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Record Review
Lessons learned from albums past unequivocally make Charge It Up! the best of Davis' most recent work.
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Music Feature
Can a band that was never exactly cool suddenly presage the new hipsters?
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Our guide to this week's shows
Rakim, Rhymefest, The Catch Fire, Alejandro Escovedo & Lambchop, Times New Viking, Langhorne Slim, Chuck Prophet, Hawthorne Heights, MC Chris, more
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Record Review
More testament than revelation, Monomyth thrives on survivalist moments.
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Music Feature
Josh Johnson (aka Pinche Gringo), the co-founder and curator of Blackbeard's Lost Weekend, helps us run down some of Friday and Saturday's highlights.
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Record Review
On this 10" vinyl follow-up, Lake Inferior excises the proggy, guitar-heavy rock of its self-titled debut EP in favor of lush, synthesizer-heavy indie dance pop.
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TV
By the end of its brief run, you may find yourself wishing that AMC's The Prisoner had been fleshed out to a full season or series.
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Reading
Wroblewski learned a great deal about how to develop a novel at an MFA program at Warren Wilson College in Black Mountain, N.C., in the late 1990s.
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Reading
Flyleaf Books opened up its doors on a recent Saturday morning for a tour of the still-under-construction, 5,200-square-foot space.
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Now Serving
Wine dinners at The Weathervane and Blu Seafood; Angus Barn's executive chef teams with Guy Fieri; gourmet dinner at Celebrity Dairy
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Locavore Cooking
Six months before he died, writer and outdoorsman Tim McLaurin dictated to me his venison chili recipe, the one that had converted me into a lover of venison.
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Film Beat
Jewish communities have been tightly woven into the fabric of the South, and of North Carolina, since the earliest days of European settlement.
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calendar
Film times are good from Thursday, Nov. 12, through Friday, Nov. 20
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Film Review
There's $200 million up on that screen, folks, and about midway through 2012's 158 excruciating minutes, I found myself wishing the screen itself would explode and put me out of my misery.
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News Feature
Alleged misdeeds at two local police departments raise the issue: Whose job is it to hold police accountable?
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Orange County
Rural residents miffed over possible environmental impacts and lack of information about UNC's "Farm."
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Orange County
Should Chapel Hill go with the fifth-place finisher in the election, as many residents have urged? Or should the new council appoint someone who doesn't look quite like them?
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News Feature
Durham's Civilian Police Review Board can do little to bring transparency and accountability to the city's police department.
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News Feature
Durham police have received 28 complaints in 2009 (through October).
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News Feature
Download the 911 call from Kimberly Turman's daughter, the Merle Carr case, the Durham Civilian Police Review Board Manual and more.
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News Feature
Who's on board?
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News Feature
Chapel Hill weighs options in demanding accountability and transparency from police.
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News Feature
Chapel Hill police have received 33 complaints in 2009 (through October).
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Opinion
The end of the world as we know it? Hardly.
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Letters to the Editor
"Until those on both ends of the political spectrum can refrain from personal attacks and persecution, we're not going to get very far as a country."
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Living Green
Carpool; recycle; reuse; create friendly fire; go organic
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Gallery
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Front Porch
Fair warning: I'm cranking up my leaf blower these days, and it's going to break the rural sound barrier.
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Peripheral Visions
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Sudoku Solution
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Kroger Promotion: Recipe Ads
Good Ole' Corn Bread
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Giveaways
closed - congrats to the winners
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8 Days a Week
The Illustrated World of Charles Dickens; more
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8 Days a Week
Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids; more
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8 Days a Week
Minus the Bear; more
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8 Days a Week
Matt Duquette's Prepare for Landing; more
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8 Days a Week
Our Daily Bread
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8 Days a Week
The XX
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8 Days a Week
Bang on a Can All-Stars with Trio Mediæval
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8 Days a Week
Sleep Dealer; more