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Our guide to this week's shows
Nnenna Freelon & John Brown Big Band, No BS! Brass Band, WFMU/Red Cross Benefit, The Isley Brothers, The Lollipops, Spider Bags, Benji Hughes, Robes, Dead Sea Sparrow, Grohg, Left Outlet, Goodbye Titan, The Farewell Monument, The World/Inferno Friendship Society, Terry Anderson
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Music Feature
From the enlightened college rocker of Dillon Fence to the blue-eyed soul man of Hobex to a folk-leaning solo artist, Greg Humphreys has remained first and foremost a great songwriter.
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The Year in Arts
Without warning, long-established companies went dark. But even against that ominous backdrop, we saw audacity and innovations. Audiences grew and work improved as a result.
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Photography
Five photos from the Triangle's theater, dance and visual art scenes
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Reading
Reviews of fiction, non-fiction, graphic novels and more, including some interesting pairings and treblings
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Food Feature
We checked with area chefs, cookbook writers and specialty food purveyors to see what they would most like to give or receive as a holiday gift.
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First Bite
BurgerFi may be joining an already congested field of competitors, but its packed dining area demonstrates it is distinguishing itself from the other chains.
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The Year in Film
Was this the year of the doc? PLUS: 5 Top 10s; It came from the South; On the cutting room floor
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Film Review
Rogen and Streisand have great comic chemistry together; her motormouth nattering is a tonic to his understated exasperation.
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Film Review
There are hundreds upon hundreds of Apatow-style jokes in this thing: about colonoscopies and mammograms and gynecology tools, about escorts and Oxycontin addicts and French-kissing babies. I laughed a lot, even when I didn't want to.
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Wake County
Community gardens, sacred pillars of progressive urban planning, are currently prohibited in Raleigh.
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North Carolina
North Carolina's unemployed could face deep cuts to benefits if a Republican plan passes the N.C. General Assembly in the upcoming legislative session.
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News Briefs
Concealed handgun permits in the Triangle and N.C.; getting graded by Gun Owners of America; gun wisdom from Mister Rogers
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Gallery
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Letters to the Editor
"For those of us in the know, electronic music's roots in the United States were primarily explored by African-Americans living in Chicago, Detroit and New York City."
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Front Porch
On the way home from the bus stop, I squatted down and drew my boys close. I'm a hugger, so they didn't suspect this embrace meant anything more than usual.
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Peripheral Visions
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Exile on Jones Street
The critical details in reviewing new Voter ID proposals will be how the law addresses the cost of an official ID, the permissible alternative forms of identification, and the process for handling provisional ballots cast by people without ID on Election Day.
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Citizen
I'm sad to the point of tears about giving our children a world more dangerous and unhappy than it ought to be. I'm resolved to be less practical and more hopeful about what can be achieved if we go back to work, with renewed purpose, on the tougher problems.
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Sudoku Solution
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Crossword Solution
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Crossword Puzzle
