One taste tells you why they're called "golden apples"

• by Maria Mangano

Nude musing

The writing life is examined in a sexy French film and a ludicrous American one

• by David Fellerath

Soldiers of good fortune

Subcontracting the war on terror

• by Barry Yeoman

Good vs. good

• by Barbara Solow

A new class of leaders

• by Mia Tyler

A painful lesson about the Middle East

• by Liz Ragin

The gospel truth

The Independent Weekly 20th Anniversary

Looking back

Porch Quote

Back Talk

Letters to the Editor

Saxophonics

2003 is officially the year of the saxophone

• by Joe Vanderford

Get out

Music worth leaving the house to hear this week

Who buys CDs anymore?

Radio Free Records falls victim to music slump

• by Brian Millikin

How you mend a broken heart

The musical adventures of Martin Stephenson

• by Rick Cornell

Last dance, part one

Our comprehensive wrap-up of ADF 2003

• by Byron Woods

A differing view on the Friedmans

A reader from Great Neck, N.Y., counters Godfrey Cheshire's stance in "Questioning the Friedmans," a movie review that appeared in the July 16 issue of The Independent Weekly

• by Paul Adams

Carrboro: Meet Hunter Levinsohn

A local artist's take on "Old Glory" is the subject of heated conversation

• by Brian Millikin

The Indy Bookshelf

Candy: a novel, by Mian Mian

• by Van Truong

In divas

In new discoveries

• by Brian Millikin

Still making waves

Peter Bennett, Durham-based DAN's ousted CEO, is still fighting to play a role as the board seeks his successor

• by Jennifer Strom

Movie spotlight

The Thief of Bagdad

• by David Fellerath

In the galleries

• by Brian Millikin

In clubs

• by Grayson Currin and Chris Toenes

In warm, artistic fuzzies

• by Danielle Purifoy

The Cuntry Kings

• by Fiona Morgan

RaleighRhythms

Spectator

Weekly highlights for arts and entertainment in the Triangle