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  Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival April 28th, 2008 Posted by Hunter Wilson

  SHOW INFORMATION: July 12th from Noon-6pm Symphony Park at SouthPark Mall Join us at Symphony Park for a great day of beer sippin’, bourbon tastin’, music listenin’, cigar smokin’, and barbeque eatin’. 60+ Brews, up to 40 Bourbons and numerous BBQ tastes are available for sampling. Head to bourbon college with tasting classes from Master Distillers or relax in the cigar tent. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CLICK HERE AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE! ADMISSION: VIP Tasting Glass: $40 Advance online Valid from Noon-6pm. Includes admission into the event, a souvenir tasting glass, a VIP class in the Tasting Theater, unlimited sampling, the opportunity to explore the show two hours prior to gate opening and an event novelty t-shirt. Regular Tasting Glass: $30 in advance online or $35 on-site Includes admission into the event, a souvenir tasting glass, bourbon college classes, unlimited samples from 2pm - 6pm. Designated Driver Ticket: $15 in advance online or on-site Includes admission into the event only. Kids 12 and under are FREE. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS! BAND SCHEDULE: 12pm: Gael Warning: www.gaelwarning.com Gael Warning is a progressive bagpipe-jazz-aboriginal-fusion band from North Carolina consisting of four slightly whacked individuals who blend Celtic, Appalachian, and World harmonies to create their own mix of music, dubbed by the gods and goddesses as “Celtoid.” 2pm: Gypsy Drug Store: www.gypsydrugstore.com Peter Carlson (Bass), Dan Hodges (Drums), John Maynard (Vocals/Harp) and Brent Moore (Guitars/Vocals) team up to in this classic rock band covering songs like “Ain’t To Proud To Beg”, “American Girl”, “Play That Funky Music” and much more. 4pm: Part Time Blues Band: www.parttimebluesband.com PART-TIME BLUES BAND is second to none in the Blues and Blues/Rock field of music. Don’t be fooled by their down-to-earth and somewhat laid-back appearance-their musical delivery is the most dynamic and energetic in the Charlotte area. Vintage and contemporary blues dominates the PART-TIME BLUES BAND’S song list, covering such artists as B.B. King, Willie Dixon, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, and Albert King. Rounding out the Blues/Rock category are cover tunes by Stevie Ray Vaughn, Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton.

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  Alive After 5 April 16th, 2008 Posted by Hunter Wilson

  Alive After Five is back for the eighth year!  The event kicks off on April 10th and features a stellar line up.  This is the original downtown after work party. Held every Thursday at Wachovia Plaza from 5:30-9:00 www.charlottealiveafterfive.com. Alive After Five has not moved and is not moving- Two Wachovia Plaza, Corners of Tryon and Martin Luther King (formerly 2nd St) Dates: 4.10 The Maxx " Season Kickoff Party! 4.17 Breakfast Club " America"s #1 80"s Band 4.24 Satisfaction " Rolling Stones Tribute 5.1 Almost McGraw " Tim McGraw Tribute 5.8 Right On " America"s #1 70"s Band 5.15 General Johnson & the Chairmen of the Board " America"s #1 Beach Band 5.22 Tuesday"s Gone and Tres Hombres " Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top Tributes 5.29 Who"s Bad " Michael Jackson Tribute 6.5 Frontiers " Journey Tribute 6.12 Zoso " Led Zeppelin Tribute 6.19 Heather Hayes Band " Isaac Hayes Daughter"s Band 6.26 Girls, Girls, Girls " 80"s Hair Band 7.3 Coconut Groove " Parrot Head Party! 7.10 Fair Warning " Van Halen Tribute 7.17 Liquid Pleasure " America"s #1 Party Band 7.24 Vertigo " The U2 Tribute Band 7.31 80-Z-Enuff 8.7 Rubberband 8.14 The Backbeat-Beatles Tribute Band 8.21 White Chocolate 8.28 TBA

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  Center City Living Magazine Hits the Streets of Charlotte! April 16th, 2008 Posted by Hunter Wilson

  Center City Living Magazine Hits the Streets of Charlotte! It’s official, Center City Living is the hottest thing to hit the streets of Charlotte!  Find our magazine at one of over 300 locations throughout the metro area! Click Here to Find the Magazine Locations Don’t live in Charlotte, but would like to view the magazine"  See it in real-time right on the internet!   Want to take advantage of the opportunity for a FREE annual subscription"  Follow this link and Click on “Subscribe” About Center City Living magazine The newest addition to the Charlotte Observer’s award-winning portfolio of magazines, Center City Living is a full-color, glossy lifestyle magazine spotlighting the people, the places and the progress of the Center City, which is one of the fastest-growing areas of Charlotte. Center City Living is read by over 40,000 residents of the Center City and surrounding urban neighborhoods. Our readers have an average annual per capita income of $91,000. Center City Living is written and designed by experienced magazine journalists and feature writers, and is filled with in-depth and informative updates on special events, newsmakers, area growth, businesses and recreational activities. Available in hundreds of locations around the Center City area, the magazine will be easy to find in locations such as Harris Teeter, BiLo and CVS pharmacies as well as street racks, hotels and local merchants’ sites.

