march / april 2015 Contributors

John Hairston, Jr. Ellen Gurley Michael K Earle Martin Barry Brandon Lunsford Grant Baldwin Cover Illustrator Columnist, Sales, Owner, Columnist “The Clown” Columnist Photojournalist Editor Columnist

Alex Barnette Tonya Russ Price Kat Sweet Mandi English Kathleen James Lee Webmaster Photojournalist, Sales, Designer Columnist Johnson Walker II Columnist Columnist Columnist

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5 hickory beer ellen gurley

7 linda martinez: style maven mandi english

9 didja know, charlotte? ellen gurley cheers! hickory 10 ask the clown beer martin barry p5 11 stash pad photo by Ellen Gurley Carter Short 13 martin “the Clown” barry and the Roller Girls Ellen Gurley

14 Events In Your City

Hi Charlotte, Spring has sprung. Get out there and enjoy some festivals or shows. Our event listing is in the back. In this issue we catch up with Martin “the Clown” Barry as he and the Charlotte Roller Girls gear up to start their 2015 season. He also throws in another comic strip and follows up with his advice column. We also get to know Linda Martinez of StyleNow! as our resident fashionista, Mandi English, interviews her. We also take a stroll through new Charlotte store, the Stash Pad, enjoy a few beers in Hickory and admire tintype photography by Jeff Howlett. And as always, we have the “didja know” section containing interesting things you might not have known were happening in your area. Don’t forget to view the venue list online for a complete guide to local farmers markets. ‘Tis the season.

Enjoy today and every day, Ellen Gurley and the other My City Magazine personalities

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Media kits with advertising information can be obtained by contacting [email protected] Letter from the Editor Letter from tintype photography by JEFF HOWLETT by Ellen Gurley

2 You all know what a tintype reasons why they didn’t smile in said old- rock Hill’s Jeff Howlett has a photograph is. Some people call it timey photographs. Most of them were studio completely dedicated to capture old-timey and many have gone to an taken of people at war time or at times tintypes and developing them in the old- amusement park and had a digital image of poverty - no reason to smile there. timey technique of lacquer on metal. It’s taken and it was modified to look black Some were taken of important people wonderful. I had a family tintype done and grey or brown and black. Either way, (writers, mathematicians, explorers) who myself. Having apprenticed under an you’ve seen the modern rip-off , even if didn’t want to go down in history with that Ellen Susan, Jeff has been doing tintypes you haven’t seen a real tintype yourself. one photograph - that one chance - as a for two years now. He’s an IT professional clown. Some people used to think that as his 9 to 5 but still manages to book if you google the term, you will smiling wasn’t civil. But I know when I upwards of fifty shoots a week. see many images of people not smiling in heard we had someone in our area doing tintype pictures. It’s an interesting thing - actual tintype photograph, that gave me “Filmmaking and photography not to smile- as we all remember growing reason to smile. are my passionate core, however being up being urged to do so. There are many a single father I have to balance finances 3 with my art. I produce images when I am not spending time with my children. I have a wonderful relationship with my children’s mother, so we are able to balance family time fairly.”

in this wet tintype photograph process, Jeff uses a collodion emulsion with silver that literally ends up making your image. The process is fascinating and Jeff is dedicated to helping his client obtain a timeless image of themselves or with their families. The most popular size he shoots is a 4X5 and that runs you $40.00. You can hire him for an event (who wouldn’t want to leave your wedding with their own tintype) or you can book an appointment to see him in the studio. You’ll be glad that you did.

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Contact Jeff to set something up: [email protected] 803.265.5523

See more of his work: www.HowlermanoPhotography.com www.Howlermano.com Instagram & Twitter: @howlermano Facebook.com/JeffHowlett Facebook.com/HowlermanoPhotography

By Martin “The Clown” Barry

4 hickory beer By Ellen Gurley

i’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Charlotte has a lot of wonderful breweries and we don’t have to travel out of town for beer anymore… but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t. Hickory isn’t too far Charlotte has a lot away and Olde Hickory Brewery is nothing to scoff at.

With three locations in downtown Hickory alone, over of“ wonderful breweries twenty years of experience and a presence in over thirty restaurants and taprooms in the Charlotte area, I’m impressed. Enough so to and we don’t have to venture down and often visit their taproom. And as a bonus I get to enjoy the Blue Ridge Mountains.

travel out of town for Oh, and their beer festivals! Not to scoff at our beer festivals, but Hickory puts ours to shame with over sixty regional breweries, bottled water, peanut can or pretzel necklaces and live beer anymore...but music. Here we are lucky to have access to bathrooms and the ability to taste ten beers. I even get to leave with a collectible glass that doesn’t mean we glass. Not a dixie cup or the run of the mill BPA-leaking plastic thingy thing. A real glass. You can expect to see some of their most popular brews; Hickory Stick Stout, Oak Aged Redeemer, Seven shouldn’t. Devils, Death by Hops and Daniel Boone.

This year it is on Saturday, April 25th at Olde Hickory ” Station in Hickory. It’s called the www.HickoryHops.com Beer Fest. There will be live music by Baby Black Orchestra and it will feature

5 beers from Asheville Brew., Aviator, Bearwaters, Beer Army Combat, Birdsong, Blind Squirrel, Boone Brew./Blowing Rock Brew., Brevard Brew., Bull City, Carolina Brew., Catawba Brew., Deep River, Duck- Rabbit, Foothills, French Broad, Frog Level, Front Street, Fullsteam, Gizmo, Green Man, Heinzelmannchan, Heist, Highland, Howard, Huske Hardware House, Lexington Ave., Liberty, LoneRider, Mash House, Mother Earth, Mystery, Nantahala, Natty Greene’s, New South, Olde Hickory, Oskar Blues, Outer Banks, Oyster House, Pisgah, RJ Rockers, Raleigh Brew., Red Brick/Atlanta Brew., Sierra Nevada, SweetWater, Thomas Creek, Tipping Point, Top of the Hill, Triangle, Triple C., Trophy and Wicked Weed.

if you’re lucky, you’ll get yelled at by a religious sign-toting zealot (warning you of the dangers of hop consumption) as you enter the festival, but you’re sure to been presented with way more beer than you can physically try (trust me, I attempted). So … no kids, no dogs and no amateurs (at the festival). Take that drive.

