The Peanut Man Goes Home

Doug Clark, the Chapel Hill music icon who died last month, turned a little risqué material and a lot of hard work into a legendary career.

• by Rev. Billy C. Wirtz

A Music Revolt You Can Hum Along With

Sparklefest: catchy tunes, a Brady cousin and 34 bands are just part of Mike's plan for world music domination

• by Tony Madejczyk

Sparklefest Schedule

• by Tony Madejczyk

Hip Hop History Lesson

The Triangle's hip-hop roots need some attention to keep growing.

• by K8 Erwin

Fast Food, Slow Food

No Clowning Around With Food

Expatriate from the Fast Food Nation to fast food alternatives in the Triangle

• by Lissa Brennan

DIY McDonald's

How to recreate the fast food menu at home

• by Sharon Kebschull Barrett

Slow Food Season

Discovering the meaning of slow food

• by Elizabeth Gibbs

Chicken Liver Crostini (Crostini di Fegatini)

Soulful Stew

After 30 years, Barbara Farrell knows--it takes a village to make a Brunswick stew.

• by Byron Woods

Brunswick Stews & Barbecues

The Fearless, Po-Mo, Grad School Vampire Slayers

Cultural studies scholars ask,"Is Buffy Foucaultian?"

• by Fiona Morgan

Tears Fill Mary's Ocean

In Archipelago Theater's latest, crying ends all spiritual droughts

• by Maria Pramaggiore

Dirt, Dust and Alchemy

Howard Thomas's inspiration--and paint--came from the ground; Rella Thompson's came from feed sacks and fabric others left behind

• by Michele Natale

Stripped Tease

In Miss Pixie's PEEP! burlesque is exhumed-- but not revived

• by Byron Woods

Film Beat

My Big Fat Cash Cow

Speaking Up--and Out

Pandora's Box shows Hollywood a black planet, while Barbershop takes "straight speech" outside

• by David Fellerath

Minds Without Bodies

An Eastern meditative group based in Randolph County is leading thousands of followers across the country in meditation and self-discovery—mostly over the telephone.

• by Linda Ray

First Person

An expatriot's-eye-view of the German elections

• by Douglas Vuncannon

Invading John Edwards' office

• by Bob Geary

(Re)Designing the System

• by Edward Holm

Finding yourself lost in the cornfield

• by John Valentine

Porch Quote

Back Talk

Letters to the Editor

In swing

How Bunkey Won

A Chatham County group tapped into Triangle-wide developers' coalition.

• by Jennifer Strom

In theater

Debating Occupation

A visit by an Israeli "refusenik"--a military officer who has sworn off service in Palestinian territories—will highlight both unity and divisions in the Triangle's Jewish community.

• by Jon Elliston

Movie Spotlight

Kandahar

In benefits

Conscientious Objections

• by Jon Elliston

In festivals

See & Do

If You Go

Music Spotlight

WXYC Tower Benefit Concert with Spatula, The Cherry Valence, Portastatic, The Comas and Lud

Spectator

Coming Attractions

A&E Spotlight

Declaration of Independence Road Tour