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Friday, September 25, 2015
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Friday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 2:56 PM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 25, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Beats Antique at Chop Shop
• Night of ¡NUEVOIution! at Levine Museum of the New South
• Gallery reception at Winthrop University Galleries
• Charlotte Film Festival, opening night screening of Finders Keepers at Ayrsley Grand Cinemas
• Charlotte Symphony Beethoven Symphony No. 7 at Belk Theater
• Beats Antique at Chop Shop
• Night of ¡NUEVOIution! at Levine Museum of the New South
• Gallery reception at Winthrop University Galleries
• Charlotte Film Festival, opening night screening of Finders Keepers at Ayrsley Grand Cinemas
• Charlotte Symphony Beethoven Symphony No. 7 at Belk Theater
Environment / News Big week for coal-ash happenings in N.C.
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn on Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 2:56 PM
Unless you haven’t been paying any attention at all, you are aware that North Carolina has a shitton of coal ash. And by “North Carolina” I really mean “Duke Energy.” This week both the company and activists held events on the topic. Allow me to summarize …
News Lunch Break (9/25/15): Sugar Creek to close at popular NoDa access point
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:30 AM
Beginning on Monday. a stretch of Sugar Creek Road that leads to NoDa will close for three years, reopening in September 2018. The section of road, between Northmore and Greensboro streets, includes access to the north end of North Davidson Street. It will close to allow for continued construction of the Lynx Blue Line Extenstion, set to open in 2017. Eastway Road recently reopened nearby after a bridge project went more than a year over its expected finish date.
A news release put out late yesterday announced a new partnership between Charlotte-based Bojangles' and the Atlantic Coast Conference that will most likely be the beginning of the restaurant chain's planned expansion. The release says the partnership includes on-site marketing, promotional opportunities, brand exposure, licensing rights, tickets and placement on the ACC website for Bojangles'. The company is reportedly planning an expansion throughout the southeast and beyond that could grow the company to up 3,500 locations.
A former Mallard Creek High School football player suffered a spinal injury while practicing with his current Winston-Salem State team on Wednesday, according to team officials. The team announced yesterday that Marquise Gaddy is in serious but stable condition at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Gaddy is reportedly moving his arms and legs and is expected to make a full recovery. The Mallard Creek coaching staff drove an hour to the hospital to visit Gaddy yesterday, according to reports.
The Chester County Schools Superintendent has resigned following allegations that she threatened the lives of her employees and created a hostile work environment. The school board voted 4 to 3 to accept Agnes Slayman's resignation and release her from her contract. Some employees had claimed they had to seek medical attention for stress-related issues as a result of Slayman's treatment. Slayman's attorneys have denied the allegations.
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner has reportedly told his Republican brethren that he plans to resign from his Congressional seat on October 30. Boehner has served as speaker since the midterm elections of 2010, and had only planned to serve until the end of last year until the loss of his deputy Eric Cantor's seat in Congress changed his mind. Boehner, of Ohio, was first elected to Congress in 1990.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Film / Film News Opening Friday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 8:00 PM
- The Film Arcade
- Ashby
Ashby - Mickey Rourke, Sarah Silverman
The Green Inferno - Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy
Hotel Transylvania 2 - Animated; voices of Adam Sandler, Kevin James
The Intern - Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway
The New Girlfriend - Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier
Pawn Sacrifice - Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber
Stonewall - Jeremy Irvine, Ron Perlman
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Thursday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 5:38 PM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 24, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• One Man Breaking Bad at McGlohon Theater
• Bill Bellamy at The Comedy Zone
• AutoFair at Charlotte Motor Speedway
• Lunch at the Piccadilly at Booth Playhouse
• Pangaea! International Mix & Mingle at Sports One Bar Lounge
• One Man Breaking Bad at McGlohon Theater
• Bill Bellamy at The Comedy Zone
• AutoFair at Charlotte Motor Speedway
• Lunch at the Piccadilly at Booth Playhouse
• Pangaea! International Mix & Mingle at Sports One Bar Lounge
News Lunch Break (9/24/15): Two men looking for funding for new west Charlotte brewery
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:04 PM
Two Charlotte men have started a Kickstarter with a $25,000 goal to help open a new brewery in west Charlotte. Sven Giersmann and Craig Gunn are hoping to open Blue Blaze Brewing in the Savona Mill on the historic West End corridor in spring 2016. The men have already raised $2,100 for the campaign, which ends on October 29.
Early voting in the Democratic mayoral primary run-off began this morning at Central Piedmont Community College to decide who will face Republican Edwin Peacock to become Charlotte's mayor. Current Mayor Dan Clodfelter and former county commissioner Jennifer Roberts are facing off in the primary. Early voting will be held until 5 p.m. today at CPCC's central campus on 7th Street between Elizabeth and Uptown. It will also be held tomorrow between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The actual voting day for the run-off is October 6.
