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Film Review
I've come full circle with Woody Allen, who I first discovered in high school as the beloved, literate jester of my parents' generation.
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Now Serving
Restaurant and food happenings this week.
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National
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.
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News Feature
Early one spring morning in his mother's three-bedroom house, 36-year-old Derrick Steele wakes up and prepares to go to class for the first time in almost 20 years.
Plus: "Me Against Me" photo slideshow
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Letters to the Editor
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.
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Editorial
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.
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Letters to the Editor
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."
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Front Porch
Bulbous, white mushrooms dot the winding paths to the garden and the orchard, as magical markers to a bountiful, colorful and unexpected harvest.
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Front Porch
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.
- by Erin Riney and Sarah Wright
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Letters to the Editor
I'd like to commend the Indy for printing the article about the failing domestic and sexual violence services.
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Exile on Jones Street
Ah, relief. Adjournment sine die arrived in near-record time and came while controversy was still swirling over the outcome of ethics reform.
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Letters to the Editor
Amy Brannock's recent statements to the Indy reveal her complete ignorance of what it takes to govern or lead an organization.
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Slide Shows
Listen to Derrick Steele read his poem "Me Against Me," and view a slideshow of Derek Anderson's photos.
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Record Review
Velvet; Riley Baugus; Charles Latham; Tamasha
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Music Briefs
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.
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Music Feature
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.
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Arts Feature
Artspace's Gallery One has undergone its radical summer transformation once again.
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Visual Art
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.
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Dance
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.
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Theater
How obvious is Donald Margulies' literary play Collected Stories?
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Reading
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.
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Sudoku Solution
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A weekly adventure by Kevin Dixon
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MUSIC: Get Out
The Lesser Birds of Paradise at the Cave; The Proclivities at the Pour House and more...
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Best Bets
Salif Keita outdoor concert; 2nd Annual Festival Ritmo Latino; New media artwork exhibition and talk; Three visual art shows worth checking out; The Clientele
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8 Days a Week
The Marked Men at Chaz's Bull City Records
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Citizen
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.
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Spotlight
In the late '80s, the line between hip hop and R&B seemed well-defined.
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8 Days a Week
Curator's Convention at Duke's Nasher Museum; Mark Weems & the Cave Dwellers in Hillsborough
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Spotlight
Of all the common terms in the music critic's lexicon, supergroup is the most dubious.
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Spotlight
"I know that the current trend among singer-songwriters is to play as quietly as possible, but I'm just not interested in that..."
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8 Days a Week
Salif Keita and Youssou N'Dour at the N.C. Museum of Art; Kids' cookbook author Julia A. Monroe at the Cary Barnes & Noble
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8 Days a Week
Arrogance, Adult Film Makers and Parthenon Huxley at Cat's Cradle; Julius Caesar at Forest Theater; Durham Craft Market
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8 Days a Week
Fiona Apple at Booth Amphitheatre; Local 506 Music Trivia Night; Pittsboro First Sunday
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8 Days a Week
Incunabula: The World of the 15th Century at UNC's Wilson Library
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8 Days a Week
Belfast's Oppenheimer at Local 506
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8 Days a Week
Ozzfest at Alltel Pavilion