Indy Week

Video: John Fullbright at the ArtsCenter

Dan Schram — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:58:00 -0400

John Fullbright, the darkhorse Americana Grammy nominee of 2012, performed Thursday, June 13, at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro. The 25-year-old Oklahoman, an incredibly versatile songwriter and instrumentalist, ran through most of his Grammy-nominated album From the Ground Up, mixing in covers of songs by Dan Bern ("After the Parade") and Jimmy Webb ("If You See Me Getting Smaller") as well as a few blues standards.…

Bulls out-power Bats in landslide victory

Jonathan Stout — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:44:00 -0400

Early forecast called for inclement weather, but the only thunder heard in Durham on Monday was the crack of the Bulls’ bats as they upended Louisville in the first of a four-game series at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Outfielder Wil Myers was pulled from Sunday’s contest after doubling and scoring a run in the first inning.…

Bulls rally falls short, lose to Indians in extras

Jonathan Stout — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:15:00 -0400

After rallying from a four-run deficit, the Durham Bulls were not able to surpass the Indianapolis Indians, falling 6-4 Friday night at Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

In front of an almost sold out crowd of 9.565, fans were into the game early and often.…

Video: Chip Robinson at Casbah's songwriters circle

Dan Schram — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:36:00 -0400

Saturday night at the Casbah brought about the continuation of the venue's series of songwriters circle shows, with performances by Jason Kutchma, Chip Robinson, Kevin Abernathy and Mic Harrison. Below are three clips from songs played by Robinson, including two oft-overlooked ballads ("Psychic Friend" and "Two Candles") from the Backsliders' 1999 album, Southern Lines.…

DVD+Digital: Mike Leigh, British food trucks and Life is Sweet

Glenn McDonald — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:41:00 -0400

British filmmaker Mike Leigh is known for his very particular way of making films. Rather than start with a script, Leigh works with his actors in a designated improvisation period before filming begins.…

Interview: NASL Commissioner Bill Peterson talks expansion (NASL and MLS), U.S. Open Cup, and other soccer league issues

Neil Morris — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:32:00 -0400

Although Bill Peterson has visited his native North Carolina a few times since becoming commissioner of the North American Soccer League last November, this past Wednesday was his first time watching the Carolina RailHawks in action this season. Unlike his besuited predecessor, Peterson strikes a more casual pose, roaming WakeMed Soccer Park clad in a casual button-front shirt and blue jeans.…

A very strong new kid: Man of Steel delivers the goods with a straight face

Neil Morris — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:50:00 -0400

MAN OF STEEL

Opens today

How to make a better Superman movie is the Sphinx’s riddle of superhero cinema. There’s nostalgia for Richard Donner’s soaring but cumbersome 1978 original and Richard Lester’s able but somewhat nutty sequel.…

Exclusive video preview: Shen Wei's "Collective Measures" world premiere at 2013 ADF (NSFW)

Byron Woods — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:44:48 -0400

Video clip contains partial nudity and is not safe for work. Viewer discretion is advised.

Exclusive video footage from the world premiere of choreographer Shen Wei's Collective Measures at the 2013 American Dance Festival.…

Video: Brett Harris moves forward with new songs

Peter Blackstock — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:33:00 -0400

I first became aware of Brett Harris two summers ago, when I went to see Chapel Hill pop mastermind Chris Stamey play a Tuesday-evening acoustic show at West End Wine Bar on Franklin Street and Harris appeared as an unbilled opener. Between sets, Stamey spoke so highly of Harris' work that it seemed mandatory to check out his 2010 solo debut, Man of Few Words.…

Got your goat: Carolina RailHawks outlasts Chivas USA 3-1 to advance to quarterfinals of U.S. Open Cup

Neil Morris — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:48:00 -0400

WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/CARY—Two weeks ago, history repeated itself when, for the second straight year, the Carolina RailHawks ousted the LA Galaxy in the third round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and advanced to host C.D. Chivas USA.

For about 90-plus minutes Wednesday night in Cary, it looked as though history might repeat itself again.…

Moving testimony from former slaves: Bare Theatre's Let Them Be Heard

Byron Woods — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:42:00 -0400

LET THEM BE HEARD

Bare Theatre
Stagville State Historic Site
7, 8 and 9 p.m., June 14 and 15

One of the closest experiences any of us will have to rival time travel is taking place these nights just after dark in Horton Grove, a verdant section in Stagville, a state historic site several miles out Old Oxford Highway. Prior to the Civil War, Stagville held the dubious distinction of being the largest plantation in North Carolina, and one of the largest in the United States: a spread some 47 square miles in length which stretched to the north and east of Durham.…

Cat Martino is eager to collaborate after explorations in splendid isolation

Jordan Lawrence — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

"I've met amazing people all over the world. We all are teaching each other something and learning from each other." by Jordan Lawrence Cat Martino took five years to follow up her first full-length. This half-decade hiatus after 2004's Here Now had nothing to do with artistic burnout or a move from her Brooklyn home to a new town.…

