Director Lasse Halstrom (My Life as a Dog) takes us to a sleepy French village circa 1959, where the townspeople have grown accustomed to a life with little change. But when the delectable Vianne (Juliette Binoche) opens a shop filled with beautifully made, mouth-watering sweets, she exposes the town to a world of pleasure and […]
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In one-man shows
Raleigh-native David Sedaris made his debut on NPR’s Morning Edition with “SantaLand Diaries,” a postmodern holiday classic that tells in surreal and hilarious detail his experiences as a Christmas elf at Macy’s. “My name is Crumpet,” he announces at one point in the story. “We were allowed to choose our own names and given permission […]
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Rock Ridge to Raleigh
Looking back, what’s most remarkable about Jim Hunt, our governor for 16 of the last 24 years and lieutenant governor before that, is how little he’s changed. He was “tough on crime” in the ’70s. He’s still tough on crime. Taxes? Didn’t like ’em then, doesn’t like ’em now. In his first inaugural address in […]
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Solas
The feature from Spanish director Benito Zambrano, Solas is the story of Maria, a beautiful but hardened woman who lives an aimless life of petty crime and loneliness in an unnamed city in southern Spain. In Zambreno’s spin on the old love-and-redemption theme, Maria’s mother shows up to live with her when Maria’s authoritarian father […]
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Shakti, Slow Blues and Soul
Shopping for the finicky music geek in your family? Instead of our usual Soundbite reviews of recent national releases, our roster of Indy critics have come up with a great selection of musical gift ideas. Charlie Parker The Complete Savoy and Dial Recordings 1944-1948 Savoy Box Set Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience Experience Hendrix […]
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Hunt’s timeline
1950s Serves unprecedented two terms as president of student body at N.C. State University; student teacher in Cary; writes master’s paper at N.C. State on tobacco farming. Meets Carolyn Leonard, from Iowa, at a national Grange meeting. Hitchhikes to Iowa to see her and carries a switchblade, just in case. Marries Leonard. 1960s Serves on […]
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Local progressives weigh in
Inclusive savvy The Rev. Carrie Bolton I voted for Gov. Jim Hunt the first time he ran. I was 18, and felt very good about it. Central to the work I’ve done in Chatham County are my efforts to provide services for children ranging in age from 2 to 18. I have a child care […]
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In birds
On Christmas Day in 1900, a band of bird-lovers decided to do something different from the traditional holiday “side hunt,” in which teams competed to see who could shoot down the most birds. Led by ornithologist Frank Chapman, 27 conservationists in 25 localities decided to count their feathered friends instead of hunt them. This year […]
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Some examples of Lumbee dialect
chawed: (adj.) embarrassed, disgraced cooter: (noun) a large swamp turtle cuz: (noun) a term of address used in greeting a fellow Lumbee damn skippy: (adj.) right! an affirmative response to a speaker’s comment ellick: (noun) coffee gallanipper: (noun) a large mosquito-like insect in the pines: (prep. phrase) snobby, uppity jubious: (adj.) strange, eerie juvember: (noun) […]
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Into the Arms of Strangers
Nine months before the beginning of World War II, Britain began accepting Jewish and other persecuted children into its homes–often for good. For producer Deborah Oppenheimer, making Into the Arms of Strangers was a personal journey to trace the escape of her mother and her companions on the “Kindertransport,” the train that took over 10,000 […]
