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Now Serving
'Tini specials at Bistro 64, Alivia's, Shiki Sushi, Michael Dean's, Amra's, Blue Martini, Carolina Brewery
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Beer Hopping
Ireland's distinctive contribution to the world of beer—and to drinking life in general—is the black magic called Irish dry stout.
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Basketball
We're now just a couple of weeks away from the opening of the NCAA Tournament and while everyone will enjoy this next match, it's also time to look past the primaries and begin to contemplate the general.
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calendar
Film times are good from Thursday, March 5, through Friday, March 13
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Film Review
For it to work as a film, Watchmen needed more Jon Osterman and less Dr. Manhattan.
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Film Review
Making his fourth film, James Gray still directs like a prodigy with promise—efficient, charged, sometimes with an overbearing directorial hand that stifles the energy of the scene.
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North Carolina
Bills governing sick leave for workers, same-sex marriages, coal mining controversies and pet euthanasia are winding their way around Jones Street this week.
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The Count
4,254 U.S. troops killed
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Orange County
Aldermen are asking for the authority to "provide by ordinance that no deed restriction or covenant can have the effect of limiting or prohibiting the use of green or sustainability features on a residential property."
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National
The Employee Free Choice Act would ease the rules for union organizing. Congress is expected to vote on it this year.
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Gallery
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Peripheral Visions
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Letters to the Editor
"Ellettsville, Ind., is a rural area. Yet the small, privately held phone company there is investing $90 million in 48 months to bring broadband to their customers."
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Living Green
On Saturday, March 14, the Hillsborough Street Renaissance Festival will shut the road to traffic to make way for booths, music and food.
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Front Porch
My problem with Facebook is that I tend to wrap up memories in gilded paper and put them in places where only I can see them. I kind of like it that way.
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Gallery
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Music Feature
The San Francisco art-punk trio released their debut, Watersports, on Touch & Go imprint Quarterstick last Tuesday, the same day the company announced its companywide layoffs.
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Our guide to this week's shows
Neil Diamond All-Stars, Maserati, The Bain Project Fundraiser, Hymns, Pink Flag, Samantha Crain, Morrissey, Modest Mouse, Kathleen Edwards, Dan Tyminski & Tony Rice Unit, The Sundowners
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Song of the Week
Julian Koster on being shy, returning to the public and his singing saws
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Record Review
Perhaps such political rousing dates The Loners or paints the band as naïve. But on "Crank It Up," Taylor tells us that he hopes it saves me and you and maybe him from our own rules, safety and comfort one spin at a time.
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Record Review
Lyrical depth serves Nathan Oliver well, adding heft to another diverse batch of pop tunes that don't rely on catchy choruses and hooks alone.
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Reading
The Composer Is Dead, which was created with composer and former Triangle resident Nathaniel Stookey, is a mock murder-mystery where various members of an orchestra are interrogated about their role in the death of a composer.
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Theater
Novak was in the spotlight Saturday night as his comedy act played to a sold-out crowd at Duke University's Page Auditorium.
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Arts Feature
Critics of the industry's legal campaign have suggested an alternative that would let college students swap files as they please while making sure the record companies get paid.
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Arts Feature
The question remains whether Raleigh can strike a balance between providing space for larger-scale, higher-revenue shows and smaller, more intimate local productions.
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Sudoku Solution
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8 Days a Week
Black Lips and Gentleman Jesse
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8 Days a Week
Saul Williams; more
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8 Days a Week
Attack of the Monsters; more
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8 Days a Week
Jesus Christ Superstar; more
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8 Days a Week
St. Patty's Run Green 8K
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8 Days a Week
Richard Thompson; more
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8 Days a Week
Ani DiFranco
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8 Days a Week
Sylvia Nasar; more
