Return of the G… Back by popular demand (and by dbraun Promotions) is Video DJ Roonie G. The G returns this Saturday to Mez slash EpiCentre Theaters.
They are converting the larger theater into a full on night club equip with a dance floor and bars. Big screen… big party.
Wanna go? First two people that e-mail me at brittney.cason@creativeloafing.com get a pair of tickets to the theater … for the party. Ready, set, send!
What does one say to their favorite celebrity upon meeting them? Most people might say, “Love you work!” or “You are an inspiration.”
I, on the other hand, told Jewel: “Your first album got me through my awkward adolescent years.”
“Mine too,” she laughed.
Well since adolescence, Jewel has gone country, but I am apparently still awkward.
Jewel will be at the new Knight Theater tonight with Meiko… want to go and perhaps relive your adolescence?
Well then e-mail me at brittney.cason@creativeloafing.com and sing to me a couple lines of a Jewel song.
Tickets compliments of Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. If you don’t win, don’t fret – you can still purchase tickets here.
At least come to check out the new Knight Theater Uptown.
The Backstreet Boys are back alright … and coming to Charlotte to headline Gravedigger’s Ball at Dixie’s Tavern this Saturday, Oct. 24
Even if you don’t hold the same enthusiasm for the Backstreet Boys as say, a 13-year-old girl, Gravediggers Ball is still the biggest Halloween party of the year. The kick-off for “Dress Like a Slut Night.”
When preparing your costume for the $1,500 costume contest keep in mind its Gravedigger’s Ball, not “Golddigger’s Ball.”
Gravedigger’s Ball will also feature Who’s Bad, the Michael Jackson Tribute Band, Priscilla Renea whose hit song, “Dollhouse,” is on the radio now, as well as DJ Moe from Manhattan.
Trick or Treat? While some will be putting the trick in trick or treat, I meanwhile just have the treat for you … tickets to Gravedigger’s Ball. But rather than coming to my door, all you have to do is e-mail me at brittney.cason@creativeloafing.com and tell me your favorite Backstreet Boys song.
No, everything doesn’t suck!
It’s the 3rd Everything Doesn’t Suck Party at Neighborhood Theatre in NoDa. The FREE party on Thursday, Oct. 22 will celebrate fun and all the good things in life — reason enough for a party, no?
There will be live music from Horse Ghost and Hot Hand Spirits, door prizes, ticket giveaways, massages, and drink specials including $3 Red Stag drinks (it’s bourbon that tastes like black cherry!).
See you there!
I figure that considering the best place to go to get free shit is a NASCAR race, that I should give away a lot of free shit on race week … involving NASCAR superstars.
The National Tailgating League will be holding tournaments at the track this weekend, and you can secure a spot in it right now (fo’ free, no fee).
The Friday tournaments are at 2 and 4:30 p.m. Raise your hand if you want in … or e-mail me at brittney.cason@creativeloafing.com
The NTL presented by Budweiser will be set up right by the track on the corner of Morehead and Highway 29, adjacent to the racetrack, so stop by the Porta-Party before you go in, and play some Cornhole – there is free play (practice, if you will) in between the tournaments. Saturdays tournaments are at 12, 2 and 4:30 p.m.
The NTL is giving away free shit too as the proceeds for this weekend’s NTL tournament will go to benefit the Kasey Kahne Foundation.
And as for the free shit at NASCAR races — I have accumulated samples of tums, tylenol, gum, lotion, energy drinks, vitamins, candy … moonshine. So, if you don’t win entry into the tournament, you can still make out like a bandit at Lowe’s Motor Speedway.
… well I am going to give it to you.
…as in tickets to Budweiser and Kasey Kahne’s One Night Stand concert at Coyote Joe’s featuring Eric Church. So, if you want to go to Church for the One Night Stand, I have 10 tickets compliments of WSOC 103.7.
All you have to do is e-mail me at brittney.cason@creativeloafing.com and tell me who you want to win this weekend at our home track.
If you don’t win the tickets to Kasey’s concert, but you’re into stalking NASCAR superstars – you can still see another Casey. Casey Mears will be at Hooter’s Uptown tonight from 6 – 9 p.m. with Jack Daniel’s.
First Enso opened up in the EpiCentre, then Room 112 magically (or quietly rather) opened tucked in the corner of Trade and Tryon.
And now, Fiji and Kashmir are opening where Feast and Liv use to have a HOM. That’s Fiji Sushi Bar and Lounge — not to be confused with Fujo Asian Bistro and Sushi Bar in One Wachovia Building.
