Lines of Attack: Conflicts in Caricature at the Nasher Museum

Less majesty

• by V.C. Rogers
Why go to a museum to look at cartoons? Partly to see what they really look like.
• Tags: Visual Art, Nasher Museum of Art

The violent, powerful French prison drama A Prophet

• by David Fellerath
While A Prophet is plenty violent, director Jacques Audiard effectively lifts the gloom with lightly supernatural touches and allusions to Sufism.

Cover Story

Without money or manpower, how will counties enforce the smoking ban?

Waiting to inhale

• by Joe Schwartz
The ban is based on citizen complaints. It does not cover all bars and restaurants, and enforcement is inconsistent and varies among counties.
• Tags: North Carolina, Cover Story

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Wake County goes to hell

• by Bob Geary
A right-wing school board, a dysfunctional county commission: What's next?
• Tags: Citizen, Cover Story

Alex Chilton, 1950-2010

• by Adam Sobsey
By keeping his bite, Chilton never got long in the tooth and kept his best work from decay.