Mecklenburg County Districy Attorney Andrew Murray announced this morning that a jury has sentenced 27-year-old Jamel Whatley to nine years in prison for murdering a man with a brick on Central Avenue in August 2014. Police said the man repeatedly hit the victim with a brick while a 16-year-old girl fished an iPhone from the victim's pocket. Whatley was tracked down by his electronic monitoring bracelet and found in possession of the stolen iPhone.
A video taken by cellphone of a brawl that recently erupted at a west Charlotte Walmart has gone viral. The video shows a fight that begins at the entrance, as loss prevention employees reportedly try to stop a young man accused of stealing a t-shirt, and then breaks out into a full-scale brawl, made up of multiple fights happening at different areas near the entrance.
CMPD investigators are asking for help in identifying a man who they say robbed a Wells Fargo branch on West Sugar Creek Road at about 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Police ask that anyone with information about the man showed below call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
Early voting in the Democratic mayoral primary run-off began this morning at Central Piedmont Community College to decide who will face Republican Edwin Peacock to become Charlotte's mayor. Current Mayor Dan Clodfelter and former county commissioner Jennifer Roberts are facing off in the primary. Early voting will be held until 5 p.m. today at CPCC's central campus on 7th Street between Elizabeth and Uptown. It will also be held tomorrow between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The actual voting day for the run-off is October 6.
Mecklenburg County Districy Attorney Andrew Murray announced this morning that a jury has sentenced 27-year-old Jamel Whatley to nine years in prison for murdering a man with a brick on Central Avenue in August 2014. Police said the man repeatedly hit the victim with a brick while a 16-year-old girl fished an iPhone from the victim's pocket. Whatley was tracked down by his electronic monitoring bracelet and found in possession of the stolen iPhone.
A video taken by cellphone of a brawl that recently erupted at a west Charlotte Walmart has gone viral. The video shows a fight that begins at the entrance, as loss prevention employees reportedly try to stop a young man accused of stealing a t-shirt, and then breaks out into a full-scale brawl, made up of multiple fights happening at different areas near the entrance.
CMPD investigators are asking for help in identifying a man who they say robbed a Wells Fargo branch on West Sugar Creek Road at about 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Police ask that anyone with information about the man showed below call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
News CMPD announces closure of investigation into gang-like violence in north Charlotte
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 4:44 PM
Members of a task force formed in 2014 congregated in front of a north Charlotte neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon to announce the conclusion of an investigation that lasted over a year and ended in the arrests of 20 people.
In all, 20 men between the ages of 17 and 30 years old were arrested during the operation, which concluded on September 18. Police said a task force was created in late 2014 after two groups of men in north Charlotte began retaliating against each other with violent acts. Following one particularly reckless shooting into a home with children inside, police put together a task force to focus on arresting everyone involved in the groups, which they could fit the gang description, but were more interested in violent acts between the two groups than any organized crime.
“In the beginning of 2014, a lot of these violent actions were just against each other,” said Captain Mike Harris of the CMPD’s special investigations unit. “We mostly had victims as suspects and suspects as victims. It wasn’t until the escalation and the violence started affecting the community and innocent victims, that’s when we decided to put a task force together to combat it.”
In all, 20 men between the ages of 17 and 30 years old were arrested during the operation, which concluded on September 18. Police said a task force was created in late 2014 after two groups of men in north Charlotte began retaliating against each other with violent acts. Following one particularly reckless shooting into a home with children inside, police put together a task force to focus on arresting everyone involved in the groups, which they could fit the gang description, but were more interested in violent acts between the two groups than any organized crime.
“In the beginning of 2014, a lot of these violent actions were just against each other,” said Captain Mike Harris of the CMPD’s special investigations unit. “We mostly had victims as suspects and suspects as victims. It wasn’t until the escalation and the violence started affecting the community and innocent victims, that’s when we decided to put a task force together to combat it.”
Lunch Break (9/23/15): Oakland sues Wells Fargo over discriminatory predatory lending
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 11:30 AM
The city of Oakland, California has sued Charlotte-based Wells Fargo & Co. for allegedly practicing predatory lending among minority residents of the city. The federal lawsuit claims the bank targeted African-American and Hispanic residents as well as minority churches with higher risk loans than those regularly given to white clients. Wells Fargo has refuted the allegations.
A CATS bus hit a cyclist on Statesville Road late this morning, sending the cyclist to the hospital with life threatening injuries. Investigators have not yet released details about the accident. In this week's Creative Loafing, we look at cyclist safety in Charlotte in the wake of a death earlier this month.
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will speak at Winthrop University tomorrow at 6 p.m. Fiorina changed the address of her speech from the nearby Magnolia Room at Laurel Creek to McBryde Hall on the Winthrop campus. Tickets are free but attendees are asked to RSVP at the candidate's website. Winthrop has seen the most presidential action among presidential hopefuls in the greater Charlotte area as of yet, as Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders addressed a crowd of 3,000 at the college earlier this month.
Three people were able to escape a house fire in south Charlotte this morning, and they're crediting the dog with their swift escape. Residents in the home on Laurel Grove Lane say a barking dog alerted them to the fire. A man visiting the burning home attempted to put out the fire, which started on the front porch, with a garden hose but was unsuccessful. The man and two women inside the home were not injured, but the house has been deemed unlivable.
