• Issue Archive for
  • Mar 26 - Apr 2, 2008
  • Vol. 25, No. 13

Elections

Food

  • Pittsboro's General Store Cafe expands
  • Pittsboro's General Store Cafe expands

    Special events April 3-6 will showcase the new General Store Cafe space, which is home to the new Black Bird Bar, a performance stage, a dance floor and a private meeting room.

Film

  • <i>Married Life</i> is familiar but rewarding; <i>21</i> goes bust
  • Married Life is familiar but rewarding; 21 goes bust

    This is life, married and otherwise, and Sachs' satisfying, subtle film knows when to let the cinematic flourishes go and let the actors take over. 21 glosses over the machinations of the students' scheme while ultimately relying on a series of false, increasingly preposterous endings.

News

  • Shalala: Veterans benefits system is broken

    Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars won't get proper health care until the U.S. government updates and simplifies the bureaucracy strangling benefits and outpatient care.
  • A fallen soldier's brother heads home to Carrboro
  • A fallen soldier's brother heads home to Carrboro

    While the ordeal has been trying for both mother and son, Rosalia Martinez has maintained her confidence in the decision her son made to follow in his brother's footsteps.
  • "Five years of deception"

    Wally Myers gave this speech at the state capitol earlier this month. He is a Vietnam veteran and a member of Veterans for Peace.

Columns

  • Regional cooperation a must

    Ironically, as the cities of the Triangle grew, the less they relied on each other for their growth and prosperity.
  • War of error
  • War of error

    One current phrase that causes my blood pressure to zoom is "war on terror." The original meaning of "terror" is fear, panic—a feeling. How can we wage war on a feeling?
  • Mortgage myths

    In its Web sites and various brochures, our government also encourages the idea that owning a home is the "American dream" and every single person should do it. This seems innocuous.
  • Don't forget Mike Gravel

    Gravel delivers a courageous, hopeful and viable set of policy alternatives—real solutions to real problems, not just empty rhetoric around "change."

Multimedia

  • Students for a Democratic Society
  • Students for a Democratic Society

    In late February, SDS organized a mock recruiting station in the Pit, at which an Iraqi war veteran spoke about his combat experiences and protesters burned fake draft cards.
  • Five years after shock and awe
  • Five years after shock and awe

    As we mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the sad milestone of 4,000 American soldiers killed, the effects of the war are obvious and nuanced, quiet and loud.
  • Art to Wear
  • Art to Wear

    This year's event will be the eighth collaboration between N.C. State's College of Textiles and College of Design students. Fifteen designers will take over the runway in front of an anticipated audience of 1,500.

Music

  • <i>Paper Trail: The Poster Art of Casey Burns & Ron Liberti</i>
  • Paper Trail: The Poster Art of Casey Burns & Ron Liberti

    Steve Weiss invited Lud into his library, alongside Billy Sugarfix and Regina Hexaphone, to celebrate the work of Casey Burns and Ron Liberti, two Chapel Hill musicians and poster artists entering their rock art into the permanent archives of the Folklife Collection.
  • The guide to the week's concerts
  • The guide to the week's concerts

    Skyzoo, Kooley High, M1 Platoon, Dark Side of the Dead, The Waybacks, The Hanks, The Gourds, Handsome Furs, Pagan Hellcats, more
  • UNC's Festival on the Hill
  • UNC's Festival on the Hill

    The series will put scholars, DJs, composers, musicians and dancers together for discussions on everything from Afro-Caribbean jazz to local Spanish-language radio.
  • Oso Optimo
  • Oso Optimo

    Sure, this seven-track collection isn't exactly cohesive, but Oso Optimo understands the weight of its influences, treating them with competence and flair.

Arts

  • Unripe <i>Wine in the Wilderness</i>
  • Unripe Wine in the Wilderness

    Sooner or later in Bill's apartment almost everyone sees someone they think is "holding the race back."
  • Joshua Lozoff: Beyond Belief

    Lozoff presents a well-rounded show, enriched by video ornaments, personal anecdotes and comedy.

Diversions

Free Stuff & Promos

  • Coconut Macaroons
  • Coconut Macaroons

    Coconut Macaroons are a simple, delicious Passover dessert!

Ads & Classifieds

Ye Olde Archives

  • Wednesday 3.26
  • Wednesday 3.26

    The Wedding Singer, Progress Energy Center; more
  • Thursday 3.27
  • Thursday 3.27

    American novelist E.L. Doctorow, UNC Campus; more
  • Friday 3.28
  • Friday 3.28

    Ron Brown's One Shot, Page Auditorium, Durham; more
  • Saturday 3.29
  • Saturday 3.29

    Bikes for the World, Headquarters Park, Durham; more
  • Sunday 3.30
  • Sunday 3.30

    Triangle Jewish Film Festival, Galaxy Cinema, Cary
  • Monday 3.31
  • Monday 3.31

    Then and Now: Eight South African Photographers; more
  • Tuesday 4.01
  • Tuesday 4.01

    Fuck Buttons, Caribou, Cat's Cradle, Carrboro; more
  • Wednesday 4.02
  • Wednesday 4.02

    Biographical Conversations with James B. Hunt, Trianglewide

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