VIDEO: Chócala Brings a Latin Tinge to Charlotte’s BLA/ALT Black Alternative Rock Fest on Oct. 21
BLA/ALT celebrates black alternative rock in the Charlotte area on Oct. 21.
VIDEO: Favelas Talk About the Importance of a Black Alternative Rock Fest in Charlotte
BLA/ALT celebrates black alternative rock in the Charlotte area on Oct. 21.
VIDEO: ‘Long Overdue’ is How Nic Robinson of The Business People Describes Charlotte’s BLA/ALT Black Alternative Rock Festival
BLA/ALT celebrates black alternative rock in the Charlotte area on Oct. 21.
AUDIO: Lofidels’ Lenny Muckle Tells Why He Signed Up For Charlotte’s “Unprecedented” Oct. 21 BLA/ALT Black Alternative Rock Fest
BLA/ALT celebrates black alternative rock in the Charlotte area on Oct. 21.
VIDEO: Nige Hood Tells Why He’s Playing BLA/ALT on Oct. 21
BLA/ALT celebrates black alternative rock in the Charlotte area on Oct. 21.
Stately Rhiannon Giddens Captivates Charlotte With Her Music and Storytelling
Rhiannon Giddens Neighborhood Theatre Sept. 30, 2017 Rhiannon Giddens doesn’t just perform, she lives and breathes the music. She brings a personal energy to every word she sings or note she plucks, and she sang and plucked many from her terrific new album, Freedom Highway, with its powerful and much-needed messages for today’s Charlotte, North…
Battle of the Sexes serves with distinction
BATTLE OF THE SEXES *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris STARS Emma Stone, Steve Carell In 1973, tennis stars Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs squared off in a televised match that was known as the “Battle of the Sexes.” That historic event – and the hoopla and hysteria that…
American Made: Cruise back in control
AMERICAN MADE *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Doug Liman STARS Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson Whew, that was close. Just when it seemed as if we had lost Tom Cruise to the ranks of paycheck-cashing automatons no longer interested in applying themselves on screen (see: Anthony Hopkins, Nicolas Cage), along comes American Made to show…
WATCH: Lute Drops ‘West 1996 Pt. 2,’ Premieres “Morning Shift” Video
Charlotte rapper Lute today released his first new material in two years, and it was well worth the wait. It’s his first release since signing on with J. Cole’s Dreamville label in 2015. He also released a video for the album’s first single, “Morning Shift.” It shows Lute escaping from the fictional Slum County Correctional…
CL Editor Mark Kemp Talks Latin Music on LAC Conexión’s Facebook Live Stream
In the lead-up to the Latin American Festival on Oct. 14, LAC Conexión talks to CL’s editor and a member of Venezuela’s Desorden Público
The Lost World, Transformers sequel, Western flicks 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.) CERTAIN WOMEN (2016). A modest and contemplative film, Certain Women finds writer-director Kelly Reichardt adapting three stories by author Maile Meloy and melding them into a Montana-set meditation that brings to mind…
Listen Up: Phillip Gripper, a Thrasher on his Drums and his Rollerblades, Stops by ‘Local Vibes’
Episode 11 gets off to a bit of a dark start, but it brightens up a bit as Phillip Gripper of Modern Primitives and Space Wizard discusses his work between the drums and the keyboard, as well as how his love for rollerblading and the upcoming opening of his skate/blade/bike/whatever park Oso, which he aims…
The Blotter: Bump and Run
Rumble in the Jumba A 38-year-old man filed a police report last week after bumping into somebody and deciding that he may have been in enough danger to need police help. The man told officers he was walking out of Jumba Juice in the Bank of America Corporate Center when he bumped into the suspect.…
Quest showcases a powerful journey
QUEST ***1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Jonathan Olshefski STARS Christopher “Quest” Rainey, Christine’a “Ma Quest” Rainey In the manner of the classic Hoop Dreams, director Jonathan Olshefski’s Quest looks at the triumphs and travails of a lower-class black family over the course of several years. And like many other documentaries (The Queen of Versailles…
Flush Trashy, Get Classy at Sophia’s
When the leaves begin to fall in Charlotte, the nightlife vibe changes. The summer attire of suns-out, guns-out, buns-out fades and the cooler weather either keeps nightlifers from going out as much or forces them to seek the comfort of a warm, inviting atmosphere. Fortunately, there’s plenty of places in the Queen City to go…
Goodyear Arts Gets New Coat of ‘Wet Paint’
“Now we can put down roots and dream bigger dreams,” Graham Carew says. He is talking about Goodyear Arts, the free-flowing program he heads along with fellow artists Amy Bagwell and Amy Herman, which has provided creative people in Charlotte with space, time, money and community in a succession of temporary homes — two Uptown…
More Charlotte Residents Face Displacement in East Charlotte
It was like patching a hole and watching the dam break. On September 17, the deadline passed for 18 people who were forced out of the Twin Oaks apartments in NoDa to leave. Thanks to the help of neighbors, volunteers and the residents themselves banding together to help each other, 16 were able to find…
Carole Waggener Jumps From the Corporate World to the Craft Beer Scene
At Carol Waggener’s first corporate gig, with Tropicana, her boss would often peek over the cubicle as she entered the building and announce to the office, “Here comes the Bold Missy!” It was a playful ribbing — especially compared to the blatant harassment many women faced in the corporate world at the time — that…
Six New Hangouts for the Craft Crowd
In this year’s Beer Issue, we told the story of Bold Missy Brewery, but we also highlighted six other venues where you might find the beer nerd in your life if you’re looking for them. Here they are. GoodRoad Ciderworks Apples to apples “There were obviously a lot of breweries in town,” says GoodRoad Ciderworks…
A Free-Improv on Beer, Music and Arts
This issue centers on two great American pastimes that are about as Creative Loafing as it gets: drinking local beer and experiencing local art. In our annual special section on beer, we offer up a little bit of both by spotlighting several new craft beer breweries and taprooms. “Brewing is comprised of lots of science,…
