Video: Rapsody’s “Honda Accord Music”
Rick Ross has Maybach Music but this N.C. emcee is repping her Honda Accord.
15 Short Film Festival winners
The 15 Short Film Festival at The Evening Muse kicks ass. See which films won.
Do you have a sex list?
We celebrate Tucker Max, but are divided on Owen. Maybe we all ought to stop writing about out sex lives? Nah, then I’d be out of a job.
Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Oct. 18-24
Here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte this week.
Belk Theater and Blue, 10/16/10
Opera-goers enjoyed Cosi fan tutte, one of Mozart’s last, and most scandalous (for its time), comedic operas at Belk Theater on Saturday night. The opera was followed by an after-party at Blue.
Kiss Lounge, 10/16/10
Kiss Lounge hosted the Kiss of Fashion event Saturday night.
Today’s Top 5: Monday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
State fights new air quality measures
Here’s some news that’ll give you even more confidence in your state government. As Raleigh’s News & Observer reported Friday, the N.C. agency responsible for enforcing air pollution standards is actually fighting a federal plan to mandate cleaner air. This kind of political surrealism could only be possible in a state in which the labor…
Is the GOP breaking already lenient campaign finance laws?
Remember when candidates said they wanted campaign finance reform? Yeah, well, they were lying.
Shocking: Tea Partiers don’t understand the Constitution
The angry mob is attempting to rewrite American history. Don’t let them.
3OH!3, HelloGoodbye, Down with Webster tonight (Oct. 18)
Like pop? Amos’ Southend has you covered tonight with 30h!3, HelloGoodbye, and Down with Webster.
Snug Harbor, 10/14/10
Shiprocked hosted “The Real House Bitches of Plaza Midwood” at Snug Harbor on Thursday, Oct. 14.
Neighborhood Theatre, 10/15/10
Creative Loafing’s Homebrew CD Release Party was held at Neighborhood Theatre on Friday, Oct. 15.
Today’s Top(less) 5: Monday
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date.
The Thrones, Christian Mistress and Machete! tonight (Oct. 17)
Three acts, one stage, tons of great music, tonight at The Milestone.
Six DJ’s play at Anntony’s Carribean and George Duke at CPCC tonight (Oct. 16)
Can’t choose one DJ? How about six. The Gathering grooves at Anntony’s Carribean Cafe and George Duke plays CPCC.
Piped butter cookies
Pepperidge Farm ain’t got anything on me.
Red: Color me pleased
Action flick benefits from ample humor and a great cast.
Waiting for “Superman”: School daze
Fine documentary examines this country’s failed school system.
N.C.’s Pat McHenry a member of the ‘Bear Your Rapist’s Baby Caucus’
The Republican Party has at least 80 candidates for national office who say that if a woman is raped, she should not be allowed to get an abortion.
10-in-10 CD reviews
Each Friday, we review 10 recently released CDs in 10 words each.
Today’s Top 5: Friday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Bentley’s RSVP, 10/14/10
TREND Thursdays at Bentley’s RSVP. Photos by Jeaumane Mcintosh
Sunset Club, 10/14/10
The R&B Live launch party was held at Sunset Club Thursday night.
Mumpsy, Nita B and The Swingin’ Soiree, Homebrew Vol. 4 Release Party tonight (Oct. 15)
Music Editor, Jeff Hahne brings his fourth Homebrew CD to Neighborhood Theatre while Nita B and the Swingin Soiree play Foskoskie’s and Mumpsy rocks The Evening Muse.
Today’s Top(less) 5: Friday
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date.
Sara Bareilles and Bob Dylan tonight (Oct. 14)
Vh1 favorite Sara Bareilles and Grammy Award winner Bob Dylan play in Charlotte tonite.
Pig dangles from glass ceiling
Theater review of 9 To 5: The Mu
Dinner: Gorgonzola Penne with Shrimp … and a salad
Is this dish worthy of a $25K prize?
Weekender, Oct. 15-17
Check out these events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area this weekend.
