By Adam Frazier
Akira Kurosawa’s 1958 film The Hidden Fortress has just about everything a cinephile could ask for. The characters are compelling, the story is simple yet elegantly told, and the visuals are impeccably composed within the frame. (more…)
Will someone please have a conversation with Kim Jong-Il before he blows himself up and then us. He’s clearly crazy or is he? If we can meet with our former “enemies,” Cuba and Venezuela, then we can chat with Lil’ Kim, who desperately wants some attention. If not a meeting, a conversation might work. Ignoring him is not working and he may just have to be dealt with, sooner rather than later.
Five people, places and things we really ain’t digging today.
• N.C. Rep. Virginia Fox! And her insane comments … (See video below)
• Ken Lewis. Sucks to be him now.
• Gloria Pace King. Sucks to be her now, too.
• The swine flu (still)
• Republicans who are hating on Arlen Specter
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, April 30, 2009 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• The UNC-Charlotte Short Film Festival at the Cone Center’s McKnight Hall on campus
• Film screening for Running the Sahara at Ballantyne Village Theatre
• Kings of Leon at Bojangles’ Coliseum
• Island Vibe Night at The Attic
• Shiprocked with Scott Weaver at Snug Harbor
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Battle for Terra – Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner
X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber
Well, apparently Ken Lewis is no longer Bank of America’s chairman, and the Interwebs is abuzz with action. Here are some headlines so far:
Testimony Sheds More Light on Lewis’s Perspective
One of the most prolific and pioneering artists of the 20th century has died. Ernie Barnes was truly a renaissance man, having played professional football and becoming a world-renowned artist post-retirement. Most people remember him for his iconic painting that was part of the television series Good Times’ closing credits. “Sugar Shack” is one of his most famous paintings, making the cover of Marvin Gaye’s classic album I Want You (1976). Barnes’ elongated figures and distinctive style will be missed.
Face it: Green looks good in a corporate suit.
The Sustainability Technologies curriculum trains students for employment within a range of industries including environmental, construction, alternative energy and manufacturing. The program has a focus on energy production and waste reduction. The degree has four tracks: alternative energy, environmental engineering technology, sustainable manufacturing and green construction.
Graduates of the program can look to jobs in a burgeoning “green” economy, such as green-building supervisors, manufacturing technicians or sustainability consultants.
CPCC’s Center of Sustainability Program Coordinator Ernie McLaney says the degree also has a wider application that’s increasingly in demand by a variety of companies.
“Corporations want to be able to say they have an environmental policy person on their payroll,” McLaney says.
Read the rest of this Charlotte Business Journal article here.
Here’s a plug:
And you thought North Carolina’s proposal to produce “Choose Life” license plates, or South Carolina’s “In God We Trust” plates were a little odd. Now, Florida is getting ready to introduce two in-your-face, Christian-themed license plates. One of them sports a cross in front a stained-glass window, and the other one, which is drawing many negative reactions, is an image of Jesus on the cross. Or at least it’s supposed to be Jesus; what they’ve produced is a license plate with an image of someone with Aryan features, a blond beard, and an equally blond mullet haircut. I say if you’re gonna flaunt your religious beliefs publicly (didn’t JC address that in the parable of the Pharisee who prayed for showing-off purposes?), at least make it as accurate as possible; in this case, shouldn’t the image look like a Middle Eastern Jew? If citizens want to have their religious beliefs portrayed on their license plates (which I still think is an incredibly weird idea when you think about it), then, hopefully, Florida will soon introduce plates featuring Buddha, Krishna, the Star of David, the Moon & Crescent, a pentagram, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
