rss VOLUME 23, NUMBER 34 - 10.20.09 TO 10.26.09

• SEE & DO

  THEATER: Marat/Sade

  Thursday, Oct. 22

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Anita overcash
• REVIEWS

  Creature feature: Where the Wild Things Are

  Perhaps it's best to think of Where the Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze's live-action adaptatio...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Matt Brunson
• BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER

  Trick or treat for climate change

  Halloween is around the corner, and children will soon be dressing up and chanting "trick or tr...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by AMY GOODMAN
• CORKSCREW

  Wineries step into the green

  Whether through intellectual masturbation or action, we're all trying to do our part to be green...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Taylor Eason
• COVER STORY

  The Food Issue '09: Women in Charlotte's food industry

  Food and women have a complex relationship. Of the two genders, biology assigned females as a food...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Tricia Childress
• BRITTNEY AFTER DARK

  Why do people have to be rude?

  This is a question I pondered after attending the grand opening of Kashmir and Fiji last weekend. I...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Brittney Cason
• FEATURES

  Milestone hits 40th anniversary

  Located on Charlotte's west side, more Southern-fried than gentrified, the Milestone Club remain...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Lew Herman
• BOOMER WITH ATTITUDE

  Positive thinking: 'Delusion is never a good thing'

  Some years ago, two people lived in our neighborhood who were really "positive." Their &qu...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by John Grooms
• BRIEFS

  How to effectively lead Charlotte's charities

  When the news of former United Way director Gloria Pace King's million-dollar retirement package...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Cheris Hodges
• THE N WORD

  Racism in the 21st century

  Just when did 2009 turn into 1909? On the heels of the "Jackson Jive's" recent perfor...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Nsenga Burton
• CITIZEN SERVATIUS

  National outrage: hard cores going out the door

  Every couple of months, North Carolina makes national news for the dysfunctional way the state handl...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Tara Servatius
• PERFORMING ARTS

  No diamond rings for This Mockingbird

  With Kevin Campbell as Atticus Finch, Ian Michael Johnson as Tom Robinson, Robbie Jaeger as the pros...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Perry Tannenbaum
• VIEW FROM THE COUCH

  Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics among new DVD reviews

  KARLOFF & LUGOSI HORROR CLASSICS (1936-1958). Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi made a series of mem...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Matt Brunson
• STARGAZER

  Horoscope for Oct. 21-27, 2009

  Scorpio The Phoenix: (Oct. 23-Nov 20) The new Saturn cycle asks that you be directed inward and you...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Vivian Carol
• SAVAGE LOVE

  Zombie sex: A query in the spirit of the season

  A question in the spirit of the season: Can zombie sex ever be consensual? Because I think if confro...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Dan Savage
• STRAIGHT DOPE

  Is there any difference in quality between name-brand drugs and generics?

  When I buy over-the-counter pharmaceuticals from our local drug store, I always buy the house brand....

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Cecil Adams
• ARTS FLASH

  Audience awareness: The Chuckleheads

  The members of the Charlotte comedy improv troupe The Chuckleheads are giddy. The group, which start...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Anita overcash
• THE BLOTTER

  Bizarre crimes from Charlotte police files

  My Best Buddy: Police were called to the scene of an accident in which a car crossed the center of t...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Ryan Pitkin
• COMIC PROPORTIONS

  Comic book review: Uncanny X-Men No. 516

  Uncanny X-Men No. 516 Written by Matt Fraction. Pencils by Greg Land. Inks by Jay Leisten. The Dea...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by Carlton Hargro
• BOOKS

  Review of American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson

  Craig Ferguson, the host of The Late Late Show on CBS, is a recovering alcoholic, workaholic, smarta...

  Vol. 23 No. 34 Published 10.20.09 by John Grooms

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