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Thursday, November 5, 2015
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Thursday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 7:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 5, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Salman Rushdie at Queen University's Dana Auditorium
• Foreplay Goes South at UpStage
• Verse & Vino at Charlotte Convention Center
• Jim Jefferies at Knight Theater
• #TBT Connect to Disconnect at Earl's Grocery
• Salman Rushdie at Queen University's Dana Auditorium
• Foreplay Goes South at UpStage
• Verse & Vino at Charlotte Convention Center
• Jim Jefferies at Knight Theater
• #TBT Connect to Disconnect at Earl's Grocery
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Film / Film Reviews Ranking the James Bond flicks
Posted By Matt Brunson on Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 4:28 PM
With SPECTRE hitting theaters this Friday, the time seems right to bring back a pair of Creative Loafing articles centered on Bond, James Bond.
To see all 25 previous Bond flicks ranked from worst to best, check out Taking Stock of Bond here.
For ample lists about everything Bond-related, including Best Theme Songs, Best Villains, Best Character Names and more, go to The Double-Oh Dossier here.
And come back to the site this Friday for a review of SPECTRE.
News Bojangles' Coliseum renovations unveiled in the lead up to Checkers' home opener
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 2:43 PM
The first phase of a $16 million renovation to Bojangles' Coliseum was presented to media and city leaders today, as Charlotte city council member Vi Lyles – fresh off an election night win on Tuesday – joined Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority representatives, investors and Chubby Checker to cut the ribbon in the newly built Red line Club within the coliseum.
About $4 million of the first-phase upgrades were hockey-related, as the Charlotte Checkers will be returning to their former home after a decade playing in Time Warner Cable Arena. The "Checkers Come Home" this Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m.
Here are a few upgrades fans will enjoy on opening night and the 37 home games following that:
News Lunch Break (11/4/15): Roberts to be Charlotte's next mayor
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 11:30 AM
Democratic nominee and former Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners chair Jennifer Roberts will be Charlotte's next mayor. She beat Edwin Peacock III, his second consecutive attempt at the office. Roberts won with 52 percent of the vote, causing Peacock to concede just before 10 p.m. Under 15 percent of the registered voters in the city showed up for the vote. Roberts gave her acceptance speech at Jackalope Jack's in the Elizabeth neighborhood, calling her win a "win for Charlotte."
The positive politics of expanding opportunity and optimism prevailed! #CLTMayor pic.twitter.com/bqneMp2FcN
— Jennifer W Roberts (@JenRobertsNC) November 4, 2015Crews shut down the northbound lanes on Sharon Amity Road between U.S. 74 and Kipling Drive this morning, and the lanes will remain closed until at least midday today, the NC DOT said. Officials said a pavement failure caused a depression that was unsafe for drivers.
Angela Vogel, one of the four protesters who carried out an action that grabbed nationwide attention during the Monday Night Football game in Charlotte, has been doing interviews with local media, explaining that the group was trying to raise awareness of the construction of a liquified natural gas export terminal in Maryland because it is endangering lives. The group of four, including two rappellers and two anchors, unfurled a banner during the game asking Bank of America to stop financing the terminal. Vogel said none of the protesters are from Charlotte and they chose the stadium because it is named after Bank of America. She did not say how the protesters got the climbing gear into the stadium.
Protester's pics, going over ledge, in action at #BofA Stadium tonight #DumpDominion #MNF @WCCBCharlotte pic.twitter.com/QbZLo4jo1D
— Wilson (@WilsonsWorld) November 3, 2015Police are still looking for the suspects in a shooting that occurred in northeast Charlotte during a home invasion yesterday morning. Police say a suspect — possibly more than one — kicked in the door of a home on Matlea Court near Plaza Road Extension and started to head upstairs before running into 21-year-old Semantha Bunce, who was at home taking care of her newborn baby. A suspect shot Bunce and fled the scene. There's not much information on the suspect(s) at this time.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Wednesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 9:51 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 4, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Sufjan Stevens at Ovens Auditorium
• Matt Braunger at The Comedy Zone
• Beards BeCause Wine Tasting at Whiskey Warehouse
• The New Mastersounds at Neighborhood Theatre
• Metal Wednesdays with Heather Alexander at The Station
• Sufjan Stevens at Ovens Auditorium
• Matt Braunger at The Comedy Zone
• Beards BeCause Wine Tasting at Whiskey Warehouse
• The New Mastersounds at Neighborhood Theatre
• Metal Wednesdays with Heather Alexander at The Station
Inside CL / Photos Now taking submissions for the third annual FILTERED photo contest
Posted By Jeff Hahne on Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 7:01 AM
Welcome to our third annual reader-submitted photo contest. Two years ago, we launched Filtered as a way to showcase some of the Charlotte area's talented local photographers, and we're back at it, yet again.
