Sep 23-30, 2015

Sep 23-30, 2015 / Vol. 29 / No. 31

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Maz Jobrani puts his foot down

You could call stand-up comedian Maz, short for Maziyar, Jobrani a lot of things and he probably wouldn’t mind, but don’t call him a terrorist or a Persian Pink Panther — his falsely reported nickname on Wikipedia. In our phone conversation, he sets the record straight, voicing his annoyance at failed attempts to get the…

Anita Overcash

Theater review: Three Tall Women

It’s a pity that Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women is presented so rarely in the Queen City, for we’ve gotten very lucky both times. When Charlotte Rep premiered the play at Booth Playhouse in 1995, less than a year after I’d seen the original off-Broadway production of the Pulitzer Prize winner, director Steve Umberger plucked…

Perry Tannenbaum

The Intern mostly gets the job done

THE INTERN **1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Nancy Meyers STARS Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway As a director, Nancy Meyers won’t ever be mistaken for one of the greats. An unfussy, straightforward filmmaker, she has no style to call her own, seemingly content if the actors hit their marks and their lines. But as…

Matt Brunson

Three questions for chef Sylvain Rivet

It’s not everyday that you meet someone whose resume boasts having been the personal chef of Katherine Jackson (Yes, that’d be the King of Pop’s mother) and serving the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Sharon Stone. But if you meet French-native Sylvain Rivet, who came to Charlotte four years ago and opened up Renaissance Patisserie…

Anita Overcash

Charlotte events place emphasis on food and art

Folks who have ever gazed down at food and thought “This is too pretty to eat,” know how to appreciate the preparation of a dish that’s as visually stimulating as it is satisfying to the stomach. Whatever the plate contains can become palate-pleasing based on carefully arranged colors, cuts and combinations. Sauces, sprouts and other…

Anita Overcash

Lunch at the Picadilly brings humor to the retirement community

Clyde Edgerton, Mike Craver and Steve Umberger are all involved in the musical adaptation of Edgerton’s 2003 novel, Lunch at the Piccadilly. Umberger, the founder of Charlotte Repertory Theatre in 1976, is back as the producer/director of The Playworks Group, lovingly developing the piece, but there are a few other people onstage and behind the…

Perry Tannenbaum

Alt-J’s crafty and confusing lyrics

There will be college classes that study the lyrics of English indie-rock band Alt-J, one day. That is, if there aren’t any already. Dive into just about any of the band’s poetic words and you’ll have to do a double-take or two; read a few lines twice, perhaps wonder if that blunt sexual sentence is…

Jeff Hahne

Death of Charlotte biker brings cycling community together

The mood was a somber one at Progress Park on September 15 as approximately 75 people gathered to mourn Al Gorman, who was struck and killed by a car involved in an auto accident while riding his bike down Parkwood Avenue at the intersection of Hawthorne Lane just days before. The turnout was a good…

Ryan Pitkin

Weekly horoscope (Sept. 24-30)

For All Signs: Saturn moves firmly into Sagittarius and will remain there for two years. Everyone feels the presence of Saturn, although it affects varying parts of our lives, depending upon its position in relation to the sun sign. Saturn represents manifest reality and the “rules” by which we all must live to maintain our…

Vivian Carol

Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (Sept. 24)

Crash Pad Police: responded to a breaking-and-entering call from a woman who said a man crawled into her back window while she was asleep. When they arrived on the scene, the woman told officers she knew the suspect, and doesn’t believe he wanted to steal anything but was just drunk and looking for a place…

Ryan Pitkin

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