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Record Review
Sometime very soon, someone will look past the frenetic acoustic guitar, the singing saw, the trombone, trumpet and skittering drums of The Future Kings of Nowhere's self-titled debut and call the core of what Shayne O'Neill and his revolving band do emo. Oh shit, right?
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Music Feature
"They don't make it easy to die in this country." John Howie Jr. hasn't written that sentence into a country song yet, and that's sort of surprising.
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Music Briefs
The next few days are going to be big ones for the Music Maker Relief Foundation and their youngest act, the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
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Record Review
On "Burn, Burn, Burn," Latham bemoans the boring life of boring folks having boring kids who grow up to do boring things.
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Casual Observer
Stott is an academic—she teaches creative writing and her first book was about Darwin's study of barnacles—but during our tête-à-tête, she revealed herself to be something of a mystic as well.
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Dance
With no knowledge of modern dance, Olga Pona and her husband Vladimir began a company devoted to what they termed "visual theater."
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Theater
It takes a very long time for art to process history, and when an artwork comes along that makes a righteous step down that path toward understanding, it is very exciting.
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On the Boards
True to form, nothing disappoints with the costumes, the set, the puppets that we see, or the music that we hear.
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Arts Feature
In the world of pornography, the democratization of the Internet has allowed women—such as Audacia Ray—to take control of their own representation.
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Now Serving
Parker and Otis opens
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Local Tastes
April McGreger's "kilt" lettuce salad offers a taste of North Carolina's past and future.
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Film Review
Though movie stars generally dominate the celluloid vehicles in which they appear, it's relatively rare that an actor transforms a run-of-the-mill movie into something well-nigh unforgettable.
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Film Review
The docudrama can be just as emotionally involving as its so-called theatrical counterpart.
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calendar
Movie times are good from Friday, June 22 through Thursday, June 28 except where noted.
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North Carolina
The Senate's proposed budget contains no state money this year for the SEO's grant work. Many of those grants go to three university energy programs—N.C. Solar Center in Raleigh, Appalachian State and N.C. A&T.
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Durham County
The Lakewood YMCA in Durham got a four-month reprieve last week when the Triangle Y's Durham Board of Advisors voted to keep it open for the foreseeable future and explore all viable options for the building.
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Orange County
For the last 18 years, Thomas Stroud collected trash for the Town of Chapel Hill, much like his uncle and his cousin, who earned a living working for the town's public works department.
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The Count
3,529 U.S. troops killed
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News Feature
My quest to find raw milk required everything short of a secret handshake.
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North Carolina
Everyone needs to take a breath and consider a reality check on the state's Medicaid program. First of all, it is a success story, not a burden or a budget buster to complain about.
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Living Green
In 2005, Durham produced 28 tons per person of greenhouse gases, nearly 15 percent above the national average.
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Rock on with your bad selves, intrepid Indy reporters! —Jen Wichman
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Front Porch
It's not always easy finding interesting menu choices for a raw food diet, one consisting of fresh fruits and vegetables, raw nuts, seeds, grains and sprouts.
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Editorial
The phrase "award-winning journalism" has become a meaningless cliché.
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Sudoku Solution
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Giveaways
A pair of tickets to the June 20 show at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre plus a limited edition Rush album cover lithograph!
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Kroger Promotion: Recipe Ads
Fresh & Easy!
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Giveaways
A pair of four-day passes to this year's event—June 14 to 17—headlined by The Police
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Giveaways
A pair of tickets to any 2007 performance
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Giveaways
A pair of tickets each week for eight weeks to this World Premier exhibit
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Giveaways
A pair of tickets to available Home Games!
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Spotlight
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom opens amid the throngs in London's Waterloo Station, where we see Rikki (Abhishek Bachchan) juggling shady deals by cell phone when he meets posh Alvira (Preity Zinta).
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8 Days a Week
Scotty Irving's birthday party at Nightlight
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MUSIC: Get Out
Lisa Furukawa at Broad Street Cafe; Tres Chicas and Squirrel Nut Zippers at American Tobacco Campus; B.B. King at Memorial Auditorium; more
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Spotlight
A hybrid mix of vaudeville, burlesque, clowning and high-wire acrobatics is coming to Raleigh's Lincoln Theatre this Sunday, June 24.
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Citizen
No, we're not going to get Dix for $10 million, and we're probably not going to get it for twice or thrice or even—but let's not negotiate against ourselves, OK?
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Spotlight
Moving South doesn't have to mean your plans go south, too.
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Heroes & Zeros
Many of the randomly selected N.C. pharmacists don't stock emergency contraception and couldn't provide accurate information about its use.
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Zork Asks
We are dying to know up here: Is Congressman Brad Miller going to run for the U.S. Senate against Elizabeth Dole?
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8 Days a Week
A Streetcar Named Desire; Sally Spring & Amy Speace
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Spotlight
Dance trio Galumpha has been stunning audiences for five years with seemingly impossible poses.
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8 Days a Week
Pilobolus at ADF; The Never at Cat's Cradle
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8 Days a Week
Rock & Shop Market; Inti-Raymi Festival of the Sun; Durham Rising
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8 Days a Week
Robert Cray & Koko Taylor at Booth Amphitheatre
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8 Days a Week
Felice Picano at Quail Ridge Books; Eiko & Koma at ADF
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8 Days a Week
Little Brother at Cat's Cradle
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8 Days a Week
Catch the Wind at Museum of Life & Science
