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Our guide to this week's shows
Trepak, Lights Resolve, Kathryn Calder, Wet Ink Ensemble, Hindugrass, L.E.G.A.C.Y.’S Birthday Bash Part 9, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Hank Sinatra, The Clinks, Amy Ray, The Shadowboxers, more
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Record Review
As it relates to Kooley High, hang time means relevance and continued musical growth—two things they accomplish here, even if the crew is a little fragmented. (Mecca Records)
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Record Review
The Raleigh emcee's debut LP makes for a good primer in Ambition 101. (DOC Music Group)
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Record Review
In the 10 minutes of their debut EP, Chapel Hill's T0W3RS suggest a special, multivalent magic. (Diggup Tapes)
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Record Review
Built on a base of country twang but finished with touches of British Invasion rock, '60s garage pop, '70s Laurel Canyon, North Carolina bluegrass and jangle pop, Ghosts reveals Hart as an equally fine collector and creator. (Bombay Records)
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Music Feature
"Seems to me that she had a lot of energy building up while she was sick and was just not physically able to do all the things her spirit wanted to do. Now that she's better, all that kinetic energy is being released and she's super creative." — Spider Bags' Dan McGee
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Dish
Melina's Fresh Pasta, Porcino and Dur'm Pasta Co. feed our love of noodles.
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Dish
Tempeh Girl has fun with fermentation.
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Dish
Big Spoon Roasters and Mackeys Ferry Peanuts craft natural butters from Georgia Runners and Virginia Bunches.
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Dish
Farmer's Daughter, This & That Jam, Porch ROCKIN', Blessed Earth Farm and Bonlee Grown Farm tame the wild ways of fruit.
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Dish
Cocoa Cinnamon, Escazu Artisan Chocolates and Elemental Chocolate (plus more) finesse flavors fit for royalty.
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Hockey
Or, why you should start watching a last-place team
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Arts Feature
You can elect not to eat animal products, but if you must eat them, American Meat excels at demonstrating that other choices exist.
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Theater
This collaboration between Burning Coal Theatre and New York-based Fight or Flight qualifies among the season's highest recommendations.
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Theater
These three young actors—Wanda Jin, Andy Chu and Jacob W. Tobia—command the stage with astonishing aplomb.
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Theater
The deceptively simple supporting roles in Edward Albee's 1962 drama are no stroll in the park, and the major roles pose a formidable challenge even to seasoned artists.
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Now Serving
Breakfast beckons with biscuits and fixings. Brunch adds poached eggs. Lunch and tapas offer tamales, fennel soup and a sorghum molasses cheesecake.
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Beer Hopping
In the 17th and 18th centuries, pub landlords in England and Colonial America experimented with a variety of hot, spiced ale drinks: Rum Fustian, Sack Posset, Whistle Belly Vengeance, Flip, Lamb's Wool...
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Film Review
Melancholia is a lingering, thorny, beautiful experience that makes our doomed planet and our fickle lives richer for the tiny amount of time we're here to appreciate them.
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Film Review
Director Alexander Payne—who has married and divorced since Paul Giamatti sipped wine in his last film, Sideways—now presents a character who enjoys redemption only once his wife is brain-dead and on a ventilator.
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Durham County
Clinging to the helm of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People for the past 14 years, Allison has made one thing very clear: She'll go when she damn well pleases. That time is now; a new chairperson will be elected Dec. 8.
- by Samiha Khanna
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Tags: Durham County, Durham, Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, Lavonia Allison, Philip Cousin, Sen. Floyd McKissick Jr, Durham politics, Butch Williams, Melvin Whitley, Cora Cole-McFadden, Bill Bell, Victoria Peterson, Darius Little, Jackie Wagstaff, Chuck Watts, NAACP, CORE, Fred Foster Jr, Deborah Giles, Larry Hester, State Board of Elections
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Orange County
Raleigh-based Tar Heel Companies, which runs Abbey Court, says the homeowners' association covenant states the condos can be used only for residences; therefore, the center must leave.
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Peripheral Visions
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Gallery
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Front Porch
The bushy basil plants have passed to the dark side. The last pepper plants are but stalky memories. The raised beds look like rolling waves of chia pets.
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Letters to the Editor
"Life is hard, and it's not fair. But that does not absolve us of personal responsibility for our actions."
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Eva Hayward
Occupiers protesting the crimes of global capitalism found fellowship with a group of transgender activists and allies.
