The unique citywide racing adventure Urban Challenge makes its debut in Raleigh this Saturday, Aug. 24. With its hidden race course, Urban Challenge forces participants to think on the run, answering trivia questions to qualify for strong starting positions, deciphering clues that could reveal correct checkpoints, and keeping an eye out for the elusive “Skip […]
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In lit
Set in Mercury, Miss., Brad Watson‘s (pictured above) first novel, The Heaven of Mercury, traces the lifelong unrequited love of Finus Bates for Birdie Wells, whom he falls in love with after seeing her cartwheeling naked in the woods outside of town in 1917. Later he wins her in a poker game, loses her, then […]
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In selling yourself
Peggy Payne, the author of the novels Sister India (a New York Times Notable Book) and Revelation, is putting on a workshop called “Getting a Literary Agent” at her home near Jordan Lake on Friday, Aug. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn how to choose which agents to approach and how to research […]
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What does homeland security mean to you?
The Bush administration and Attorney General John Ashcroft have defined homeland security to mean neighbors spying on neighbors and fences around reservoirs and nuclear power plants. But we think real homeland security means a lot more than that–good jobs, clean air and water, health care for everyone, and government in the public rather than the […]
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In talent
As if a statewide drought and West Nile outbreak aren’t enough, a local county in North Carolina will soon be faced with a killer bee invasion. Cappadonna (pictured), 10th member of the famed Wu-Tang Clan, descends on the Triangle to judge West End Worldwide’s “Back 2 School Talent Showcase” this Saturday, Aug. 24. The concert […]
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In acid flashbacks
Visit the N.C. Museum of History between now and Sept. 28, 2003 to get an opportunity to immerse yourself in a period you were either too high or too conservative to experience right the first time. The museum’s latest exhibit, Flashback to the ’60s, recalls life in the United States during a span of profound […]
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In country music
Outlaw troubadour and Farm Aid champ Willie Nelson (pictured) brings his Great Divide Tour to the Triangle on the heels of his star-studded release by the same name, which features artists ranging from Kid Rock to Bonnie Raitt covering Nelson’s material. One of the first artists to rebel against the Nashville establishment, Nelson has nevertheless […]
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In N.C. legends
If North Carolina musicians could earn an honor comparable to poet laureate, Doc Watson would surely hold it. “Retired,” but still touring and recording, Doc has reflected the best our state has to offer through 40 years of taking his “traditional plus” music around the world. The Morehead School alumnus returns to Raleigh for a […]
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In comedy improv
Durham resident Ross White traveled to New York earlier this year to study with the comedy troupe The Upright Citizens Brigade (including Amy Poehler, currently a Saturday Night Live cast member), and came back fired up and ready to start his own comedy group. The result is The Zygote, which White hopes will “grow experimental […]
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In beads
Have we all collectively jumped into a time machine? Austin Powers is returning to the ’70s, progressive values are suddenly on the rise–and beads are back! The Piedmont Intergalactic Bead Festival is hosting over 30 vendors from 16 states, who will show their modern beads, bead books, supplies and jewelry at the Big Barn Convention […]