Brewer: Steven Lylery Photography by Ellen Gurley

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www.OldeHickoryTaproom.com 222 Union Square, Hickory, NC 28601 828.322.1962 www.AmosHowards.com 2828 US Hwy. 70 SW, Hickory, 28602 828.323.8753 www.OldeHickoryStation.com 232 Government Ave., SW, Hickory, 28602 828.322.2356

6 linda martinez: style maven by mandi english

You can’t miss this lady as her personality is as big as the room. I personally met Linda Martinez over twenty years ago at the legendary Mythos. If you don’t know the name, Mythos was a popular nightclub many years ago and you could always expect to see Linda there dressed to the nines and truly fabulous.

Of course, like so many Charlotte A-listers, there is a story there. Originally from Atlanta, this Cuban-blooded, rolling stone has been all over and back again on her journey. Linda lives here in Charlotte and runs a fashion blog called StyledNow! while working as the store director and jewelry buyer for Sloan Boutique in Dilworth.

This fashion guru got her start at fourteen while working at a place in the Virgin Islands. Jolly Rogers was a jewelry shop owned by family friends. At such a young age, she wasn’t even allowed to ring up people, but she was allowed to show and present the jewelry. There’s where her obsession began. Her mom is from NC, so for college Linda attended Brevard. She majored in criminal justice and got her paralegal certificate, but her passion is fashion and that is what she chose to follow.

“The ‘glamorous’ world of fashion is not what it once was back in the day”. Linda remembers that “years ago, every store had sales people that built relationships with their customers. Your salesperson knew you, your style, the colors you loved most and how to match your accessories just and so.”

like her fashion icons, Garbo, Hepburn and Kelly, Linda knows how to “do” classic styling and beauty. This skill was born from the art of knowing your customer. She honed this skill by working for Chanel, Jordan Marsh, Saks, Perris and Montaldo’s.

7 She pulls her inspiration from everything around her making her own brand of style flexible - bouncing from bohemian chic to classic conservative. “Fashion repeats itself“, she says, while citing NOW as her favorite era of fashion - with so many elements of every era. “Today we see the fun (yet powerful) Gatsby era, the crafted suits and cuts of the ‘50’s and ‘60’s and the soft styles of the late ‘60’s and ‘70’s all mixed in with the bright and strange confusion of fashion from the’ 80”s and the laid back grunge of the ‘90’s.”

When she realized she had a flair in the fashion world, she started by helping friends and clients sort through and organize their closets to find outfits that work and get rid of those that don’t work for their life style and personality. From there she was on her path to making her mark by shopping and advising clients on the outfits for the everyday and special events - matching everything with the perfect accessory.

linda’s savvy eye has lead her to style for many local publications, commercials, photoshoots, and televison. She’s the fashion and styling consultant for Colleen Odegaard (of WCNC’s show Charlotte Today - where Linda has a regular monthly fashion and trends segment). Her lucky clients at Sloan get her individual touch in their lives. Go see her. Become a client of hers yourself at StyledNow! today. Whether it be finding the perfect accessory for an outfit or finding the perfect outfit for an accessory, you can’t stump her. And you can’t beat her attention to detail and dedication to relationships.

Photography by Ellen Gurley

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Contact her today and get started: 704.780.5877 www.StyledNow.com [email protected]

8 Didja Know, Charlotte? By Ellen Gurley

There’s an amazing beverage out of Mooresville that you should try Within the next few months, www.NoDaBrewing.com is opening for your self. www.UncleScottsRootBeer.com is locally owned another facility at 2921 North Tryon Street. They will be keeping and is cranking out a quality product. Try some. I sure am glad that their current location at 2229 North Davidson Street open as a I did. storefront. Congratulations for the growth from My City.

Angwish, the band that Nirvana’s producer swears is saying “kiss www.RedClayCiderworks.com will be “Charlotte’s first hard cider my *ss, Top 40” hails from Charlotte. They have begun a ten month producer, crafting small batch ciders from apples sourced right here tour all over the US and Germany. Catch them on May 29th at in ”. Look forward to their opening this spring. Smokey Joe’s and buy their CD at www.Angwish.com

Bob Peters left Pisces and recently celebrated his first night as leading mixologist at the Ritz-Carlton’s Punch Room on Valentine’s Day. Visit him soon at 201 East Trade Street. www.KenFoust.com can often be seen all over Charlotte playing Photo By Ellen Gurley his fiddle, banjo or guitar on the patios and front porches of homes, coffee shops and restaurants. He has cranked out a collaboration CD with Jim Brock, Jamie Hoover and other local legends. Pick it up yourself at www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenfoust

Free Range Brewing slates their opening for this spring. See you Benji Hughes has there. not squandered his musical Hayley Moran, Charlotte’s own award-winning tattoo artist and momentum. guitarist of Shot Silk, has left Fu’s Tattoos after many years of See for yourself service to open her own studio. Go check her out. There’s a bit of and purchase a list to get on but she’s well worth the wait. Haylo Healing Arts his recent four Lounge is open for business at 1111 Central Ave. CD release at www.BodyArtByHayley.com BenjiHughes.com

Charlotte has a new uptown mural. It’s a collaboration with (almost famous duo) Matt Moore and Matt Hooker. It is vibrant and on the side of Phil’s NY Deli & Tavern at 105 E. 5th Street. “It’ll have Queen Charlotte pushing a TNT plunger on the far left end and the wire will wind over to the crown which will be bursting with all things Charlotte” as Hooker explains. Charlotte, I’d love to see more of this. See the finished product with a slated completion Photo By Ellen Gurley date of St. Patrick’s Day at www.HookerMedia.com

9 Ask The Clown Advice from Martin “The Clown” Barry

Dear Clown, Dear Clown, I work in a professional office I have come to admire someone quite environment and I have a problem that a bit and I would like to take it further. I need to address with a co-worker. I have attempted to find time for us This person is nice enough, gets work to do something together on several done efficiently, and has no disciplinary occasions, but my efforts are met with problems at all. The trouble is the way sparse response, if any. At very least, this person smells. Clothing and hair I would like this person to be a friend always appear to be clean, but there if the pursuit of something else is not is a strong unpleasant odor about this possible. Whatever you advise, I will person that worsens through the day. follow to the letter. How do I approach this? Signed, Not So Secret Admirer Signed, Unscented Supervisor ------Dear Not So, Dear Unscented, My best suggestion here is to find out more about this person you wish to pursue. Are If you happen to have human resource they in a relationship currently? Have they personnel in your organization, these recently been hurt in a break up? There folks are often trained to handle this very are many reasons that people do not situation in a sensitive and timely manner. respond well in these matters, including If you DO NOT have human resources the possibility that they may not know personnel available, then approach this enough about you to talk freely. To gather matter privately and sensitively with this this intel, you need to be a friend first. Keep individual. I am certain you can both come it light and fun for both of you. Within that to some common ground and find relief for light, things will progress as they were your work environment. meant to progress. Do not let a wish for a Do you have a question for The relationship get in the way of being a good Clown? Write him at friend. [email protected] Dear Clown, I have been married just over 15 years to the love of my life. I wish to surprise her and my kids with a trip for Christmas this year, but I have trouble finding a way to do so without telling a lie. My wife handles all of the bill paying, bank transfers, and other financial matters and she would know instantly if something was awry. How can I make this happen without feeling like I betrayed her? Signed, Maker not Manager - - - Dear Maker, Your employer or bank may be able to help you in this endeavor. There are often “Christmas Club” type accounts that are made available to earners for this very reason. You may wish to use a different bank altogether for this account if your wife will have a chance of becoming suspicious. If she does find out about it, come clean and remember that you still get to surprise the kids!

