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Four Women of Color Team Up to Give a Voice to the Voiceless
Below Clinton Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church in west Charlotte on a recent Thursday night, a group of about 15 people stood in a line. One by one, they went down the line sharing stories about their experiences with policing. The vibe was that of so many support groups around the country, but these people weren’t…
‘The Antidote’ Aims to Release Music and Poetry From the Confines of Academia
“I made this joke the other night,” Brent Bagwell begins. The Charlotte saxophonist is sitting at a table on the patio of Common Market’s Monroe Road location, wearing a purple T-shirt with the one-word question “WHAT?” scrawled across the front in big, bold white letters. “If jazz guys are Democrats,” he continues, “then free-jazz guys…
Lute’s Dreamville debut, West 1996 Pt. 2, due on Friday
Charlotte rapper releasing long-awaited album on J. Cole’s label.
VIDEO PREMIERE: Bless These Sounds Under the City, “The Sleeping 8”
The Charlotte duo Bless These Sounds Under the City has given Creative Loafing the first look at their new video for “The Sleeping 8,” the pair’s first single off their 2016 release, On the Brink of Life, and man is it some trippy shit. The dreamy, melodic mood of the song is reminiscent of a…
Kingsman: The Golden Circle: Spyfall
KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE *1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Matthew Vaughn STARS Colin Firth, Taron Egerton If Kingsman: The Secret Service turned out to be the biggest cinematic surprise of 2015, then Kingsman: The Golden Circle might turn out to be the biggest celluloid disappointment of 2017. It’s certainly the most depressing. And infuriating.…
The Big Sick, Captain Underpants, Wonder Woman 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.) THE BIG SICK (2017). One of the sleeper hits of the summer movie season, The Big Sick finds its unlikely inspiration in the real-life relationship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon. Nanjiani,…
Colter Wall, Tyler Childers prove country music still has life left
Singer-songwriters rule the night with an old-school country style.
Listen Up: Faye Gets Twee On ‘Local Vibes’
Fresh off the Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, Susan Plante and Sarah Blumenthal of Charlotte band Faye came by the studio to chat with Mark and Ryan about Riot Grrrl comparisons, how Self Aware records started as a zine and why learning about their spirit animals made Susan cry. This week is Episode 10, which is…
The Blotter: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Lost Love A 25-year-old Raleigh woman made a trip to the Queen City last week after learning the hard way that she was not only getting a divorce — she was already divorced. The woman told police that she was at work one day when the suspect, who represented the man she thought was still…
SALOME’S STARS
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Someone has some suggestions to offer regarding your new project. You might find them helpful. Remember to avoid speculation and to stick with just the facts, Lamb. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) An old friend suddenly reappears. Whether this proves to be a boon or a bane in…
Voices From The ‘Other Charlotte’
Where were you at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 20, 2016? Were you picking up your kids from middle school in south Charlotte? Were you in an Uptown office building making dinner plans with a colleague? Were you headed out to have a craft beer in NoDa? Maybe you were inside your home at the…
Abugida Family Continues to Expand with New Ethiopian Grocery
To see Shito Negussie emerge from the back of Abugida Ethiopian Café in a flowing, pink and white traditional Ethiopian dress — called a habesha kemis — before sitting down in front of 18 empty coffee cups, a basket of popcorn, a jebena in which to brew and pour the coffee and a bowl of…
Football Season Takes Sunday Fundays to Another Level
Once football season starts, the sights, sounds and smells are always the same in the Queen City on Sunday morning. It doesn’t matter if the Panthers play at 1 p.m., which parking lot you tailgate in or if you even like sports at all, you’ll know what day it is as soon as you step…
Sugar Glyder Singer Daniel Howie is Back, Now Making Sweet, Tasty Music as Mouth Sounds
Four years ago, Daniel Howie was on the cusp of national success as front man of the Charlotte alt-rock band Sugar Glyder when he walked away from the music biz and began working as an IT recruiter. After recording and releasing a handful of indie records to growing acclaim throughout the 2000s, Sugar Glyder had…
Actor’s Theatre’s ‘American Idiot’ is a Rockin’ Labor of Love
Anger, alienation, disillusionment and frustration were all part of the high-octane fuel that powered Green Day’s punk rock opera American Idiot in 2004. The group’s first post-9/11 record struck a chord, winning awards on both sides of the Atlantic, including a Grammy for Best Rock Album. The targets of the group’s wrath — media, suburbia,…
