Rite of Wei

Chinese-born choreographer Shen Wei helps usher in the American Dance Festival with a new interpretation of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring."

• by Byron Woods

Rhine and Shines

At N.C. State's TheatreFest, two mid-century plays offer contrasting views on a world at war.

• by Byron Woods

Everybody Wants Some

As frontman with Raleigh's Van Halen tribute band Diver Down, Mike Callahan transforms himself into the ultimate Diamond Dave.

• by Angie Carlson
• Tags: Music Feature, David Lee Roth, Mike Callahan, Diver Down

Dog Days

The first wave of mediocrity is already crashing upon the summer movie shores.

• by James Morrison

Bomb School

After 41 years of explosive training at a secret base in eastern North Carolina, the CIA's paramilitary wing is back on the front lines. For the base's neighbors in nearby Hertford, the echo of bombs is business as usual--and nobody's business.

• by Jon Elliston

The Truth About Harvey Point

• by Jon Elliston
• Tags: News Feature, Harvey Point, CIA, FBI, bombs

Hal Crowther

The metastasizing scandal in the Catholic priesthood is more than another chapter on lost innocence, it's like an entrance to the catacombs--God only knows what lurks down there.

• by Hal Crowther

Required eating

• by Richard Krawiec

On the road

• by Philip Wimberly

Will today be free?

• by Carolyn Fanelli

Alt-flags redux

Porch Quote

Back Talk

Letters to the Editor

In the clubs

Movie Spotlight

Dogtown and Z-Boys

In fests

Trotline

Confusion cranks up emotions at the N.C. Museum of History.

A&E Spotlight

Alien Allegations, by Nancy Baker

In spoken word

Scene & Heard

Our regular column looks at Gene Simmons' publisher and more.

• by Angie Carlson

In What Would Andy Do?

Music Spotlight

The Gossip with The Chromatics and Dame Fate

In songwriter showcases

In community art