The dazzling, perplexing short stories of UNC-Wilmington's Rebecca Lee

Brian Howe — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

The invisible skin that holds Bobcat's mysterious innards together is a Möbius strip of inside and outside. by Brian Howe Did you know there's a dazzling, perplexing fiction writer teaching down at UNC-Wilmington? I didn't until I got my hands on Bobcat and Other Stories, a phenomenal short story collection by Rebecca Lee.…

Harmful If Inhaled

V.C. Rogers — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

by V.C. Rogers

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Jesse and Celine return in Before Midnight, getting old in Greece

David Fellerath — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

When do we ever see this movie, this film that tells the truth about the not-so-happily-ever-after? by David Fellerath I approached Richard Linklater's Before Midnight with the kind of trepidation with which you might approach a Belle and Sebastian record you haven't listened to in a couple of decades. I was 25 when I met Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) in Before Sunrise.…

The Lumineers' anthemic single "Ho Hey" is a hit made mostly of other hits

Brian Howe — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

There's nothing arbitrary in how "Ho Hey" is pieced together from things people were proven to already like. Much of pop music is about the timely and rejuvenating calibration of bits gathered from other recent songs. by Brian Howe "It's really arbitrary to any of us," said Wesley Schultz, lead singer of the folk-rock band The Lumineers, who perform at Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre on Thursday. He was talking to American Songwriter about the breakout success of his band's independently released, self-titled debut album, which, seemingly from out of nowhere, went double-platinum and reached No. 2 on the U.S. charts in 2012.…

Consider the Lobsters

David Klein — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

I don't get back to New York all that often because of logistics, parental duties and other forms of reality. But this year, two of the NYC Popfest headliners made it a must-do proposition. by David Klein My first dose of jangle was The Beatles' version of Buddy Holly's "Words of Love," featuring the gloriously ringing, almost bagpipey licks of George Harrison's Gretsch Tennessean. It was on a record called Beatles VI, or "Beatles Vee Eye," as we pronounced it, and I've loved that trebly stuff ever since.…

Addressing the problem of food waste

Raia Mihaylova — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

The largest contributor to landfills is food. Recovering just 15 percent of it would cut in half the number of Americans who go hungry each year. by Raia Mihaylova There are 925 million hungry people in the world, including one of six Americans. Yet the largest contributor to landfills is food.…

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could allow GM crops on national wildlife refuge lands

Will Huntsberry — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

GMCs have been temporarily banned on national wildlife refuges in the Southeast. But at six meetings across the region, including one in Columbia, N.C., FWS is revisiting the issue. by Will Huntsberry Driving east out of Raleigh, early stands of green corn fronds and flaxen wheat stretch for miles. Tropical Storm Andrea has spread gunpowder clouds across the sky and lifts a breeze that sends random patterns rippling through the fields.…

Youthful Indiscretion

Jeremy M. Lange — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

by Jeremy M. Lange

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Some facts about student loans

Raia Mihaylova — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

It's no wonder today's youth have been labeled as a "Generation Screwed." by Raia Mihaylova It's no wonder today's youth have been labeled as a "Generation Screwed." Not only do they graduate into a weak economy with scarce job opportunities, they do so while being in debt thousands of dollars from student loans.…

Durham artists and students team up for innovative training program

Chris Vitiello — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

"A lot of that student-mentor dynamic that I expected has fallen away. They're partners, collaborators, co-creators of this work." — Laura Ritchie, Creative Mentorship Program coordinator by Chris Vitiello Jared Nelson Lopez leans forward in his chair to concentrate. The Durham School of the Arts student moves a box of small, sculpted heads from his lap to the floor.…

The week in music: June 12-19, 2013

Bryan C. Reed — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

Spider Bags; Blake Schwarzenbach; Twin Shadow; Glen Hansard, Doug Paisley; Wild Nothing; Lilac Shadows, Evangelicals, Companion, Jenny Besetzt; Songwriters in the Round; Night Beds, Jenny O., Des Ark; Russ Wilson & His Mighty Men; Mac DeMarco; Ryan Cabrera; Donna the Buffalo by Bryan C. Reed 1. Spider Bags For a band formerly defined by its rangy impulses, Spider Bags' Singles could be considered a return to form.…

Re: Moral Mondays

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

"Class warfare as a part of racial oppression explains why most people who have the resources to demonstrate and be arrested happen to be white." In "White like me: Moral Monday is a class struggle, not a racial one" [June 5], Dick Reavis offered a compelling story of interracial organizing throughout an ongoing civil rights struggle whose strength has grown, luckily, in recent months. The article's main argument, however, elided the intimate connection in the Southern United States between racial oppression and class oppression.…

N.C. education chief Bill Cobey is on the right track—but his fellow Republicans are wrong

Bob Geary — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400

I found myself nodding as Bill Cobey, Gov. Pat McCrory's choice to head the State Board of Education, talked the other day about a transformative time in education and the need to cultivate children's innate curiosity. by Bob Geary I find myself in an awkward position defending our public schools against the depredations of right-wing Republicans. I distinctly remember, as a restless public high school student years ago, outlining my new and improved method of teaching American history without boring everybody to death—a method that called for casting aside the textbook, with its maddening muddle of facts, and plunging instead into an in-depth study of critical events and issues.…