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Wednesday, November 26, 2014
First Drip First Drip (11/26/14): Ferguson officer Wilson: 'I did my job right', more
Posted By Emiene Wright on Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 7:01 AM
Attorneys for Michael Brown's family vowed Tuesday to push for federal charges against the police officer who killed the unarmed 18-year-old, while the officer insisted in his first public statements that "I know I did my job right."
The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority and the Charlotte Checkers hockey team have negotiated a 10-year lease for the Checkers to begin playing at the 9,600-seat coliseum next season. Charlotte City Council members are scheduled to vote Dec. 8 on an agreement between the minor-league hockey team and the city tourism authority that includes taxpayer subsidies and a loan based on the value of Bojangles' Coliseum and next-door neighbor Ovens Auditorium.
UNC-Chapel Hill officials on Tuesday identified Jaimie A. Lee as one of the employees fired in the wake of the Wainstein report that outlined years of bogus classes aimed at keeping some athletes academically eligible. The university had previously said nine employees were disciplined or terminated as a result of the scandal, but leaders refused to identify them.
Two explosions by suspected female suicide bombers hit a crowded market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, a stronghold for Boko Haram, on Monday, killing morethan 60 people. "There were two blasts, all suicide bombers," witness Sani Adamau told Reuters. "While the people were trying to help the injured the second bomb blasted, I saw lots of bodies."
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Inside CL Announcement: CL’s 3rd Annual Flash Fiction Contest
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:19 PM
“We forgot to pay our heat bill.”
No, Creative Loafing did not really forget to pay its power bill. But we editors are struck by language, especially those lines that suggest there’s more to a story than what’s confined within a few words. Who forgot to pay the heat bill? How much was it? Are there enough blankets to keep you/them/us warm?
If that line intrigues you, we welcome you to enter our third annual flash fiction contest. We’re looking for creative short stories with a fully developed narrative arc (including a climax), in 1,000 words or less.
Film / Film News Opening Wednesday
Posted By Matt Brunson on Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:00 PM
- Warner Bros.
- Horrible Bosses 2
Horrible Bosses 2 - Jason Bateman, Christophe Waltz
Penguins of Madagascar - Animated; voices of Tom McGrath, Benedict Cumberbatch
The Theory of Everything - Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones
Opinion With no indictment in Ferguson, are we back to square one on race?
Posted By Jerry Klein on Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 1:00 PM
If you happened to be twirling your radio dial here in Charlotte Monday night trying to find out what the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, had decided in the case against Darren Wilson — the police officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in August — you may have stumbled on me in the middle of a high-volume, four-hour-long “discussion” of that situation on News-Talk station 1110-AM WBT. The passionate responses I heard regarding the decision to not indict Wilson were as hot as anywhere else in the country. The only difference between what was going on here as compared to cities ranging from New York to Los Angeles was that, thankfully, ours didn’t escalate to the physically violent category.
Instead, what you would have heard fell into one of two general categories. The majority of the station’s predominantly conservative, white listeners lambasted me as a despicable "race-baiting liberal" who was just trying to stir up trouble like Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. But according to many others who were persistent and patient enough to get through the jammed phone lines, I deserved to be congratulated for having the courage to demand that we deal with the problem of institutional racism rearing its head in this country again, which appears to be allowing cops get away with killing African-American men with impunity.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Tuesday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 10:04 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 25, 2014 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• A Love Supreme — Robert Mars featuring Jay West exhibit at Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
• Solidarity Protest with Ferguson at Marshall Park
• Country Tuesday at Snug Harbor
• Charlotte Symphony: Youth and Junior Youth Orchestras Fall Concert at CPCC's Halton Theater
• Almost Famous Comedy Show at The Comedy Zone
First Drip First Drip (11/25/14): DOJ won't close Ferguson case despite lack of indictments, more
Posted By Emiene Wright on Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 6:35 AM
The Obama administration will continue investigating the death of black teenager Michael Brown, attorney general Eric Holder said in a statement late Monday. The statement followed news earlier in the evening that a grand jury would not indict police officer Darren Wilson in Brown's death. At least 29 people were arrested in protests overnight.
A team of 17 investigators is in charge of making sure employees in North Carolina are paid what they are due, but in the past five years, the North Carolina Department of Labor has filed lawsuits against only four companies to recoup wages owed to workers. The agency is charged with ensuring that they toil in safe environments and holding employers who fall short to account.
North Carolina has taken measures since the 1970s to control the top water contaminant in the state, the dirt that pours into rivers and lakes from human activity. But a review of state records reveals sharp drop-off in enforcement over the past five years and a series of warnings to lawmakers that have gone unheeded.
The self-titled activist group Anonymous took credit for shutting down the city of Cleveland's website after a city police officer shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, whom police believed to be armed.
Monday, November 24, 2014
First Drip First Drip (11/24/14): Marion Barry dead, Foxx backs transportation deal, more
Posted By Emiene Wright on Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:22 AM
The announcement that Marion Barry had died early Sunday stunned a city where for four decades he had reigned as its invincible and rollicking political star. Through high and low times, the presiding D.C. Council member and former four-term mayor personified his city.
U.S. Transportation Secretary and former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx asked national transportation leaders in Charlotte on Sunday to help pass a long-term transportation funding bill, saying the current funding system is short-term and prevents states from keeping up with population growth.
Parents and their newly adopted children celebrated National Adoption Day in the Mecklenburg County Courthouse atrium Saturday morning. The nationwide holiday is an effort to raise awareness of the more than 100,000 children in U.S. foster care awaiting permanent homes. About 700 children in Mecklenburg County are in foster care.
Despite a frenzied weekend of negotiations in Vienna capping 14 months of unprecedented diplomatic engagement, Iran and world powers have failed to reach an agreement addressing Western concerns over Tehran's nuclear program. But as yet, no one has has walked away from the table.
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Monday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 24, 2014 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Mythbusters: Behind the Myths Tour at Belk Theater
• Graphic Novel Book Club at the Main Library
• Holiday Books & Coffee at Queens University
• Karaoke at Vida Vida
• The Monday Night Allstars at Double Door Inn
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Sunday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 9:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 23, 2014 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Slayer at The Fillmore
• 'Celebration of Life': Honoring Charlotte LGBT leader Don King at McColl Center for Art + Innovation
• I Pagliacci and The Seven Deadly Sins at CPCC's Halton Theater
• Mannheim Steamroller Christmas at Belk Theater
• Tiny Dances at Petra's Piano Bar & Cabaret
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Arts / Today's Top Five Today's Top 5: Saturday
Posted By Anita Overcash on Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 9:00 AM
Here are the five best events going down in Charlotte and the surrounding area today, Nov. 22, 2014 as selected by the folks at Creative Loafing.
• Tyler Ramsey at Evening Muse
• 100 Words Film Festival at McGlohon Theater
• Lil Duval at The Comedy Zone
• N.C. Writers Network Fall Conference at Sheraton Hotel
• Biggy Stardust & His Wretched Hive at Milestone
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Question the Queen City: Who set fire to the nightlife? 3
From 1971 to 1976, 17 nightclubs in Charlotte burned to the ground. Who did it?
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Rango / Gnomeo & Juliet: Tale of two toons
Toon Western triggers a good time for all, but silly Shakespeare spin is solely for the kids.
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Question the Queen City: An unsolved double murder 5
Did they ever catch the killer from the Mulberry Church Road murders?
