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Q&A
"The way the media is portraying Latinos and the way a lot of politicians are attacking Latinos is giving the general public this view of Latinos that is kind of ugly."
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North Carolina
As the vote clock wound down in the General Assembly Thursday afternoon, so did the timer on state Rep. Thomas Wright’s legislative career.
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Wake County
Davis and High House, a nonpartisan citizens' group in Cary, announced that on the behalf of New Hill it will ask the Town of Cary to reconsider where it will build the wastewater management plant for western Wake County.
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Letters to the Editor
I am happy to support small farmers who are doing things right for the animals and the planet.
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Peripheral Visions
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Gallery
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Front Porch
I can probably remember where most of my CDs came from—and the stories behind where and when I bought them. You don't get that with an MP3.
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Religious Left
"There seems to me to be a real incongruency between what they were preaching and what they were practicing," Rev. Nancy Petty said. "No one was asking them to endorse gays and lesbians. All that we were asking was to have a place at the table."
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Editorial
We have to acknowledge the existence of violence; we can't always shield ourselves from it. But this week, as we remember Carson and Mahato, we should also remember it can be the exception, not the rule.
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Letters to the Editor
Hopefully, with more attention and support from the community and journalists to such issues, small, local dairy operations can continue into the future.
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Letters to the Editor
The Town of Cary's actions toward New Hill are consistent with its actions toward the Evans Road neighborhood.
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Letters to the Editor
The real reason, I believe, that Schoolkids is failing is the painfully condescending and superior attitude of the employees.
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Letters to the Editor
Farms are still the backbone of North Carolina's rural economy, and entrepreneurial leaders like the Robinettes keep our communities thriving.
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Letters to the Editor
Morally and practically, it is up to the people of a country to decide how they will live, whether it is Cuba, Kosovo, Pakistan, Korea or the United States—and they will resist external pressure to act contrary to their wishes.
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Letters to the Editor
We will be living in a post-9/11 world from now on, no matter what we do, so using this to justify constitutional erosion is about as effective as saying "the sky is blue."
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The Election Page
Hell hath no fury like a parent reassigned.
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The Election Page
The candidates for the Democratic nomination in state Senate District 16 have squared off in debates so relentlessly civil that one even apologized for their lack of "distinctions on the issues."
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Music Feature
Before she was Betty Davis, she was Betty Mabry—born in Durham on July 26, 1945, and raised on a Reidsville farm with her grandmother until age 9.
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Our guide to this week's shows
Hege V, Hotel Café Tour, Tift Merritt, Greg Brown, more
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Song of the Week
Ali on suburbs, inner cities & the difficulties of American dreaming
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Music Feature
How getting dropped by a major label gave singer/songwriter Tift Merritt a second chance
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Music Feature
Other than the schedule for three Sunday services displayed at the entranceway, though, there's little overt evidence tipping showgoers to the building's other use. And while the bar is currently stocked with sodas and Nutri-Grain bars, V21 Productions has applied for a license to sell beer.
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Music Feature
Lubelski's own music relies on subtle, carefully arranged melodies. At their center is her whispery voice, which gives even her most upbeat songs an ethereal tone.
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Reading
By the end of the book I couldn't help feeling as though certain important questions had gone unanswered, and even unasked.
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Theater
We've demonstrated we'll endure horrible weather and more to see a show—if, that is, the work on stage is worth it. If the acting, direction and the script convinces us. This week, at Raleigh Little Theatre, it does. At Find the Light, it doesn't.
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Film Beat
Over the course of two years, O'Connell filmed the beleaguered citizens of West Virginia's Coal River valley, who comprise the core of his documentary.
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Film Review
This is one of those abundance-of-riches weeks for Triangle filmgoers, since it will see the arrival of two of the year's most important films. I wish I could devote a full column to each of these films. I urge you to see both.
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calendar
Film times are good from Thursday, March 20, through Friday, March 28
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Now Serving
Spring is officially upon us, and that means lots of fun food-related events are springing up.
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Locavore Cooking
This week, the Indy introduces a new column on locavore cooking.
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Poetry Contest
In reading these poems, one may notice the persistent theme of music.
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Sudoku Solution
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Promotional Events
2008 marks our Silver Jubilee! RSVP now to attend the biggest bash of the Spring on April 12!
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Giveaways
WIN TIX to the Carolina Rollergirls' next bout!!
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Giveaways
We are giving away a pair of festival passes good for all four days of the festival
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Giveaways
We're giving away pairs of tickets to Girls Night: The Musical presented by Broadway Series South
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8 Days a Week
The Thirty-Six Unknown at National Humanities Center
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8 Days a Week
Wine in the Wilderness at Common Ground Theatre; more
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8 Days a Week
The Teenage Prayers, Deer Tick, Hymns at Slim's; more
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8 Days a Week
The Connells at The Pour House; more
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8 Days a Week
Taxi to the Dark Side at your local art house
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8 Days a Week
A Rooster for the Masses at Local 506
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8 Days a Week
Change Comes Knocking at Union Auditorium, UNC Campus; more
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8 Days a Week
Tooth, Black Skies, Colossus at Cat's Cradle; more