A York County man accused of dragging a dog to death behind his pickup truck has confessed, saying it was an accident. William White said he was holding his friend's dog on a leash when he tied it to the bumper to go look for a funnel to put gas in his truck. By the time he found a funnel, he said he forgot about the dog and drove for two to three miles before the friend called him asking about the dog. Although the suspect first lied to his friend about the dog, and dumped the body into a gully off the road, police said he was very remorseful and admitted to it once they followed the blood trail. The friend reportedly tried to not press charges against the suspect but the state will pursue charges that could land White in prison for up to five years.
More details have been released about what led to a shooting on the property of Central Elementary School in Iredell County just 15 minutes after school let out yesterday afternoon. Police said it was a domestic situation between a husband and wife that escalated. The wife allegedly shot her husband twice in front of their two kids, including a third-grader they had just picked up from school. About 75 kids were still on school property at the time of the shooting.
A CATS bus hit a cyclist on Statesville Road late this morning, sending the cyclist to the hospital with life threatening injuries. Investigators have not yet released details about the accident. In this week's Creative Loafing, we look at cyclist safety in Charlotte in the wake of a death earlier this month.
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will speak at Winthrop University tomorrow at 6 p.m. Fiorina changed the address of her speech from the nearby Magnolia Room at Laurel Creek to McBryde Hall on the Winthrop campus. Tickets are free but attendees are asked to RSVP at the candidate's website. Winthrop has seen the most presidential action among presidential hopefuls in the greater Charlotte area as of yet, as Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders addressed a crowd of 3,000 at the college earlier this month.
Three people were able to escape a house fire in south Charlotte this morning, and they're crediting the dog with their swift escape. Residents in the home on Laurel Grove Lane say a barking dog alerted them to the fire. A man visiting the burning home attempted to put out the fire, which started on the front porch, with a garden hose but was unsuccessful. The man and two women inside the home were not injured, but the house has been deemed unlivable.
A York County man accused of dragging a dog to death behind his pickup truck has confessed, saying it was an accident. William White said he was holding his friend's dog on a leash when he tied it to the bumper to go look for a funnel to put gas in his truck. By the time he found a funnel, he said he forgot about the dog and drove for two to three miles before the friend called him asking about the dog. Although the suspect first lied to his friend about the dog, and dumped the body into a gully off the road, police said he was very remorseful and admitted to it once they followed the blood trail. The friend reportedly tried to not press charges against the suspect but the state will pursue charges that could land White in prison for up to five years.
More details have been released about what led to a shooting on the property of Central Elementary School in Iredell County just 15 minutes after school let out yesterday afternoon. Police said it was a domestic situation between a husband and wife that escalated. The wife allegedly shot her husband twice in front of their two kids, including a third-grader they had just picked up from school. About 75 kids were still on school property at the time of the shooting.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Wednesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 9:25 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Sept. 23, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Motorhead at The Fillmore
• Gaelic Storm at Neighborhood Theatre
• The Whiskey Women of Charlotte at Dogwood Southern Table & Bar
• Trivia Night at Kennedy's
• Sarah Tiana at The Comedy Zone
• Motorhead at The Fillmore
• Gaelic Storm at Neighborhood Theatre
• The Whiskey Women of Charlotte at Dogwood Southern Table & Bar
• Trivia Night at Kennedy's
• Sarah Tiana at The Comedy Zone
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Lunch Break (9/22/15): Moynihan to keep dual job titles at BofA
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:30 AM
Shareholders voted this morning to let Brian Moynihan remain both CEO and chairman of Bank of America, despite a 2009 vote that ruled to separate the roles. The new designation for Moynihan, decided on last November, has been criticized by a number of the bank's largest shareholders.
Activists and members of Charlotte's Hispanic community are asking for a new Mexican restaurant in South End to remove two statues they say are racist against Mexicans. The statues in front of Hot Taco depict a Mexican man sleeping on a stoop wearing a sombrero. Those calling for the statues' removal say they perpetuate a stereotype of Mexicans being lazy.
State lawmakers will vote today on a hybrid system of Medicaid that will include pieces of two proposals, one that wanted to give insurance companies control of a state-funded budget and another that would give more accountability to doctors and hospitals. Those in the medical community argue that the new system would do away with Community Care of North Carolina, which was proven to be saving money and improving patient treatment in a recent state audit.
Today marks the last deadline for CMS students to have their vaccinations up to date or they won't be allowed back to class when students return following tomorrow's teacher workday on Thursday. Students can be exempt for religious reasons or medical reasons, but not because of their parents' beliefs regarding vaccinations in general.
Charlotte City Council denied a request for rezoning by Goode Properties at a zoning meeting last night, blocking the developer's plans to build a 10-story building on Kings Drive in the Cherry neighborhood. Neighbors had protested the planned mixed-use development because of its height, density and size. Council members said the plan differed too much from the original plan.