Kashmir Nightclub and Fiji Sushi Bar and Lounge are opening this weekend, Oct. 9 and 10, with a fashion show from Jordanos boutique on Saturday. The event will feature “surprise sponsors and celebrities”… which I’m guessing is still somewhat a surprise to them as well. I’ve heard a rumor that one of them is my bathroom buddy from a party at Sundance … Paris Hilton. That’s hot. And the liquor sponsor is Johnny Love Vodka. It’s their launch party in North Carolina this weekend as well.
Within this sushi club is the Zen Lounge, exclusive for VIP Gold Card members. But this card has more perks than just a roped off room. According to manager Chandler Alan Beal, the gold card members will have full-out concierge services. Wednesday-Friday from 5-7 p.m. gold card members get fed and their first beverage free – and there will be a massage therapist available. They also have WiFi, should you want to access the Internet at happy hour. Random… but nice nontheless.
And according to a press release: T1 Visions will be unveiling a demo of its patent-pending T1 Connection BoothTM system, an electronic touch surface incorporated into a conventional lounge table that will allow customers in the VIP room to control audio and visual content in the room, including choosing songs, photographs, music videos and internet content from either a local database or their own portable devices. This will be the first use of the T1 Connection BoothTM Technology in a night club setting.
In laymen terms … there will be touch screen table tops
Oh, and the sushi is said to be good.
Want a VIP Gold Card? … well you are golden because I am giving one away. Just e-mail me at brittney.cason@creativeloafing.com and tell me your favorite sushi place in Charlotte … because I can’t decide. First e-mail to hit my crackberry wins.
Meanwhile, for Halloween Kashmir and Fiji are teaming up with ELEVATE Lifestyle Magazine for “Nightmare on 5th Street” … the lift the curse party.
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Guys, I am about to impart some knowledge to you that will save both your dating life and your wallet. With this knowledge, you can quit acting like you enjoy being single because you can’t afford to date. I have a list of various date ideas that will not cost you more than $30 … in total! (more…)
Though I don’t necessarily enjoy frequenting the dentist like I do, say, a happy hour, I have never missed a cleaning — every time I’ve gone to the dentist in the past 10 years or so, they’ve made me take more X-rays than necessary to jack up my bill, given me a lecture about flossing while polishing my teeth, told me I don’t have any cavities, then gave me a free toothbrush and sent me on my way. But despite the fact they took all those X-rays, they apparently never actually read them … at least not correctly because last week I stopped by my friend Kelly’s new practice and she showed me my X-rays – and even I could see with my naked, non-dental school educated eye, that there was something inside my teeth that shouldn’t be … cavities, lots and lots of cavities.
The silver fillings I got as a child from drinking well water sans fluoride and eating one too many Pixie Stix leaked creating 11, I repeat 11 cavities over the years … So how is it that four other dentists – two in Charlotte, one in New York City and one in Virginia overlooked the cavities hidden under my fillings? I guess Dr. Kelly and Micheal Wilson of SouthEnd Dentistry are just better!
And … they make going to the dentist like happy hour – literally, there is a happy hour at SouthEnd Dentistry this Friday starting at 6 p.m. They are having an open house (and open bar, as well as a catered buffet) to showcase their new practice — said practice that saved my smile. Located right above the Wine Loft in you guessed it, SouthEnd (hence the name). Thus, you can make a night of it at the Wine Loft, or one of the many new nightlife features in SouthEnd including the Common Market and Dharma Lounge.
Whereas most people need an agent to get on TV… you just need a beer.
Bud Light is casting for their Tailgate Approved commercial. Who knows, this could be your big break … beer break at least.
The casting call (or party rather) is Friday, Sept. 11, at the Bud Light Prowl Party at the EpiCentre Pavilion from 6-9 p.m.
The “audition” will entail a Bud Light Locker Room Challenge for the Ladies and a Skills Competition for the Men. 20 casting candidates (yes, 20 – therefore your odds are pretty good) will qualify and win tickets to the Panthers vs. Eagles game, passes to the Bud Light Tailgate Port-a-Party, and a chance to get shot … with a camera.
You don’t even need a headshot … just two forms of ID (stating that you’re 25 or older).
The commercial will be filmed on Sunday, Sept.13, 2009 at the Bud Light Tailgate on the Corner of Mint and Morehead at 9:30 a.m. and air on the Jumbotron during Panthers games throughout the season.
Say cheese! … or CHEERS rather.
