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Friday, March 28, 2014
Culture Question the Queen City: Who set fire to the nightlife?
Posted By David Aaron Moore on Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 4:06 PM
Editor's note: We recognize how quickly Charlotte has changed over the years, so here's us trying to preserve its story. In this series, native author David Aaron Moore answers reader-submitted questions about historic places in Charlotte. Submit inquires about unusual, noteworthy or historic people, places and things to davidaaronmoore@post.com.
My father used to be a bouncer at a nightclub in Charlotte back in the 1970s. He's mentioned to me more than a few times stories about several clubs being torched all around the same time. He's even hinted at some kind of mafia involvement. Do you recall the period or events he's referring to? - Robert Miller, Charlotte
Friday, March 21, 2014
Culture Who Run the World: Carrie Cook
Posted By Hannah Levinson on Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 1:44 PM
It's Women's History Month! Creative Loafing loves to celebrate wonderful women all year round, but this month we're spending a little extra time highlighting a few Charlotte fe-noms whose work uplifts other women and girls. We did hear a rumor they run the world ...
What comes to mind when you hear the term "tragedy of ease"?
For Carrie Cook, it is a disconnect from the history of women's struggles and sacrifice. Seeing this lack of awareness as a detriment to women and girls alike, she decided to bridge the gap.
"Get a woman to love and lead genuinely, and that woman is the most contagious force in the world," Cook says, smacking her palms on a table we sit at together during a recent chat.
Music / Culture This week's BNR Weekly (3/20/14): An interview with Asking Alexandria, more
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:43 AM
On this week's BNR Weekly, Liz Peavy interviews members of Asking Alexandria. The show also spotlights pop singer Cam Ranh Chandler and her new single "Say It To My Face," and more.
BNR Weekly is a local pop culture and entertainment Web show, now in its third season.
Friday, March 14, 2014
News / Culture Who Run the World: Monica Embrey
Posted By Hannah Levinson on Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:20 AM
It's Women's History Month! Creative Loafing loves to celebrate wonderful women all year round, but this month we're spending a little extra time highlighting a few Charlotte fe-noms whose work uplifts other women and girls. We did hear a rumor they run the world ...
Every April, Monica Embrey makes a pilgrimage. Alongside thousands of other Japanese-Americans, she travels hundreds of miles to visit a small stone monument in Manzanar, a small northern California town that sleeps in the shadow of Mount Whitney. The Japanese phrase "I rei to" (soul-consoling tower) is carved into the stone.
Embrey's grandmother Sue Kunitoni Embrey was interned at Manzanar for more than two years during World War II. After her release, she dedicated her life to community organizing, education and reparative justice for the Japanese-American community. The Manzanar monument is now a national historic site because of her efforts. "Her drive and passion for justice - and knowing in her heart what was right despite facing immense opposition - inspires me every day," Embrey says.
In 2006, Sue passed away of chronic pulmonary illness - a byproduct of a life spent in the environmental pollution of Los Angeles and her time at Manzanar. In response, Embrey devoted herself to uprooting environmental injustice and its inequitable impacts on women, minorities and members of poor communities.
"I dedicated my life to looking at how all of these issues are deeply connected - in both root problems and challenges and potential solutions," she says.
Today, Embrey's work as an organizer for Greenpeace takes her into the trenches to build awareness amongst women and girls about the very real havoc pollution wreaks in their lives.
"The environmental crisis and injustice that plays out in Charlotte is often playing out, very literally, in women's and girls' bodies," Embrey says. "In Charlotte, one in six women has enough mercury concentrated in her body to pass along to a child in the form of a learning disability and birth defect."
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Culture This week's BNR Weekly (3/13/14): An interview with DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God of The Breakfast Club
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 3:46 PM
This week on BNR Weekly, host Neiko Debarge sits down with DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God of The Breakfast Club during CIAA 2014. They also offer a sneak peek of the "Dubai" music video by D Major.
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BNR Weekly is a local pop culture and entertainment Web show, now in its third season.
Friday, March 7, 2014
News / Culture Who Run The World: Sandra Escobosa-Guynes
Posted By Hannah Levinson on Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:00 AM
It's Women's History Month! Creative Loafing loves to celebrate wonderful women all year round, but this month we're spending a little extra time highlighting a few Charlotte fe-noms whose work uplifts other women and girls. We did hear a rumor they run the world ...
They stood together, father and daughter, on a small stoop overlooking the woods and creek winding behind her house. She felt nervous and ashamed, waiting quietly for his response. "Go get your husband," he said. "This is not a reason to leave."
She had never felt more alone.
In 2004, Sandra Escobosa-Guynes left a troubled marriage fraught with emotional abuse. It ended violently. Her husband chased her through the house, down the driveway as she fled and then, from his holding cell, called her pleading for reconciliation and a ride home.
Despite the lack of support from her family, Guynes left her abuser and the marriage for good. She finished a masters degree in nursing, opened a dance studio and moved on with her life - or so she thought.
"For years, I still wasn't processing the fact that I was a victim of domestic violence," Guynes says. "It took years for that to click: that I'm a survivor."
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Culture This week's BNR Weekly (2/27/14): An interview with Lyfe Jennings, more
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 5:17 PM
On this episode of BNR Weekly, Neiko Debarge interviews R&B singer Lyfe Jennings. They discuss growth, his new album and more. Also, Charlotte-based MC Young Jules meets and greets the students of South Mecklenburg High School, and Neiko talks about Pharrell's hit song, "Happy!"
BNR Weekly is a local pop culture and entertainment Web show, now in its third season.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Culture This week's BNR Weekly (2/20/14): An interview with Talib Kweli, the big soccer match announcement in Charlotte, more
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 5:06 PM
On the season premiere of BNR Weekly, we get to meet the entire BNR Weekly cast. Host Neiko Debarge also interviews hip-hop great, Talib Kweli, and meets his new recording artist, Res. Plus, Charlotte officials announce the huge match between AC Milan and Liverpool FC at Bank of America Stadium on Aug. 2.
BNR Weekly is a local pop culture and entertainment Web show, now in its third season.
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Culture / News Durham Academy and its 'Ice Ice Baby' weather announcement
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 1:00 PM
These Durham school administrators win the #snOMG Internet today with how they announced school was closed.
Real rap is not dead, people.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Culture BNR Weekly premieres season 3 on Feb. 20
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 12:00 PM
The locally produced pop culture and entertainment Web show BNR Weekly will return to the YouTube waves in two weeks for its third season. If you've been following host Neiko DeBarge the past two seasons, you've been privvy to interviews with singers Janelle Monae and Mya, gotten a peek at X Nightclub and the UNCC 49ers football fan experience and so much more.
To tide you over until the season premiere on Feb. 20, check out this BNR Weekly interview with WNBA All-Star Ivory Latta during her shoe release event last month at Stash on Trade.
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Blogger Will Folks on alleged Haley affair: 'Nikki climbed on top of me, rubbing her crotch back and forth' 12
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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.
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The Hangover Part II: Buzz kill 7
No use crying over spilt sequel.
