Durham Companions: The mentoring program is looking for responsible, caring adults to work one-on-one with youth as a friend or role model. Training will be provided and begins in early June. Call 956-9466 for more information.
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The Center of the World
This erotically charged film explores the shifting boundaries between fantasy and desire, when successful, brilliant 20-something computer engineer Richard Longman (Peter Sarsgaard) uses his money to entice Florence (Molly Parker), a smart, hip, 20-something rock chick (who moonlights at Pandora’s Box, an upscale strip club) into a sexual arrangement. Having paid Florence for a lap […]
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It rhymes with “P”
One fellow who’s not afraid to tell us what he really thinks is our former state treasurer, Harlan Boyles. On the issue of a state lottery, Boyles asks: “Are we willing to contaminate our society with an evil culture that will seduce our children with the false hope of quick riches and undermine centuries of […]
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Stupid asses
“Another stupid politician how stupid to think that guns did not exist in 1930’s. What about WWI you stupid ass.” This ahistorical note, and a bit more of the same from a pseudonymous writer, might have ranked as the low point of the e-mail traffic state Rep. Jennifer Weiss, D-Wake, received in response to her […]
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Volunteer Spotlight
Lesbian Health Resource Center: The LHRC seeks volunteers for opportunities from grant writing and party planning to holding health workshops and presenting information at community events. Volunteers are asked to help out 5 to 10 hours a month. The organization will hold a volunteer orientation in June. Call 956-9900 for more information.
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In dog events
If you’re looking to spend some time outside this weekend, don’t leave your dog behind. Raleigh’s 12th annual Bark in the Park will feature events for both you and your pooch. A dog show will award prizes in 11 categories: best bark, owner-pet look-alike, longest ears, largest dog and best beggar, to name a few. […]
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The Sandman
If you loved the black and white expressionistic films F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu) and Robert Weine (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), you’ll be interested in The Sandman, a new silent film by New York-based writer-director David Teague. The former Chapel Hill resident and Flicker regular took his inspiration from the classic story by 19th-century German author […]
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The Dish
It’s 1969, and the residents of Parkes, a small New South Wales town, are thrust into the global spotlight when their huge, football-field sized radio telescope (planted amidst fields of grazing sheep) is called upon by NASA to assist in monitoring the moon walk. The town prepares itself for visits by the prime minister and […]
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Volunteer Spotlight
Family Violence & Rape Crisis Services of Chatham County: FVRC will hold free training in crisis intervention with victims of domestic and sexual violence beginning May 15 and continuing in seven parts through May 31. The training will study both victims and perpetrators and the tools needed to effectively respond to the violence and prevent […]
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Time is money I
According to Independent Sector, the hourly value of volunteer time rose to $15.39 last year, up from $12.45 in 1994 when the group started its annual survey of nonprofits.
