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The Election Page
"In a better world, there'd be no need for civil disobedience."
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Now Serving
Creative Food Drive at the Durham Farmers' Market pavilion (Oct. 15); World Beer Festival at DBAP (Oct. 8); free recipes ebook from Cook For Good (by Oct. 9); Local Foods Feast with Slow Food Triangle and Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (Nov. 11)
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Beer Hopping
There are at least 20 pumpkin beers on local shelves. Here are a few stand-outs.
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Dish
A brief tour of ethnic eateries, spices, markets and more
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Dish
Do you know where to go for a Venezuelan-style hot dog? An Afghani kebab? A Singaporean noodle dish?
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Dish
Ethnic markets, from Korean to Indian and from Persian to Polish
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Dish
A tour of four ethnic restaurants in the Triangle with chefs, and spices, hailing from around the globe
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Dish
In July, Donia Khalaf taught an Iraqi cooking class to more than 20 novice home cooks and expert chefs. All Americans, they were thirsty for a culinary trip into the exotic, and they were equally intrigued by Donia's story as an Iraqi refugee.
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Dish
Ever heard of Ayran? Horchata? Sorrel? Is ginger beer really beer? Plus: Sawasdee's recipe for Thai iced tea
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Hockey
Here's what to expect on ice in Raleigh this year.
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Film Review
This is a love story that doesn't put too much in its lovers' way, even though it does put a time limit on it.
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Film Review
Three years into the Obama presidency, Clooney makes a movie about a Democratic candidate whose high-minded oratory belies someone who, when pressed, surrenders his ideals for the sake of political expedience and self-preservation.
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Film Review
After a while, the fighting scenes feel like a reward you get every 10 minutes for sitting through the movie's incessantly sappiness.
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Durham County
"For the past several months it has become increasingly clear that my time and efforts can be best spent elsewhere." — Bob Orr
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Orange County
"Change in the Housekeeping Department is necessary and must begin immediately." — PRM Consulting
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Eva Hayward
Let the night remind you that when we lose the struggle, we do not lose ourselves.
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Front Porch
Favorite party games at this yearly event, Chief Blue sighs, always seem to involve playing with fire, defying gravity, baring it all or some combination thereof.
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Letters to the Editor
"It's not bad people, but a bad system. And that system can change."
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Gallery
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Peripheral Visions
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Five Words with...
"Subtlety is where it's at. All the nuances of how we hold our tempos—not just what tempo you play at, but how you sit in it—says a lot about where you're from and how people talk where you're from, what you're listening to and how you feel."
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Music Feature
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Des Ark, The Tender Fruit, Leyla McCalla, Sidi Toure, Sandbox, Peter Lamb & the Wolves
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Our guide to this week's shows
Good Lovelies, Killer Filler, The Malamondos, Leadfoot, The Needles, The T’s, Enemy In Disguise, Derek Poteat, Unholy Tongues, Akris, Dominant Legs, Nurses, Junior Boys, Jill Andrews, Katharine Whalen, Murs, more
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Music Feature
"There's all this stuff going on—kids running around, people hanging out with their friends. That's the real deal." — festival founder Jordan Puryear
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Music Feature
9th Wonder's detractors insist he's got no right to proclaim #nchiphopday as a monolithic movement unless his goal is to put everyone on the map.
- by Eric Tullis
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Tags: Music Feature, 9th Wonder, Phonte Coleman, J. Cole, Little Brother, Rapper Big Pooh, The Foreign Exchange, Jozeemo, Hall of Justus, Jamla, Kings Barcade, Schoolkids Records, Five Star
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Theater
"I was someone's golden child. Someone's little hope. Now I'm more just, you know, a local resident."
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Theater
Playwright Brian Friel's text becomes an extended meditation on the physical and metaphorical blind spot in all human reckonings.
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Theater
The PG-level naughtiness and farcical tone give Once Upon a Mattress a certain charm that appeals to both younger and older audiences.