Theme: Caution
You can interpret that however you'd like, but know that a line of caution tape or a traffic signal is not going to win this competition. If you’re going to send us a photo of a construction helmet, there’d better be something spectacular about its presentation. Please note: bonus points if your submission does not involve the color yellow.
Prize: The winning entry gets to be on a December cover of Creative Loafing, plus a prize pack that includes a $100 gift card to Basil Thai, a $50 gift card to Revolution Ale House and a $50 gift card to Clean Juice. One runner-up will win a $50 gift card to Whole Foods. Ten finalists will also be featured in the edition.
THE RULES
You, a Charlotte-area photographer, may enter up to three photos of which you must be the photographer. Name the photographs with your first and last name and number of photographs submitted — Example: OliviaPope_1.jpg, OliviaPope_2.jpg, etc.
Per photoshopping, we’re allowing only minor burning, dodging and/or color correction. Cropping is also acceptable. Think photojournalism for this contest. Read: If we can tell you Photoshopped it, you’re out.
Photos must be high resolution (we prefer 10 x 10.75 inches at 300 dpi, taken with the highest setting on your camera).
IF YOU UPLOAD A LOW RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPH, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPH OR YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
To send, email, Dropbox or carrier pigeon (just kidding — no printouts) to backtalk@clclt.com. Please include your first and last name and a caption for your photo.
Deadline: Nov. 29, 2015, by midnight.
If you have any questions about your submission, please contact Jeff Hahne at jhahne@clclt.com.
Theme: Caution
You can interpret that however you'd like, but know that a line of caution tape or a traffic signal is not going to win this competition. If you’re going to send us a photo of a construction helmet, there’d better be something spectacular about its presentation. Please note: bonus points if your submission does not involve the color yellow.
Prize: The winning entry gets to be on a December cover of Creative Loafing, plus a prize pack that includes a $100 gift card to Basil Thai, a $50 gift card to Revolution Ale House and a $50 gift card to Clean Juice. One runner-up will win a $50 gift card to Whole Foods. Ten finalists will also be featured in the edition.
THE RULES
You, a Charlotte-area photographer, may enter up to three photos of which you must be the photographer. Name the photographs with your first and last name and number of photographs submitted — Example: OliviaPope_1.jpg, OliviaPope_2.jpg, etc.
Per photoshopping, we’re allowing only minor burning, dodging and/or color correction. Cropping is also acceptable. Think photojournalism for this contest. Read: If we can tell you Photoshopped it, you’re out.
Photos must be high resolution (we prefer 10 x 10.75 inches at 300 dpi, taken with the highest setting on your camera).
IF YOU UPLOAD A LOW RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPH, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPH OR YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
To send, email, Dropbox or carrier pigeon (just kidding — no printouts) to backtalk@clclt.com. Please include your first and last name and a caption for your photo.
Deadline: Nov. 29, 2015, by midnight.
If you have any questions about your submission, please contact Jeff Hahne at jhahne@clclt.com.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Culture Word Nerds: It's National Novel Writing Month
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn on Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 4:22 PM
Writing for a living is something I've wanted to do since I was a child. Now that I've been an independent journalist for nine-ish years, I can promise you that it's not easy, but I can also promise that if it's your dream to be a writer, it's a dream worth following.
