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Playing around with sex ed

One girl in four has an STI. Something has to change. Read more

DO IT THIS WEEK TODAY’S BLOGS & PODCASTS

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FRI
9

Music

A pot of gold

The British-alternative, moody, melodic rock band will make their way to Charlotte, playing at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with Liars opening. A sho...

SAT
10

Benefit

Pedal power

Break out the bike, work out the legs and gain experience and awareness about riding the bike lanes of the Q.C. at CycleCharlotte08. The celebration a...

SAT
10

Art

Finer side of art

Check out artists from across the nation as they display their art and expose techniques at the first Charlotte Fine Art Show. The show will include a...

MON
12

Sports

Putt, putt and away

Golfing and singing don't seem to go together, do they? But maybe try it out today for Opera Carolina. The Opera is hosting its fifth annual Invit...

TUE
13

Art

Bring your black book

Graffiti is awesome. Colorful artwork, bubbly-to-sharp lettering and a parade of shapes and styles: It has a life of its own with no end in sight. Spr...

WED
14

Fundraiser

Gnome Hunting

Car lovers pimp their rides, MySpace addicts pimp their profile, and gnome lovers -- yes -- pimp their gnomes! NoDaRioty presents Pimp My Gnome Live A...

ALL BLOGS AND PODCASTS

BLOGS

Friday, May 9 Film All About Eve: The Charlotte Film Society graciously wraps up its winter/spring program with screenings of All About Eve. Joseph L. Mankiewicz's masterpiece is set in the world of theater, with Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) attempting to professionally and personally snatch the spotlight from established (and aging) star Margo Channing (Bette Davis). [...]
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Live Review: Dierks Bentley

03:15PM, 05.08.08

Dierks Bentley May 7, 2008 Whisky River Last night, Dierks Bentley celebrated the release of his Greatest Hits album with a performance at Whisky River, where he played his greatest hitsand some Johnny Cash. I have never had to apply so much to get into a bar as I did last night. Ticket holders had to fill out [...]
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Team behind Death Of Captain America to appear at HeroesCon

01:45PM, 05.08.08

Check out this breaking news about Charlotte's HeroesCon comic book convention: Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting Join Guest List of Fan-Favorite Comics Show Continuing a string of high-profile announcements leading up to this summers Heroes Convention in Charlotte, NC, show organizers have confirmed that the team of Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting will appear at HeroesCon 08, [...]
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Flush the toilet, Hillary Obamas gotta use it

11:12AM, 05.08.08

By Samuel L. Jackson I aint bullshitting now-this shits got to stop. Somebodys got to take Hillary out behind the Capitol Building and put this bitch out of our misery. Shes clearly got some serious got-damn mental defects that dont let her see reality. Fuck it. I'm gonna try reasoning directly with the bitch. Hillary. [...]
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No photos of Kanye

10:45AM, 05.08.08

Usually, we like to take some photos at live shows (thanks to a photo pass) and put them in the paper and post them online. Well, don't expect to see any from tonight's Glow in the Dark Tour. Kanye West has refused any media from taking photos at tonight's show. Yep, that includes openers Rihanna, [...]
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Ticker tape aint spaghetti

02:00PM, 05.07.08

Food riots are erupting around the world. Protests have occurred in Egypt, Cameroon, the Philippines, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mauritania and Senegal. Sarata Guisse, a Senegalese demonstrator, told Reuters: "We are holding this demonstration because we are hungry. We need to eat, we need to work, we are hungry. That's all. We are hungry." United [...]
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The real anti-torture president

05:01PM, 04.16.08

Imagine, a candidate for president who, a year or so ago, no one would have considered electable. Now the person is the front-runner, with a groundswell of grass-roots support, threatening the sense of inevitability of the establishment candidates. No, I'm not talking about the American presidential race, but the race for president of the largest [...]
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More music for your a$$

07:12PM, 04.03.08

This week, we bring you even more music for your bootay.Check out tracks by Janita (www.myspace.com/janitaartist), Julie Dexter (www.myspace.com/ketchavibe) and Days Ahead (www.myspace.com/daysaheadmusic). Bookmark It
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More music for your a$$

01:06PM, 04.03.08

This week, we bring you even more music for your bootay. Check out tracks by Janita (www.myspace.com/janitaartist), Julie Dexter (www.myspace.com/ketchavibe) and Days Ahead (www.myspace.com/daysaheadmusic). Bookmark It
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Body of war: New documentary depicts soldiers personal battle

05:41PM, 04.02.08

We just passed the grim milestone of 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq since the invasion five years ago. Still, the death toll climbs. Typically unmentioned alongside the count of American war dead are the tens of thousands of wounded (not to mention the Iraqi dead). The Pentagon doesn't tout the number of Americans injured, but [...]
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