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  TILT TO CELEBRATE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY (Saturday April 26th) April 10th, 2008 Posted by Hunter Wilson

  ~~~SATURDAY APRIL 26th~~~ ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PRE-PARTY w/ SIMPLIFIED -7:00 PM to 11:00 PM -RSVP/Ticket ONLY from 7-11pm -All RSVP/Ticket guests will receive FREE admission and FREE Import Draft Beer brought to you compliments of Elevate Magazine and also $3 DRINKS/EVERYTHING (yes that means all beers, wine and liquor will be $3; Premiums and all). -Catered buffet -SIMPLIFIE Live from 8-11pm -TILT"s own DJ ROW$HAY will be playing between sets and to open for our feature DJ (DJ NOVA) -Over a dozen giveaways ranging from race tickets to the Charlotte May race, concert tickets, and many more. -The giveaways will be on raffle ticket format with each RSVP/Ticket guest receiving one complimentary raffle ticket when they come in the door. Additional tickets will be offered at $3 a piece, or three for $5.(Proceeds from bought raffle tickets will go to benefit the Leukemia Society) ***RSVP and Ticket info for this event will be released very soon, so please stay tuned for details***   ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY w/ DJ NOVA Join TILT as we celebrate our first year of business here in Uptown Charlotte. We would like to use this night to give back to all of those which have supported us through this first year and made TILT a great success. -11:00 PM to 2:00 AM -$3 DRINKS/EVERYTHING (yes that means all beers, wine, and liquor will be $3; Premiums, Calls, and all) -$10 Cover ~~DJ NOVA~~ (from Orlando Florida) layin" the heat the for rest of the night ***Feel free to email us at info@tiltcharlotte.com for more info or visit our website at http://www.TILTCHARLOTTE.com***

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  Kiss me, I'm Irish ? who knew? March 31st, 2008 Posted by Hunter Wilson

  You have seen her out, you have read her articles in the Creative Loafing… Now you can get the best of Brittney Cason right here on Carolina Nightlife! Each week we will run Brittney’s QC After Dark column! Stay tuned for more from QC After Dark! To view all of Brittney’s articles check out her archive on Creative Loafing’s website! Growing up, I never knew which ethnicity box to check on applications ... I only knew I had Caucasian in me and that my grandmother was from Costa Rica. With that said, I was automatically disqualified from the Caucasian box because it typically said “Non-Hispanic.” So I just went with “Other” ... but after my niece had to do a genealogy project for school, we discovered that we’re a fraction Irish. Kiss me, I’m Irish! So, to celebrate my newfound heritage, I opted to get festive for St. Patrick’s Day and embark on the holiday dedicated to binge drinking. In honor of my sister, Kim, who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis, I started with the Step It Out Against MS fundraiser at Buckhead Saloon. I am not in college anymore, Toto. I cannot drink off a keg and hang with the cool kids. I somehow ended up on stage with Scott and Woody pretending to play a Jack Daniels guitar. I woke up the next morning with a puking hangover, which I haven’t experienced since my engagement party in 2003. (But I’m pretty sure it wasn’t the alcohol that made me puke, considering I was single shortly thereafter.) So what if my green-slash-gray-blue eyes are the only thing Irish about me, I was still going to join the rest of the world on the Rockhouse Events’ St. Patrick’s Day record-breaking bar crawl. It was so big they had to spread out in groups, and green shirts pretty much monopolized Uptown. It was so big that I wandered away from the tour and into my bed at 5 p.m. (But that is taking into account the fact that I started the morning at 10 a.m. by a parade float amongst a fake Bono, Charlotte Roller Girls and Great Danes wearing “Rescue me I’m Irish” shirts.) Between the parade, ACC fans and pub crawlers, Uptown was like Mardi Gras. There were even beads and weird costumes. But I don’t have much insight to share with you on the ACC tournament, other than there were a lot of fans crawling along with the bar crawl. I know so little about college basketball that when I first met Sean May, I asked him what school he went to. When he told me UNC I started talking shit about how UNC is Virginia Tech football’s easy school since we’ve been in the ACC, but then felt bad because I thought he may be an offensive lineman or something. True story. One more thing ... The Charlotte MS Walk is March 29 at Symphony Park. Come partake. I’ll be there wearing a Team Kim shirt and on stage holding a microphone, but this time because I’m the emcee.

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  The BAB?s tried the First Wednesday Food and Wine Night at Arpa March 19th, 2008 Posted by Hunter Wilson

