-
-
-
Music Feature
To call Ira Wiggins a big man isn't off the mark.
-
-
-
Arts Feature
Frederick Wiseman is one of America's greatest documentary makers. That he seems less well-known than such peers as Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens), Errol Morris (The Fog of War) and Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, U.S.A.) is principally due to his never having had a huge theatrical success.
-
-
-
Visual Art
Traditionally, photography has been seen as a sort of poor man's art—a medium that is somehow inferior to the paint and canvas of old masters.
-
-
-
Theater
Three experiments yield mixed results
-
-
-
Reading
"None of this story makes sense when you tell it straight," disclaims the narrator of "Refiner's Fire," one of the stories in The Imaginary Lives of Mechanical Men.
-
-
Now Serving
Restaurant and food happenings this week
-
-
-
Film Review
Two new films coming to the Triangle this week address the isolated and insular nature of American society.
-
-
-
calendar
Our film calendar with times, special showings and brief reviews!
-
-
-
Film Review
Paparazzi are heading to the Piedmont soon to catch a glimpse of George Clooney throwing a football.
-
-
-
Film Review
When state officials and industry leaders consider the future of film in North Carolina, they're looking beyond Hollywood.
-
-
-
Film Review
Housed in a colorful, funky metal building near downtown Wilmington, Cucalorus Film Festival is über-independent.
-
-
-
Film Review
It's been a long road for Duncan Brantley, who sold the script for Leatherheads to Universal Pictures in 1991.
-
-
-
North Carolina
"There's gotta be a better way to do this," sighed a bored state Rep. Doug Yongue, glancing at his watch.
-
-
-
Wake County
To Marciaa Walker, her new place in downtown Raleigh is a blessing.
-
-
-
Q&A
Kirk Ross is no stranger to these pages, or to rock 'n' roll fans around the Triangle.
-
Thank you for a fantastic article about the problems veterans face obtaining disability compensation payments for their military-related medical problems from the Department of Veterans Affairs ("Insult to injury," by Lisa Sorg, March 14).
-
-
Editorial
Jim Lindsley had a large message to get across: "Impeachment Restores World Respect For USA And Inspires World Help For Iraq Which Allows Troops Home."
-
-
Front Porch
To confront each and every slip of the tongue, sideways glance or snub is to risk my sanity, not to mention my unsullied reputation as a fine, upstanding Negro. So I just let some shit slide.
-
-
-
Living Green
Consider the environmental impact your craft will have on the water and the critters living in it.
-
-
-
Sudoku Solution
-
-
-
Wine Beat
Wines that fascinate an everyday wine critic such as me, but often languish on store shelves unless a terrific wine merchant (or a terrific review) convinces you to take the plunge.
-
-
-
Citizen
So now, we begin again.
-
-
-
8 Days a Week
Lynn York; Peter Rowan & Tony Rice Quartet
-
-
-
OPINION: Peter Eichenberger
Prepare a cold drink, find a comfortable place to sit down and brace yourself for a shock.
-
-
-
Heroes & Zeros
The latest Bush Administration flap over the politically motivated dismissals of several federal prosecutors did not originate from a lengthy investigation by reporters at mainstream newspapers, but from the efforts of three liberal bloggers.
-
-
-
MUSIC: Get Out
Casey Driessen & the Colorfools and The Infamous Stringdusters at Hideaway BBQ; Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonites! at Lincoln Theatre; more
-
-
-
Zork Asks
That's an interesting spot up in the northeastern corner of your state. Lots of water, not many people, but some huge flocks of birds are there—did we hear correctly that they're chickens?
-
-
-
Spotlight
Jonathan Lethem published a story in The New Yorker and also announced that he's giving away the film rights to his latest novel—and that was just last week.
-
-
-
Spotlight
Some nights—namely, Friday and Saturday—you just need to let loose.
-
-
-
Spotlight
In her essay "On Keeping a Notebook," Joan Didion describes diarists as "children afflicted apparently at birth with some presentiment of loss."
-
-
-
Spotlight
It's a bit unfair to call Mirrored the debut from Battles.
-
-
-
8 Days a Week
The Road to Guantánamo; Nola
-
-
-
Spotlight
I would tell you what New England improvisers Sunburned Hand of the Man will do when they play Chapel Hill Thursday, but I can't.
-
-
-
8 Days a Week
The Adventures of Supersparkle; Robyn Hitchcock; Tiger Woods Conference
-
-
-
8 Days a Week
Peepfest 2007; Dark Meat
-
-
-
8 Days a Week
Wynton Marsalis; Charanga Carolina & Gamelan Nyai Sarawati
-
-
-
8 Days a Week
Frederick Wiseman Retrospective; Fernando Henrique Cardoso; Alfred Brendel
-
-
-
8 Days a Week
Slaid Cleaves
-
-
-
8 Days a Week
Valient Thorr; Are You Ready My Sister?; Street Level
