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Restaurateur Andrea Reusing Pens a Local Culinary Roadmapnew
Cooking in the Moment is organized into sections for each season, within which Reusing provides recipes and information keyed almost week by week to the Central North Carolina schedule of what's fresh.
INDY Week |
Chris Vitiello |
04-07-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Huguenots' Debut EP is Underwhelmingnew
These aren't just popular trails; they're 16-lane freeways that have been jammed with traffic since 1964. The Huguenots' talent is clear, but if they ever want to set themselves apart, they'll need to take the nearest exit and start carving a path of their own.
Tags: The Huguenots
The Mountain Goats' Steady Struggle and Conquestnew
"It's all about me creating a space out of inside of myself where we can all suffer together, and raise our middle finger to the world to say that we're going to live through whatever suffering we're enduring." -- John Darnielle
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
04-07-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Hanna' is Filled with Precocious Kids and Corrupt Adultsnew
A stylized fable whose substance doesn't measure up to its resounding razzmatazz, Hanna is a blend of breathless chase thriller and fairy-tale conceit.
Tags: Joe Wright, Hanna
Cary Fukunaga's 'Jane Eyre' Disappointsnew
With so few opportunities given to female directors, it seems a shame the producers picked the wrong man for this job.
Grappling with Demons in 'Win Win'new
Win Win is director Tom McCarthy's most accessible yet subtly subversive film to date, one that manages to both celebrate the virtues of middle-class America while laying bare some unpleasant human frailties.
Tags: Tom McCarthy, Win Win
Dan and Letha Melchior Maintain Creative Resolve in the Face of Sicknessnew
Serious illness pushes everyone into the health care tangle, but artists -- especially musicians -- are often hit hardest. Holding a job with decent health care in the U.S. often serves as an impediment to touring, recording or proper practicing.
Joe Pug Outgrows the Solo Stagenew
"It's always good to be in just a little bit more water than you're used to being in, and just barely keeping your mouth above it, taking in those breaths."
INDY Week |
Peter Blackstock |
04-06-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Pug
Angela Davis-Gardner Talks About Her New Novel, 'Butterfly's Child'new
Puccini's classic opera Madame Butterfly ends with the title character's love agreeing to raise their child with his American wife. Raleigh resident Davis-Gardner's fourth novel asks, "What happened next?"
INDY Week |
Zack Smith |
04-05-2011 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
The Daunting Struggles of Africa's Big Catsnew
Regrettably, the crisis that 'The Last Lions' is designed to raise awareness of -- the lion population is down from half a million to about 20,000 -- is underexplored. But the footage is never less than astounding.
Hammer No More The Fingers' Black Sharknew
With Black Shark, Hammer ups the ante considerably, putting them in a place where anything's possible.
Tags: Hammer
It Happened on the Way to Warnew
Rye Barcott's book about his work with the Kibera slum in Kenya.
INDY Week |
Adam Sobsey |
03-29-2011 |
Nonfiction
The Joy Formidable Leads an Aggressive, Artful Britpop packnew
A debut as assured and confident as The Big Roar is a sure sign of better things to come -- Britpop, shoegaze, revivalism or whatever.
INDY Week |
David Raposa |
03-25-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
No More Working For the Man in Made in Dagenhamnew
Dagenham is a suburb on the east side of London and, in 1968, was home to a Ford automotive plant. Several thousand worked there, including 187 women who were assigned the job of cutting and stitching the upholstery for the cars.
The Art Pope Empire: Media Outlets, Think Tanks and Election Machinesnew
The Pope family -- through the John William Pope Foundation -- has been funneling millions of dollars into a network of conservative research, media and legal centers.
