AltWeeklies Wire
Escape From Domestic Violencenew
After years of domestic violence, a woman and her child fled to Raleigh to start a new life -- one without fear.
INDY Week |
Fiona Morgan |
08-30-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Everywine: The Miracle of 'Two Buck Chuck'?new
Charles Shaw Winery is the Everyman of the wine universe, that ordinary individual whom the public roots for in the face of extraordinary circumstances.
INDY Week |
Arturo Ciompi |
08-23-2007 |
Food+Drink
Chest Pains: Heart Attack Bandnew
Older punks with cardio conditions finally find each other.
INDY Week |
Brian Howe |
08-23-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Elizabeth Dole's Bad Foreign Policynew
By voting for CAFTA, Dole ignores the link between U.S. economic policy and the throngs of immigrants crossing our southern border.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
08-23-2007 |
Commentary
Home-school: Not a Revolution, but a Movementnew
We joined the ranks of home-schoolers a year ago, with my middle son (then a rising fifth-grader) as the guinea pig -- things went so well that we subsequently withdrew our two youngest daughters from first grade and pre-school in January.
Kevin Martin, from N.C. to the FCCnew
Unlike his predecessor as FCC chairman, Michael Powell, Martin is not an anti-regulation ideologue in lockstep with Republicans and telecom companies.
'The Big Beautiful': Reach the Beachnew
Above all, Duncan's authentic writing and character exploration allow us to believe in Cassandra's emotional journey from feckless bride to a mature woman who follows her heart while taking physical and emotional risks.
Dark Meat: A 'Psychedelic Carole King'new
The Athens band's acid-adventure deluge of sound is anything but tranquil.
INDY Week |
Margaret Hair |
08-17-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dark Meat, Universal Indians
North Carolina Students Advocate for Migrant Workersnew
Activists are working on migrants' behalf -- in the fields and at the statehouse.
INDY Week |
Mosi Secret |
08-17-2007 |
Business & Labor
'Superbad': Seth and Evan Go to the Mini-martnew
The R rating comes from the language, an almost non-stop flurry of F-bombs and sexual references that sounds like Kevin Smith's Jay and Silent Bob having an argument with characters from a David Mamet play.
Punks Counter Cops with Breakfast 'Slam and Eggs' Shownew
Raleigh punks counter cops with strategy called "Slam and Eggs."
INDY Week |
Ashley B. Roberts |
08-16-2007 |
Performance
Tags: Emotron, performance
No-kill Shelters Defend Practicesnew
North Carolina regulators question animal welfare at three large operations.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
08-09-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Use of Gassing Challenged in North Carolinanew
As state policymakers propose tightening restrictions on the use of carbon monoxide gas to put homeless companion animals to death, opponents of the practice say it is inhumane under any circumstances.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
08-09-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
'The Bourne Ultimatum': Dirty Secretsnew
It is gratifying that the zenith of a summer movie season otherwise headlined by shape-shifting robots and an aging '80s action icon comes in the form of throwback to the espionage thrillers of the 1970s updated as compelling, exhilarating zeitgeist.
King of Salsanew
There's a lot riding on El Cantante, the first mainstream Hollywood movie to be made about Hector Lavoe, a natural talent and beloved performer known as "The Voice" whose notorious heroin addiction led to his death of AIDS in 1993.
Tags: El Cantante, Leon Ichaso
