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Public meeting is the last on disease lab
Buying the farm
While federal officials and NBAF proponents emphasize the risk of an accident is "extremely low," the lab would be run by Homeland Security, the under-staffed, ill-prepared government agency with a documented track record of financial and managerial incompetence. by Lisa Sorg
Realtors rankled over political spending by Bob Geary
Raleigh news & politics
Campaign finance: A mid-year snapshot of Triangle races
There are 15 weeks until the November election, and candidates across the Triangle are balancing their campaign checkbooks. by Bob Geary, Fiona Morgan and Matt Saldaña
Banking on it
by V.C. Rogers
"Security" at Lake Hartwell Dam in Georgia by Jeremy M. Lange
Outbound by Katy Flinn
A fitting tribute
The people's think tank
Musings, reflections and general gossip for those more inclined to say Durham-Raleigh
In Durham, erection can be depended upon
Land use, architecture, history and sustainable development in Durham
Much zippier than Olde Raleigh
Progressive perspectives on Orange County
An online magazine in the reality-based community
NC Policy Watch's blog
Reporting environmental news and views from N.C.'s capital city
The surprising art of power lunching in the Triangle
Business in North Carolina gets done a little differently. by Jane Hobson Snyder
Peach Day at the N.C. Farmers' Market by Claire Cusick
Bad marriages and squabbling siblings in four new films
Will Ferrell uses lazy shock humor in Step Brothers; marriage problems in Brick Lane, The Last Mistress and Tuya's Marriage by Neil Morris, Laura Boyes and David Fellerath
Film times & brief film reviews
The Avett Brothers ascend
Selected photographs from the road by Derek Anderson
Lumbee Indians protest G105 DJ Bob Dumas by Independent Voices
The Avett Brothers ascend
The Concord trio rose from obscurity to balance on the brink of fame
Over the last eight years, The Avett Brothers have played and soon outgrown nearly every tier of venue: a Mexican restaurant in Greenville, The Cave in Chapel Hill, Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, The Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte. by Grayson Currin
Avett Brothers track list
by Grayson Currin
Sunfold and Annuals by Spencer Griffith
The guide to the week's concerts
Light Pollution's "Hand Crushes the Wheel"
by Grayson Currin
BoyZone, Clang Quartet, Jeff Rehnlund and Relay for Death
by Brian Howe
Tonight, rock anthologist Jeff Jarema on WXYC by Rick Cornell
Music news, reviews & previews
Death by sex in Three in the Attic
Revisiting a bawdy comedy shot 41 years ago in Chapel Hill
Times have changed since Three in the Attic was filmed; the extra ingredient in the "magic" brownies available for guests are walnuts, and the only smoke I smell in the wet night air is tobacco. by Zack Smith











Thanks for this article. Good job telling the story both in words and pictures. Question regarding the photos from Derek…
by angischy on The Avett Brothers ascend (Music)
There is a local business that rents goats for weed and brush removal in the triangle. This is a safe,…
by Goat Patrol on Sheep, goats, electric mowers: Tending a sustainable lawn (Special Issues)
Hi there— A few weeks before the Les Savy Fav show, I called Aaron Greenwald—the guy who helped book this…
by grayson, indy music editor on Les Savy Fav performs for Birth of the Cool closing (Music)