Pop Life Anniversary Party: It’s hard to believe that The Sol Kitchen/Creative Loafing-sponsored nightlife event known as Pop Life has been around for two years — but, hey, it’s true. On Aug. 29, come celebrate our success by attending a special night filled with art, film and a collection of Charlotte’s best DJs spinning an eclectic mix of soul, classic hip-hop, Afrobeat, Brazilian and other musical forms. Oh and we’ll be celebrating the one-year anniversary of Pop Life’s current home, Apostrophe Lounge, as well. Aaaaannnd we’ll be celebrating Michael Jackson’s birthday by spinning a special set of rare MJ tracks. And, yes, it’s free. 9 p.m. 1440 S. Tryon St.

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Tonight, check out this cool event (info on flyer below) and help out a good cause while having fun:

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Come celebrate Earth Day with music and alcohol (We promise to recycle the bottles!) at the eclectic nightlife event known as POP LIFE. Sponsored every Wednesday by Creative Loafing and The Sol Kitchen, this week’s par-tay will give you the opportunity to network with some “green” consultants and dance to sounds provided by the Dem Fresh Katz DJ crew. And, as always, it’s free. 6 p.m.-until. Apostrophe Lounge, 1440 S. Tryon (Across from Amos’ Southend)

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Pop Life: The Erotic Edition puts a sultry end to Tax Day (April 15, ya know) at Apostrophe Lounge, located at 1440 S. Tryon St.

This “erotic” version of the popular Wednesday night party features sexy poetry from local poets, hosted by J.C. The Poet. Romance author and Creative Loafing staffer Cheris Hodges will also be signing and selling copies of her latest novel, More Than He Can Handle, which Publisher’s Weekly called “a sizzling romance.” And there will be an exotic demonstration of fun sex toys to spice up your night with or without a mate.

Pop Life is sponsored by Creative Loafing and The Sol Kitchen. Doors open at 6 p.m. and admission is, as always, free. So, file your taxes, then get your freak on.

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The Web version of Creative Loafing has, lately, been launching tons of new features. So, what’s the latest new thing to hit Charlotte.creativeloafing.com? A new food blog — dubbed Eat My Charlotte!

Available at www.eatmycharlotte.com, Eat My Charlotte is CL’s first big foray into the world of food blogging.

Eat My Charlotte is helmed by CL’s long-time food critic Tricia Childress; she’s joined by online producer Priscillla Tsai and a host of other local food writers. Together, they’ll be bringing you the latest Queen City food news, event information, chef interviews, recipes and random weirdness every single day … well, actually multiple times per day.

So, look, go check out the blog at www.eatmycharlotte.com and see what we’ve got going on. And stay tuned — we’ve got lots more food-related news coming soon. In the meantime, visit Eat My Charlotte!

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This just in from us, the folks here at Creative Loafing:

Just like America ushered in a change with the election of Barack Obama, Creative Loafing is presenting our own wave of change to our online edition.

OK, that’s a little dramatic. But hey, everybody else is cashing in on Obama-mania. Why shouldn’t we?!

At any rate, big new things are coming to www.charlotte.creativeloafing.com: new blogs, new Twitter feeds, new e-mail newsletters — and most importantly a brand-new (and very pretty) design. And it all starts with CL’s brand-new music site.

The new music site, which you can access by clicking on the “Music” tab on the left side of www.charlotte.creativeloafing.com or via the URL ,www.charlotte.creativeloafing.com/music, is the first salvo in a site-wide transformation that will slowly engulf the site on a weekly basis.

Unlike our old approach to covering music on the Web, the new music site provides almost moment-to-moment information about music in Charlotte and around the globe. The new music site pumps out updated content all day long — written by CL’s music editor Jeff Hahne, our music writers and music gurus from dozens of other media outlets. Along with that constant stream of articles, photos, text, and videos, we’ll also be giving site visitors the chance to interact with us via our regular comment applications and a brand-new Twitter feed. Plus, we’ll be offering visitors access to our much-lauded music blog Vibes, the brand-new nightlife blog Brittney Cason After Dark, our photo site QC After Dark, our vast and ever-growing collection of CD reviews, sound clips from our Homebrew CD series, links to music classifieds, and much, much more. All that — and it looks waaaaaaaaayyyy better, too! (No more orange! Hooray!)

