Oh, hell: Ben Folds Five recording new LP

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January 25, 2012
Vol 29, No 4

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Romney and the politics of envy

Romney and the politics of envy

Republicans in general and Mitt Romney in particular have fallen back on a single, simple "insight" to explain the traction of wealth distribution as a galvanizing political issue: envy.

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Charter schools don't necessarily provide a better education

Charter schools don't necessarily provide a better education

Charter schools under the microscope (Part 1/3)
As North Carolina plunges headlong into the charter school business, it's hard to tell whether any of the serious issues that surround charter schools will matter much in the application process.

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<i>Dead Man's Cell Phone</i> is the right show in the wrong room

Dead Man's Cell Phone is the right show in the wrong room

Through Feb. 5 at Raleigh Little Theatre
For the most, this Dead Man's Cell Phone has a perfectly good signal. What it mainly needs is to figure out how to invite an audience to pick up and answer it.

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Did Jeff Mangum make his most inspired music after Neutral Milk Hotel was over?

Did Jeff Mangum make his most inspired music after Neutral Milk Hotel was over?

Sold-out performance Monday at Memorial Hall
Jeff Mangum's voice is filling rooms again, or at least one part of it is.

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Sadness and stultification in <i>Albert Nobbs</i>

Sadness and stultification in Albert Nobbs

Opens Friday
Glenn Close plays Albert Nobbs, a nonentity with a traumatic, largely suppressed past who has survived for three decades dressing and working as a man.

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Blend Cafe; Cafe Helios; Tyler's Raleigh; DPAC BBQ

Blend Cafe; Cafe Helios; Tyler's Raleigh; DPAC BBQ

Blend Cafe at Golden Belt now open; Helios hosts special brunch with Counter Culture (Feb. 5); rare-beer tasting event at the newest Tyler's Taproom (Feb. 4); DPAC hosts showdown between Memphis and N.C. barbecues (Jan. 26)

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Tar Heels leap down the rabbit hole of pro soccer

Tar Heels leap down the rabbit hole of pro soccer

The Tar Heels' quartet of All-Americans—Ben Speas, Billy Schuler, Enzo Martinez and Matt Hedges—all landed pro contracts. The divergent avenues each took speaks to the challenges facing American soccer.

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