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The Election Page
"Disgusted, stomped on, cheated. Those are the words that come to mind. We played by the rules. They bent their rules."
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The Election Page
"If Obama is re-elected, progressive Democrats who've given him a pass so far will demand action in his second term. And if Romney wins? Then it's a matter of survival."
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The Election Page
Slideshow: Carolina Fest in Charlotte for the DNC on September 3, 2012
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The Election Page
Slideshow: Wall Street South in Charlotte for the DNC on September 2, 2012
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Beer Hopping
How did craft brewers lose their grip on white ales, the most popular craft beer style?
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Now Serving
Moon Pie-eating contest at Duke Homestead on Sat.; Hoppin' John cook-off at Shakori Hills on Sept. 15; Johanna Kramer has published The Food Lover's Guide to Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill
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First Bite
Regard for the guest's experience will make you want to return. The food on your plate will guarantee that you will.
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First Bite
This is a tale of two tapas bars, and they are about as alike as any two tapas dishes. Both have opened within 456 feet of each another downtown, which could be a sad coincidence for one of them.
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Film Beat
Chuck Tryon, an assistant professor of film and media studies at Fayetteville State University, is the author of the 2009 book Reinventing Cinema: Movies in the Age of Media Convergence.
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Film Review
It's the story of a shlubby nobody who becomes a shlubby somebody, told as an intriguing mix of stand-up, direct-address to the camera, re-enacted nightmares and conventionally staged scenes.
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Orange County
"There are issues about pulling something if it's just merely offensive." — Frayda Bluestein
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Durham County
Andrew Preiss and four onetime residents of the Liberty Warehouse are suing Greenfire Development for alleged negligence related to the collapse of the building's roof in May 2011.
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Gallery
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Letters to the Editor
"If the roof of your mouth isn't hemorrhaging by the time you're done, then you're not doing it right."
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Peripheral Visions
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Front Porch
No eggs for a few days usually means a snake has moved in. Before I can catch him, I need to reclaim my territory.
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Eva Hayward
Change seems constantly on my mind: political change, climate change. And tucked away, sex change. It's my experience, after all.
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Music Feature
Rare is a record so aptly titled as Sexy But Not Happy, the fuzzy and feisty 2012 outing from North Carolina pop-rock outfit Museum Mouth.
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Our guide to this week's shows
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Red Clay Ramblers, Water Liars, Wood Ear, WOWOLFOL, Bird Call, Sugar Glyder, Jessica Long & The New Kind, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Cheap Time, Acoustic Manner, more
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Visual Art
Over the next two months, six exhibitions, 11 forums and artist talks, and several other special events with partner museums and organizations will take place throughout the Triangle.
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Theater
The fall opens to audiences that have remained resilient during the economic downturn, as groups are clearly innovating in the ways they create, stage and market their work.
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Sudoku Solution
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Crossword Solution
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Crossword Puzzle
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Hopscotch Guide
No American festival works so hard to combine the ultra-experimental with the readily accessible, to pair national and international talent with the regional best, and to combine bands with well-established fan bases and legacies with acts who've yet to release their first record.
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Hopscotch Guide
A varied and complex scene is rewriting rap's vision of success, and they're doing it using the rules established by The Roots almost two decades ago.
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Hopscotch Guide
Once one starts digging a layer or two deeper beneath the metallic mainstream, the dizzying array of sounds that rest comfortably under the banner of "METAL" becomes apparent.
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Hopscotch Guide
Corsano, Hopscotch's first Improviser-in-Residence, doesn't so much keep time as invent it with a torrent of freedom and finesse and creation far that pushes past the role (and tools) of a traditional drummer.
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Hopscotch Guide
When there's so much conversation in the room you can't make yourself heard, what else can you do but abandon ship or set fire to the centerpiece?
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Hopscotch Guide
Unyoked from its tie-dyed connotations, psychedelia is right in tune with a world where surrealism and high-definition realism have become the norm.
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Hopscotch Guide
The past few years have seen complicated, virtuosic singing—previously confined to big-label product—come to define female artists breaking new ground.
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Hopscotch Guide
Along with retoolings of their previous work, they're preparing a brand-new piece that features a prototype slide guitar built by the synthesizer masters at Moog Music.
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Hopscotch Guide
"Our local bands tend to play better at Hopscotch than any regular show. Those are the memories that stand out to me the most, more so than the non-local acts playing a regular set." — Adam Kincaid
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Hopscotch Guide
At this year's Hopscotch, vanguard Carolina acts play alongside a legion of indie pop newcomers.
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Hopscotch Guide
One wonders if, now a half-century after The Sonics gave us a taste for strychnine and more than 30 years after The Clash's garageland flag-waving, maybe the garage is a bit too crowded.
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Hopscotch Guide
Since last October, I've been fantasizing about how I might actually spend my time with the 175 bands at Hopscotch 2012. Here's how it might look.
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Hopscotch Guide
"You snooze, you lose."
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Hopscotch Guide
Hopscotch's lineup is wicked diverse, as per usual, but the powers that be have seen fit to make 2012 much more hesher-friendly than past years.
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Hopscotch Guide
The truth is, you don't need to know every band playing Hopscotch; rove the streets, let your ears direct you, and find your new favorite band.
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Hopscotch Guide
At some point, as in real life, we will all have to choose. But unlike in real life, it will be near impossible to choose unwisely.
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Hopscotch Guide
They're all chronicled here.
