Stargazer
Scorpio The Scorpion (Oct. 23 — Nov. 20) You may feel thoroughly compelled to confront one or more others in your life at this time. Concentrate on fair play and honesty. You do not have strong standing in your situation. Do not allow an opponent to press you into behavior that is unfitting or crude.…
Letters
El día de. . . Quién? In reference to “Death to Halloween” (Karen Shugart, Oct. 26), the author implies that Dia de los Muertos may overtake Halloween as the celebrated holiday for All Saints or All Hallows Eve. Before that could happen, Americans of native birth and ancestry would need to pay more attention to…
Karma Cleanser
Dear Karma Cleanser: Can a bad break-up cause a toothache? Every since I split with my honey bunny, I’ve been seeing a new guy: My dentist! No, we’re not dating (not yet anyway) but I’ve had no less than three fillings and a root canal. In six months! Keep in mind that before this I…
What’s Stopping Me
Moodswing
Film Clips
New Releases PRIME / SHOPGIRL It’s been duly noted that we hapless humans have to work hard at relationships, but the romances that exist at the center of two new releases operate at levels so beyond infuriating that they scarcely seem worth the trouble — for the characters or for audience members. It isn’t that…
Fantasy Forest At Lowe’s
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View From The Couch
TITANIC (1997). Sure, the Titanic may have been a big boat, but even its enormity couldn’t have competed with the size of writer-director James Cameron’s ego. Am I wrong, or is the new Special Collector’s Edition of Titanic the first instance when a director had the gall to place himself on the cover artwork alongside…
CL’s 2005 Holiday Film Preview
Will moviegoers be facing a winter wonderland or merely a big chill? That’s always the question asked at this time of year, when the studios stop fidgeting with their fall releases and bring out the big guns of the holiday season. It’s that window of opportunity when studios hope their movies will rake in gobs…
Get The Buzz
CORKSCREW
MIA DVDs 3
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Holiday Food Lines
Table Dancing
Ciao Down
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Special Education
The internet is the eighth wonder of the world, I swear. Where else can you learn about the history of Jell-O, take a virtual tour of your favorite city, peruse a newfangled kiddie encyclopedia and see pretty pictures of amazing sea critters, all without leaving your chair? It’s even better than the Midway. All About…
The Family Stand
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Mike Strauss
This dude is unbelievable. Not only is he an amazing songwriter — a warm, gritty, lyrical storyteller — but he’s also amazingly modest. We’d add “Nicest Musician” to next year’s Best of Charlotte, but Mr. Mike would win it every year as long as he lives here, therefore rendering it kinda meaningless. Last year, Strauss’…
Discipline or Thought Police?
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An Untamed Sense of Control
Once upon a time, in the land o’ Goshen — a nice, woodsy suburb of Louisville, KY — two teenaged girls, Janet Bean and Cathy Irwin, picked up musical instruments. This being the early 80s, they were involved in a series of punk bands including Butt in the Front, Bunny Butthole and Catbutt/Dogbutt. But one…
Another blow to poor voters
Nonprofit and religious groups are riled about a bill the US House of Representatives passed Oct. 27 that could force them to make a choice: Stop registering people to vote or lose out on proposed affordable-housing funds. The Federal Housing Finance Reform Act would create more federal spending for affordable housing, with money going to…
X GAMES:
Where there are X-treme sports enthusiasts, Xboxes and Playstations are bound to follow. You won’t see PS2 sponsoring the PGA anytime soon, but videogames and X-treme sporting events are always closely linked. One thing’s for sure: X-treme sports games are meant to be multi-player and must have some sweet moves, because up to 20 kids…
SWM Looking for roomie
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Electric Purgatory
Progressive black music of the African diaspora pervades the culture, making connections among contemporary and classical sounds as well as a plethora of world rhythms. However, despite the ongoing buzz this fluid and complex musical movement garners, its practitioners remain stuck between a rock and a hard place. To wit: ATLien-turned-Angeleno rocker David Ryan Harris.…
See & Do
THURSDAY, november 03 It’s been a while since Charlotte has seen a genuine new play festival with Equity-level participants. Steve Umberger and The Light Factory’s Thinking in Pictures is just that — a three-day festival featuring three new scripts and 30 top-notch actors. One of the scripts, Gospel Hill by Jeff Stacy, is the first…
American Spectator
An Immigrant’s View
Parties for the Land
Parties for the Land is the Catawba Lands Conservancy’s signature fall gala. The fundraiser will feature live music by the Bad Daddies, plenty of food, drinks and silent and live auctions. In addition, this annual event provides exclusive opportunities to match interests with the outdoors. Attendees can also get first dibs at purchasing tickets to…
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Efficiently Careless
Book Reviews
Sucking In The Sixties
Boomer with Attitude
CL Recommends
Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes (Atria hardback). “Almost doctor” Marie Levant is a resident at Charity Hospital in New Orleans. Raised in foster care in Chicago, the strong-willed Levant doesn’t understand what drew her to the Crescent City, although she’s charmed by its mystery and disturbed by the stark contrasts. Then a young, dead…
Who Cleared the Homeless camp?
Crisis Assistance Ministry executive director Carol Hughes was in for a shock when she arrived at work Oct. 24. Someone had swarmed into a homeless camp near her office, bagged its residents’ belongings and deposited them at the curb. She was stunned. “I said, “What are all these pink bags?” Hughes recalled. She’d always thought…
The Blotter
LAST MINUTE COSTUME: A vendor at a military collectible convention reported the theft of a WWII purple heart, valued at $4,000. Police were called to the convention three more times by other vendors reporting their military regalia had been stolen. Two official Nazi party caps and a shirt tab of a Nazi Corporal of the…
Jihadist Underachievers
Citizen Servatius
