In September, Raleigh has Hopscotch. Then Sparkcon. And starting in 2013, the best bluegrass festival in the world will be here too. Bye, bye, Nashville.
No one knows how many North Carolinians live in extreme poverty, but it's estimated to be between 700,000 and 1 million. What we do know is that although the number is increasing, the poor remain almost invisible to many of us.
Through May 27 at the Theater of the American South Festival in Wilson — Danny Mullen has clearly done the necessary research for this solo biographical show on the famed mid-century jazz trumpeter, vocalist and international ambassador of goodwill.
Foodie, a new short film written by Durham resident Eryk Pruitt, is a 29-minute dark comedy-horror flick which explores an obsessive, underground sect of foodies who dine on humans in the most gourmet and trendy of manners.
Deford appears Monday at Quail Ridge Books — Frank Deford is one of America's greatest sportswriters, and although his new memoir, Over Time, probably isn't the place to discover why, it's an engaging, raffish ramble through his 50 years in the peculiar business of writing about sports.
Opens Friday in select theaters The film is a tale of healing—for the children, who despite their material comfort are suffering from emotional neglect, and for Lazhar, who is applying for political asylum after suffering a terrible trauma in Algeria.
The results of Tuesday's election might solidify the sense of otherness with which I view my state and country. But my patriotism to my city has never been stronger.
Plays Friday at The Pinhook Dark, engaging and built on infectious rhythms, Monumental Life finally sounds like Free Electric State. (Custom Made Music)
Through May 27 at the Theater of the American South Festival in Wilson Blanche DuBois looks like a million bucks in this muscular production of A Streetcar Named Desire.