10 stash pad By Ellen Gurley

corrie Throckmorton and Heather Lamparter have recently opened doors to the Stash Pad in the heart of Plaza- Midwood. They put the icing on the cake with a grand opening party including a string quartet doing all David Bowie songs while surrounded by their friends and family. These people have been with them every step of the way. Corrie’s boyfriend, Jason, threw up dressing rooms. Longtime bandmate of Corrie’s and well-known interior designer, Scott Weaver, fancied up the place, with silent partner, Kelly Call’s boyfriend Chanselor “Chance” Jones collaborating on a mural. Heather’s boyfriend, Dudley, designed the lovely logo. This is truly a family affair with landlord, Shelton Drum (of Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find fame), and next door neighbour and dear friend, Hope Nichols of Boris & Natasha’s, watching on as it all unfolds. 11 heather worked many years at Hong Kong Vintage and Corrie put in many-an-hour for Hope at both the clothing store and the former wig shop, Fifi Mahoney’s. Neither are a stranger to trade shows and booth rentals. Each of them have an eye for nostalgia, value and style. Both have been collectors and clothes hounds since either of them can remember. So it is with competence and confidence that the girls present to you the Stash Pad.

They have clothing and accessories for sale including costumes from the late, local drag star Miss Kitty, Hope Nichols (worn in Fetchin’ Bones) and DJ Scott Weaver (worn in many bands, photos & acts) and some housewares beautifully scattered about. There is new (Full Breech tee-shirts), handmade, local (Kristen Miller’s Sew Red locally made bell bottoms - as seen on Kat von D.), men’s, women’s, vintage (Babyshaker albums), imported (Kelly buys jewelry during her Guatemalan travels as she is partnered with Doctors without Borders) and hard-to-find makeup and hair products (Medusa and Special Effects). Let’s not forget the off-the-wall and the sensible wigs and the (seriously) flying- off-the-shelf clip-on ponytails. Get yours. They will soon have an e-commerce included website but their doors are open for business and they are ready to rock.

Photography by Ellen Gurley

Check out Stash Pad for yourself: 1216 Thomas Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 980.224.7321

Facebook & Instagram: Stash Pad

12 Martin “The Clown” Barry and The Charlotte Roller Girls By Ellen Gurley

a Charlotte Roller Girl as anyone else on that floor. My kids look forward to seeing him. We love him - so much so that I’ve hired him as an interviewer, advice columnist and a cartoonist. Not only do we have a thing for the athletes, we have a big thing for the Clown.

if you don’t already know him as the MC announcer and face for our rollergirls, then meet Martin. He is highly skilled in creating his look (matching perfectly with the girls) complete with doing his own make-up. He’s such a talented man in that department that many people book him around Halloween for their costumes (including but not limited to prosthesis and coloured contact lenses. Around Halloween he can also been seen some years at Netherworld as a fixture in their haunted house. Also in the fall he heads “the Clown Crawl” wherein he and his colleagues (other people who clown around or whom he has made-up) and they pick a neighborhood for the year. The past five years have raised over $100,000 in school supplies benefiting A Child’s Place.

in addition to the time spent at his 9 to 5, with his two growing kids, in his personal life and with his clown duties, this guy raises money for local charities, keeps up with a touring sports team and guest appears all over the east coast at parties and events. See your Charlotte Roller Girls and your new favourite clown The staff and families of My City Magazine are highly (yes, I’m willing to share him) soon as the 2015 season will be awaiting the start of the Charlotte Roller Girls 2015 season. This announced during the first week of March. year, like every other, there will be some familiar faces in the game and some have gone to other leagues or projects. You’re sure to Photography by Ellen Gurley see Liz “Lizaster” McLaughlin and other movers and shakers, and, of course, you will see the Clown. I’m talking about Martin “the ______Clown” Barry. Keep up with our girls at: Each year the Charlotte Roller Girls have their every move broadcasted to the filled bleachers by the Clown. He is as much www.CharlotteRollerGirls.com

13 COMEDY / THEATRE: Ben Frost

Sundays @ the Comedy Zone Mon., Apr. 20th @ the Chop Shop 3.22 Rod Man March Fourth Marching Band 4.12 Crazy Late Live Show & Taping Events PLAY OR POETRY READING / BOOK SIGNINGS: MUSEUMS / ART: Mondays @ Morehead Tavern Sundays @ the Last Word (UNCC) 7pm last Monday of every month : “Artistic Fusion” feat. spoken 2-3pm K-8th art classes ($7) word, models, sketch artists, photography, open mic & featured in your artists Sundays @ the Levine Museum of the New South free admission (for groups no larger than 10) COMEDY / THEATRE:

Sundays @ the Mint Museum (Uptown) Mondays @ Tommy’s Pub 1-4pm free admission for kids + hands-on art activities, yoga & 9pm Wickedly Witty Comedy Showcase w.Daryl Smith more MUSEUMS / ART: TRADE / INTEREST SHOWS & FESTIVALS: City Mondays @ Twenty-Two Sun., March 15th @ Springhill Suites (Ballantyne) Figure Drawing & Beer Tasting SUNDAYS IN MARCH AND APRIL 2015: Greg Neal Vinyl Show DANCE MUSIC / DJS / BURLESQUE OR DRAG: SPORTS / ACTIVITIES: DANCE MUSIC / DJS / BURLESQUE OR DRAG: Mondays @ Crown Station • www.Hornets.com Sundays @ Cathode Azure “Blue Mondays” (last Monday of every month) w.residents 3.01 @ Magic DJ Lil Betty Foundless & KT Caustic 3.08 @ Pistons 3.22 @ Timberwolves Sundays @ Scorpio Mondays @ Growler’s Pourhouse 4.12 @ Pistons Gypsy Starr Presents: “Sexy Sundays” feat. DJ RageN’Ray DJ Elon Shomaker

