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December 8, 2012 in Cover Stories, Featured Stories, Holidays by QNotes Staff
Pull out your scarves, long coats and mittens! qnotes style columnist Daniel Stroupe graces the page with his tips and advice for fabulous winter-season style. Additionally, we have Carolina winter destinations, holiday recipes and gift-giving ideas just for you.
December 8, 2012 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A multi-location event revolving around the critically-acclaimed “Bully” documentary film will be held in the Queen City in January through Joined In Education and the Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte. It is being sponsored by The Leon Levine Foundation, the Duke Energy Foundation, the Gorelick Foundation and others.
Tags: Charlotte
December 8, 2012 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
ATLANTA, Ga. — North Carolina photographer Keith Bailey has launched his cross-country journey “Queer Across America,” with the pilot shooting taking place in Augusta, Ga., as qnotes hits the streets on Dec. 8. The three-day filming will be followed by other filmings in Atlanta before Christmas and then up to Charlotte, N.C., in January, ProjectQAtlanta.com reports.
Tags: Charlotte
December 8, 2012 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Out on the Town (OOTT), the LGBT theater social group available through the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s Duke Energy Broadway Lights Series, has announced that it will host an exclusive pre-show party in the lounge at Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence Blvd., before the performance of “Sister Act” on Jan. 10.
Tags: Charlotte
December 8, 2012 in Carolinas News Notes by Lainey Millen
RALEIGH — The LGBT Center of Raleigh, 411 Hillsborough St., has a host of activities to fill the festive season ahead.
Tags: Raleigh
December 8, 2012 in Beyond the Carolinas by David Stout
NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Southern Poverty Law Center, joined by the law firms of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, filed a lawsuit Nov. 27 against Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), its founder, Arthur Goldberg (pictured) and a counselor, Alan Downing, for peddling conversion therapy services, a dangerous and discredited practice that fraudulently claims to convert people from gay to straight.
December 8, 2012 in Featured Stories, Holidays by Daniel Stroupe
Theater Charlotte is presenting “The Foreigner” from Jan. 25 – Feb. 10. The play revolves around a couple of Englishmen, Charlie Baker and Staff Sgt. Froggy LeSueur visiting a fishing lodge in Georgia. This comedy is full of intrigue as Charlie wants to just be left alone, so they feign that he does not know a word of English. He has to keep up the ruse as he hears the secrets and gossip of the local townsfolk in this classic comedy by Larry Shue.
December 8, 2012 in Featured Stories, Holidays by Matt Comer
Winter is on its way. With it comes the expected cold weather and the doldrums of bleak, gray skies. Kids look forward to snow and days out of school. Grown-ups look toward breaking the monotony of the coldest, darkest part of the year. Whether you’re a winter lover or the I-can’t-wait-until-spring-and-summer-returns kind of person, there’s plenty to keep you occupied this season.
December 8, 2012 in Featured Stories, Holidays by Cecelia Thompson
Are you looking for a simple, seasonal, elegant and colorful meal for holiday dinner parties this December?
December 8, 2012 in Holidays by QNotes Staff
In the fall, qnotes published several wish lists from local organizations which chose to participate in our annual Community Assessment Survey. In the spirit of this giving season, we’re reprinting the lists.
Tags: Charlotte, Raleigh
December 8, 2012 in 20 Questions, Holidays by David Stout
Bruce Claus doesn’t live in the Tar Heel state, but the “confirmed bachelor” says his work with the family business — an international manufacturing and distribution non-profit — brings him to the area at least once a year.
December 8, 2012 in Editor's Note by Matt Comer
I’ve got my fine parchment paper, my inkwell filled with the finest purple ink and my fancy feather quill pen all ready to go. Yes, it is time for this year’s Naughty and Nice list, recounting the heroes, villains and foes of 2012.
Tags: Charlotte, Legislative Watch, Politics, Raleigh, Triad
December 8, 2012 in Guest Commentary by Chris Fitzsimon
Folks looking for signs that rational behavior and common sense might be slowly creeping back into the national political discussion must be at least a little encouraged these days.
Tags: Politics
December 8, 2012 in QPoll by QNotes Staff
Do you plan to incorporate local or regional philanthropic giving into your holiday gifting this year?
December 8, 2012 in Playing the Field by Jon Hoppel
Season’s greetings from your qnotes sports staff! We hope everyone enjoys their time with friends and family this December, even if it’s to wait out the Mayan apocalypse hunkered down in a bunker somewhere. For those throwing caution into the wind and ignoring the prophecies, here is what went down this past November in the Charlotte sports scene.
Tags: Charlotte
December 8, 2012 in Out in the Stars by Charlene Lichtenstein
Venus and Mercury make their move into zesty Sagittarius. All this fiery energy makes our wild, little world more exciting. As long as we are out and about, let’s do it with impact as well as style.
December 8, 2012 in Tell Trinity by Trinity
A reader asks: “About two months ago my best friend got his first real boyfriend. Now, we hardly talk anymore. I know he’s happy, but I’m losing my best bud. Help!”
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Chris Fitzsimon
N.C. GOP still catering to the extreme Right
December 8, 2012 in Guest Commentary by Chris Fitzsimon
Folks looking for signs that rational behavior and common sense might be slowly creeping back into the national political discussion must be at least a little encouraged these days.
Tags: Politics
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