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Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 14, 2008 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Dixie’s Tavern’s 10 year anniversary party
• Ala Muerte at the Milestone
• Charlotte Dance Festival’s Dance Charlotte! at Booth Playhouse
• Charlotte Symphony on Campus: Warhol and On The Waterfront at CPCC’s Halton Theater
• New James Bond movie premiere event starts off at Cosmo
Is our smutty sex column Savage Love one of the first things you read in the paper every week? Yeah, you know it is. Just admit it.
Fine. Don’t admit it. I wouldn’t either.
Anyway, if you’re interested to learn more about Dan Savage, the columnist who pens this delectable dirt each week, check out this interview.
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 13, 2008 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• The Spinto Band at Visulite Theatre
• Geek Fest at CPCC’s Levine campus
• Checkers vs. South Carolina Stingrays at Time Warner Cable Arena
• Pineville Dinner Theater presents All In The Timing, six one-acts
• Indulge Thursdays at PJs Coffeehouse
So, have you heard that CMS is proposing to cut back graduation requirements from 28 credits to 24 credits? Some students may even be able to graduate in three years rather than four. Apparently this change came from discussions of how to lower the dropout rate.
What ever happened to churning out some quality, educated young people out of this school system? It seems to be all about numbers nowadays. As long as it looks good on paper, it must be right, huh. Sure, more kids may — and I stress “may” — be able to acquire a piece of paper that says they’re competent enough to graduate from high school, but will that be enough to help them stand on their own two feet in this big, bad world? Is three years an adequate amount of time to allow a student to mature and develop any degree of common sense? I’m not so sure. (more…)
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 12, 2008 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• M83 and School of Seven Bells at Tremont Music Hall
• SEC alumni happy hour at BlackFinn
• Hamlet at Davidson College’s Barber Theatre
• So You Think You Can Dance Tour 2008 at Time Warner Cable Arena
• College Night at The Forum
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 11, 2008 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Opening night of award-winning musical Chicago at Belk Theater
• Davidson’s Veterans Day Observance at Village Green
• Dodgeball at Tremont Music Hall
• Open mic poetry event Soultry Tuesdays at Wine Up
• Discussion with licensed acupuncturist Stephanie Hall on women’s issues at Earth Fare
In observance of Veterans Day tomorrow — you know, that day we honor military vets for, oh, I don’t know, risking their lives for the freedoms we have, protecting our country and things like that — Creative Loafing would like to thank all those men and women who have served and are serving our country.
So … thank you!
We know that it means a lot to you veterans out there for us just giving you props on the fine job you do, so we’re just going to leave it at that. These other companies, however, have to earn your respect with discounts, giveaways and sales. Humor them, will you? You’ll benefit from their lackluster demonstration of thankfulness.
• Lowe’s is offering a 10 percent military discount Nov. 6-11
• Home Depot is offering a 10 percent military discount through Nov. 12 (more…)
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 10, 2008 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Critically acclaimed pop, jazz artist Joe Jackson at Neighborhood Theatre
• Irish-American band Dropkick Murphys at Amos’ Southend
• Watch Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa in IMAX at Discovery Place
• Monday Night Mic Fights at The Graduate
• Monday Night All Stars at Double Door Inn
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 7, 2008 — as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Artist Antoine Williams’ first solo art show Minority Report at The Art House
• Stop The Hate Benefit Concert at UNCC
• WineDay Fridays at The Village at Southpark Mall
• DooWoppin’ Into Motown at Ovens Auditorium
