte from 100 years ago. The old homes with wide front porches, wavy glass and interesting architectural features give us a glimpse into our city’s history. One, in particular, has withstood the test of time — a test that in Fourth Ward has…
Local Doctors Feel the Crunch as Beds for Psychiatric Treatment Decrease Nationwide
Before retiring in 2016, former Carolinas Medical Center physician Kathryn, who asked not to be identified for this story, had noticed a heartbreaking trend happening in the emergency department where she worked. Mental health patients were being brought in and left in the emergency areas for days or sometimes weeks while they waited for a…
‘Spring Awakening’ Characters are Confused and Abused, With Unmistakable Talent
For more than a century, the playwright Frank Wedekind was best remembered as the creator of the character Lulu, the libertine protagonist in two of his erotically charged dramas, Earth Spirit (1895) and Pandora’s Box (1904). In 1937, Alban Berg combined the two works into one Lulu, an opera that stands as one of the…
A Haymaker of a Meal
A few weeks ago, I shared with my readers the lofty goal of trying a different restaurant for date night at least once a week. Well, if you follow my @omgclt_ Instagram account and check out my OMGNOMS highlights, you’ll see that the boo and I have been doing a pretty good job whittling down…
