Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Jan. 2, 2014 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
* John Heffron at The Comedy Zone
* Trivia at VBGB
* Shiprocked at Snug Harbor
* The Book of Mormon at Belk Theater
* Currencies: Real and Imagined exhibit at McColl Center for Visual Art