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Election Results
Cary voters cast a resounding vote against unchecked development, ousting the incumbent mayor and electing slow-growth advocates to all three council seats up for grabs.
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Election Results
Raleigh voters tossed out a pair of incumbents in the Oct. 9 elections and pushed the city council's center of political gravity strongly to the progressive side on development issues.
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Music Briefs
The final installment of the Saxapahaw Rivermill series is the Oktoberfest extravaganza Saturday, Oct. 20, 4-8 p.m.
- by Kathy Justice and Grayson Currin
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Music Feature
Clues of Rayborn's double life as lawyer and independent record label president abound in his office.
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Our guide to this week's shows
Mary Gauthier, Le Loup/ Georgie James, Kerbloki, Boris with Michio Kurihara, The Hold Steady/ Art Brut, more
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Song of the Week
For the trio of commune-dwelling Olympians in Wolves in the Throne Room, black metal is only a vehicle for a message: The earth is totally getting raped.
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Record Review
When the 13 tracks of Fixed, the second full-length from Chapel Hill's Twilighter, tick to a close, the only thing that really matters is the pungent, bitter aftertaste of the last two takes.
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Live Review
They all arrived in a cavalcade of three separate stretch limos, steppin' out onto a red carpet Hollywood-style, waiting to be photographed and interviewed.
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Music Feature
American audiences loved Les Nubians' music despite not being able to comprehend the lyrics. Something else was clicking.
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Record Review
Until last year, David Spencer was one of two principal songwriters in SpencerAcuff, a Chapel Hill quintet that traded in pop-rock helmed by a sense of Southern-bred honesty.
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Music Feature
These songs have been rehearsed until every clipped note and every abruptly awkward power chord chop comes out raw. The blemishes are planned, but none of it seems contrived.
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Reading
It is 1917, just before America's entry into World War I, and "we" are the tubercular patients of Tamarack State Sanatorium in the Adirondack Mountains.
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Theater
Mercy is not conditional. It's not about what someone does, seems to do, or promises to do after their fall. Instead, it focuses entirely on us.
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Arts Feature
This weekend, Raleigh's upstart opera company—not the bigger one, we're talking about the up-and-coming one—will go for the glory at Fletcher Opera Hall armed with a little money and loads of talent and pluck.
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Now Serving
Elaine's on Franklin, Locopops and Maple View Farm Dairy Store; plus, City Beverage and Hammocks Coffee
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Film Beat
Part political travelogue, part personal diary, Dear Jesse is structured as Kirkman's self-styled "letter" to the renowned anti-gay Helms, with whom he shares a home town.
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Film Review
As much as I love Into the Wild, I've met people who absolutely hate it, and I understand why. It all comes down to Chris.
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calendar
Film times are good from Thursday, Oct. 18 through Friday, Nov. 2.
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North Carolina
The N.C. Attorney General's office will seek a preliminary injunction against no-kill shelter All Creatures Great and Small, while the state seeks custody of the more than 700 animals housed there.
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Q&A
Federal and state transportation officials, railroad company executives, and a few members of Congress will meet in Raleigh Oct. 22 to discuss how to extend existing high-speed passenger service between Boston and Washington to major cities in the Southeast.
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Hal Crowther
Staring "At -30-" square in the face
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Editorial
Next week, the Wake County School Board will decide whether to cleanse the personnel record of former Enloe High School teacher Robert Escamilla.
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Letters to the Editor
"We have heard nothing from the people at Duke Energy who can make decisions." —Cavett French
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Front Porch
Straight folks were invited to "come out" at the state Capitol in favor of equal rights for our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender neighbors.
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Living Green
Under a planned military expansion, thousands of additional troops could be stationed at Fort Bragg by 2013, significantly harming the environment.
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Sudoku Solution
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Interactive Crossword
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Kroger Promotion: Recipe Ads
Warm up on a cool Fall night!
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Giveaways
Win tickets to the Carolina Ballet's Carmina Burana performance. Choose your evening, Thurs Oct 25th - Sun Oct 29th.
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Edwards Watch
So far, Edwards is trailing badly in New Hampshire.
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Wine Beat
Just say "no" to more Champagne.
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Spotlight
OK, it is probably a cheap shot to say that Gone Baby Gone is so good you cannot believe it was directed by Ben Affleck.
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8 Days a Week
Owen, Kevin Devine and Andy Hull at Duke Coffeehouse
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Spotlight
On Oct. 20, people in 18 countries will sit down and make their own comics.
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Spotlight
"I think this album, more than any other, is going to be an expression of the kind of artists we are. We're not just a salsa band."
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8 Days a Week
Two art openings at Duke's John Hope Franklin Center; Colossus and Sick Electric at The Reservoir
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Spotlight
Raposa keeps a reverent distance from jazz. But with country music, he gets downright sentimental.
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8 Days a Week
The Shins and Vetiver at Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium; The Pajama Game at Duke; Highland Hills Benefit at Cat's Cradle
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Spotlight
Tim Lee and Stratocruiser's Mike Nicholson are guys to whom you want to turn over an interview.
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8 Days a Week
Film School at Local 506; Herstory of Love at Hayti Heritage Center; The Nighthawks at Hideaway BBQ
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Spotlight
In 2004, River City Rebels suddenly transformed into something beyond run-of-the-mill punk revivalists.
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8 Days a Week
Regis Philbin and Susan Lucci at Progress Energy Center; "Walls or Bridges: Israel-Palestine" at Marbles Kids Museum; A Lesson from Aloes at Deep Dish Theater
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8 Days a Week
Brian Kenney Fresno at The Cave
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8 Days a Week
Cirque Éloize at UNC's Memorial Hall; Randall Kenan at McIntyre's Fine Books
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8 Days a Week
Tony Furtado at Hideaway BBQ; Modern Life is War at The Brewery
