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Charlotte’s take on race relations
Like many of you, we watched coverage of the protests and riots that erupted in Baltimore last week when a 25-year-old black man was laid to rest. Freddie Gray died of a severe spinal injury on April 19; a week earlier, he had been arrested without probable cause and ushered into a prisoner transport wagon.…
God Save the Queen City announces 2015 lineup
Deen Wean Group, Diarrhea Planet and more expected over the course of three-day event.
Today’s Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, May 12, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing. * Dollar Signs continues its Wednesday night residency at Snug Harbor. * A Community Blood Drive is being held at Johnson & Wales University. * Wyatt Cenac is at…
Rated PG: A weekend winery visit with the parents
And there’s plenty of Queen City fun that’s parent-approved.
Mad Max, Mortdecai, X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes among new home entertainment titles
(View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD. Ratings are on a four-star scale.) FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (2015). The screen adaptation of E.L. James’ global smash is a vanilla film that likely won’t even satisfy its target audience, all of whose members will be baffled at…
Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, May 12, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing. * Pixies at Ovens Auditorium. * Ciara at the Fillmore. * Peelander-Z at Snug Harbor. * Fight Night Comedy Competition at the Comedy Zone. * The Art Books of Henri…
Concert announcements: Geto Boys, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah
Stephen Stills, Merle Haggard and others announce tour stops in Charlotte.
Today’s Top 5: Monday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, May 11, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing. • Find Your Muse Open Mic at the Evening Muse • Skew The Masters at Ciel Gallery: A Fine Art Collective • Knocturnal at Snug Harbor • Body Emellishment…
First Drip (5/11/15): Suit against Duke Energy, Chris Christie’s big appetite, more
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Live review: Delta Rae, Neighborhood Theatre (5/8/2015)
Durham sextet rocks NoDa.
What’s hoppening at Unknown?
I had to check out the brewery’s inaugural Improper Glassware Night.
Hot Pursuit: Nowhere to run
HOT PURSUIT*1/2DIRECTED BY Anne FletcherSTARS Reese Witherspooon, Sofia Vergara There was a stretch during the 1980s when a rash of bad buddy comedies teamed the most unlikely and incompatible of partners, as if the pairs had been chosen by random spins on a wheel of misfortune. Pat Morita and Jay Leno in Collision Course. Ted…
The D Train worth catching
THE D TRAIN***DIRECTED BY Jarrad Paul & Andrew MogelSTARS Jack Black, James Marsden On paper, The D Train sounds as generic as movies get, no less an exercise in formula than the glop Gerber manufactures for babies. There’s a 20th anniversary high school reunion on the horizon, and the guy who once was the least…
First Drip (5/8/15): Stephen Colbert is the man; Gaston District Attorney Locke Bell is not, more
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Today’s Top 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Opening Friday
What’s new in theaters this weekend.
First Drip (5/7/15): N.C. makes bank because we got less money back in tax refunds, more
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Back in the USSR
Anna’s blazing Ilyushin attack plane spun toward the earth, and she burned and tumbled with it. Her next memory: searing pain, as she awoke with a soldier’s boot on her chest. After that, the inside of a cell. Lt. Anna Timofeyeva-Yegorova shouldn’t have survived the churning aerial battle over Warsaw, being shot down, her burns…
Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (May 7)
The Ol’ Bait And Switch: Police were dispatched to Sharon Amity Road in reference to an unpaid cab fare. The cab driver told officers that the suspect had run off without paying for the $20 fare. Around the same time, the suspect call 911 to report a fake crime in an effort to divert officers…
Weekly horoscope (May 7-13)
For All Signs: I write the phrase, “your planetary rule” because astrologers have long used this expression in relation to a condition of sun signs. Each sign has a planet in the solar system that represents it. In today’s digital world, the planet is analogous to an avatar. The planet’s travel symbolizes the conditions through…
Today’s Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Live review: Carolina Rebellion, Charlotte Motor Speedway (5/2-5/3/2015)
From the best dressed to the best, um, tail (?).
First Drip (5/6/15): DOT moves forward on toll lanes, despite fine print of contract, more
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Theater reviews: Freda, Pink Martini
You can’t accuse TAPROOT of doing children’s theater like everyone else. For example, I’ve never attended or performed in a children’s show on a Saturday evening. Yet there we were, my wife Sue and me, at Studio 1212 last Saturday evening for the 7:30 start of Freda, a brand-new work inspired by — and created…
Butch Walker relinquishes the producer crown
Losing a loved one is tough. That’s why singer/songwriter Butch Walker went down a rabbit hole of sorts when his father died last year. Walker, 45, needed to take a break from music in order to properly mourn his father’s passing. But when Walker popped back up, he jumped straight to the studio to record…
Fast and not furious: Adisil Indian Fast Food
Here are two facts about the Queen City. One, Charlotte has a thriving and creative Indian expat community. Two, Charlotte entrepreneurs have created a number of successful multi-unit eateries, most notably Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ‘n Biscuits. At the confluence of these facts is Adisil Indian Fast Food. Adisil is a relatively new entry into the…
Three questions with Joey Pepe, donut maker
Touring musician and lover of pastries, Joey Pepe often made it a point to frequent independently owned bakeries whenever on the road. He discovered, especially on the West Coast, that artisan donuts were finding a foothold. When he returned home to Charlotte, the 28-year-old found himself longing for the taste of something far beyond Krispy…
Check-ing up on Chubby the Checker’s new digs
Charlotte Coliseum. Independence Arena. Cricket Arena. The East Independence Boulevard location now known as Bojangles’ Coliseum has been called a lot of things over the course of its 60-year history. Originally opened in 1955, the venue first underwent renovations in 1988 — so it’s about time to freshen it up a bit, wouldn’t you say?…
