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Music Feature
When Brian Walsby decided to join Double Negative early this year, the furious punk four-piece effectively became his 14th band in 22 years. Walsby released his first book of drawings and comics, Manchild: A Celebration of Twenty Years of Doodles, in 2004.
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Music Feature
Glasgow's Camera Obscura makes a safe landing
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Visual Art
One is a basketball star, the son of an NFL champion, brought up to appreciate the art and culture of his African-American heritage. The other is a white woman from the South devoted to advocating for social justice.
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Dance
The first lesson in nonattachment came early during the world premiere of Shen Wei's Re--, Monday night at the American Dance Festival.
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Visual Art
On Thursday, July 6, Triangle museum-goers will catch the first glimpse of a much-anticipated event in the international art world.
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Now Serving
Restaurant and food happenings this week
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Film Review
The beauty of Wordplay is its ready-made simplicity as a competition documentary.
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North Carolina
The media hype over the Fourth of July weekend extravaganza in Beaufort was exceeded only by the frustration of thousands who went--and found they were the victims of corporate piracy.
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National
It doesn't have to be expensive. Whether you give your home an energy audit or get politically involved, eat more local food or spend four bucks a month to support production of green power, there's lots you can do to help wean America from our expensive addiction to fossil fuels. But we've got to start now--time is running out.
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Front Porch
Raleigh psychiatrist and philanthropist Assad Meymandi...
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Exile on Jones Street
Any development officer worth their salt will tell you that it's a lot easier to get somebody to donate money for a building than an idea.
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Front Porch
Here I am in Mesa, Ariz.
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First Person
I spent the morning making pea soup and thinking of Robert F. Gleckner.
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Letters to the Editor
I bet you'll catch lots of flak over Hal Crowther's article "Sympathy for the Devils?", but I think you were right on target in all respects.
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Editorial
Opponents of the far-right have always felt a mix of outrage and marvel at the way neoconservatives defined issues with clever (if misleading) catch phrases.
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Letters to the Editor
I mostly loved Hal Crowther's article "Sympathy for the Devils?" Working with the athletic teams at Duke has given me a bit of an inside look at these kids.
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Letters to the Editor
Leave it to the Independent to piss on the parade.
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Letters to the Editor
I was shocked and appalled to read your cover story "Sympathy for the Devils?" by Hal Crowther.
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Letters to the Editor
I wanted to commend Mr. Crowther for his article on the Duke lacrosse situation ("Sympathy for the Devils?").
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Letters to the Editor
I write in praise and gratitude for Hal Crowther's recent article "Sympathy for the Devils?"
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Letters to the Editor
I lived in the Independent coverage area for nine years. A friend sent the Hal Crowther article "Sympathy for the Devils?"
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Sudoku Solution
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A weekly adventure by Kevin Dixon
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By this point, the origin of the name Nikki Meets the Hibachi is well-documented. In short: a barking dog, an outdoor cooking appliance, a threat.
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MUSIC: Classical Voice of North Carolina
Greensboro's Eastern Music Festival grows in scope and import
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Best Bets
Staged reading of Howard Zinn's primary sources; Weekend celebrations at Kings; The Black Crowes, The Drive-By Truckers and Robert Randolph & The Family Band at Alltel; Natural Horror Picture Show at the Museum of Natural Sciences; Eve Sussman's new video at the Nasher
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8 Days a Week
Watersports at Nightlight; Shen Wei at ADF
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MUSIC: Get Out
Brooks Wood Band, Joe Romeo & The Orange County Volunteers, Raleigh Downtown Live, Kyler England, Glissade, Ozomatli and more
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Spotlight
School of the Flower, the 2005 full-length from San Francisco's Six Organs of Admittance, was, as somewhat obscure indie rock goes, a popular breakthrough.
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Citizen
"We will stay. We will fight. We will prevail." It could have been George III addressing his troops in 1776. But it was George W. Bush, addressing his troops at Fort Bragg Tuesday, the Fourth of July, 2006.
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8 Days a Week
Jamie Cullum at Carolina Theatre; Margaret Sartor's Miss American Pie at The Regulator
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8 Days a Week
The everybodyfields at Shakori Hills
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8 Days a Week
Crash at N.C. Museum of Art; Granola Funk Express at The Pour House; Wine and Whine animal rescue benefit at AniMall
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8 Days a Week
Thor at Local 506; Susan Cowsill at The Pour House
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8 Days a Week
The Lost City at Carolina Theatre; Jacques Menache at Weaver Street Market; Weekly death penalty protests
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8 Days a Week
Mass Movement of the Moth at Bull City Records; Keigwin + Company at ADF; Wordplay at the Rialto
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8 Days a Week
Vetiver at Kings; Gautam Malkani's Londonstani at The Regulator
