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Friday, June 12, 2015
First Drip First Drip (6/12/15): Ritz-Carlton to face lawsuit over CIAA fee
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:45 AM
A water main break on Church Street has shut down 101 Independence Center and a portion of the street for the entire day while crews work to get it fixed. The road buckled on Church Street between Trade and Fifth streets due to the 12-inch drinking water pipe breaking.
CMPD has charged 24-year-old Joshua Brownlee with murder in the case of a double murder in northeast Charlotte on Tuesday night. Police also said they have identified and interviewed a second person of interest in the shooting deaths of Matthew Brown and Mykeijaa Tucker, but have not made any other arrests yet.
Local lawmakers say a proposed law in the N.C. Senate that would shift taxpayer money from urban areas to rural areas could cost Mecklenburg County $12 million a year and the city of Charlotte $5 million annually. The proposal is part of a broader rewrite of a House economic development bill. In the latest version of the proposal, the state would distribute 20 percent of revenues based on where sales occur and 80 percent based on a county's population. Gov. Pat McCrory called the proposal "class warfare."
A teenager survived a shark attack at Ocean Isle Beach in southeast North Carolina on Thursday afternoon, the town's mayor said. The girl reportedly had three to four minor lacerations but nothing serious. A witness said the shark appeared to be about four feet long.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Friday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 9:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, June 12, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• New Frequencies: Visionary Optics — Short Films by Pat O’Neill at McColl Center for Art + Innovation
• Grand Prix Charlotte at Charlotte Convention Center
• NoDa Summer Music Fest at Chop Shop
• A Woman of No Importance at Frock Shop
• Food Truck Friday in South End
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 4:47 PM
- Universal
- Jurassic World
The Connection - Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche
I'll See You in My Dreams - Blythe Danner, Sam Elliott
Jurassic World - Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard
Film / Film News Charlotte Talks about summer flicks
Posted By Web Editor on Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 3:43 PM
Local film critics Matt Brunson of Creative Loafing and Sean O'Connell of CinemaBlend.com will join host Mike Collins for a discussion of summer movies on Charlotte Talks at 9 a.m. Friday, June 12, on WFAE 90.7 FM.
The group will discuss major movies that are currently playing in theaters, such as The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Mad Max: Fury Road and Spy, as well as films opening between now and Labor Day, including Jurassic World, Fantastic Four and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Arts Theater review: A Woman of No Importance
Posted By Perry Tannenbaum on Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 11:52 AM
Scanning the sometimes-scandalous text of Oscar Wilde’s A Woman of No Importance, you might wonder why it isn’t performed more often. The script isn’t as witty as The Importance of Being Earnest or as dramatic as Salome, but it artfully combines both of those elements. So we can be happy that PaperHouse Theatre has brought this provocative and pertinent work to us in such a creative fashion, staging their production at the Frock Shop on Central Avenue.
By day, it may be a store with frocks and tchotchkes to peddle, but by night when PaperHouse takes over, the Frock Shop reverts to a characterful country home. Our hostess Lady Hunstanton’s maid and footman, Francis and Alice, lead us from the front lawn to a couple of indoor set-ups between acts. That’s the concept, anyway. Last Saturday night, tempestuous winds intervened and wrecked the opening lawn tableau. We were forced to pick up our choice of beverage on the porch and adjourn immediately to the parlor.
First Drip First Drip (6/11/15): Cowfish closes again due to virus
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:13 AM
Olde Mecklenburg Brewery has announced it will make $2 million in investments this year to add a new bottling line and upgrade its draft system. The new bottling line will fill, bottle and cap as many as 180 bottles in a minute. The brewery's bottling business is reportedly up 225 percent from this time last year.
Gov. Pat McCrory's office announced changes to the NC DMV office yesterday, including a new feature that will allow drivers to skip the lines and renew their driver's license online. Drivers will need to verify their name's spelling and confirm that they don't have any vision problems. The online renewal system went live on Wednesday and will cost $4, the same amount it costs on site.
