Category Archives: Drinks

Arts and entertainment showcase at the Ritz

12 Mar 10 – 12:08 pm

Get ready for a fun-filled afternoon! Come and connect with Charlotte’s cultural and entertainment community in the Center City at the Ritz-Carlton, March 20, 3 – 6 p.m. There will be live music by Rock ’N’ Roll dueling pianists from Howl at the Moon, light hors d’oeuvres, displays and demonstrations by some of Charlotte’s premier cultural organizations such [...]

By Sabrina Brown | Also posted in Entertainment, Events, Food, Music | Comments (3)

Bands for Bone Marrow!

19 Jan 10 – 2:00 pm

This Sunday, January 24th, from 2-8pm, the Comet Bar & Grill will be hosting a benefit for the NTAF South-Atlantic Bone Marrow Transplant Fund in honor of Patrick Johnson. The National Transplant Assistance Fund (NTAF) has a 26-year record of success helping families address financial hardships arising from uninsured medical expenses related to transplantation and [...]

By Mitchell Killman | Also posted in Charity, City, Entertainment, Events, Feature, Food, Fundraising, Music | Comments (2)

Plaza-Midwood’s Quarterly Krawl

15 Jun 09 – 4:13 pm

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr
While many in Charlotte have been to or at least heard of the NoDa Gallery Crawl, many have not heard about the Plaza-Midwood Krawl, which took place Saturday evening. The gallery crawls in NoDa take place every first and third Friday of the month, but the Plaza-Midwood Krawls [...]

By James Willamor | Also posted in Art, Events, Music, Plaza Midwood | Comments (5)

CLT’s New Cool Kid on the Scene: Culture Initiative

13 Jun 09 – 2:10 pm

Painting by Arthur Brothers on display at Cosmos in Ballantyne
I go to my fair share of events in Charlotte. I go to clubs, I go to art galleries, I go to networking events, and I go to music events. Then I found myself at a Culture Initiative Art Social at Tutto Mondo in May [...]

By Desiree Kane | Also posted in Art, Dance, Events, Music, Nightlife, NoDa, Performance, Photography | Comments (2)

Behind the scenes tour, NC Music Factory prepares for first show

12 Jun 09 – 10:32 pm

photo: James Willamor; view this photo on Flickr
Work was frantic at the NC Music Factory on Friday afternoon, as crews put the final touches on Charlotte’s newest uptown live music venues. The paint will hardly be dry as a nearly sold-out crowd packs the Uptown Amphitheater Saturday night for a performance by The Fray. The [...]

By James Willamor | Also posted in Development, Entertainment, Events, Music, Nightlife | Comments (5)

Sneak peak at 70’s dance club Dammit Janet, opens this weekend in NoDa

3 Jun 09 – 3:32 pm

video: Liz Barrett & Justin Ruckman; watch this video on Vimeo
Dammit Janet, Charlotte’s newest dance club, opens this weekend on North Davidson Street, eight blocks north from the center of NoDa.
Jeff Lowery, the man behind this project, is also the one responsible for the legendary Pterodactyl Club and Jeff’s Bucket Shop on Montford Dr., which [...]

By Liz Barrett | Also posted in Art, Business, Dance, Entertainment, Interview, Music, Nightlife, NoDa | Comments (3)

Soul Gastrolounge

18 May 09 – 8:21 am

video: Justin Ruckman; watch this video on Vimeo
Andy Kastanas & James Fedele’s new “music-restaurant” is the American equivalent of a European gastropub. Its cuisine, much of which inspired by the delicate, scientific approach to cooking known as molecular gastronomy, also reaches outside those boundries to include more traditional faire ranging from sushi to mini cuban [...]

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in City, Food, Music, Nightlife | Comments (2)

Recap: Taste of the Nation

1 May 09 – 3:16 am

video: Justin Ruckman & Erik Button; watch this video on Vimeo
Even though the event passed a couple weeks ago, I want to take a minute to look back at Taste of the Nation. For $50 you got to sample food from some of the best restaurants in Charlotte, and help yourself to all varieties of [...]

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in Events, Food, Fundraising | Comments (1)

Carolina Nightlife’s 2009 Endless Summer Pool Party Tour starts today

1 May 09 – 12:24 am

Carolina Nightlife presents the 2009 Endless Summer Pool Party Tour: ‘The Cure for the Common Summer’. Featuring DJ LP! (myspace.com/DJLPnc).
It’s back on this summer, every weekend from May through August! Look for new decor, new Carolina Nightlife promotional models, new video production at each event, more prizes and give-a-ways, and much more.
For more information and [...]

By Hunter Wilson | Also posted in Entertainment, Events, Music | Comments (0)

Behind the scenes at Crêpe Cellar, a talk with Jeff Tonidandel

20 Apr 09 – 1:23 pm

video: Justin Ruckman; watch this video on Vimeo
A couple weeks ago we stopped by the then-unfinished Crêpe Cellar in NoDa to talk with partner Jeff Tonidandel about their vision for the restaurant & bar. In short, they’ll soon be selling crêpes out their front window, they have a system wired and ready for local musicians, [...]

By Justin Ruckman | Also posted in Business, Food, Music, Nightlife, NoDa | Comments (0)