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First Bite
Seven months into what will surely be a long run, Enrigo is flush with success. This is cuisine without a trace of an identity crisis: hearty, earthy, unselfconscious versions of the Italian classics.
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First Bite
Amy Tornquist's new bakery shares a sensibility with her Watts Grocery: a seasonal menu with fresh, local, homemade ingredients. Besides the sweet stuff, Hummingbird serves all-day breakfast, a great lunch, and vegetarian and vegan options.
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Film Review
In The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood) returns to familiar themes: the search for a father figure or lost son; dysfunctional family relationships; and flawed men fated to self-destruction.
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News Feature
A year and a half after the revolution, gays remain marginalized and excluded from discussions about human rights in the new democratic Tunisia.
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North Carolina
If taxpayers in Roanoke Rapids got burned by The Royal Palace Theatre, then residents of the small, historically African-American community of Brandy Creek were especially torched.
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North Carolina
U.S. Department of Justice officials report that Alamance County Sheriff's Office leaders "explicitly" order deputies to target Latinos and "foster a culture of bias by using anti-Latino epithets."
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Gallery
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Peripheral Visions
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Front Porch
One day, after I heard a trap slam, a series of squeaks echoed from the kitchen.
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Exile on Jones Street
The president may complete the same climb he undertook in 2008 and win North Carolina. But when it comes to the congressional races, it's nothing but blue skies for the Grand Old Party.
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Editorial
What does it take to be named to the 27-member UNC Advisory Committee on Strategic Directions? Political Clout.
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Music Essay
Gregg Gillis is doing something traditionalists angrily claim isn't music—and then making a living off of it, all without charging for his records.
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Our guide to this week's shows
Fantastico, Spider Bags, Golden Boys, Limes, Cat’s Cradle In The Commons, Dj Logic, Nick Moss, Beth Orton, Sam Amidon, Fanfare Ciocarlia, Cate Le Bon, North Mississippi Allstars, more
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Record Review
As a whole, this is the most convincing collection in The Old Ceremony's catalog, proof that the past, present and future of this veteran ensemble remain exciting. (Yep Roc)
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Record Review
They might've left town for a while, but Pockets proves Beloved Binge kept pace with Durham. (self-released)
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Record Review
Within a modest 29 minutes, this six-strong Carrboro outfit synthesizes shoegaze and indie-pop sounds; despite their far-flung touchstones, these songs still feel distinctly Southern in execution. (self-released)
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Visual Art
North Carolina artist Leigh Suggs appears
to have joined the ranks of the heavyweight
aesthetic solitarians.
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Reading
Often funny, sad and poignant at the same time, Losering distills all the tales you might've heard about the booze- and drug-addled nervous wonder of Whiskeytown into 100 or so brisk pages.
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Theater
The Death of the Oldest Dog in the World is a theatrical psychoanalysis where central character and human doormat Peter West confronts the real reason he's turned out to be a 37-year-old loser.
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Theater
This tall tale about a prim young scholar's encounter with the Devil during a small-town academic conference is a whopper worthy of telling over drinks in a Scottish pub.
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Theater
He will always be your brother: You will call for him; you will let him go; you will not leave him behind—and his inescapability is another kind of freedom.
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Sudoku Solution
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Crossword Solution
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Crossword Puzzle
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Solve Locally Solution
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Solve Locally Puzzle
Tri-Angle
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Hopscotch Wrap-Up
For me, the most visually interesting parts of the festival have always been on walks in between venues, where the wildly varied crowds swirl around one another...
