Raleigh MayorThanks to a strong showing in the primary by challenger Charles Meeker, the Raleigh mayoral race is up for grabs. Though incumbent mayor Paul Coble garnered 49.2 percent of the vote, just 335 votes shy of the 50 percent needed to win re-election outright, Meeker ran a close second with 47.7 percent. IBM executive […]
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Frida
As part of their continuing foreign language film series, the Chapel Hill Institute for Cultural and Language Education presents Frida, a biographical film about legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Mexican-born director Paul Leduc’s 1984 film is a worshipful portrayal of Kahlo’s life–from her marriage to muralist Diego Rivera (Juan Jose Gurrola) to the debilitating polio […]
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Independent Endorsements
It’s a sad fact that fewer people are choosing to vote in local municipal races in off-year elections, and this year was no exception. With the added distraction of the country’s “war on terrorism,” turnout in the Oct. 9 primary was stunningly low. To cite just one example, a mere 12 percent of Durham County […]
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Liam
Stephen Frears’ new film, set in a Depression-era Liverpool poised on the brink of World War II, tells the story of a family torn by circumstance and viewed through the eyes of an inquisitive schoolboy, Liam (Anthony Borrows). When Liam’s dad loses his job at a local shipyard, the women in the family are forced […]
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Volunteer Spotlight
UNC Hospitals Platelet & Plasma Donor Program: Despite increased donations in the wake of Sept. 11, UNC hospitals may face a shortage of platelets supplies in coming months. UNC Hospitals are asking healthy individuals, between the ages of 17 and 76, to donate platelets and plasma for UNC patients suffering from cancer, blood disorders and […]
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Kooky kids
The following is an excerpt from an ad placed in UNC-Chapel Hill’s Daily Tar Heel by conservative writer and activist David Horowitz: “If I have one regret from my radical years, it is that this country was too tolerant towards the treason of its enemies within. If patriotic Americans had been more vigilant in the […]
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Volunteer Spotlight
The Food Bank of North Carolina: Volunteers are needed for the Food Bank’s after school tutoring and mentoring program, which serves 51 children, Tuesdays-Thursdays, 4:30-7 p.m. Call Angel Feimster, 875-0707, ext. 241, or e-mail [email protected] for more information.
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Sparklefest highlights
Here’s a quick look at the Sparklefest highlights. See www.sparklefest.com for ticket information and a complete listing of the performers. Thursday, Oct. 11 Paula Kelly, formerly of the band Boy Wonder (not to be confused with Rist’s Wonderboy), will be sharing lush pop songs from her new Nothing/Everything. Among the other acts areClone Farm, specializing […]
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Lila Downs
Lila Downs has the sort of eyes found on an old photograph and a voice haunted by ghosts. Between her Oaxacan Indian mother and American anthropologist father, Downs grew up knowing both sides of the border–the one that divides cultures as well as the haves from the have-nots. In her powerful voice there are echoes […]
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The Creature from the Black Lagoon
In its continuing “Natural Horror Picture Show” series, the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences is offering another classic with Universal Studios’ 1954 monster movie, The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Originally shot in 3-D, this film is remembered for its underwater photography and elaborate rubber monster suit, constructed without an oxygen tank to appear more […]