• www.GoCheckers.com Sundays @ the Bar at 316 Mondays @ Snug Harbor 3.08 vs. Norfolk 1pm noon Brunch w.Buff Faye / 4-8pm Buff Faye’s Showtune Sing-A- Fresh Grounds Presents: “Knocturnal” w.residents: Justin Aswell, 3.15 @ Oklahoma City 5pm Long Sunday - followed by Karaoke (9pm-2am) Swan Mega, Ray + Bboy & MC cyphers 3.22 @ Des Moines 4pm 3.29 vs. Lake Erie 1pm SPEAKERS: Mondays @ Soul Gastrolounge 4.12 vs. Rockford 7pm DJ Mookie Brill * home games @ Time Warner Cable Arena Sun., March 8th @ Belk Theater an Eevning with Garrison Keillor TUESDAYS IN MARCH AND APRIL 2015: • www.CharlotteRollerGirls.com 3.29 Training Workshop FILM: SPORTS / ACTIVITIES: 4.26 Training Workshop Sun., March 22nd @ McGlohon Theater • www.Hornets.com Sundays @ Common Market (Plaza-Midwood) 7pm Baniff Mountain Film Festival 3.03 vs. Lakers 2pm Slow Riders - 15 mile bike ride 3.17 @ Clippers MONDAYS IN MARCH AND APRIL 2015: 4.07 @ Heat Sundays @ Olde Mecklenburg Brewery 2:30pm Bike-In SPORTS / ACTIVITIES: • www.GoCheckers.com 3.10 vs. Grand Rapids 7pm BEER / WINE / FOOD: • www.Hornets.com 3.17 @ San Antonio 8pm 3.09 vs. Wizards * home games @ Time Warner Cable Arena Sundays @ NoDa Brewery 3.16 @ Jazz Tap Room open 1-6pm / food truck : Imperial Sandwich Company 3.23 @ Bulls Tuesdays @ the Chop Shop / Brewery Tour 3pm 3.30 vs. Celtics (every 3rd Tuesday Beard & Mustache Club of NC monthly 4.13 vs. Rockets meeting) www.BMCofNC.com Sundays @ Olde Mecklenburg Brewery open 11am-10pm / tours 2, 3 & 4pm • www.CharlotteRollerGirls.com Tuesdays @ the Common Market (Plaza-Midwood) 4.06 Open Skate (& watch schrimmage after) 8pm PMTNR 15 mile bicycle ride w.a new route weekly (by Sundays @ Triple C Brewing 4.20 Open Skate (& watch schrimmage after) Pamela Murray) Curbside Deli (food truck) + bike ride BEER / WINE / FOOD: Tuesdays @ Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Sundays @ Zen Fusion 6:30 Yoga on Tap 1/2 price by the bottle (under $45) Mondays @ Bonterra service industry night - 1/2 wine by the glass / Meatball Mondays Tuesdays @ Philosopher Stone LIVE MUSIC: Bingo Mondays @ Bulldog Beer & Wine Sundays @ the Double Door 6:30 MEAT Up Tuesdays @ Pint Central 3.01 the Charlotte Blues Society Monthly Meeting feat. Stress 8pm Mindless Minutia Trivia Test Mondays @ Lebowski’s 4.26 Leadville Social Club (benefiting Project HALO) 1/2 off bottles of wine Tues., March 10th @ Belk Theater the Peking Acrobats Sundays @ Snug Harbor Mondays @ NoDa Brewery AM (3rd Sundays) Gordon Street Flea Market 8pm karaoke / Tap Room Open 4-8:30pm / Brewery Tour 6pm BEER / WINE / FOOD: Crowd Surfer Sunday Mondays @ UpStage Tuesdays @ Bonterra Sundays @ Tommy’s Pub 7pm Iron Bartender Taco Tuesday 6:30pm Bluegrass open jam w.Greg M.Clarke LIVE MUSIC: Tuesdays @ NoDa Brewing Co. Sundays @ the Visulite “NoDable Series” (new beers released in their taproom) / Tap 3.29 MusicFarm Presents: Martin Sexton Mondays @ Bistro La Bon Room open 4-8:30pm / food truck: OooWee BBQ / Brewery Tour 4.19 Blitzen Trapper Jazz Nights 6pm / #charitytuesday

