Archive for August, 2010
From a fascinating Forbes article on social media: “Social campaigns used to be more siloed from the rest of the communications and marketing strategies,” says [Andrea] Wolinetz. “Now we’re seeing social as either an extension of an overall activation idea that occurs throughout other media outlets, or conversely, the marketing/communication strategy [...]
Taken at face value, you wouldn’t be prone to think Columbia — you know, capital city of Dixiecrat-history-laden South Carolina — was one of the most progressive cities in South Carolina I mean, the Carolinas oops, the nation. But, if you dig a little deeper you’ll find that it is. [...]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — SC Pride organizers are celebrating a civic achievement 21 years in the making. For the first time, organizers of the city’s annual SC Pride Parade and Festival have been allowed to hang rainbow banners on light posts lining downtown’s Main and Gervais Sts. The flags, lining main [...]
SC Equality’s website recently underwent a facelift. The group’s new executive director, Christine Johnson, is looking to do the same for LGBT residents. “We want lawmakers to know that our community reaches every county in South Carolina,” she said in a release. We echo the sentiment of the Constitution when [...]
CHARLOTTE — Officials with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) this week committed to pursuing the creation of an LGBT police liaison and holding a public open forum to address LGBT community concerns, according to a local advocate. Roberta Dunn, who is a member of the Mecklenburg Gay and Lesbian Political [...]
Watermark, an LGBT publication in Daytona Beach and Orlando gave organizers of the N.C. Gay Ski Week a shout out recently, in a piece wrapping up promising LGBT-inclusive ski vacations this year. Watermark says: If you like active vacations, or if you just need something special to anticipate as you [...]
The weather is finally beautiful. Moderate temperatures, sunny skies and bright smiles across the board. Get out of the house! Aug. 28 • Charlotte NoDa Corn Hole tourney NoDa Social Committee presents the 2nd Annual CornHolio Tournament. Advanced payment online is $20/person ($40/team) and payment day of event is $25/person [...]
CHARLOTTE —Advocates across the country are ramping up efforts to discuss issues of anti-LGBT employment discrimination as U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s promise to bring the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) to vote before the end of the year draws closer and closer. The Human Rights Campaign is working [...]
WBT Radio’s Wayne Powers, who will sit in for Pete Kaliner tonight at 10 p.m., will interview Log Cabin Republicans executive director R. Clarke Cooper and get his thoughts on Ken Mehlman’s coming out. You can listen in on WBT 1110 AM or 99.3 FM or online at wbt.com. Mehlman, [...]
Attention Charlotte area non-profits! The Wesley Mancini Foundation is accepting applications for its 2011 granting cycle. From a release: The Wesley Mancini Foundation is accepting applications until Oct. 1, 2010 (which is a one-month earlier deadline than in previous years) for the grant period of Jan.1, 2011 through Dec. 31, [...]
SC Equality’s new executive director, Christine Johnson, reached out to supporters today in a letter and asked them to complete a survey they’ll use to present LGBT community needs to state lawmakers. Via email: A letter from our new Executive Director, Christine Johnson Dear friends, Having been the executive director [...]
Written by Patrick Hamilton in 1929, “Rope” was inspired by the real-life murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. The sociopaths believed in a Nietzschean idea that because of their superiority, the law did not apply to them as it did to [...]
“No, I don’t think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly,” Clark Gable’s character Rhett told Vivien Leigh’s Scarlett in the famed “Gone With The Wind.” “That’s what’s wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.” In reality, Leigh certainly didn’t [...]
From the Triangle to Columbia, qnotes explores the best of this fall’s upcoming arts and entertainment offerings: ON STAGE musicals, plays, theatre DANCE art in motion FILMS/DVD dvd and theatrical releases COMEDY artfully humorous MUSEUMS/GALLERIES on display plus… Songs of hope, with One Voice Chorus, Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte [...]
Fresh from last year’s 20th anniversary celebration, a new crop of SC Pride Movement leaders are gearing up to make this year’s SC Pride Parade and Festival one of the best yet. With events stretching over two weeks, you’re guaranteed to find something interesting, fun, affordable and entertaining. Parade SC [...]
Thru 9/4 // CHARLOTTE Rope Queen City Theatre Company takes to Duke Energy Theatre with Patrick Hamilton’s “Rope,” a classic, provocative thriller later brought to the screen in 1948 by Alfred Hitchcock. The play tells the complex story of Wyndham Brandon and Charles Granillo, two brilliant young men who decided [...]
10/8-16 // CHARLOTTE Dracula North Carolina Dance Theatre takes to the Knight Theater stage for “Dracula,” choreographed by Mark Godden. ncdance.org 10/14-31 // RALEIGH Dracula Raleigh’s Carolina Ballet opens the world premiere of their version of “Dracula.” Long before the “Twilight” series, there was only ever one real thrill. Now’s [...]
The much-anticipated sequel to Oliver Stone’s classic “Wall Street” hits theaters Sept. 24. 8/31 // DVD Surprise Surprise This play-based movie follows Den, a closeted actor living with his younger now-disabled lover, Colin, who used to be a dancer. Their lives are changed when Den’s 16-year-old homophobic son arrives at [...]
8/31 // CHARLOTTE Carlos Mencia You have to hand it to Carlos. At least he’s honest. Latinos, blacks, white and everyone else: prepare to be offended, but only for half a millisecond, and then laugh your ass off. That’s the Carlos Mencia we all know and love. McGlohon Theatre. blumenthalcenter.org [...]
On-Going // CHARLOTTE Cottonfields to Skyscrapers The Levine Museum of the New South’s permanent, award-winning exhibit, “Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers: Charlotte and the Carolina Piedmont in the New South,” covers some 8,000 square feet and features an interactive, hands-on touring experience. museumofthenewsouth.org Thru 9/19 // COLUMBIA Columbia Renaissance The Columbia [...]
