rss VOLUME 23, NUMBER 30 - 09.22.09 TO 09.29.09

• SEE & DO

  THEATER: Cell Phone Blues

  Thursday, Sept. 24

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Anita overcash
• CORKSCREW

  Choosing the right wine glass

  My cabinets overflowth with wine glasses of every shape and size. We manage to break one weekly but...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Taylor Eason
• FEATURES

  Anntony's Caribbean Cafe looking to win customers back

  It's noon on a Wednesday afternoon, and six customers are dining at Anntony's Caribbean Caf&...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Cheris Hodges
• BRITTNEY AFTER DARK

  Maintenance of monogamy

  I have a confession to make ... I used to cheat in high school. I never read a single book assigned...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Brittney Cason
• FEATURES

  Power pop the focus of three-day music festival Pop Fest

  Last year, local musician James Deem, with some help from fellow musician Ed James, organized a two-...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Jeff Hahne
• BOOMER WITH ATTITUDE

  Smart move: Obama ditches long-range missles defense system in Poland, Czech

  Last week's news that the Obama administration is ditching the Bush plan to build long-range mis...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by John Grooms
• COVER

  Generation Jerk: In defense of TheDirty.com

  A lot of people hate Nik Richie. Of course, some of you may be wondering, "Who the hell is Nik...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Carlton Hargro
• NEWS FEATURE

  Mayoral candidates tackle transportation

  Transportation in Charlotte is a regular source of confusion for Queen City residents. Will light ra...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Cheris Hodges
• THE N WORD

  In life, and facing death, Patrick Swayze forged his own path

  When thinking about what I wanted to write about this week, I called up Carlton Hargro, my editor, a...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Nsenga Burton
• CITIZEN SERVATIUS

  Free-range kids: An international debate

  Lori Pierce didn't intend to spark an international debate. When her 10-year-old son William as...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Tara Servatius
• PERFORMING ARTS

  Hot summer music in NYC

  For all its Broadway glitter, New York has nothing over the Tarheel State when it comes to our profu...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Perry Tannenbaum
• FILM CLIPS

  Capsule reviews of films playing the week of Sept. 23

  Current Releases ADAM Arriving on the scene just in time to feast on (500) Days of Summer's slo...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Matt Brunson
• BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER

  President Zelaya and the audacity of action

  Manuel Zelaya, the democratically elected president of Honduras, is back in his country after being...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by AMY GOODMAN
• REVIEWS

  The Informant: Spread the word

  Last year at this time, the Coen Brothers were treating (or mistreating, depending on one's poin...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Matt Brunson
• VIEW FROM THE COUCH

  Homicide, Easy Virtue among new DVD reviews

  AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981). Writer-director John Landis' tongue-in-bloody-cheek horro...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Matt Brunson
• STARGAZER

  Horoscope for Sept. 23-29, 2009

  Libra The Scales (Sept. 22-Oct. 22): See the lead paragraph. On roughly two weeks before and after...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Vivian Carol
• SAVAGE LOVE

  Turning a problem into a game

  My boyfriend and I have been living together for a year. He knows I am an insecure person when it co...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Dan Savage
• THE BLOTTER

  Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files

  All-Time Low: Police were called to a local church after a woman caught a Peeping Tom videotaping up...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Ryan Pitkin
• COMIC PROPORTIONS

  Drunk No. 1 among this week's stack of comic reviews

  Another week, another stack of comics -- here's a look at a few titles I snagged: Drunk No. 1:...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by Carlton Hargro
• BOOKS

  Book Review: Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters

  If you thought Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was a ridiculous idea, then go ahead and skip to the...

  Vol. 23 No. 30 Published 09.22.09 by John Grooms

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