Sundays @ the Wine Vault Mondays @ the Comet Grill Jared Allen Hunter’s Travesty Tuesdays @ Nan & Byron’s 1/2 off by the glass & bottles of wine Sun., March 1st @ 181 Main Event Venue (Gastonia) Mondays @ the Double Door Inn Bad Luck, Sticky Bandits, the Fill Ins, No Power No Crown Monday Night All Stars Tuesdays @ Terra all-you-can-eat mussels Sun., March 1st @ the Chop Shop Mondays @ the Evening Muse Cody Canada & the Departed, Jason Boland & the Stranglers “Find Your Muse” open mic band night w.guest headliners Tuesdays @ Zen Fusion 3.02 Annalise Emerick 1/2 price wine by the glass & select bottles Sun., March 1st @ Amos’ 3.09 Luke Mitchem Dan + Shay LIVE MUSIC: Mondays @ Puckett’s Sun., Apr. 5th @ the Milestone open mic w.Piece Buckett Tuesdays @ the Comet Grill Mikey Classic & His Lonesome Spur, Call Me Bronco, Dead Cat Red Rockin’ Chair Mondays @ Thomas Street Tavern PLAY OR POETRY READINGS / BOOK SIGNINGS: residents: the Luciferian Agenda Tuesdays @ the Double Door 3.02 Steve Gilbert Bill Hanna Jazz Jam Sundays @ Red at 28th “Soulful Sundays” feat. poets, vocalists, comedians, musicians, Mon., March 2nd @ the Fillmore Tuesdays @ the Fillmore DJs Lights, X Ambassadors 3.03 Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth, Aeon 3.17 Young Thud, Travis Scott Mon., March 23rd @ the Neighborhood Theatre 4.21 All Time Low 14 Tuesdays @ the Milestone 7-9pm Free beer tastings Thursdays @ Queen City Bicycles 3.03 Pile, Radiator King 6:30pm Tub Ride from there to Birdsong (free 12oz. to those with 3.24 Full of Hell, Votnut, Funeral Chic, Machinist! Wednesdays @ JJ’s Red Hots www.BicycleBenefits.com) kids eat free (w.purchase of an adult combo) Tuesdays @ Petra’s BEER / WINE / FOOD: 1st & 3rd : Perry Fowler Presents: “Broken Mic Night” (signups Wednesdays @ NoDa Brewery at 8pm) Tap Room open 4-9pm / food truck: Papa Libretto’s Street Pizza / • www.PBSCharlotte.org Brewery Tour 6pm / Run Club 6:30pm 8:30pm Charlotte Cooks Tuesdays @ Smokey Joe’s 9pm Band Open Mic Night w.resident band the Smoking J’s Wednesdays @ Pisces Thursdays @ Area 15 (feat. Peter Gray, James Brock, John Shaughnessy & Colby 1/2 off bottles of wine 5-8pm (every 2nd & 4th) NoDa Alley Mother Trucker of all Food Dobbs) Truck Rallies (benefiting Optimist Park, Free Store & more) + Wednesdays @ Triple C Brewing live music Tuesdays @ Snug Harbor Papi Queso (food truck) + Pilot Batch Release “Country Tuesdays” w.Derek Dexter Ghent & Corey Alexander Thursdays @ Bonterra Ziegler Wednesdays @ Zen Fusion Tapas Night & 1/2 all Spanish wines by the glass Robert Fernandez + 1/2 price Sangrias Tuesdays @ Tommy’s Pub Thursdays @ the Chop Shop 1st Tuesdays of the month : 9pm “Taking Back Tuesday” : Emo LIVE MUSIC: 6-9pm www.CLTure.org Presents the NoDa F.A.M. Rally (food Night w.DJs Wyley Buck & Adam trucks, art & music) Wednesdays @ the Chop Shop 3.05 8-9pm the Loudermilks, Josh Daniel Tues., March 10th @ McGlohon Theater 3.04 Charlotte Gets Weird : a Very Weird Road Trip to SXSW Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield sing Elliott Smith 4.15 Twiddle & Kung Fu, ESP Thursdays @ the Common Market (South End) 6-8pm Free beer tasting Tues., March 24th @ Amos’ Wednesdays @ the Comet Grill Clean Bandit Open Mic Jam Thursdays @ NoDa Brewery Tap Room Open 4-8:30pm / food truck: Tin Kitchen / Brewery Tues., March 24th @ the Chop Shop Wednesdays @ the Common Market (Southend) Tour 6pm ASG, the Seduction, Bask, Black Perfo, T.Cutter, Chasm, Year 6-8pm wine tasting $5 + Jah Sun Rising (Jason Herring) of the Ox Presents: “Cool Breeze Sessions” w.weekly special guests Thursdays @ Triple C Brewing Herban Legend (food truck) & Run Club + Yoga PLAY OR POETRY READINGS / BOOK SIGNINGS: Wednesdays @ the Double Door 3.04 Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Thursdays @ Twenty-Two Tuesdays @ Apostrophe 4.01 Chuck Prophet 1/2 off wine by the bottle open mic spoken poetry w.Jah Smalls Wednesdays @ the Evening Muse LIVE MUSIC: COMEDY / THEATRE: (every 1st Wednesday of every month) John Tosco Presents: “the Tosco House Party” 3.04, 4.01) Thursdays @ Amos’ Tuesdays @ Jackalope Jack’s 3.05 August Burns Red, Erra, Northlane, Miss May I Open Mic Comedy Night hosted by James Dugan Wednesdays @ the Fern 3.12 Kalin & Myles Jim Garrett 4.03 Rehab, Almost Kings Tues., March 17th @ the Comedy Zone Kill Yourself Comedy Night Wednesdays @ the Fillmore Thursdays @ Blue 3.25 Ledisi, Raheem Devaughn, Leela James John Alexander, Ron Brenale, Chris Garges www.JaJazz.net SYMPHONY / OPERA / DANCE: 4.08 Coal Chamber, Combichrist, Filter Thursdays @ the Double Door Tues., March 24th @ Belk Theater Wednesdays @ Philosopher’s Stone 3.05 Christian Lopez Band, Little District 7:30pm Sir James Galway & Lady Jeanne Galway (flutes) the Pickers 3.19 Lincoln Durham w.Christopher Warren-Green conducting 5.21 Tommy Castro & the Painkillers Wednesdays @ Sam Ash Music PHILANTHROPY: 7-8:30pm singer/songwriter open mic ($10 Sam Ash gift card to Thursdays @ the Evening Muse all performers) 3.19 Penny & Sparrow Tues., March 31st @ the Comedy Zone 4.09 Jess Klein, Rod Picott 6:30pm Murder Mystery Fundraiser : Phantom of the Opry Wednesdays @ Smokey Joe’s w.Jennifer Roberts, Terrance Bates, Ariella Barker (benefitting Rock Fabulous & the Mystery Machine Thursdays @ the Fillmore Disability Rights & Resources) 3.12 Hozier, George Ezra (SOLD OUT) Wednesdays @ the Visulite 3.19 Steve Aoki DANCE MUSIC / DJS / BURLESQUE OR DRAG: 3.04 Front Porch Step (CANCELLED) 3.26 Curren$y 4.22 Monophonics Sound of Sinning Tour 4.09 the Decemberists, Always Tuesdays @ Soul Gastrolounge DJs Shanti & Brad Pressley Wed., March 4th @ McColl Center for Art + Innovation Thursdays @ the Milestone an Evening of Jazz w.Der Wawawa & Ghost Trees 3.12 Height with Friends Tuesdays @ the Stashe House 4.02 Burnt Books DJ DR COMEDY / THEATRE: Thursdays @ Philosopher’s Stone Tuesdays @ Texicali Wednesdays @ the Comedy