If you’ve ever doodled on a napkin during dinner, you might appreciate the fine works of art being displayed at Bronwyn Merritt Gallery from March 15 through April 15. Carrburritos Taqueria in Carrboro took submissions for their Napkin Art Contest through Feb. 28, and now the judges’ decisions are in. Contributors were required to use […]
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Blow Dry
Another small-town British comedy with a screenplay from the writer who brought us The Full Monty. Blow Dry is about what happens to a small Yorkshire town when it’s invaded by the National British Hairdressing Championships, as England’s flashiest hairdressers vie for the coveted Silver Scissors. Although the championship affords plenty of opportunities for comedy […]
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Ashley Stove
After two albums on the ambitious yet short lived Jesus Christ label, Raleigh’s Ashley Stove rebounded to Merge Records, comfortably snug in the midst of indieland. Surrounded by like-minded souls, their Merge debut, New Scars, showed the rock vets (Erectus Monotone, Portastatic) confounding the alt-rock paradigm by flirting with power pop chord progressions and boy-girl […]
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Volunteer Spotlight
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program: RSVP of Orange County receives many requests for volunteers ages 55 and older. To fulfill those requests, the program needs more volunteers. Opportunities can be long-term or short term and include clerical positions, museum docents, hospital help and tutoring. Call 968-2054 for more information.
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In mandalas
How long can you keep a secret? The Tantric Buddhists of Nepal and Tibet kept one of their arts a secret from the world until 1988, and they’ll be sharing it soon with Triangle residents. From Feb. 28-March 21, two Buddhist monks in robes of gold and crimson (pictured) will create a mandala–a religious artwork […]
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The Mexican
The bulk of this comedy-adventure flick chronicles the misadventures of small-time loser Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt), who owes the mob one last favor. The “Mexican” in question is a priceless antique pistol that Pitt’s mob boss wants him to recover from down Mexico way. The only problem is that when his girlfriend Samantha (played by […]
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The Foolish Things
The Foolish Things present a familiar jazz-quartet lineup: guitar, bass, drums and female vocals. (The fact that the bass is really a viola da gamba does little to disturb that familiarity since its player, David Abbott, makes it walk and sing very much like a double bass.) Formed in 1999 from members of Glass, Dot […]
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The Daybreakers
Around here, when you’ve got an overqualified waiter, a UNC employee, an artist and a writer lumped in together, you’re probably talking about a band. And in the case of local four-piece the Daybreakers, you’d be right. Shane Hartman, Mark Derewicz, Peyton Myrick and Andrew Schatzburg evolved from fledgling musicians into a full-blown group about […]
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Poor Valentino
Hey, radio! Knock, knock. Who’s there? Poor Valentino. Poor Valentino who? Um, there’s no punchline, that’s the whole bit. Singer-songwriter Katy Chamis and her Durham-based gang lay down the gauntlet on their new platter, delivering a Bangles-inflected set of radio-ready rock that is slick in all the right ways but never pandering. Not as overtly […]
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Lula’s Birthmark; Aftertax and the Rusty Nails
Lula’s Birthmark is spawned from the same unctuous pop radio genre that thrived in the mid-’90s with middle-aged acoustic rockers Toad the Wet Sprocket and Duncan Sheik. Critics have labeled their lyrics too bleak and serious for their pop style. But it’s not like pop music has never addressed serious concerns before. In 1964, J. […]
