Dee Dee Ramone: 1952-2002 Modern rock and roll has lost another of its founding fathers. Just a year after the passing of Joey and three months after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Dee Dee Ramone has left the building. Born Douglas Colvin on Sept. 18, 1952, Dee Dee co-founded The […]
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In tap
The North Carolina Rhythm Tap Festival will feature an international cast that includes Fayard Nicholas of the famed Nicholas Brothers (who danced at Harlem’s Cotton Club in the 1930s), and Brazilian native Claudio Fugueira and jazz-tap innovator Brenda Buffina, current director of the American Tap Dance Orchestra. Also appearing: Dianne Walker, an educator who’s performed […]
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In documentary filmmaking
A couple of years ago, Vivian Bowman Edwards took a class at Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies that taught aspiring filmmakers how to use their home camcorders to make documentary films. One product of the class was Bowman’s film Searching, the story of her husband Steve’s hunt for a high school friend lost in Vietnam […]
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Alt-flags redux
A line break in an item about Roger Tucker’s “alternative flags” Web site (Front Porch, May 22) apparently caused some confusion about the correct cyber-address. It is: www.alternativeflags.org. The site provides information on alternatives to flying Old Glory.
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In spoken word
David Allan Coe once said that the perfect country and western song had to reference mama, trains, trucks, prison and gettin’ drunk. It’s safe to say that Steve Earle feels that such references are necessary in literature as well. Earle learned his lessons the hard way. Failing to take heed of the cautionary tales of […]
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In community art
The up-and-coming Raleigh-based arts collective FeatherNetwork will mark the grand opening of their new studio/gallery space at 315 S. Bloodworth St. this Friday, June 7 from 5-11 p.m. Using the different parts of a dismantled old desk, 15 artists will each offer interpretive transformations of drawers, hinges and wood panels. Members’ studios will be open […]
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In songwriter showcases
This Friday, June 7, the Carrboro ArtsCenter will host Writer’s Night, a bimonthly event sponsored by the N.C. Songwriters Co-op. This showcase will feature five local singer-songwriters, including former Bostonian Jason Harrod, a previous Co-op songwriting contest winner who snagged first place in the bluegrass division at the Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at Merlefest 2000. […]
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In fests
Millstock 2, the second annual celebration of music and arts sponsored by the folks at The Coffee Mill in Clayton, will commence this Saturday, June 8. The all-day event (10 a.m. to 10 p.m.) will feature 13 different acts–ranging from the Brown Mountain Lights and Rick McDuffie & Friends to out-of-state artist Cheri Lunn–performing on […]
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In What Would Andy Do?
Wouldn’t it be great if we could all live in quaint Mayberry, N.C., where great aunts bake pies all day, folks can yell for their little ones and they come a-runnin’, and the roots of the ugly tree run deep? If you’re a fan of The Andy Griffith Show and feel Sheriff Andy Taylor and […]
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J-Live
I remember the day well. I copped all the mysterious copies of The Best Part and labeled them “hot commodity.” The Best Part was the first album released by J–Live. The “live” emcee was on every hip-hop head’s tongue after “Braggin’ Writes” was released in ’99–except for his label’s, from whom not a word was […]
