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Wake County
Wake Commissioners refuse to allow public to vote on transit tax; plus, the controversial TTA sale
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Orange County
Leaders say they want the lengthy document to capture the personality and the priorities of this progressive college town, but Chapel Hill 2020 is not simply a mission statement, it's also a land-use plan.
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Front Porch
It's my hope that future generations will see that, with constant care, you can grow good food—organically, autonomously.
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Gallery
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Peripheral Visions
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Editorial
With Solve Locally, Marc Maximov hopes to stir up a rowdy mob of local word freaks to form a self-sustaining Triangle grid scene.
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Exile on Jones Street
You can't change the effects of unsafe air and contaminated water on living things, no matter what you choose to call science.
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Record Review
Tripp is a purer brand of pop than the indie realm tends to traverse. Alex Wilkins has no interest in hiding behind sonic overload or trickery, putting the vocals up-front and pointedly singing with clarity. (self-released)
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Music Essay
Nootropics questions humanity's place in an era of unparalleled scientific evolution—hence Lower Dens' turn toward more synth-processed textures and Krautrock's motorik beats.
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Music Feature
That friendship recently yielded two of the best records to be released in the area this year—Gross Ghost's Brer Rabbit and Motor Skills' Moving Island.
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Music Essay
"What I can't figure out is how Christians can be used car salesmen and lawyers. If you want to look for Satanism, you should start there." — Alice Cooper, alter ego of Vincent Furnier
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Our guide to this week's shows
Company, Dex Romweber & The New Romans, Prisms, Fan Modine, Coastal Vision, No Eyes, The Spiveys, T0w3rs, Marcia Ball, Boykiller, Flesh Wounds, Jill Andrews & Erick Baker, Army Of Infants, Bombadil, more
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Arts Feature
The second iteration of Professor Diablo's True Revue, a new bi-monthly series of documentary multimedia curated by founder Duncan Murrell, focuses on the Tennessee Valley Authority and West Virginia miners.
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Theater
An upscale single architect effectively juggles three girlfriends in this kinetic sex farce.
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Theater
Aging funnymen who've long since learned that so many things aren't funny look for a way to patch up long-bruised feelings and move on.
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Film Review
Too bad Lola's messy existence isn't very interesting, even though she lives in hippest Brooklyn.
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Film Review
As far as Disney-Pixar collaborations go, Brave is a minor triumph. What it lacks in epic spirit, it makes up for by being just plain ol' charming.
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Now Serving
"There's nothing I can tell y'all about Durham's scene. Y'all know it. You eat it," Edge says. Instead, he'll present "a portrait of truck food all across America."
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Dish
Ice cream says summer. It says happiness. In this DISH issue, we usher in the season with a celebration of frozen deliciousness.
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Dish
That fudge is HOT!
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Dish
"Back when I was living in Carrboro, I had a roommate who got a really good ice cream recipe. He started making it because he went to Mexico and came back with some really good Mexican vanilla." — Mike Nelson
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Dish
Indy staff taste-test some of the best (and worst) dairy-free (and soy-free and gluten-free) ice cream facsimiles.
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Dish
Popular in most Latin American countries, raspados are a quintessential summertime treat of shaved ice packed into tall cups and deluged with viscous syrups and fresh toppings.
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Dish
Who knew there were so many ice cream songs? Here are dozen or so to get you through a long, hot summer.
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Dish
Parsing ice cream, gelato, frozen custard, sherbet, frozen yogurt and sorbet
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Dish
A short list of local places to find frozen deliciousness
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Solve Locally Puzzle
Our new local crossword
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Solve Locally Solution
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Sudoku Solution
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Crossword Solution
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Crossword Puzzle
