Indy Week

Honky tonkin' at the Barn Theater

Over in Greensboro, a play transforms hillbilly camp into theatrical fun

• by Grant Britt

What a relief!

Another gathering of local musicians for a good cause

• by Rick Cornell

Get out

Music worth leaving the house to hear this week

Raleigh rhythms

Notes on the Raleigh music scene

• by Grayson Currin

The multi-tasking theater

Burning Coal quarters company in search of company quarters; Carlota Santana celebrates 20 years of flamenco

• by Byron Woods

Death becomes her

As Buffy is put to rest, new slayers awaken everywhere

• by Fiona Morgan

ZineStream

• by John Valentine

ArtNotes

House calls, live arts and family jewels

• by Lissa Brennan

Teenage abandon

Lilya 4-Ever underscores the plight of Eastern European adolescents who are sold into prostitution

• by Godfrey Cheshire

FilmBeat

Odes on the windows of the skull

• by David Fellerath

What if?

Densely packing spent nuclear fuel into storage pools--the way they do at the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant in Wake County--is an invitation to catastrophe, critics say. Now a Princeton University journal says there's a safer way, and in a Code Orange world, it's worth the extra cost. But Progress Energy says the pools can withstand anything terrorists throw at them.

• by Bob Geary

'We'd survive it anyway'

Nuclear plant operators face new regulations, but are vague when it comes to specifics

• by Bob Geary

Upfront

Upside down

• by Richard Hart

Derek Jennings

Test stress

• by Derek Jennings

What we're fighting for

The real winners on American Idol

• by Lauren Hooker

A middle way to Mideast peace

• by Barbara Solow

The Independent Weekly 20th Anniversary

Looking back:

Porch Quote

Back Talk

Letters to the Editor

In dance

• by Lauren Hooker

Tasca Brava

When Marta Brewer, chef and co-owner of Tasca Brava, makes a paella, she doesn't skimp.

• by Erika Gamel

In-tergalactic

• by Lauren Hooker

Movie Spotlight

Finding Nemo

• by Godfrey Cheshire

"The FBI has been reading my diary"

A student is mistakenly targeted as an investigation blurs the line between local and federal law enforcement

• by Jon Elliston

In festivals

• by Deb Broderson

It's not over yet

Even if the FCC votes to relax media ownership rules, congressional efforts--led by North Carolina lawmakers--could turn the tide against media consolidation

• by Fiona Morgan

In folk music

• by Grant Britt

A&E Spotlight

The Karamazov Brothers

• by Jabari Sellars

In rock

• by Finn Cohen

Spectator

Weekly highlights for arts and entertainment in the Triangle