Star Glazing

A stellar cast can't gloss th lackluster screenplay behind "Ocean's Eleven," Steven Soderbergh's latest film.

• by Godfrey Cheshire

Bright Lights, Big Hair

My days as a Glamour Shots photographer.

• by Randall Williams

Hal Crowther

New York wounded is strange enough to inspire an odd vision or two.

• by Hal Crowther

Stroke of luck?

• by Finn Cohen

Fight for your rights ... and party

• by Jon Elliston
• Tags: Front Porch, Bill of Rights

Connection, not consumption

Porch Quote

Back Talk

Letters to the Editor

Everybody is a Star

"The Great Cover Up" dispels any notions you may have had that cover bands belong in Holiday Inns.

• by Greg Barbera
• Tags: Music Feature, The Great Cover Up, Kings

The Quiet One

Reactions, memories and thoughts on the death of former Beatle George Harrison

Angie Carlson (Indy music editor): In the mid-to-late '60s, I remember listening to Beatles records (and Monkees--my non-discerni

Curbing Capitalism

For the third year in a row, Chapel Hill's Internationalist Books celebrates the busiest shopping day of the year by selling nothing.

• by Brian Frederick
• Tags: Arts Feature, Internationalist Books, Buy Nothing Day

Testing Taboos

A 15-year-old male high-school student from Raleigh writes, produces and directs a searing feminist performance piece.

• by Maria Pramaggiore
• Tags: Arts Feature, Artspace, PICET, Youth Voice Raleigh

Reel Time

Time doesn't unfold on TV quite the way it does in real life. Someone forgot to tell the producers of Fox's new hit show, 24.

• by Tom Wallis

In art

Death, Be Not Proud

A NASCAR fan pays homage to his hero.

• by L.D. Russell
• Tags: NEWS: Triangles, Dale Earnhardt

Movie Spotlight

Return of the Living Dead

In black history

Risky Business

What does CP&L say now about the risks of nuclear-waste storage at Shearon Harris?

• by Bob Geary
• Tags: NEWS: Triangles, nuclear safety, NC WARN, Shearon Harris

In the clubs

Live!

Mobb Deep speaks! Our critic meets the duo in Raleigh. Also: Bright Eyes at the Carrboro ArtsCenter.

Community Cookbook

Southern Comfort Cake, by Evelyn (Evie) Durbin

In theater

Aphex Twin

Our critics' picks in new releases

• by Bill Floyd

A&E Spotlight

Heidi Jacot's Romeo & Juliet

Maxwell

Our critics' picks in new releases

• by Gabriel M. Rich

Langley Schools Music Project

Our critics' picks in new releases

• by Jon Wurster

Dilated Peoples

Our critics' picks in new releases

• by Zach Hanner

Silver Jews

Our critics' picks in new releases

• by Chris Parker

Mountain Heart

Our critics' picks in new releases

• by Art Menius

Jack Bruce

Our critics' picks in new releases

• by Joe Vanderford

Music Spotlight

Tift Merritt & The Carbines with Johnny Irion and Sarah Lee Guthrie