Zone Fudd & friends (front) / Runner’s club (back) Salsa Night w.Charlotte Latin Dance 3.11 Pauly Shore 3.25 Doug Benson Thursdays @ Tommy’s Pub WEDNESDAYS IN MARCH AND APRIL 2015: open mic w.Zach Moss Wednesdays @ Crown Station SPORTS / ACTIVITIES: 8:30pm Open Mic Comedy Throwdown Thursdays @ the Visulite 3.05 Jude Moses, Mark Mathis, Broadcast Safe • www.Hornets.com MUSEUMS / ART: 3.19 Dean Ween Group, SICMaN 3.04 @ Nets 4.09 the Decemberists, Alvvays 3.11 @ Kings Wednesdays @ the Mint Museum (Randolph & Tryon locations) 3.25 vs. Nets 5pm free admission / 6pm ArtFusion Thurs., March 18th @ Ovens Auditorium 4.08 vs. Raptors McLachlan 4.15 @ Raptors DANCE MUSIC / DJS / BURLESQUE OR DRAG: PLAY OR POETRY READINGS / BOOK SIGNINGS: • www.GoCheckers.com Wednesdays @ Scorpio 3.04 vs. San Antonio 7pm Tiffany Storm, RageN’Ray Thursdays @ UpStage 3.25 @ Norfolk 7:15pm www.Touch1Productions.com Presents: “We are Art” - spoken 4.15 @ Rockford 8pm Wednesdays @ Soul Gastrolounge word poetry w.Jaycee Cowan McField * home games @ Time Warner Cable Arena 3.25, 4.08, 4.22 every other Wednesdays w.DJ That Guy Smitty COMEDY / THEATRE: Wednesdays @ the Spoke Easy FILM: 6pm (pay what you can) Yoga Thursdays @ the Comedy Zone Wed., March 18th @ the Visulite 3.05 Josh Wolf Wednesdays @ Brixx Pizza (Fairview) Fly Fishing Film Tour 2015 brought to you by Jesse Browns 3.12 Bobby Collins 8pm South Charlotte Wednesday Night Bike Ride w.Leisure (to Outdoors 3.19 Rod Man the Lodge for a social then back to Brixx) 4.02 DeRay Davis THURSDAYS IN MARCH AND APRIL 2015: 4.09 Margaret Cho BEER / WINE / FOOD: 4.23 Steve Rannazzisi SPORTS / ACTIVITIES: 4.30 Sarah Colonna Wednesdays @ Birdsong Brewing 6:30pm brewery tours • www.GoCheckers.com PHILANTHROPY: 3.05 vs. San Antonio 7pm Wednesdays @ Bonterra 3.12 vs. Grand Rapids 7pm Thurs., March 19th @ Heist Brewery 1/2 wine by the glass 4.02 vs. Oklahoma City 7pm 6-9pm Walk to End Lupus Now Fundraiser ( support Louisa Kleto * home games @ Time Warner Cable Arena by donating at www.Kintera.org/i.asp?id=1129469-412190427 ) Wednesdays @ Central Coffee 15% off of pounds of coffee • www.Charlotte49ers.com Men’s Basketball 3.05 vs. Kentucky Wednesdays @ the Common Market (Plaza-Midwood) * home games @ Halton Arena 15 DANCE MUSIC / DJS / BURLESQUE OR DRAG: COMEDY / THEATRE: 4.18 @ Grand Rapids 7pm * home games @ Time Warner Cable Arena Thursdays @ Cathode Azure Fridays @ the Comedy Zone “SouthBeach Invasion” w.DJ Rob Reeves 3.06 Josh Wolf • www.Charlotte49ers.com Men’s Basketball 3.13 Bobby Collins 3.07 vs. Marshall Thursdays @ Snug Harbor 3.20 Rod Man * home games @ Halton Arena DJ Scott Weaver Presents: “Shiprocked” 4.03 DeRay Davis 4.10 Margaret Cho • www.CharlotteRollerGirls.com Thursdays @ Rhino Market 4.17 James Gregory 4.11 Training Workshop DJ Jah-Sun Rising (Jason Herring) 4.24 Steve Rannazzisi 4.18 FIRST HOME BOUT @ Grady Cole Center 5.02 Tryouts Thursdays @ Thomas Street MUSEUMS / ART: 10:30pm-2am DJ That Guy Smitty Sat., March 21st @ the Chop Shop Fridays @ the Charlotte Art League 2pm the 4th Annual Beard & Mustache Competition KARAOKE: (every 3rd Friday) 6-10pm “Brush & Beats” • Sat., Apr. 18th www.RecordStoreDay.com Thursdays @ Jackalope Jack’s Fridays @ Ciel Museum @ Repo Record, Wax Museum, Manifest & Lunchbox Records karaoke w.Greg Martinez 6:30-8:30pm 3rd Fridays - Lets Make Earrings Ladies Night • Sat., Apr. 25th www.QueensCup.org 20th Anniversary Thursdays @ Phil’s New York Deli DANCE MUSIC / DJS / BURLESQUE OR DRAG: karaoke w.Bryan Pierce BEER / WINE / FOOD: Fridays @ Char Bar 7 FRIDAYS IN MARCH AND APRIL 2015: 10pm-2am 1st & 3rd Fridays w.DJ That Guy Smitty Saturdays @ Atherton Market 9am-12pm free pickles & entertainment with the Pickleman from SPORTS / ACTIVITIES: Fridays @ the Common Market (Plaza-Midwood) Pickleville 2nd & 4th Fridays 9pm-1am w.DJ That Guy Smitty • www.Hornets.com Saturdays @ Triple C Brewing 3.06 vs. Raptors Fridays @ Label Chef Street Bistro (food truck) 3.13 vs. Bulls Ivory Lounge 3.20 @ Kings “Bassment” w.resident Melodious Funk Saturdays @ NoDa Brewing Co. 4.03 @ Pacers Tap Room open 12-10pm / Brewery Tour 5pm 4.10 @ Hawks Fridays @ Sullivan’s Steakhouse “Beer & Beats” w.resident DJ Selector E (Eric Brayman) Saturdays @ Olde Mecklenburg Brewery • www.GoCheckers.com open 11am-11pm / tours @ 2, 3 & 4pm 3.27 vs. Lake Erie 7pm Fridays @ Tyber Creek Pub 4.03 vs. Oklahoma City 7pm DJ Wiiz Kid (Steve Warwick) Sat., March 14th @ the Visulite Theatre 4.17 @ Grand Rapids 7pm 6pm Brawley’s Black & Blue Beer Fest #6 (SOLD OUT) * home games @ Time Warner Cable Arena Fridays @ Vinmaster Wine Shop DJ DR Sat., Apr. 11th @ NC Music Factory (festival grounds) BEER / WINE / FOOD: 12:30-2pm VIP / 2-6pm GA : Moo & Brew (craft beer & burger Fridays @ Whiskey Warehouse festival) feat.Ancient Cities & Langhorne Slim • in South End (Camden & Park) DJ Matt Bolick “Food Truck Fridays” (+ 1st Fridays of the month South End LIVE MUSIC: gallery crawl) FILM: Saturdays @ the Double Door Fridays @ NoDa Brewery Fridays @ Cinebarre 3.07 Patrick Sweany Tap Room Open 4-9:30pm / Brewery Tour : 6pm / Food Truck: 1st & 3rd : Rocky Horror at Midnight feat. www.ThatType.com 3.14 Stolen Hearts, the Train Wrecks Chrome Toaster / Live Music 6:30-8:30pm 3.28 Mikey Wax, Alexis Keegan SATURDAYS IN MARCH AND APRIL 2015: 4.11 Jarekus Singleton Fridays @ Triple C Brewing 4.25 Samantha Fish Vitos Pizza (food truck) SPORTS / ACTIVITIES: Saturdays @ the Fillmore LIVE MUSIC: • www.Hornets.com 3.14 Excision, Protohype, Minnesota 3.28 vs. Hawks 3.21 G.Love & the Special Sauce, Matt Costa Fridays @ the Comet Grill 4.04 vs. 76ers 3.28 Bruce in the USA (a tribute) the Lenny Federal Band 4.11 On the Border (an Eagles tribute) • www.GoCheckers.com Fridays @ Coyote Joe’s 3.14 @ Oklahoma City 8pm Saturdays @ JSam’s 3.07 Chase Bryant 3.21 @ Iowa 8pm Grey Brewster 3.13 Pat Green 4.11 vs. Rockford 7pm 3.27 Swon Brothers