NASCAR honors its more exciting past
“Congrats on the cool new additions to the house! Now, ahem, about your delinquent mortgage …” That must be what it felt like yesterday for the honchos of NASCAR and the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, which manages the NASCAR Hall of Fame. On the day when the Hall announced its next five inductees — drivers…
“Terrible band wanted…”
Craigslist ad seeks band, kind of.
Charlotte is a romantic city … seriously
So, Charlotte is a romantic place, once you look past the banks, unemployment, bad roads, messed up schools …
Today’s Top 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
It’s time to vote
Don’t vote, don’t bitch.
Where’d the GOP get all that cash?
Good fucking question.
The other coal ash hearing; why it matters more than the first
Next week: One more chance to speak up.
General Johnson has died
Chairmen of the Board singer was 67.
30 reasons to party
Top 30 under 30 celebration at Suite this weekend
Tonight’s Top 5, 10/14/10
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, Oct. 14, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
Today’s Top(less) 5: Thursday
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date.
Opening Friday
What’s new in theaters this weekend.
Fabian Williams
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Daniel Tosh comes to Charlotte
Daniel Tosh will perform at The Fillmore on Monday, Oct. 18.
Bacon-strip message left at S.C. Islamic center
Seems that anti-mosque fever still hasn’t died down among the FoxNews addicts and ethnocentric jerks in our midst. Case in point, in Florence, S.C., on Sunday — a traditional time for Christians to take a break from the daily grind and thank God for their blessings — some enlightened folks felt inspired to leave a…
Armless pianist wins ‘China’s Got Talent’
Armless pianist wins “China’s Got Talent.”
Petey Pablo surrenders but not before a show
Petey Pablo hits the stage before surrendering to authorities.
Upcoming: Miles of Impact
On Thursday night, Nikko on South Boulevard will be transformed into what the organizers are calling “a fashion mecca.”
Welcome to the neighborhood, Marigny
Wikipedia says that Marigny is a neighborhood in New Orleans, and Charlotteans can now get a taste of that New Orleans flavor here in Charlotte.
If the city only had a brain … Oh, wait, it does!
“The central computer of the city will act like a brain, regulating water use and energy consumption.”
Study about legalizing pot needs a re-do
There are many reasons to legalize pot, most of which don’t have anything to do with Mexico.
Scaredy cats deface S.C. Islamic center
Tolerance is where it’s at.
Street Style: English charm
His street style turns up the English charm.
Tonight’s Top 5, 10/13/10
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, Oct. 13, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
Today’s Top 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top(less) 5: Wednesday
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date.
Best bets in Charlotte comedy, Oct. 12-17
As the headline suggests, here are a few of the best places to find comedy events in Charlotte — from stand-up to improv to sketch comedy and more. For a complete listing of all comedy visit www.CharlotteComedyLIVE.com. Tuesday, Oct. 12 Stand-Up Comedy at Lake Norman Comedy Zone at 8 p.m. Nationally touring headliner Jim Holder.…
Annual Christmas Jam set for Dec. 11
Asheville event will take place in December.
A plea for peace: Iraqi-born American artist Wafaa Bilal states his case with visceral performance works
The galleries at Davidson College have a tradition of bringing notable, sometimes difficult art to Charlotte audiences. This week, an exhibition that upholds that tradition opens in the college’s Van Every Gallery.
Google in $5 billion wind power project
The hope to replace unsustainable, pollution-producing energy resources like oil and coal took a big step forward today.
‘Medicare for All’ speaker Dr. Margaret Flowers in Charlotte tomorrow
Single-payer health care is the system that is used in Canada and Great Britain and, in modified forms, in much of the rest of the civilized world. Ted Kennedy once said that his ideal national health care system would be “Medicare for all,” by which he meant a single-payer system that would expand on what…
Here’s your Halloween party …
A big compilation of all kinds of parties going down for Halloween this month.
Some Like It Hot still packs the heat
Catch a special screening of comedy classic this Saturday at ImaginOn.
Get granny a pot cookie
The family that gets high together, stays together.
