Switch Hitting

Filmmakers queer the N.C. Gay & Lesbian Film Fest by attempting to appeal to straight audiences.

• by James Morrison

Got rBGH?

Milk is big business to the U.S. government, large dairy manufacturers and Monsanto, which makes a genetically engineered growth hormone that causes the cows to create a byproduct that has been linked to an increased risk of breast and prostate cancer. Why is it considered safe in the United States, but not in Europe or Canada?

• by Ché Green

Maple View Farm: Local Dairy Doesn't Use rBGH

One local dairy is selling milk that doesn't contain growth hormones—just look for Maple View Farm's milk in its signature glass bottles at a store near you. And there are brands of organic milk available that also have no added hormones.

• by Ben Abram

Scientists Disagree on the Dangers of rBGH

• by Hanns-Peter Nagel

The procedure

• by Victoria A. Wentz

Rhapsody to a rain pond

• by Stephen K. Hiltner

It keeps you running

• by Miriam Sauls

Porch Quote

Back Talk

Letters to the Editor

High Art, Hillbilly Style

Kevin Bradley and Julie Belcher, aka Yee-Haw Industries, combine Southern culture, graphic art savvy and centuries-old technology to create their letterpress posters.

• by Angie Carlson

Unreconstructed

Former News & Observer writer Kyle Spencer responds to critics of her memoir, "She's Gone Country."

• by Fiona Morgan

Ghetto Blaster

Raleigh artist André Leon Gray takes on the media in his latest exhibition, "Ghetto Fabolous [sic] 2002," at Humble Pie.

• by Mark W. Hornburg

In theater

Movie Spotlight

Cigarettes, Cars, Landscapes

In clubs

In comedy improv

A&E Spotlight

El Centro Latino Community Celebration

Mayflies USA

• by Zach Hanner

In Celtic music

Trotline

The saga continues at an old motel in downtown Cary, where the owners are trying to kick out the last tenants. The owners have started eviction proceedings, but one of the residents says all his belongings were illegally thrown into a Dumpster. Now, he's got a lawyer and is fighting back.

• by Brendan Ferriter

Bandway

• by Jon Wurster

The Cherry Valence

• by Zach Hanner

Trotline

• by W. Gray Newman

Buzzsawyer

• by Angie Carlson

Scene & Heard

Durham's live music scene takes a hit, Sleazefest, and more.

• by Angie Carlson

Music Spotlight

Sonic Youth, Mary Timony and Erase Errata