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The Election Page
Republican-turned-Libertarian speaks to a total of 250 people at Duke, UNC
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The Election Page
Man in Dole's attack ad studies at Harvard Divinity School and has taught Sunday school and Biblical studies at colleges
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The Election Page
Democratic presidential hopeful gives his "closing argument" to a buoyant crowd downtown.
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The Election Page
Sarah Palin, tigress or hip-hop idol?
Joe Biden, plumber or '70s stylin' senator?
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The Election Page
The Democratic Party, the U.S. Senate, the state of North Carolina, America, the legal profession, everything that ever provided him with an identity is going on without him.
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The Election Page
With early voting, it's already Election Day(s) in North Carolina.
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The Election Page
"When service members take an oath of office, they're offering up their service to their country and to all Americans, not to the policy decisions of the leaders in whose employ they ultimately are."
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The Election Page
"Before any county proceeds with mall voting in the future, they need to include provisions allowing for freedom of expression at the mall," says Rep. Deborah Ross.
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The Election Page
Voter suppression is one of the main concerns about fairness—or the lack thereof—in the 2008 elections.
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Locavore Cooking
We need hearty one-bowl fare to warm us up after trick-or-treating, raking leaves or sitting in traffic on Interstate 40.
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Now Serving
Recession Wine Dinners at Jujube in Chapel Hill; Durham's new Hope Valley Bottle Shop "community-driven, neighborhood" store; Bright Palace is new, all-vegetarian Asian restaurant in Cary
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Film Review
This is an essential documentary, short on frills and heavy on narration, talking heads and (well-designed, crystal-clear) graphics.
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calendar
Film times are good from Thursday, Oct. 30, through Friday, Nov. 7
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Film Review
This is a film that's got scratch marks on its walls from a less familiar beast trying to break out of it.
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Film Review
When full-scale T&A supplants a storyline rather than complementing it, a fictional send-up about making a porno begins to adopt the tedium of watching an actual porno.
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Editorial
I've filled in a lot of ovals in my life—on the SAT, final exams, sundry surveys—but none as important as the one I darkened on Sunday.
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Letters to the Editor
I occasionally admire fringe candidates ... but we should not take a chance with our congressional representation.
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Gallery
N.C. State basketball court at the RBC Center
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Peripheral Visions
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Music Feature
In 2007, New Orleans emcee Lil Wayne put out enough music that Vibe magazine could run a feature highlighting the top 77 tracks he released that year. No typo: 77.
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Our guide to this week's shows
Watain/ Withered, Jay Reatard/ Cola Freaks, FrequeNC: Ultimate Optimist with DJ Misty Touch, Government Warning, Bishop Allen/ Andy Herod's Electric Owls, Murs/ Kidz in the Hall, Amos Lee, Megafaun, Chip Robinson, Jon Shain, Bad Checks/ Leadfoot
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Record Review
Firecracker People sounds like sitting barefoot and still, sipping tea, reflecting on little things gone by.
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Music Feature
Picker, who fronts Lost in the Trees, wants to bring together high school musicians and professional players in his orchestra, and Triangle pop enthusiasts and classical music fans in his audience.
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Song of the Week
Adam Turla on change, authenticity and taking voice lessons
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Music Feature
"The first record was definitely more songs that I had been working on for a long time in different places, and I think the new record is more of a snapshot of a period of time."
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Record Review
You could surround Holeman with a 100-piece marching band, and he'd likely still earn your attention and make that gut-wise direct connection.
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Music Feature
"I've been nowhere else that I wanted to make my home. See, I was raised around here. So as soon as I get through with the show, I'm back here. Paris is a nice place, but that's not a home for me."
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Music Feature
Hotel Lights' Firecracker People and John Dee Holeman's You Got to Lose, You Can't Win All the Time are two wildly different expressions of Piedmont atmosphere. Thing is, the backbone of both records is bassist Jay Brown and drummer Zeke Hutchins, who also back Tift Merritt.
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Record Review
Together, these releases reflect a desperate, final, perhaps fatal sort of hope, an ultimate exasperation that still aims toward the light—or to anything, really.
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Record Review
At a little under 16 minutes, this is just a tease for The Secret Theatre's full-length, which may be long in the making.
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Visual Art
Garcetti's photos capture the building's daring architectural character in skeletal form and the sculptural vision that exemplifies Gehry's recent work.
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On the Boards
Productions by Duke's Hoof 'n' Horns; Ong Keng Sen/ Carolina Performing Arts; Compagnie Heddy Maalem
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Theater
"You go to stage with the company you have."
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Theater
Wasserstein's last play, Third, will not go down in history as one of the early 21st century's greatest.
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Sudoku Solution
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Kroger Promotion: Recipe Ads
Halloween is a great excuse for cupcakes!
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8 Days a Week
Cartunes Xpress
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8 Days a Week
Rock 'N' Roll Camp for Girls; more
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8 Days a Week
Sweeney Todd; more
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8 Days a Week
Billy Bragg; more
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8 Days a Week
Yarn, The Howlies
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8 Days a Week
The Hold Steady, Drive-By Truckers; more
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8 Days a Week
If you haven't done so, get out and vote!
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8 Days a Week
Dolly Parton; more