WFAE hosts “Charlotte’s Evolving Job Market.”
WFAE is hosting a forum called “Charlotte’s Evolving Job Market.”
538 Ways to Live, Work and Play Like a Liberal
Drink liberally with cheap wine and an author on book tour.
Video: Curren$y – “Audio Dope 2”
New video from Curren$y gives a nod to New Jack City.
Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers finally gets a release date
Lupe Fiasco gets release date for Lasers.
Halloween costume ideas on Goodwill
Goodwill is a prime place to look for cheap Halloween costumes.
This week’s new releases (10/12/2010)
A quick rundown of some of the new titles in stores this week.
Halloween costume idea: BP Guy
As the Telegraph reports, the BP boiler suit is becoming a big hit this Halloween.
Tonight’s Top 5, 10/12/10
The top five nightlife-related events going down tonight, Oct. 12, as chosen from the folks at Creative Loafing.
Live review: Faith Evans
R&B songbird uses her voice to promote breast cancer awareness.
Want Rachel Ray’s magazine for $2.99 a year?
For all your Rachel Ray fans out there, I spotted this deal on DealCatcher.com.
The one place you should not be hungover
Panthers games are really no place for the hungover.
Today’s Top 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today.
Today’s Top(less) 5: Tuesday
Here are the five best events to get you hot and bothered with or without a date.
Dracula has risen from the stage
When North Carolina Dance Theatre was still a relative newcomer in Charlotte, a renegade outfit known as Moving Poets Theatre of Dance invaded the cool catacombs of cobwebbed Carolina Theatre with a new piece sporting an old name, Dracula. In a sparse field of Queen City saturnalia, the Drac choreographed by (and starring) Till Schmidt-Rimpler…
CL previews upcoming concerts (Oct. 13-18)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13 THE FLESHTONES There’s no stopping these garage rock legends. After three and a half decades of guitars and organ spewing surf, punk and rock, The Fleshtones sound as if they’re just getting started. The ever-lit front man Peter Zaremba can get even the most sloth-like bystanders to sway. They’ve released numerous records…
Exhibit: Muertos y Vivos
The title of Twenty-Two Gallery’s current exhibit, Muertos y Vivos, translates as Dead and Alive. The group show celebrates Hispanic art and the Mexican holiday Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The pictured human/skeleton-like painting by Garret Scales is one of the many different works of art featured in the exhibit — its…
Nightlife profile: Trisha LeAnn
At first glance, you probably wouldn’t think this Italian-American beauty is a member of the historically black sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, or one of the hottest up-and-coming nightlife promoters in town. But at the age of 31, Trisha LeAnn is breaking boundaries in the Queen City and having a great time doing it. Creative…
Event: Casual Language: A Mixed Emoticon
Artist Darren Goins describes his solo exhibit as exploring “our current lingo of language in text messages and emails; basically the mixing of symbols with the written language.” His works (including the pictured “Emoticon Up”) consist of neon lights, glitter and silkscreen on transparent acrylic panels, as well as foam rock pieces with hieroglyphs carved…
Los Campesinos! is OK with genre label, but does its best to defy it
Many bands might shy away from a word that would describe them as being “excessively dainty, delicate, cute or quiant,” but England’s Los Campesinos! has, for the most part, embraced the genre known as “twee.” It’s most often used in conjunction with indie pop bands, but Los Campesinos!, no matter how much the title is…
Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files
Hero: Police responded to an attempted break-in after a woman called saying someone was trying to kick in her door. When police arrived, they found a man beating against the side door of the house with a rake handle. When they told him to stop, he yelled, “You’ve got the wrong guy. I’m a firefighter,…
Free music on Oct. 15
When I started the Homebrew CD series in 2008, my goal was to get music into the hands of people in the Charlotte area so they are more aware of the talent that exists all around them. That goal hasn’t changed. Thanks to three sponsors — Visulite Theatre, Common Market and Rock University — we’ve…
Never Let Me Go: The clone wars
A fairly good movie that had greatness within its grasp, Never Let Me Go, based on the acclaimed novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, uses softcore science fiction to jump-start its tale of an Earth in which cloning became a reality decades ago. The result is that people are now being produced specifically for the purpose of…
Let Love Reign puts a face on the fight to legalize same-sex marriage
Photographer Catalina Kulczar-Marin had what Oprah Winfrey would call an “Aha!” moment last summer while watching pundits on television debate California’s controversial Proposition 8 policy, which bans gay marriage. What if — she pondered — someone told her that loving her husband was wrong? What if he was in the hospital and she couldn’t visit…
Can storm glasses predict the weather?