Fridays @ the Double Door 3.06 Radney Foster 3.13 Mike Zito 3.27 Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys, Carolina Gator Gumbo

Fridays @ the Fillmore 3.06 Grupo Niche 3.13 Andy Grammer, Alex & Sierra, Paradis Fears 4.10 Datsik 4.17 Blackberry Smoke, the Temperance Movement

Fridays @ the Visulite 3.06 Particle, Greenhouse Lounge 3.13 Abbey Road (a Beatles tribute), Feelin’ Groovy (a Simon & Garfunkel tribute) 3.20 Apache Relay, the Barr Brothers 3.27 Animals, Cairo Fire, Solis, the Air Station 4.03 Delta Spirit, Avid Dancer 4.17 the London Souls

Fri., March 6th @ the Evening Muse Carrie Rodrigues

Fri., March 6th @ Snug Harbor Sinners & Saints

Fri., March 6th @ Tremont Lucifer Jones

Fri., March 13th @ Amos’ Roddy Watson & the Business, Moon Taxi

Fri., March 27th @ Ovens Auditorium

Fri., Apr. 10th @ the Chop Shop the Mantras, the Heavy Pets

16 Saturdays @ the Visulite TRADE / INTEREST SHOWS & FESTIVALS: : Mimosa Bar 3.21 the Clarks • @ 316 Fridays & Saturdays : DJ Eric B. / Tuesdays & Sundays : 3.28 Broods, Erik Hassle • Sat., May 2nd : www.FreeComicBookDay.com @ Heroes Aren’t Karaoke w. DJ Skittlez 4.11 James McMurty Hard to Find, A.Pennyworth’s, Rebel Base & Spandex City • Tuesdays & Thursdays @ Dakota’s : Poker Night 4.25 Hard Soul Poets (Mach II), Maddog • Mon-Thurs @ Dilworth Neighborhood Grille : Kids Eat Free DANCE MUSIC / DJS / BURLESQUE OR DRAG: (w.purchase of one adult entree) Sat., March 7th @ Amos’ • Philosopher’s Stone : Fri & Sat local music / Sat & Sun bloody Hell Yeah, Devour the Day, Like a Storm Saturdays @ Bar 316 mary bar Buff Faye & Patti O’Furniture’s Big Fun Comedy Drag Hour Sat., March 7th @ Comet Grill INTERNET RADIO: Leadville Social Club Saturdays @ Bistro La Bon • check out www.PMCRadio.org for a schedule of DJs daily “Alter Ego Saturdays” w.DJ that Guy Smitty Sat., March 7th @ Coyote Joe’s TRAVEL TO EVENTS: Chase Bryant Saturdays @ Cathode Azure resident DJs Rob Reeves & Fotizo BEER / WINE / FOOD: Sat., March 7th @ the Rabbit Hole • Sat., Apr. 25th @ Olde Hickory Station (Hickory) : www. Gash, the Dirty South Revolutionaries, Southside Punx Saturdays @ Nan & Byron’s or 5 Church HickoryHops.com Beer Fest w.Live Music by Baby Black DJ Wiiz Kid (Steve Warwick) rotates between venues Orchestra feat. beers from Asheville Brew., Aviator, Bearwaters, Sat., March 7th @ the Time Warner Cable Arena Beer Army Combat, Birdsong, Blind Squirrel, Boone Brew./ Fleetwood Mac Saturdays @ Roxbury Blowing Rock Brew., Brevard Brew., Bull City, Carolina Brew., DJ Jody Catawba Brew., Deep River, Duck-Rabbit, Foothills, French Sat., March 7th @ Tremont Broad, Frog Level, Front Street, Fullsteam, Gizmo, Green Man, Fireball’s Grind House Wrestling Show w.the Spice of Life, No Sat., March 21st @ the Milestone Heinzelmannchan, Heist, Highland, Howard, Huske Hardware Power No Crown, Sulfur, Pandora Kit (+ a Lego Death Match) “Installation” (goth night) w.DJ Price House, Lexington Ave., Liberty, LoneRider, Mash House, Mother Earth, Mystery, Nantahala, Natty Greene’s, New South, Olde Sat., March 7th @ Snug Harbor KARAOKE: Hickory, Oskar Blues, Outer Banks, Oyster House, Pisgah, RJ Calabrese Rockers, Raleigh Brew., Red Brick/Atlanta Brew., Sierra Nevada, Saturdays @ Jackalope Jack’s SweetWater, Thomas Creek, Tipping Point, Top of the Hill, Sat., March 14th @ Puckett’s karaoke w.Bill “the Thrill” Cleveland Triangle, Triple C., Trophy & Wicked Weed Concrete Cowboys FASHION: LIVE MUSIC: Saturdays @ the Chop Shop • Mon., March 23rd @ (Asheville) : Die Antwoord 3.14 “Hail to the Underdog” : a Benefit Show for Travis Kezian Sat., March 7th @ me Boutique Salon • Charlotte’s Angwish Tour Dates: March 1st @ Haymarket 6pm Customer Appreciation Party (+ Sabrina Rojek radio show Whiskey Bar (Louisville), March 2nd @ Taffy’s (Eaton, OH), Sat., March 21st @ the Courtroom at Getty’s (Rock Hill) taping) March 5th @ Charlie O’s (Montpelier, VT), March 6th @ Bacchus Release the Dog, Secret Hospital, Mr. Gold, Legggs (New Paltz, NY), March 10th @ Paradise Lost (New Brunswick, SPECIAL OR MULTIPLE DAY EVENTS: NJ), March 11th @ Mojo 13 (Wilmington, DE), Apr. 8th @ Green Sat., Apr. 11th @ the Milestone Barn Jams (Awendaw, SC), Apr. 10th @ Palmetto Brewery Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires, Late Bloomer, Totally Slow, Motel SPORTS / ACTIVITIES: (Charleston) (then to Germany) Glory • Romare Bearden free fitness classes : Mondays 7:30-8:15am Tai chi / Tuesdays 6-6:45am Boot Camp & 5:30-6:30pm Zumba Sat., Apr. 11th @ Knight Theater / Thursdays 6-6:45am Boot Camp & 12:15-1pm Tai Chi & 5:30- MUSEUMS / ART: Tosco Music Party 6:30pm Zumba • THRU March 7th @ the Bascom : Center for the Visual Arts • March 20th-22nd @ Time Warner Cable Arena : 2015 NCAA (Highlands, NC) : Paul Farmer Sat., Apr. 11th @ the Evening Muse Division / Men’s Championship Nick Howard • March 19th-22nd @ NC Museum of Art (Raleigh) : Art in Bloom COMEDY / THEATRE: (inaugural fest. of art & flowers) Sat., Apr. 18th @ Crown Station • Apr. 16th - May 9th @ Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte : Lisa 7pm Arsena Schroeder Full Band Show (official album release D’Amour’s “Detroit” FLEA MARKETS: concert) • Apr. 16th-19th & 23rd-25th @ the Little Theater of Gastonia : • Sundays www.MtCroghanFleaMarket.com the Miracle Worker • Fridays-Sundays www.JockeyLot.com (Anderson, SC) Flea COMEDY / THEATRE: • THRU March 7th @ Actor’s Theatre : Lydia Diamond’s “Sticky Market Fly” • Fridays-Sundays www.SmileysFleaMarkets.com (Fletcher) Saturdays @ the Comedy Zone • March 20th - Apr. 5th @ Theatre Charlotte : the Normal Heart • Saturdays & Sundays www.NewportFleaMall.com 3.07 Josh Wolf • May 15th & 16th @ Actor’s Theatre : www.OTCImprov.com • Saturdays & Sundays www.CooksFleaMarket.com (Winston- 3.14 Bobby Collins • May 15th-31st @ Theatre Charlotte : Jesus Christ Superstar Salem) 3.21 Rod Man 4.04 DeRay Davis SYMPHONY / OPERA / DANCE: * This list was complied in February. To see an UPDATED LIST, 4.11 Margaret Cho • March 3rd-8th @ McGlohon Theater : Love, Loss & What I please visit the event page on www.MyCityMagazine.net and 4.18 James Gregory Wore while you are there, subscribe to the weekly event/information 4.25 Steve Rannizzisi • April 11th-19th @ Belk Theater : www.OperaCarolina.org newsletter. Presents: Donizaetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor * Events highlighted in RED are our advertisers. Become one Saturdays @ Madison’s Coffee House (Indian Trial) • April 17th & 18th @ Knight Theater www.CharlotteSymphony. yourself today. 704.575.6611 “Cup of Humor” (every first Saturday) feat. comics: Darryl Smith, org Presents: a Night in New York w.Christopher Warren-Green * To see your event on our list, please send the information to Rob McDonald, Roxanne McDonald, James Dugan, Ed Fox conducting & Gene Kavadio on clarinet [email protected] • April 23rd-25th @ the Knight Theater : www.CharlotteBallet.org SYMPHONY / OPERA / DANCE: Presents: Contemporary Fusion • Apr.25th-Sept.6th @ Belk Theater : Motown - the Musical Sat., March 7th @ Belk Theater • March 12th-22nd @ Knight Theater : www.CharlotteBallet.org This list was complied in February. To see an UPDATED www.CharlotteSymphony.org Presents: Mary Chapin Carpenter Presents: Peter Pan LIST, please visit the event page on www.MyCityMagazine. (the music of) conducted by Vince Mendoza • March 17th-22nd @ Belk Theater : Kinky Boots net and while you are there, subscribe to the weekly event/information newsletter. Sat., March 7th @ the Knight Theater MUSEUMS / ART: www.CharlotteBallet.org Presents: Dancing with the Stars • Shain Gallery : March - Spring Cleaning Show / Apr. - Peggie Events highlighted in RED are our advertisers. Become one Charlotte Blizard yourself today. 704.575.6611 • Twenty-Two : April an art installation by Andy the Doorbum Sat., March 21st @ Ovens Auditorium • THRU Apr. 11th @ the Light Factory 7pm Photgenic Nature To see your event on our list, please send the information to www.CharlotteSymphony.org Presents: the Music of Led feat. artists Benjamin Donaldson, Michael Vahrenwald & Todd [email protected] Zeppelin w.Brent Havens conducting Forsgren curated by Andy McMillian - Fri., Feb. 20th opening reception & exhibit Sat., March 21st @ Booth Playhouse • THRU June @ Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Bless These Sounds Under the City w.choreography/dance Arts + Culture : Venturing out of the Darkness (with exhibit drawing inspiration from Joseph Conrad’s novel “Heary of MUSEUMS / ART: Darkness” • March 7th - TBA @ Mint Museum (Uptown or Randolph TBA) : Sat., March 7th @ Hart-Witzen Gallery Halston & Warhol : Silver & Suede 7-11pm Showdown 4 - contemporary visual artist competition • THRU March 30th @ Levine Museum of the New South : Looking Forward, Looking Back (feat. the public art that will be PHILANTHROPY: integrated into the 1st phase of the streetcar project) by Nancy O’Neil Sat., March 28th @ Yoga One • April 11th - Sept 6th @ Mint Museum (Randolph or Uptown 7:30-10pm a www.MovingPoets.org Fundraiser TBA) : Body Embellishments • THRU Apr. 18th @ Matthews Heritage Museum : Widgets & Sat., March 28th @ the Ritz-Carlton Thing-a-ma-Jigs - an exhibit of the mostly unknown (Thursdays- www.TheCheckeredBall.org benefiting Hinds’ Feet Farm Saturdays 10am-4:30pm)

Sat., March 28th @ the Barking Duck Brewing Co. (Mint Hill) TRADE / INTEREST SHOWS & FESTIVALS: 1-4pm Bark & Brew (benefiting Furbabies Animal Rescue) • Fri., March 27th - Sun., March 29th @ Sheraton Hotel (formerly Blake - on McDowell) : www.MadMonster.com Party Sat., Apr. 25th @ the Mint Musuem 6:30pm the Rock & Royal Spring Gala WEEKLY SPECIALS/ENTERTAINMENT: • Fridays & Saturdays @ Zen Fusion : 1/2 off tapas • Saturdays & Sundays @ the Common Market (Plaza-Midwood)

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