News Lunch Break (11/3/15): Four arrested in connection with protest action at Monday Night Football game
Posted By Ryan Pitkin on Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 11:24 AM
Police arrested four people at last night's Monday Night Football game at Bank of America Stadium for their involvement in a protest action. Two protesters rappelled from the upper level of the stadium and unfurled a banner demanding that Bank of America "Dump Dominion," referring to the bank's financing of a planned liquefied natural gas export facility in Cove Point, Maryland. The protesters were aired on the national telecast on ESPN and referenced multiple times by the announcers. The Charlotte Fire Department cleared the area below the rappellers, and eventually had to assist in bringing them down from the overhang. The Panthers won the game, by the way, to remain undefeated at 7-0 on the season.
Enviros drop banner during #MNF telling #bankofamerica to #Dumpdominion https://t.co/Vr4Qpa4olz #nofracking #climate pic.twitter.com/sUFF3cW8qa
— Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) November 3, 2015Following months of debates, forums, primaries and a runoff, Election Day has finally arrived in Charlotte. Voters are hitting the polls to choose between the Democratic nominee, former Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners Chair Jennifer Roberts, and the Republican, former Charlotte city council member Edwin Peacock III. In last week's Creative Loafing, contributors Joanne Spataro and Michael Cooper gave their pitches for their respective candidates. Voters will also be choosing at-large city council members, city council representatives in some districts and at-large school board members.
No students were injured in a crash involving a school bus this morning in west Charlotte, although three were taken to local hospitals for treatment as a precaution. Between 14 and 17 students were on the bus, depending on which local news report you read, when it was involved in a wreck at about 8:30 a.m. on Walkers Ferry Road. The bus was headed for Berryhill Elementary School. As can be seen in Angela Hong's video below, the bus suffered minimal damage and was driven away from the scene.
Bus was running fine when it left the scene here on Walkers Ferry Rd. @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/GJediaHFbH
— Angela Hong (@AngelaWSOC9) November 3, 2015One person was reportedly killed and three others were hospitalized following an accident involving six vehicles in Belmont this morning. It's unclear what caused the wreck, which occurred on Wilkinson Bouelvard, and no names have yet been released.
Just arrived on scene of a fatal accident in Belmont. @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/xsZnIc8Ij4
— Andy Nagele (@Andy_Nagele) November 3, 2015Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Tuesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 7:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 3, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Ben Folds at Belk Theater
• Beer Ed at Growlers Pourhouse
• Nothing Feels Good - Emo Night at NoDa 101
• Fight Night Comedy Competition at The Comedy Zone
• Tech Tuesday at Hackerspace
• Ben Folds at Belk Theater
• Beer Ed at Growlers Pourhouse
• Nothing Feels Good - Emo Night at NoDa 101
• Fight Night Comedy Competition at The Comedy Zone
• Tech Tuesday at Hackerspace
Monday, November 2, 2015
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Monday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 5:09 PM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 2, 2015 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Carolina Panthers vs. Indianapolis Colts at Time Warner Cable Arena
• Retro Horror Film Series screening The Shining at Ayrsley Grand Cinemas
• Día de los Muertos Procession + Celebration at McColl Center for Art + Innovation
• Guante: A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry at UNC-Charlotte's Cone Center
• Find Your Muse Open Mic f. MaryLeigh Roohan at Evening Muse
• Carolina Panthers vs. Indianapolis Colts at Time Warner Cable Arena
• Retro Horror Film Series screening The Shining at Ayrsley Grand Cinemas
• Día de los Muertos Procession + Celebration at McColl Center for Art + Innovation
• Guante: A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry at UNC-Charlotte's Cone Center
• Find Your Muse Open Mic f. MaryLeigh Roohan at Evening Muse
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Question the Queen City: Hugh McManaway, the man behind the statue
It pays homage to a traffic director, friendly neighbor and one of Charlotte's most beloved local characters
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The Hangover Part II: Buzz kill 7
No use crying over spilt sequel.
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Longtime dancer to leave NC Dance Theatre 3
Mia Cunningham, a dancer who has spent 18 seasons performing with the North Carolina Dance Theatre, is set to retire.
