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.
Two of Japan's greatest players ever faced off at the DBAP, but the game of baseball doesn't care who you are. It only cares what you do tonight, from one pitch to the next.
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.
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.
In the Triangle, where more than 60 percent of voters filled in the oval "against" the amendment, a number of progressive local governments offer domestic partner benefits, a practice that presumably will be illegal under the state constitution on Jan. 1, 2013.
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.
Hillsborough Hog Day, a fundraiser for the Hillsborough/ Orange County Chamber of Commerce; Oakleaf restaurant to open in Pittsboro; Another Broken Egg, a Louisiana-based chain, has opened a location in Durham
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.