What’s the deal with a storm glass? Hammacher Schlemmer sells one and says, “Although how it functions remains a mystery, the ability of the stormglass to predict atmospheric change is well documented.” Does it work? If so, how? Or is it just a crappy lava lamp? — Dan Hey, don’t knock lava lamps. For $179.95,…
Capsule reviews of films playing the week of Oct. 13
THE AMERICAN The title would suggest that here’s a film reminiscent of Mom and apple pie; in truth, it has more in common with Padre and panna cotta. Deliberately paced and artfully rendered, this frequently feels like an Antonioni knockoff whose prints ended up at the multiplexes instead of the art-houses. George Clooney stars as…
Weekly horoscope (Oct. 13-19)
Libra The Scales (Sept. 22-Oct. 22) Venus is backtracking in the territory of finances and other personal resources, so these topics will have special priority this fall. It is in your better interest to conserve assets (money, time, health and energy) during this period. Think carefully about the future before you spend your savings. For…
Singers K-Ci and JoJo Come Clean with new reality show
We grow to love these groups whose music becomes the soundtracks to our lives. Then for reasons that are either never fully explained or we’re not willing to accept, they disband. From The Beatles to the Fugees, millions of fans have been left reeling in the wake of their premature departures from making music. And…
From Tuskegee to Guatemla via Nuremberg
News broke last week that the U.S. government purposefully exposed hundreds of men in Guatemala to syphilis in ghoulish medical experiments conducted during the late 1940s. As soon as the story got out, President Barack Obama phoned President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala to apologize. Colom called the experiments “an incredible violation of human rights.” Colom…
Secretariat: Yea or neigh?
Until the Sports Illustrated subscription runs out at the Walt Disney Studios offices, I expect audiences will continue to be privy to cookie-cutter yarns centered around notable achievements in the sports world. Secretariat is the latest from the studio stable, and it relates the truly remarkable story of the magnificent racehorse that set records while…
Two unusual WWII films in this week’s new DVD reviews
MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE (1983). This World War II drama ignores battlefield skirmishes for culture clashes, and in doing so, it carves out its own niche as one of the most atypical POW films ever made. The setting is a Japanese-run prison camp during 1942, with British captive Col. Lawrence (Tom Conti) the only one…
THEATER: Basic Training
Kahlil Ashanti returns to Charlotte for a third round of his one-man show, Basic Training. The show is based off of true experiences — his time in the army, serving as a member of the U.S. Air Force’s entertainment troupe Tops in Blue and his quest to find his biological father. Ashanti plays the parts…
It’s Kind of a Funny Story: No, not at all
Art (or entertainment) doesn’t exist in a vacuum, which makes It’s Kind of a Funny Story appear even more puny upon continuous reflection. Screened before the recent spate of teen suicides, the film (based on Ned Vizzini’s novel) seems even more trivial and pretentious in their wake, a fuzzy drama about a privileged New York…
MUSIC: Jeff Hahne’s Homebrew Vol. 4 Release Party
It’s time for the release party of Jeff Hahne’s Homebrew Vol. 4 CD. Hahne, Creative Loafing’s music editor, has handpicked 16 local bands for the disc — which you can grab for free at Neighborhood Theatre during the shindig. Bands like Bubonik Funk, Electric Coma, Mike Strauss Band, Matrimony (the pictured newlyweds, just back from…
Where to find it: Southern Heritage Apples
Although thousands of varieties of apples exist, even more have become extinct. This is especially true in the apple-growing regions of the Southeast. Some estimate that of the 1,400 varieties originating in the South, only about 200 varieties exist today. That number lessens each year. Heritage — heirloom, antique — apples come in an array…
NIGHTLIFE: Global Fever: Istanbul Edition