  The BABs are a group of seven young, professional women who found each other through work, and cemented their friendships with a common love of all things fabulous " food, wine, careers, gossip, and men (but not necessarily in that order)!  They are motivated career women, who love to go out and enjoy the finer things in life"together of course!  The BABs naturally have a lot in common, but they value each other"s differences as well: They hail from all over the country, their ages range from mid-20s to early 30s, they have different jobs, relationship statuses, and even preferences in wine.  But they all love each other " and of course all the amazing things uptown Charlotte has to offer! They officially termed themselves the "BABs" which is an acronym with a double meaning. One of those meanings is Bright and Beautiful"and as you can tell, modest J.  If you want to learn the other, buy them a martini and maybe you"ll find out! The BAB"s tried the First Wednesday Food and Wine Night at Arpa last night. Overall the experience was enlightening and fun, with only a few minor criticisms. We were all pleasantly surprised when Candace e-mailed us with the great new deal at Arpa " 6 tapas paired with 6 wines all for 12 dollars on the first Wednesday of the month. It seemed too good to be true".we were a little skeptical of how this would work out. A crumb of food" A splash of wine" It turned out to exceed our expectations, in terms of quantity. The wine samples were generously poured (and re-poured upon Natalia"s request, what a lush) and the tapas were smaller than usual, but still substantial enough to enjoy with the wine. We left full, tipsy, and high on each other"s great company! Arpa"s wine distributor was acting as sommelier for the evening, dispensing tons of interesting information about each wine. She was very verbose, almost too much, but for a group of wine neophytes it was good education. She also informed us of wine tasting at Pewter Rose every Monday night, where for 10 bucks you can sample 8-10 wines".and really "geek out" as she put it. Though a little long-winded, she was incredibly articulate and knowledgeable about the wines, getting into weather patterns, grape diameter, effects of root age on structure, and other stuff we could only pretend to understand! Round 1: Mint and Cucumber Tabouleh served with Gewürztraminer blend We had no idea what tabouleh was, and were happy to see that it was our good old friend cous cous. The wine was super-sweet and nobody was in love with it"until we paired it with the cous cous. It was an incredible transformation! The sharpness of the mint and the sweetness of the wine balanced perfectly. Penelope was especially excited about this one, and made sure to compliment our sommelier for the pairing. Round 2: Chickpea Bruchetta paired with Rose The chickpea bruchetta was overall pretty nice. We received a fun story about Rose " apparently in Europe it"s seen as very "girly" for men to be seen drinking white wine, so as a lighter alternative to red, they drink Rose. We all agreed that if we saw a dude drinking a Rose around here, we would definitely have to question his masculinity . . . visualize the equivalent J.D. ordering an appletini, you get the picture"! The Long Pause There was a 25 minute delay between rounds. We were p!ssed. You can"t leave a group of BAB"s stranded with no food or wine like that! We eavesdropped on what sounded like a horrible first date"an attractive but extremely nasal-voiced woman was babbling on about"everything"to a dude we can only assume was cute by the back of his head. As she babbled, he sat perfectly still"not a nod or a body gesture to be seen. Poor guy. The girl totally caught us listening in too"see it"s in everyone"s interest to give us more food and wine! Round 3: Chicken Brochettes with aged lemon vinaigrette served with Chardonnay What"s a brochette" Is that the same as a croquette" We debated this until it came out " two tasty hunks of chicken on a skewer. Nice. It went perfectly with the Chardonnay " the lemon cut right through the wine. We learned that this chardonnay is "unoaked", unlike most California chards. We"re still not 100% sure what unoaked means (removed from oak barrels" never stored in oak" Huh") but it was good J. Round 4: Olive Toast served with Spanish table wine: We were told ahead of time that this had been most people"s favorite pairing of the night"so sad for Penelope, who apparently doesn"t eat olives! So good for Isabella, who eats them straight from the jar and has been known to drink the juice! This pairing WAS good " the super salty olives and the light tempranillo/cab blend was very nice. Round 5: Chorizo and Goat Cheese Balls with Grenache Things start to get a little fuzzy for Veronica here " her alter ego BaconLover08 came out and was overjoyed to hear that Natalia"s hubby has discovered microwavable bacon and eats it twice a day! A fellow bacon lover in the world. Anyways, these chorizo goat cheese balls got a lukewarm reaction from the BAB"s. "Not goat-cheesy enough". The Grenache, however, was excellent. We planned to stock our headquarters with Grenache for our next meeting. Round 6: Lamb Meatball served with Rioja Lamb meatballs are yummy, who knew" So was the wine " the boldest of the night. Natalia is a white-wine-only girl, and generously distributed hers to the rest of the table. Good idea at the time, bad idea next morning, at least for Veronica. Immediately upon finishing the meatball, we ordered 3 plates of fried goat cheese balls with honey. Immediately upon receiving them, we devoured them and sang the praises of goat cheese for at least 5-7 minutes! In summary, it was a great experience (and not just because the BAB"s are generally fabulous at all times). 18 bucks flat, for 6 tapas, 6 wines, some spicy feta dip and a bunch of goat cheese balls. The slow serviced chapped our @sses a little bit, but since this was a brand new event, we expect them to improve with time. High points: great wine education, unique and varied tapas selection, and a great crowd for a Wednesday night. We"ll definitely be back next month, and we"re anxious to try the wine tasting at Pewter Rose next Monday!

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