• Issue Archive for
  • Aug 2-8, 2006
  • Vol. 23, No. 31

Film

  • Death trip
  • Death trip

    I've come full circle with Woody Allen, who I first discovered in high school as the beloved, literate jester of my parents' generation.

Food

News

  • Harris guards unionize

    Last year, armed guards at the Shearon Harris nuclear power plant blew the whistle on security problems that hindered their ability to protect the facility.

Columns

  • Support the new director

    On behalf of the N.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Aurelia Sands Belle as the new executive director of the Durham Crisis Response Center.
  • Street life

    There were two pieces of good news from downtown Raleigh this week, one all over TV and the front pages and another--perhaps more important--further back on the business page.
  • Raise the roof

    Having designed and built hundreds of one-of-a-kind treehouses over the last 20 years, I enjoyed your cover story "Out on a limb."
  • Natural chaos

    Bulbous, white mushrooms dot the winding paths to the garden and the orchard, as magical markers to a bountiful, colorful and unexpected harvest.
  • Ethics

  • Don't forget

    We're a mean swing with a sledgehammer. With Monica Seles-like grunts and a few cheers from our team, we can crumble a tiled bath into a pile of dusty shards without stopping to catch our breath.
  • Victims will suffer

    I'd like to commend the Indy for printing the article about the failing domestic and sexual violence services.
  • Legislature flees after finding some ethics

    Ah, relief. Adjournment sine die arrived in near-record time and came while controversy was still swirling over the outcome of ethics reform.
  • Mission gone awry

    Amy Brannock's recent statements to the Indy reveal her complete ignorance of what it takes to govern or lead an organization.

Multimedia

  • "Me Against Me"
  • "Me Against Me"

    Listen to Derrick Steele read his poem "Me Against Me," and view a slideshow of Derek Anderson's photos.

Music

  • Local Reviews
  • Local Reviews

    Velvet; Riley Baugus; Charles Latham; Tamasha
  • Mountain Goats mania

    Two Madison, Wis., software developers love The Mountain Goats, and--at last weekend's Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago's Union Park--they were ready to shell out to show it.
  • The Peruvian rock
  • The Peruvian rock

    Alternative rocker Santino Delatore is a half-breed: "Half of me is rock 'n' roll, half of me is Latino," says the Peruvian born singer-songwriter.

Arts

  • Dream reader
  • Dream reader

    Artspace's Gallery One has undergone its radical summer transformation once again.
  • Dark flight of the soul
  • Dark flight of the soul

    Though newly tenured ECU professor Scott Eagle has been represented by Tyndall Galleries for several years, this summer's exhibit is his first solo show at the Chapel Hill space.
  • What we know now, part 2
  • What we know now, part 2

    The subject was passion: Audience members refreshed by its appearance during Noche Flamenca's concert could have easily wondered where it had been hiding during much of the 2006 American Dance Festival.
  • Teachable moments
  • Teachable moments

    How obvious is Donald Margulies' literary play Collected Stories?
  • The life you save
  • The life you save

    If you were to close your eyes and not see Catherine McCall's athletic haircut, or the tanned, toned arms of a competitive swimmer, you might think you were listening to a Southern belle.

Diversions

Ye Olde Archives

  • For the week of August 2 through 8
  • For the week of August 2 through 8

    Salif Keita outdoor concert; 2nd Annual Festival Ritmo Latino; New media artwork exhibition and talk; Three visual art shows worth checking out; The Clientele
  • 'Like a rebirth'
  • 'Like a rebirth'

    I see from Art Howard's wonderful pictures that Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker was smiling as he led the motorcade Saturday night onto Fayetteville Street.
  • Mary J. Blige & Jaheim
  • Mary J. Blige & Jaheim

    In the late '80s, the line between hip hop and R&B seemed well-defined.
  • Thursday, August 3

    Curator's Convention at Duke's Nasher Museum; Mark Weems & the Cave Dwellers in Hillsborough
  • White Whale
  • White Whale

    Of all the common terms in the music critic's lexicon, supergroup is the most dubious.
  • Tim Lee
  • Tim Lee

    "I know that the current trend among singer-songwriters is to play as quietly as possible, but I'm just not interested in that..."
  • Friday, August 4
  • Friday, August 4

    Salif Keita and Youssou N'Dour at the N.C. Museum of Art; Kids' cookbook author Julia A. Monroe at the Cary Barnes & Noble
  • Saturday, August 5
  • Saturday, August 5

    Arrogance, Adult Film Makers and Parthenon Huxley at Cat's Cradle; Julius Caesar at Forest Theater; Durham Craft Market
  • Sunday, August 6

    Fiona Apple at Booth Amphitheatre; Local 506 Music Trivia Night; Pittsboro First Sunday
  • Monday, August 7
  • Monday, August 7

    Incunabula: The World of the 15th Century at UNC's Wilson Library

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