AltWeeklies Wire
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Has Change of Guardnew
The announcement that Nancy Buirski was stepping down as head of the Full Frame Documentary Festival was a surprising but not totally unexpected departure.
'The Feasting Season' Offers a Wine Romancenew
The food novel is a sensuous, luscious read, one foodies and fiction aficionados will be glad they got their hands on before the inevitable movie is made (how about Diane Lane and Vincent Cassel?).
Soccer Shangri-Lanew
The 49th College Cup had all the classic elements of a Final Four tournament. There is something about college sports that brings out emotions more readily than the cold calculations of the professional game.
Tags: sports & fitness
Taming Raleigh's Teardown Trendnew
A report from the city planning department revealing that the number of teardowns since 2002 has zoomed past 600.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
12-27-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Finally, a Way to Dispose of Yogurt Containersnew
A new North Carolina reuse program is encouraging schools and community groups to collect those items for fundraising.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
12-27-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Big Billsnew
In North Carolina's growing Triangle and a financially shrinking music industry, can mid-size rock clubs survive?
Tags: concerts
Heavenly Staircasenew
Regina Hexaphone's Sara Bell looks back on a decade with a band she never thought she could lead.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
12-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Regina Hexaphone
The Art of Versenew
Poet Jack Gilbert and artist Henryk Fantazos have created a fun collaborative objet d'art, Song of the Line.
Old Roots, New Branchesnew
Roots music, most notably the old-time and bluegrass strains, has a timeless quality, an enduring appeal and continues to thrive in North Carolina.
Drought Tolerancenew
We are in deep silt, smack in the dry river bed of denial.
INDY Week |
Cat Warren |
12-20-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Champions, With an *new
Eleven former Durham Bulls named in steroid investigation.
Tags: sports & fitness
Flaws Emerge in North Carolina Pesticide Lawnew
Almost a year after the change went into effect, not a single doctor in the state has used the new program to report farmworker sickness.
Tags: Health & Science
John Edwards is Still Viable in Iowanew
The results in Iowa, on the Democratic side anyway, are not a straight-up polling of caucus-goers. Could this help Edwards?
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
12-20-2007 |
Commentary
Boxbomb Genre Jumps on Followupnew
The band's first full-length, My Obsession, finds Boxbomb looking to expand on and improve on the sounds from Golden, building from their grunge base with an ambitious span of assorted genres including country and blues.
Tags: Boxbomb, My Obsesssion
Better Gifts from the World of Winenew
And a few tips about what not to buy.
INDY Week |
Arturo Ciompi |
12-13-2007 |
Food+Drink
