May 9-15, 2018
Mental Health Awareness Cover, Eustress Inc.; Dead Cat; ‘Every Brilliant Thing’; Disctopia; hamburgers
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Rwenshaun Miller Confronted His Own Mental Illness to Become a Beacon for the Black Community
There came a time in 2013 when Rwenshaun Miller was convinced that his only option was to take his life. Miller had spent the last three and a half years silently battling with bipolar disorder — self-medicating by going through a fifth of tequila every other day as he heard disembodied voices speaking to him…
Odesza brings the beats to CMCU Amphitheatre
EDM duo sells out Uptown’s outdoor venue.
Breaking In breaks down
BREAKING IN *1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY James McTeigue STARS Gabrielle Union, Billie Burke Panic Room meets The Three Stooges in Breaking In, a dim-witted thriller that mainly functions as a reminder that the talented Gabrielle Union should be landing better roles in bigger movies. Union (who also co-produced) stars as Shaun Russell, a…
Life of the Party: Grading on a curve
LIFE OF THE PARTY **1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Ben Falcone STARS Melissa McCarthy, Gillian Jacobs Melissa McCarthy exploded as a screen comedienne thanks to her projects with filmmaker Paul Feig – among them her Oscar-nominated turn in Bridesmaids, her knockout performance in the wickedly clever Spy, and her robust work in the satisfying…
Fifty Shades Freed, The House That Dripped Blood 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.) BLUE DENIM (1959). Even though it changed the harsh ending of the stage play on which it was based – and even though the word “abortion” is never uttered at any point…
The Blotter: Bummin’ Cigs
Kramer A 70-year-old man filed a police report last week after going through a rude awakening thanks to his tobacco fiend of a neighbor. The man told police he was sleeping in his bed at his north Charlotte home when his neighbor woke him up at around 4:30 a.m. and asked him if he could…
Listen Up: Patrick Hill Takes Us Through Disctopia on ‘Local Vibes’
This week is a good episode for the tech heads, as we brought in Patrick Hill, founder of Disctopia, a Charlotte-based music platform looking to compete with the Bandcamps and Soundclouds of the world as the go-to spot for indie artists to stream music. We talked with Patrick about how his company works and the…
News of the Weird: You’re Grounded
Irony At Pennsylvania State University, the Outing Club, founded in 1920, provided students with outdoor recreation opportunities such as hiking and camping. But no more. Penn State has announced that after this semester, the university will no longer allow the club to organize student-led trips because it is too dangerous out in the wilderness, according…
Charlotte’s Ace Comic Takes on a Touchy-Feely Challenge in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’
Written by two Brits, Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, Every Brilliant Thing began life in 2013 in a little English town and didn’t achieve any kind of renown until Donahoe brought the one-man show across the pond in an off-Broadway production the following year. An HBO movie in 2016, a coveted engagement at Spoleto Festival…
A Night at the Comedy Zone with Belmont’s Favorite Daughter
On Friday, I received a text from my boo asking if I wanted to go to a comedy show. I’ve been to a couple comedy shows, movies and operas (i.e. The Book of Mormon), but I’ve never sought them out on my own — unless we’re talking about the time Katt Williams did standup on…
How Grass-Fed Beef Can Make America’s Favorite Meal Less Environmentally Toxic
The hamburger is one of America’s favorite dishes and famous culinary exports. This simple meal illustrates sophisticated gastronomic principles, and thanks to its culinary stature, as well as some other unique attributes, the hamburger is also in a position to teach us something else: how to shrink the carbon footprint of our meals. [Image-1] Beef…
Charlotte Digital Music Platform Spotlights Indie Artists
When Los Angeles promoter Lamont Leek brought his “I Miss The Old Kanye” live music series to Charlotte last Saturday, local hip-hop and R&B fans probably noticed that the bill featured Queen City artists like rappers Nige Hood and Raheeme, R&B singers Cyanca and Will Wildfire and others — but they may have missed the…
It’s Time We Stop Randomly and Erroneously Calling People ‘Crazy’
Mental health ain’t no joke. So why, in 2018, do we still often treat it either as a joke or as something to sweep under the carpet? We call the president crazy when he fires off tweets that make us cringe. We call Kanye West crazy when he goes off script onstage, interrupts honorees at…
Cat Glenn Brings Her Experience, Strength and Hope to Dead Cat’s Dark Country and Bluegrass
[Image-2] When Cat Glenn moved from Charlotte to New York City to attend Fordham University, the plan was to study political science, philosophy and French, continue on to law school and become a human rights attorney. Then her mother got sick and died, Glenn fell in with a group of anarchist punks and life took…
