Category Archives: Entertainment

An interview with model Michael Anthony Capella

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Charlotte Model Michael Anthony Capella teaches us about the modeling industry and shares styling tips for the every-day guy.

Hearts, flowers, cards: yes, it’s a Valentine’s weekend in Charlotte

flyer courtesy of Culture Initiative
Every V-day, men and women invest a lot of money in that special someone to show how much they appreciate them. Below are eight of my suggestions to help you show your appreciation in Charlotte this weekend.

You can’t say that on NPR

photo credit: Dave
As the lights beneath the Byzantine dome in McGlohon Theatre dimmed last night and the sixth imagining of the Charlotte Squawks satirical musical franchise began, I was worried. Not for myself. Not for the cast. Not for the creators. But for the audience. I’ve  only been a Charlottean for 18 months, and if I’ve learned [...]

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Knight

photo credit: Andrew Eccles
Two short days ago, I sat in my living room, munching on a few snacks, watching the New Orleans Saints defeat the Indianapolis Colts.  Little did I know, that would be the second most entertaining display of athletic ability I would see this week.  The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater rolled into [...]

ASC annual fund drive kicks off tomorrow night, 20 tickets available

The Arts & Science Council’s annual fund drive kicks off tomorrow night at the Wachovia Atrium.
To the uninitiated, the ASC, in its own words, is:

the community’s chief advocate for arts, science, history and heritage
a gatherer and steward of public and private community resources
an investor of those resources in the cultural sector and community
the strategic planner [...]

Dugg Dugg’s 24-hour ‘Platonic Voyage’

Want to go on a 24-hour virtual ocean voyage? Departure is 8:15 tonight at Story Slam. From their blog:
“Platonic Voyage” is a 24-hour performance/exhibition by Dugg Dugg that uses Google Earth 5.0 to simulate the experience of an ocean voyage.
The adventure is Jan. 21-22 at Story Slam! Charlotte arts center, 1401 Central Ave.
Equal parts allegory [...]

Bands for Bone Marrow!

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 [...]

Local media Mad Libs

I was waiting on an order of Bunny Rancheros at Zada Janes, flipping through a Creative Loafing, when I had an amazing idea. Are you ready? Wait for it…Local Media Madlibs! Right? Right?!
Okay, so you already knew that from the title but, get excited anyway. Local Media Madlibs…yippee!
Wait, what are madlibs? Since I know you [...]

#TheBotFather: Brains

Check out what the creator of Favrd, a widely popular service that showcased who “favorited” tweets and tallied them, said via the Favrd homepage the day he pulled the plug on it a little over a week ago:
There are still lots of clever and funny things to read every day, but finding these is no [...]

#TheBotFather: Basics

Part of what makes Twitter so enchanting is that it’s still considered “safe” (for the time being) in the minds of those who use it. The average person isn’t bombarded with some of the net elements they encounter nearly everywhere else: there are not tons of unwanted ads, or spam, or what I can only [...]