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Music Feature
"It just seemed like this whole minefield of rock 'n' roll clichés that I thought they were above, being upper-middle-class kids who actually made it all the way through college and had their degrees."
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Our guide to this week's shows
David Olney, Redress Raleigh Benefit, The Tomahawks, Willie Neal Heath, Jucifer, Sierra Hull & Highway 111, Movits!, Blair Crimmins & The Hookers, Liturgy, Korpiklaani, Tyr, more
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Music Feature
For a general audience curious about the band's history, Phish: The Biography will do just fine. But Phish listeners are rarely casual.
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Music Feature
"When I first met Phish in 1995, I knew too little about them even to have preconceptions, positive or negative. For me, writing about Phish looked to be another fun assignment for Rolling Stone."
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Music Feature
Instead of luxuriating in the narcotic of love or pretending to be 21, these songwriters are addressing the quandaries of approaching middle age and negotiating day-to-day life.
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Soccer
Among the principal stakeholders in the controversy are the Cary-based Carolina RailHawks, who, with nine other clubs, are seeking to start their own soccer league.
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Reading
Lee's fiction is so cinematic that one is surprised that the movie rights have not been snapped up.
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Arts Feature
The Pittsboro illustrator's biggest film work yet is The Book of Eli, a post-apocalyptic action drama starring Denzel Washington.
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Theater
This production scintillates with strong performances among the three leads.
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Now Serving
New or expanded restaurants: The Diner, Alfredo's Pizza Villa, Glasshalfull, Broad Street Cafe; plus, fish classes at Durham Whole Foods Market
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Locavore Cooking
Recipes for Poached Eggs on Warm Winter Greens and Egg-Rich Fettuccine
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calendar
Film times are good from Thursday, Jan. 14, through Friday, Jan. 22
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Film Review
Almodóvar has made not so much a great film as the Platonic ideal of a film. Broken Embraces is effortlessly engaging, funny, moving and personal.
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Film Review
The moments of brilliance sprinkled throughout The Lovely Bones suffocate under the weight of great expectations and muddled implementation.
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Film Review
Colin Firth and Julianne Moore breathe life into Tom Ford's glossy canvas, elevating a superficial photo spread into a work of poignant elegance.
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News Feature
Chatham County's pro-growth cabal didn't plan on the housing bust. Now nine large luxury subdivisions are foreclosed on, stalled or bankrupt.
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Wake County
"Keep your prayers up and pay attention. Because I promise you, there's more to come. We're just getting started."
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Public Records Requests
What are they eating? Where does it come from? How much does it cost, and who pays for it?
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Durham County
Despite budget cuts and layoffs at the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau, retiring CEO Reyn Bowman will collect nearly $275,000 in public tax money over the next four years, in addition to standard retirement benefits from the state.
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Orange County
Council voted to apply for a 2011 urban archery permit from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, but it stopped short of passing the program.
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Front Porch
The coatroom at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C., doesn't have video surveillance. It doesn't need it.
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Peripheral Visions
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Gallery
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Sudoku Solution
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Sudoku Solution
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Kroger Promotion: Recipe Ads
Nice warm soup on a cold winter day is the best!
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8 Days a Week
UNIVERSES' The Big Bang
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8 Days a Week
The Smithereens; more
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8 Days a Week
Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company; more
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8 Days a Week
Catie Curtis; more
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8 Days a Week
Dirty Dozen Brass Band; more
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8 Days a Week
Remora, CJ Boyd; more
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8 Days a Week
Shit Horse
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Fargo; more
