Oct 3-9, 2018
Cideries in Charlotte; Pedal to Porch; Calvin Richardson inducted in NCMHOF; Courtney Lynn & Quinn; R Creative Collective; Janelle Dunlap, Time Camp 002
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True Cider Continues to Carve Out Its Own Space in the Craft Industry
You brew beer, you brew coffee, you brew tea, but you don’t brew cider. You just have to make it. Cider has the alcohol content of a beer, but it’s made like a wine. It exists in the in-between of having the carbonation and alcohol by volume of brews but with the essential ingredients and…
A Star Is Born hits all the right notes
A STAR IS BORN ***1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Bradley Cooper STARS Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper Based on the timeline carefully laid out by Hollywood, it appears that every generation needs a version of A Star Is Born to call its own. Excluding 1932’s What Price Hollywood? (which included some thematic DNA that would…
The Bravados, The Cyclops, The Naked Prey 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.) THE BRAVADOS (1958). The 1950s witnessed the release of a staggering number of psychological Westerns — impressive oaters that were a far cry from the more traditional genre pictures that had previously enjoyed…
The Blotter: Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Bad Hair Day Police responded to a pharmacy in west Charlotte last week after a desperate man took desperate measures to improve his appearance. According to employees at a CVS on Wilkinson Boulevard, a suspect walked into the store at about 5:10 p.m. one day and stole eight boxes of the hair regrowth treatment Rogaine.…
Florence & The Machine offer a vocal showcase in Charlotte area
Billie Eilish offers talent beyond her years as opening act.
Listen Up: It Looks Sad. Turns That Frown Upside Down on ‘Local Vibes’
Jimmy Turner, frontman of local indie rock band It Looks Sad., knows that his band’s name can be a little misleading. In fact, he’d probably change it if he could, but he’s a little too far down that road at this point. Turner [pictured, middle] dropped by the Hygge West studio to happily discuss and…
News of the Weird: Dark Times
New World Order Kimberel Eventide, 36, believes her purpose here on Earth is to help other humans become elves, just like herself. A resident of Illinois, Eventide identifies as a Pleiadian Starseed, an Otherkin who first realized she was an elf after reading and watching the Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien. She…
Courtney Lynn & Quinn Establish Themselves in the Growing Charlotte Music Scene
Their worlds were always meant to collide, they just needed to find a new world to call home. Courtney Lynn Russell and Jocelyn Quinn Henderson originally met in Los Angeles. Henderson was already performing music and also pursuing dance and acting, while Russell was just trying out her hand in music, writing songs in her…
The Cider Industry in Charlotte is Growing, Be Sure Not to Ignore It
When I first started imbibing craft beer, I only wanted one thing: IPAs. Everything else was just not hoppy enough or it was too sweet. Eventually, my palate began to expand, and I was taking in pilsners, lagers, porters, stouts, Belgians and hefeweizens. However, I still left out cider. It was just too sugary for…
Salome’s Stars
Aries (March 21 to April 19) A bid for you to step in and take over an incomplete project could prove to be an excellent learning experience that you can take with you when a new opportunity opens up. Taurus (April 20 to May 20) It’s a good time for socializing, both with family and…
Calvin Richardson Comes Home
Sometimes you have to leave home in order to make an impact,” Calvin Richardson says. “You have to find what you’re looking for, in order to make your way back home.” Richardson, who splits his time between his primary residence in Louisiana, and a house in South Carolina, is talking about the hard work and…
Pedal to Porch Puts the Spin on Gentrification
When I met with Dianna Ward in a conference room at the Neighboring Concepts office in west Charlotte’s Mosaic Village on a recent afternoon, she jokingly told me I should sit at the other end of the table. Ward had been sweating it out on the streets all day, spending hours on a hot afternoon…
Family-Owned North Carolina Orchard Grows Apples You Won’t See in Stores
Perry Lowe Orchards is nestled in the Brushy Mountain region of North Carolina, a couple hours north of Charlotte. Apple farming is a family business, as the legacy of caring for and harvesting an orchard goes back six generations. The farm itself spans over a hundred acres in the foothills of North Carolina and the…
R Creative Collective Uses Art as a Path to Healing
For those who find it hard to wear their heart on their sleeve, sometimes it can help to wear it on their back for a morning, just to see how it fits. That was the scene on a recent Saturday morning in a cafeteria at A Dove’s Nest, an addiction treatment center for women in…
Janelle Dunlap Takes a Temporal Look at Afrofuturism with Time Camp 002
When you think about the Afrofuturist art movement, what immediately comes to mind? For many people, it’s a cosmic aesthetic involving spacecraft, intergalactic travel and perhaps even an alien or two. For Janelle Dunlap, it goes deeper than that. Last year, Dunlap began exploring Afrofuturism as a new angle from which to approach the work…
Help Yourself to Some Suds
As of late, I’ve been so preoccupied with my thoughts that I haven’t taken much time to try new things or venture out from my watering hole. Instead, I’ve been heading to the place I’m most comfortable and trying to take my mind off of being an adult. I’ve started a new job. Two jobs…