It’s easy to feel like you’ve gone international at Ouzo Productions’ Global Fever parties — which bring together a diverse crowd and highlight various countries/cities from around the globe. Presenting its Istanbul edition at Dharma Lounge this Saturday, folks attending can expect a night of Turkish delight (and no, I don’t mean the sweet). Rather,…
Put little money down on Wall Street sequel
Michael Douglas won the Best Actor Oscar for his sly turn as uber-capitalist Gordon Gekko in 1987’s Wall Street, but the majority of the film’s running time was commandeered by Charlie Sheen as his gullible protégé Bud Fox. That timeshare worked for that picture, but with the 23-years-after-the-fact Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, it’s no…
FILM: The 15 Short Film Festival
In its fourth year, The 15 Short Film Festival returns to The Evening Muse on Oct. 17. This fest — created by Charlotte natives Ryan Walker, Antonio Diaz and Keith Whatley — is, in my opinion, one of the best fests in the Q.C. Intriguing and award-winning shorts from acclaimed film festivals (like Tribeca, Sundance,…
Is online dating to blame for Nikki McPhatter’s death?
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and in a grand case of karma, the trial of suspected killer Theodore Manning IV is currently underway. You may remember that Manning is the young man accused of murdering US Airways employee Nikki McPhatter in 2009. It is alleged that McPhatter, who met Manning online, drove to South…
THEATER: David Sedaris
Working as an elf at a Macy’s department store during the holidays may have been one of the best things author/comedian David Sedaris ever did. After all, it led to a big break, as he was asked to read his essay “SantaLand Diaries” on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Sedaris went on to release national…
The Big O(zone)
Last week, the Charlotte area made the American Lung Association’s top 10 most ozone polluted city list, sliding in at No. 10. That’s not something I spend a lot of time worrying about, given the massive and ongoing declines in air pollution here and across the country due to much stricter automobile pollution and industrial…
THEATER: Reefer Madness: The Musical
Let’s be blunt. Marijuana isn’t quite as dangerous as some extreme church folks made it out to be in the late 1930s film, Tell Your Children. The cautionary flick — in an effort to expose the “evils” of smoking — exaggerates the drug’s effects on users, who go horrifyingly insane after a puff. When rediscovered…
Bill James and I: Boomers at odds
About a month ago, I received a puzzling e-mail from County Commissioner Bill James. The message was addressed to me alone, and provided a link to a video, over which James had written, “I ran across this and thought of you.” I clicked on the link, and here came an excerpt from an episode…
SPECIAL EVENT: Queen City Ghost Tours
Charlotte has had its share of murder, mayhem and strange activities, which is why Queen City Ghost Tours exists. And the fact that Halloween is right around the corner makes taking one of these tours all the more better. I mean, c’mon who doesn’t like a little spookiness in the “spirit” of the holiday? Folks…
The Diamond is forever
Back in 1945, the Diamond Restaurant in Plaza Midwood opened with a menu of Southern fare that the locals loved. Over the ensuing years, it’s been a political meeting place and a spot where families and billionaires ate (Bob Johnson was a regular there). But then things began to change. The restaurant fell on hard…
Comic review: Uncanny X-Force No. 1
The Deal: The X-Men’s assassination squad — aka X-Force — is back with a brand-new series (the last series ended a few months ago) featuring three new members. This time around, X-Force is a secret even to the leader of the X-Men — Cyclops — who formed the last iteration of the crew. And this…
3 questions with Sharon Goick, cake designer
Cake has made its way into our mouths since ancient Rome — both figuratively and literally. And for many of us, decorating this universal dessert is no cake walk. While most of us worry how to even out the icing, cake designer Sharon Goick contemplates how to create an edible droid telephone. Goick has been…
