Bringing It All Back Home

With his two-CD release, "Mono/Stereo," recorded in the wee hours in his home studio, former Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg mines familiar territory and hits pay dirt.

• by Angie Carlson

Old School New School

Former Brooklyn schoolteacher cum rapper J-Live joins ex-Artifact El Da Sensei and a lineup of other MCs and turntablists for a must-see hip-hop show.

• by K8 Erwin

Freeze Frame

After entertaining other suitors, the director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival sticks with Durham.

• by David Fellerath

Toil and Trouble

The chaos marking a graceless transition in Forest Theatre Festival management is reflected in its opening night performance.

• by Byron Woods

Black Ice

In a brilliant telling of an Inuit legend, a warrior battles an evil spirit that threatens to upend his community.

• by David Fellerath

Bombarded by Barbie

With media messages more subtle and ubiquitous than ever before, simply turning off the TV set is no longer a solution. Instead, a growing number of educators and activists say the answer is "media literacy"--teaching kids to recognize and understand the images they see onscreen.

• by Barbara Solow

You Don't Have to Kill Your TV

• by Barbara Solow

Where To Get Help

A few years ago, it would have been hard to find information about media literacy outside of scholarly journals. Now, there are numerous Web sites, studies and organizations working to spread the word about this broad-based strategy.

• by Barbara Solow

Local Paper Makes Good

After competing for nearly 20 years, The Independent Weekly is poised to acquire Spectator, the Triangle's other alternative weekly newspaper

• by Steve Schewel

Spirits of ammonia

• by Angie Carlson

Elvis and meaning

• by Paul Dagys

Attractive taboo

• by Robby Robbins

Porch Quote

Back Talk

Letters to the Editor

In acid flashbacks

Movie Spotlight

Ram Dass: Fierce Grace

In theater

A&E Spotlight

UniverSoul Circus

In N.C. legends

Music Spotlight

Gigi Dover and Jim Lauderdale

In country music

In the clubs

Welcome to Intellectual Life at Carolina

Why a UNC-Chapel Hill freshman may not want to read "Approaching the Qur'an," in 500 words or less.

• by June Spence

Junius Irving Scales

Junius Scales, the scion of a Greensboro textile manufacturing family, came to Chapel Hill to study. He ended up fighting against racism and capitalism and for the peace and labor movements. Scaled died this month at the age of 82.

• by Matt Robinson

A Student's-eye View of Hillside High

Derek Pantiel, a senior at Hillside High School, says he goes to a good school that isn't getting its due. He blames students who don't work hard enough for the school's bad test scores, but says the old principal and Durham schools Superintendent Ann Denlinger have done a lousy job of communicating.

• by Ben Abram
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