Friday, Dec. 19
Music: Colbie Caillat
Amos’ Southend
The original MySpace-girl-made-good – no, we’re not talking Tila Tequila – shares her talent and prowess for songwriting tonight at Amos’. Sharing the bill is John McLaughlin.
Food: Eat happy and dance the night away at Villa Antonio.
Arts: Give back and do some good with Sol Kitchen and CL at The Gathering.
Friday, Dec. 12
Music: John Legend
Ovens Auditorium
Join the 30-year-old, multiple Grammy winner and jam to his recently released third album, Evolver, plus classic hits from his first two albums at tonight’s performance. Just don’t throw your panties onstage. Raphael Saadiq opens.
Food: Bring a canned good to George Herman’s for a thirst quenching present.
Arts: The Nutcracker dances into Belk Theatre.
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Local girl-made-good Fantasia is losing one of her Charlotte homes. Looks like we’re not the only ones to feel the sting of the recession! The Real Estalker reports:
The foreclosure process for big voiced Miss Barrino’s 6,232 square foot house has been started and unless she can make good with a pile of cash will likely be auctioned to the highest bidder on January 12, 2009.
Property records show Miz Barrino purchased the 6 bedroom and 5.5 bathroom pond-front mansion on Bevington Place in March of 2007 for $1,300,000.
However, the children can rest easier knowing that it does not appear that Miz Barrino will go homeless as records show that she also owns a second house on nearby Seton House Lane that she purchased in July of 2004 for $740,000.
Friday, Dec. 5
Film: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Ballantyne Village Theatre
The BVT is having a Holiday Film Festival, featuring favorite flicks for only $5. This week’s installment may inspire you dust off your copy of Dr. Seuss’ original story for a read by the fire.
Food: Christmas in Davidson features food vendors for you and your dog; organic treats! Plus: shopping, carriage rides and Christmas cheer.
Music: The 2nd Annual Beards BeCAUSE features Truckstop Preachers, The B-Stevens, and The Belmont Players.
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Local artist Gabriel Donaldson creates masterpieces for the feet at the Starbucks on Elizabeth Avenue. Donaldson’s hand-painted Converse shoes sell at $150-$300 at AmericanAthletics.com.
The new X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie isn’t set to open until next spring, but a few shots have recently been released to get everyone in the mood. So you can watch your Dark Knight DVD and still have something to look forward to.
More photos and a look at kinda-creepy Gambit with a bad mustache after the jump:
Sad news from Long Island; a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death this morning when over 200 people rushed the store for Black Friday sales, taking the doors off its hinges in a mad stampede/ Shop with caution today friends, and remember: Nothing at Wal-Mart is worth more than a human life.
A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.
The 34-year-old worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.
Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.
Two words friends: Password protection.
This story will make you break out your cellphone manual and find out how to password protect or lock your photos (because we know you got freaky over the weekend).
A man who accidentally left his mobile telephone in a branch of McDonald’s is suing the fast-food chain after nude photos of his wife that had been stored in the device ended up on the internet. Philip Sherman says he was promised by staff at the burger restaurant in Fayette, Arkansas, that the handset would be turned off and securely stored until he could retrieve it.
Instead, he alleges that employees at the branch ended up rifling through his phone’s memory, address book, text messages and library of images before posting pictures of his wife, Tina, online.
Next to the photographs, which were meant only for Mr Sherman’s eyes, the miscreants added the McDonald’s logo, together with its slogan “I’m lovin’ it” and a caption describing Mrs Sherman as “hot like McDonald’s’ coffee”. They also provided her name, address and contact details, prompting dozens of unwelcome letters, phone calls and emails that apparently forced the couple to move home.
The couple is suing for $3 million in damages. Sadly, I’m having images of the Ronald (seen here not looking at naked people) squealing, “Supersize me!” over a cell phone. Ultimately the moral of the story is: don’t eat at McDonald’s. And if you do, don’t stuff your face so much that you forget and leave your celly on the greasy yellow tables.
Friday, Nov. 21
Food: Beaujolais Nouveau Wine Tasting Festival
Levine Museum of the New South
Viva la France! And viva la French wine, Lindt chocolate, jazz quartets, and a night to enjoy the sweetness of it all! Get your tickets now, and drink your fill on Friday.
Film: Twilight bites into cinemas, along with Bolt, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and Ashes of Time Redux.
Music: Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson combine forces to rock the 2 Worlds, 2 Voices Tour at Time Warner Cable Arena.
