May 4-10, 2016

May 4-10, 2016 / Vol. 30 / No. 11

Review: Charlotte Ballet’s Spring Works

Finishing Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s penultimate year as artistic director, Charlotte Ballet served up an evening of Spring Works that carved a graceful arc from sorrow to celebration. Musically, the program could be described as all-American, though sticklers would consider that a stretch. Resident choreographer Sasha Janes’ We Danced Through Life, premiered at Chautauqua last summer, is set…

Perry Tannenbaum

Captain America: Civil War: Behind the shield

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR ***1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Anthony Russo & Joe Russo STARS Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. In the long run, it’s unlikely the notion of Team Cap or Team Iron Man will take root in the cultural lexicon in the same manner as, say, Team Beatles or Team Elvis or…

Matt Brunson

Weekly horoscope (May 5-11)

For All Signs: This week we have a grand trine in the solar system which involves the Sun, Pluto, and Jupiter. The “grand trine” resembles an equilateral triangle and is considered to be fortunate. Generally life moves smoothly and things work out as expected with this arrangement. Hopefully this will modify the effect of the…

Vivian Carol

Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (May 5)

Cutting Crew Apparently there have been a few home improvement projects along Albemarle Road without the proper funding, as the local Walmart has been getting hit hard by shoplifters. According to security, a suspect first swiped an electric chainsaw from the store early in the week by using his two small children to conceal the…

Madeline Lemieux

Grounds for Parliament

As guitarist for the popular progressive metal band, Between the Buried and Me, Paul Waggoner takes head banging in stride. His long locks whip back and forth to the thrashing melodies that ensue when the group performs — as they’ll be doing on Friday, May 6 at Rock City Campgrounds at Charlotte Motor Speedway in…

Anita Overcash

Charlotte, the Mecca of disc golf

On Sunday, deep in the woods of Davidson, over 60 Charlotte-area disc golf players rallied around Candie Honeycutt and her remaining son, Tyler, and cheered her as she tearfully thanked them. The group had raised more than $1,500 over the weekend to help Honeycutt pay for a memorial for her oldest son, Gregory “Matt” Carpenter,…

Ryan Pitkin

Graffiti for the chicken-hearted

While a Fried Chicken Art Party might conjure images of flying chickens and greasy lick-your-fingers drumsticks, the upcoming art show dubbed as just that will actually focus on graffiti. The event, going down on Friday, May 6 at Studio 1212, features various mediums of artwork inspired by the guerilla art form. A happy addition: beer…

Anita Overcash

Faye tells the truth and distorts the rest in new EP

A more superstitious band would have called it quits in Wilmington. It was there that the members of Faye took advantage of some free time between shows to identify their spirit animals through a medium that specializes in such things. The band’s two guitarists, Susan Plante and Sarah Blumenthal, were told their respective spirit animals…

Ryan Pitkin

Seoul Food Meat Co’s got soul

On a blustery January day, I hopped out of the car to peer into the expansive windows of the space that had been a nearly windowless photography lab for decades. The interior design features were rustic wood and corrugated metal siding. The look: urban industrial, but in a southern, almost Cajun or Texas honky-tonk way,…

Tricia Childress

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