The Honored Guests' Into Nostalgia EP

Into Nostalgia, a free online-only EP that frontman Russ Baggett began recording as a woodshed distraction, is more than a stopgap.

• by Grayson Currin

The guide to the week's concerts

Bastard Noise, Sourvein, The Moaners, Scots, Jill Andrews, The New Pornographers, The Dodos, Naked Gods, Invisible Hand, Sam Baker, Frontier Ruckus, more

Raleigh's downtown amphitheater still needs a name, and Cary turns up, temporarily

Raleigh Convention Center Director Roger Krupa said he's not anxious about the lack of sponsorship and that the ABC Commission's decision doesn't anger him.

• by Grayson Currin
• Tags: Music Feature, Raleigh Amphitheater, Koka Booth Amphitheatre

Now in its third year, TRKfest draws from a deep fund of good vibes and goodwill

"We'll never let this get so big that it doesn't feel like a family having a good day together."

• by Brian Howe

Your food is moving

A day-by-day guide to the Triangle's best mobile food

• by Victoria Bouloubasis
• Tags: Dish, food trucks, Cover Story, Slideshow, In-House Slideshow

A gringo's guide to Mexican street food

Including when & where to find taco trucks serving authentic fare on the cheap

• by Victoria Bouloubasis

ADF: Victor Quijada's transformative boundary crossings; an Eiko & Koma retrospective

This week at ADF

• by Byron Woods

A very hot character in Oscar Hijuelos' latest novel

Beautiful Maria of My Soul

• by Chris Vitiello

The secret history of the vocoder

How to Wreck a Nice Beach by Dave Tompkins

• by Brian Howe

The lives of great men in poetry

Veins by Larry Johnson

• by Jaimee Hills

A victim turns the tables in Manbites Dog' Blackbird

Exactly how human a face are you willing to put on a convicted child molester?

• by Byron Woods

FATE's production of Don DeLillo's Valparaiso

As clever as this production is, it still has to contend with a surreal, intellectual script that doesn't necessarily make for a coherent storyline.

• by Zack Smith

Agatha Christie's Spider's Web at TheatreFest

Spider's Web is a light and slight piece of entertainment that offers a few laughs among the old-fashioned English murder.

• by Zack Smith

Bella Mia coal-fired pizzeria opens in Cary

Plus: Joel Salatin to visit and lecture again; Taproot Farm and Music Summer Series at Duck Run Farm; GrazeFest at Raleigh Downtown Farmer's Market

• by Victoria Bouloubasis

Arms dealers are the target in Micmacs

If you've ever wondered if anyone has thought to design a pun around the homonyms "Rimbaud" and "Rambo," that moment arrives fairly early on in Micmacs.

• by David Fellerath

A prosecutorial mistake leaves a Durham man in prison

The incident reveals a lack of policy or procedure at the Durham DA's office and also points to communication failures between state offices.

• by Samiha Khanna

Bill would regulate puppy mills

"We are very proud of our dogs, but our dogs are our property. We don't believe in animal rights. People have rights."

• by Joe Schwartz

Larry Lessig: Carrying the flag for clean elections

"We have a marionette Congress that is anything but transparent."

• by Bob Geary

Industry preps for possible sweepstakes ban

A bill that would ban Internet sweepstakes cafés in N.C. is closer to becoming law—and if it does, the video gaming industry plans to sue the state.

• by Lisa Sorg and Joe Schwartz

Pop[ulation] Gun

• by V.C. Rogers

Father time

Father's Day, turns out, is more about having a family than being a father.

• by Jedidiah Gant

Re: Mamet's November; Greenbridge; "Eat Less"

"A 'clean' version of Mamet is just wrong on so many levels."

Take it easy on the bananas

Is it true that bananas are taboo for anyone who is concerned about rainforest destruction? Even if I seek out "fair trade" or organic bananas, am I feeding the demand that is causing rainforest to be cleared?

• by EarthTalk

Jean's Take Out

• by D.L. Anderson

June 23 sudoku solution

Capital Infusions

• by Ben Tausig

June 23 crossword solution

Apple Cream Cheese Pie

Topped with whipped cream, Yum!