Most often when you go to a rock concert, what you’re hearing is a mono mix. Your stereo may not have the volume that the big boys have, but it’s got way more fidelity. So what would a live concert be like in surround sound? You know: the whole home theater experience–only a lot bigger […]
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Coming Attractions
OCT. 2 Capital Area Preservation (CAP) celebrates its 30th year with the 2002 Fall Landmarks Tour, which will focus on significant buildings in Raleigh’s revived downtown area. The tour will allow the public to view some of the Capital’s more exciting examples of rehabilitation and adaptive reuse, including the L.L. Polk House on historic Blount […]
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In acquisitions
The N.C. Museum of Art celebrates North Carolina native John Biggers, one of the leading and most celebrated figures in the evolution of African-American art, with an installation ceremony and acquisition celebration. The museum will install an untitled work, completed in 1994 (pictured), which features two colossal African women, surrounding a community of African Americans […]
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In hip-hop culture
In the Triangle it is very hard nowadays to have an all ages hip-hop event. There are no more Public Enemy day-shows and there are no battles in the park. But through the blinding light of the icy force-feed mainstream hip hop, DADA, the Durham Association for Downtown Arts, is bringing you the darkness, the […]
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Remembering George Bireline
For the past five years, I’ve kept a photograph of an extraordinary painting on my kitchen windowsill. I look at it daily. It’s titled “A Wonderful Life,” and it was painted by Raleigh artist George Bireline, who died on Aug. 20. Something about it makes you want to keep studying it; unraveling its riddle, its […]
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In Latin dance
Opportunities abound this weekend to sharpen up your salsa skills or get tangled up in a tango. Internationally renowned dancers The Cobo Brothers take the floor at Montas Lounge this Saturday for an afternoon series of workshops in salsa, mambo and cha cha chá technique. Milton and James Cobo, who specialize in New York-style “on […]
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Fall Calendars
ArtBy city and alphabetical by gallery. Raleigh ARTSOURCE: Sep 19-Oct 19: Works by Bruce Bowman, Ted Jaslow and Mandy Johnson. Five Points Village, 509 W Whitaker Mill, Rd, Raleigh. 833-0013. Mon-Sat 10 am-6 pm and by appointment. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM: Sep 19-Jan 8: Jack Saylor: Sky Land Sea, works by Jack Saylor. Oct 12-13: Exposure […]
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In drag
Forget Miss North Carolina. If that’s hard to do given the amount of press the recent Revels/Clymer snafu has gotten, we’ll make it easy for you: Check out The Independent‘s Second Annual Queen of the Triangle drag pageant. See our contestants beat the sequined pants off any of those Miss America types with finesse and […]
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Thanks to the Governor, the Budget Gets Even More Regressive
Thanks to the Governor, the Budget Gets Even More RegressiveMost of the suspense about this week’s probable House and Senate votes on a final budget bill has focused on the likelihood that the lottery will be included in the budget.Lost in the lottery fever have been two important aspects of what appears to be the […]
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In Habitat benefits
Having brought their original, traditional bluegrass sound to audiences in the USA, Canada and Western Europe since 1981, The Shady Grove Band will open the second season of “Fall for Habitat,” family concerts at Chapel Hill’s University Baptist Church to benefit Habitat for Humanity. The Shady Grove Band tours internationally, but local appearances featuring the […]
