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Stepping off the ice with a Charlotte Checker
The Charlotte Checkers have officially come home, as you may have heard. On November 7, the minor-league hockey team returned to Bojangles’ Coliseum after a decade in Time Warner Cable Arena, splitting a series with the Manitoba Moose over the weekend to put them at 7–5 on the season. But for those who aren’t familiar…
Today’s Top 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks to large crowd at Davidson College as part of book tour
Author and journalist discusses history of racism in America and how it influences today’s school of thought.
Drunk Gab, part two
What not to discuss while you’re out and about
Lunch Break (11/17/15): McCrory wants to shut doors on Syrian refugees
The morning already passed us by. What the hell happened?
Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Monday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Lunch Break (11/16/15): Students at USC walk out to demand equality
The morning has already passed us by. What the hell happened?
Today’s Top 5: Sunday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Saturday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top 5: Friday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Room: A chilling chamber piece
ROOM ***1/2 DIRECTED BY Lenny Abrahamson STARS Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay Based on the bestselling book by Emma Donoghue, Room is unique among movies that I greatly admire and respect: I have no desire to ever watch it again. In that regard, it joins the likes of United 93 and Irreversible, other tough sells that…
The Peanuts Movie: It’s a fun film, Charlie Brown
THE PEANUTS MOVIE *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Steve Martino STARS Noah Schnapp, Hadley Belle Miller The world needed a CGI version of Charles Schulz’s beloved Peanuts as much as it needed yet another unwatchable Alvin and the Chipmunks movie. The world has received both, and while not even the savory promise of seeing…
Love the Coopers: Hate the movie
LOVE THE COOPERS * (out of four) DIRECTED BY Jessie Nelson STARS Diane Keaton, John Goodman The latest in a long line of Yuletide bombs lobbed by Hollywood onto an unsuspecting public, Love the Coopers isn’t a movie to watch as much as survive. While it may not quite match the sheer awfulness and ineptitude…
The 33 largely by the numbers
THE 33 **1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Patricia Riggen STARS Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro While it’s been said that truth is stranger than fiction, it can also be more exciting. The Chilean mining accident that occurred in 2010, the one that found 33 men trapped underground for an unimaginable 69 days, was the sort…
Live photos: Rise Against, The Fillmore (11/12/2015)
A collection of photos from the show.
Opening Friday
What’s new in theaters this weekend.
Lunch Break (11/12/15): Overturned truck, water main break cause road closures through Charlotte this morning
The morning has already passed us by. What the hell happened?
Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (Nov. 12)
Spill It Police had it out for a man they pulled over on a routine traffic stop in west Charlotte last week. They seized the man’s gun and charged him with a weapons law violation despite having an active permit to carry concealed weapons because he failed to notify officers he had the gun in…
Weekly horoscope (Nov. 12-18)
by Vivian Carol For All Signs: For most of this month I am writing about a major challenging aspect between Saturn and Neptune that will be exact on Nov. 26 and continues through 2016. Saturn represents hard, practical reality while Neptune rules that which is elusive, wispy and not transparent. They represent antitheses to each…
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Terminator Genisys, Trainwreck 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.) BAD BOYS II (2003). The 1995 hit Bad Boys has been available on Blu-ray since 2010, but its sequel is just now making it to the format in an edition that pairs it…
Live and Letlive
Climbing up stage rigging. Launching himself against fences. Jumping into the drum kit. It’s all just a way for Letlive singer Jason Butler to release pent-up energy. Thanks to whatever else he’s going through that day, everything builds up to the time when he hits the stage and unleashes whatever has been weighing him down.…
CD review: Half Moon Run’s Sun Leads Me on
Half Moon Run hit my radar back in 2012 when the Canadian indie-rockers opened for Metric during a gig at the Fillmore. The band’s harmonies and intricate instrumentation caught my ear and I was quickly a fan — another reason to be sure and check out the opening acts and not just show up for…
CD review: Tinariwen’s Live in paris
Few rock ‘n’ roll bands can claim they were born in a war zone. Tinariwen can. Members of the Tuareg, a nomadic South Saharan people, Tinariwen fled discrimination and social unrest in their native Mali only to land in the rebel camps of Colonel Gaddafi’s Libya. Groups that that bitch about the hardships of touring…
A pumpkin in every pot
Next to the turkey, pumpkin pie is the icon of a typical Thanksgiving table. It’s one of the most familiar, and favorite, dishes of autumn, and virtually every American has tasted it. But despite its ubiquity, pumpkin pie is a misunderstood dish. I’m going to help you understand it better, and prepare it better. But…
Divine evolution
It seems fitting that photographer Sean Busher experienced a moment of what can best be described as divine inspiration when he came up with the idea for his newest project, The Descent of Man. Busher explains that he occasionally sits in a darkened room of his house room with a journal and lighted candle to…
Taking flight
Little more than a century has elapsed since the dream of powered human flight became a reality, barely a dot on the timeline of history. Yet as travelers and pilots, we regard flight as a birthright, a capability we were born with. In George Brant’s Grounded at Studio 1212, we encounter an articulate eagle who…
Chef James Jeffries brings fresh culinary vision to Kanvas
The brush strokes have changed at Kanvas, a small art gallery at the corner of East Sixth Street and North Davidson Street. Part of the transformation comes in renovations and add-ons, including a kitchen and bar. These new sections will be operated by executive chef James Jeffries and mixologist Henry Schmulling. Together, the pair has…