What the hell are you waiting for? Go check out the new music site already: www.charlotte.creativeloafing.com/music.

And like I said, this is just the beginning! Next week, you’ll see another brand-new section and then more after that until the entire Web site is all-new and all-different!

Change is coming to CL … stay tuned!

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Just an FYI: Hit R&B singer J. Holiday will be in Charlotte tonight, chilling at Pop Life — Charlotte’s most eclectic nightlife event, brought to you every week by The Sol Kitchen and Creative Loafing.
And look, Holiday probably won’t perform, but he will be pressing the flesh. So, be sure to swing by tonight and meet the talented dude.
It all goes down tonight at Apostrophe Lounge, 1440 S. Tryon (Across from Amos’ Southend) starting at 6 p.m. — and it’s free.

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Wednesday, Feb. 11 (and/or Tuesday, Feb. 11 in some places in and around Charlotte), Creative Loafing will unleash its highly anticipated and ultra-coveted Lust List 2009.

For the uninitiated, the Lust List is CL’s annual showcase of the Queen City’s hottest citizens. Check out this little video promo (created by our resident filmmaker Torrell S. Taylor) — it’s sure to get you excited about the impending issue:

Creative Loafing's Lust List 2009

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For you Dems who like to kick back a few, check out this event Saturday — the Living Liberally National Conference — hosted by local social group Drinking Liberally.

Here’s the press release:

 Hot on the heels of last week’s remarkably intimate and moving Democratic National Convention viewing party and tomorrow’s regularly scheduled gathering, you’ve probably heard that our local chapter is hosting the annual Living Liberally National Conference, which convenes here in the Queen City this weekend. There will be a series of seminars and “What’s Next for D.L.”-type meetings for D.L. hosts who decided that this year Charlotte would make a great host city. What that means for you is this.

As Drinking Liberally hosts from around the country descend on the Queen City, this Saturday night, at Madison’s, in Uptown Charlotte, we’ll be showing them the best time ever as we throw our biggest, grooviest gathering of the year.

If you can only make one D.L. event between now and Election Day, this is definitely the one you want to attend.

Things get going at 7:30 sharp, and for the next few hours we’ll have the place completely to ourselves. This is your unique opportunity to chat with Drinking Liberally movers and shaker from far a field, folks who care as much about politics, public policy, and “Promoting Democracy one pint at a time” as you do.

This is your exclusive chance! Meet the folks who founded the very first Drinking Liberally chapter, in New York City. Rub elbows with D.L.ers who’ve just returned from the Democratic National Convention, in Denver. Share ideas with members of D.L. chapters from everywhere from Massachusetts to Tennessee, Salt Lake City to Hanover, New Hampshire. Share opinions, share stories, share an ice-cold beer or cocktail.

You’ll be so happy you did!

There will be deals on drinks, funky music, a special Drinking Liberally toast, and everyone will be looking a little more dapper than usual. All of this for a measly five bucks! You’ll have a blast!

Where: Madison’s Bar and Lounge, at 115 E. 5th St., near the corner of 5th and Tryon
When: Saturday, September 6, beginning at 7:30 sharp
Who: Every single one of us! Let’s show our out-of-town guests what we’re made of!
Why: Meet fascinating D.L. members from all over the place! Make friends! This will be our best shindig of the year!
Plus: A measly $5 donation at the door gets you drink specials, lots to talk about, and oodles of good karma! Come out and support Drinking Liberally!

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Charlotte’s own DJ Technics spun an ass-load of wax at a recent edition of the nightlife event Pop Life — sponsored by Creative Loafing and The Sol Kitchen. If you missed it, don’ fret: Technics recorded his entire set and made available for music lovers online. Check, check it out:  http://www.baltimoreclubtracks.com/djtechnicslive_at_poplife.mp3

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