Police have released photos of a second person of interest in the double murder that took the lives of Mykeijaa Tucker and Matthew Brown on Atmore Street Tuesday night. They said they have identified the first person of interest, seen running from the seen on surveillance video, but did not release his name.
A Paris-bound flight went off the runway at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport during takeoff at 7:30 p.m. on Wedesday, according to an American Airlines spokesperson. The spokesperson said the pilot made a miscalculation and that nobody was hurt. The plane took off an hour later.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Thursday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 9:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, June 11, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Reception for Latin American Masters: The Quest of Printmaking exhibit at LaCa Projects
• Brandi Carlile at The Fillmore
• Royal Blood at Amos' Southend
• Sarah Colonna at The Comedy Zone
• Shakey Graves at Neighborhood Theatre
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
First Drip First Drip (6/10/15): Local gang leader tracked reporter from jail
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:36 AM
Eric Casebolt, the McKinney, Texas police officer caught on tape tackling a teenage girl and pinning her to the ground while breaking up a pool party over the weekend, announced his resignation on Tuesday. McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley called Casebolt's actions "indefensible" and saying he "came in to the call out of control."
LIFT Academy, a diversion program for at-risk youth in CMS, may expand to West Mecklenburg High School. The program is currently offered to West Charlotte High School students, and is credited with increasing the school's dropout rate from 56 percent to 78 percent. On Tuesday night, the CMS Board of Education approved a request for $2.5 million from the county to renovate Wilson Middle School, where the academy will be placed. In August 2014, Creative Loafing profiled one student's experience with LIFT Academy.
Franklin Graham will reportedly move accounts related to Billy Graham Evangelical Association to BB&T after pulling the money from Wells Fargo following the company's release of an ad depicting a lesbian couple. BB&T recently held a Miami Beach Gay Pride-associated fundraiser at a Florida branch. The move from Wells Fargo to BB&T will reportedly save the BGEA nearly $100,000.
Police are looking for a man they believe to be involved with a two murders in northeast Charlotte last night. Police have released a still from a surveillance video of a person of interest in the shooting. Police responding to the scene on Atmore Street last night during the NBA Finals game found a woman shot in a car and a man shot in the street.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Wednesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:19 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, June 10, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Charlotte Squawks at Booth Playhouse
• Chilean Wine Tasting at Villa Antonio
• Back Alley Film Series screens A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence at Carolina Cinemas
• Microbrews Cruise at U.S. National Whitewater Center
• Party in the Park w/ Lakeside Drive Band at Romare Bearden Park
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
First Drip First Drip (6/9/15): Charlotte City Council approves budget
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 10:23 AM
Franklin Graham recently posted a Facebook message announcing he would be pulling all the bank accounts associated with Billy Graham Evangelistic Association from Wells Fargo following an ad depicting a lesbian couple. He also urged his followers to boycott Wells Fargo and other companies that support the LGBT community.
The North Carolina Education Lottery has announced that 10 Charlotte co-workers have won a $1 million Powerball prize. Charlie Rush, owner of Carpet Discount Warehouse in Charlotte, and nine of his employees contributed $12 a week to buy a ticket for each of the twice-weekly drawings over the past two years before winning last week. Each winner will be awarded $69,250 after taxes.
The Plaza Midwood Neighborhood Association is warning residents about a recent rash of coyote attacks on cats in the area. The North Carolina Wildlife Commission (NCWC) has said that they won't try to actively remove coyotes from a residential area unless they are harming people and a firearms ordinance prohibits people from shooting them in city limits. The NCWC also does not recommend trying to trap a coyote.
A prominent Charlotte businessman is planning to unveil the first stage of his plan to pour millions of dollars into a campaign to urge the GOP to confront climate change as a legitimate issue. Politicohas reported that Jay Faison, founder and chairman of Charlotte-based Snap AV, is putting $75 million into a social media and advertising campaign to convince Republican leaders to take a more serious look at climate change and renewable energy.
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