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By Zack Smith.]]> Arts/Reading Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405886 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405886 News/Durham County Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405880 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405880 Although the show doesn't open for another week, the huge work of loading it in began this morning. By Sarah Ewald.]]> Arts/Theater Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405877 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405877 You'd hope for plenty of sucking in a movie about vampires ... just not the figurative kind. By Neil Morris.]]> Film/Feature/ Review Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405838 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405838 Duke Theatre Studies' The Lower D's; Solo Takes On Festival's Doin' Time: Through the Visiting Glass and Intimacies By Byron Woods.]]> Arts/Theater Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405837 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405837 Cucalorus, the state of N.C. filmmaking and the Superkiiids; plus, the Carrboro Film Festival By David Fellerath.]]> Film/Film Beat Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405836 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405836 News/North Carolina Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405835 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405835 News/North Carolina Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405834 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405834 Although CIA campus recruitment drives can spark protests, the attendees of the NCSU event all seem to have a positive attitude about the organization. By Zack Smith.]]> Arts/Casual Observer Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405833 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405833 "If some other white kid is trying to position his place in a hip-hop culture that you want to be in, you're gonna get mad. You wanna be the coolest white boy in the room. Always." By Eric Tullis.]]> Music/Feature Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405832 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405832 Only an African-American filmmaker could get away with making Precious. That's meant as both a compliment and a criticism. By Neil Morris.]]> Film/Feature/ Review Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405831 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405831 An Education sweeps us along as a teenage girl makes dangerous choices that are completely understandable in the emotional context of the film. By David Fellerath.]]> Film/Feature/ Review Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405830 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405830 Initially priced at $265,000, upscale condos in Raleigh's Meadow Wood Park sold for as little as $116,000 at a recent public auction. By Lisa Sorg.]]> News/National Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405829 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405829 A team of planners is holding public meetings all week at the Hayti Heritage Center on Old Fayetteville Street. By Samiha Khanna.]]> News/Durham County Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405828 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405828 News/The Count Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405827 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405827 This long-time-coming second release is for those who like their moods swinging and who find focus vastly overrated, as horns, hazy female vocals and quite possibly the spirit of Curtis Mayfield in action-soundtrack mode make cameos in this shifty mix. By Rick Cornell.]]> Music/Record Review Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405826 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405826 Messiah ]]> Our Picks/8 Days a Week Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405825 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405825 Public Nudity Songwriters Night]]> Our Picks/8 Days a Week Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405824 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405824 Blues Control, Jamie Stewart]]> Our Picks/8 Days a Week Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405823 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405823 Free Energy, Holly Raleigh Christmas, Amanda Palmer, The Monologue Bombs, Heavy Trash, Elliott Brood, Filthybird, The Pneurotics, Pariah Piranha, Ah Holly Fam'ly, John Cowan Band, Larry Keel & Natural Bridge, The Jake Leg]]> Music/Hearing Aid Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405822 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405822 Underoath; more]]> Our Picks/8 Days a Week Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405821 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405821 Bull City, Morningbell, Jews and Catholics; more]]> Our Picks/8 Days a Week Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405820 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405820 Film/calendar Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405819 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405819 Looking for Ms. Locklear; more]]> Our Picks/8 Days a Week Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405816 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405816 For 50 years, Alcoa has controlled—and profited from—part of the Yadkin River. Now Gov. Perdue and concerned citizens want it back. By Bob Geary.]]> News/North Carolina Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405815 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405815 Melt Banana; more]]> Our Picks/8 Days a Week Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405814 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405814 Paul Shareshian wants the two-screen theater to become a community space as well, where brides can rent space to show their wedding videos and a group of seniors can watch classic films. By Joe Schwartz.]]> News/Orange County Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405813 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405813 Pictures Reframed; more]]> Our Picks/8 Days a Week Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405811 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405811 With the second Horseback LP, Jenks Miller tethers hellish vocals and aggression to an overfed serpentine blues guitar and hushed majesty. By Robbie Mackey.]]> Music/Album of the Month Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405810 http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A405810 "It seemed to me there was this potential crossover between textural noise music, which has an ecstatic quality, and black metal, which has similar traits, even though they're dressed up very differently. I wanted to figure out the ways that metal and drone fit together." By Marc Masters.]]> Music/Feature Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:00:00 EDT Independent Weekly