When local drama teacher Carl Martin found himself in hot demand among his friends to organize “Shakespeare parties,” in which the participants would put on condensed versions of the bard’s plays, he wondered about trying out the same idea with strangers. So he designed the Home Shakespeare Festival, a parlor game that includes a shortened […]
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In history
Soon museum exhibits will be all the Triangle has left of its once-thriving tobacco farming community. The heavy sweet smell has faded from the brick factories that loom over Durham’s downtown, and Brightleaf is more strongly associated with shopping than a special kind of plant. On Saturday, July 29, a Tobacco Harvest Festival at Duke […]
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Yellow Submarine
There is a sweet legend most Beatles fans know about how John Lennon met and fell in love with Yoko Ono. When Lennon attended one of the young, hip artist’s openings, he was encouraged to climb a ladder there. At the top, he found a small piece of paper with the word “yes” written on […]
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Indy Bestsellers
Hardcover 1. Jim the Boy, by Tony Earley (Little Brown, $23.95). A young boy grows up in rural North Carolina during the Great Depression. 2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K Rowling (Scholastic, $25.95). Book No. 4 of the Harry Potter series finds him returning to sorcerer´s school. 3. Me Talk Pretty […]
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In reenactments
Ever have a hankering to smell the smoke of musket fire or hear a real rebel yell? Stop by the encampment of the 26th North Carolina regiment at Mordecai Historic Park in Raleigh on July 8 and 9. The park’s Living History Weekend features infantry and artillery demonstrations and a fashion show by the Ladies […]
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In video
If you feel far away from the “film scene” or have wondered if North Carolina even has one, July 7’s Video is an Aphrodisiac may be your starting point to getting connected. The wordshed productions event features three videos by local film- and videomaker Jesse Seay, who wants to turn the “one-way conversation” of film […]
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Kadosh
It is difficult to raise criticisms of religion while being respectful of its members, but director Amos Gitai was willing to give it a shot. The third film of a trilogy featuring three different cities and their inhabitants, Kadosh, a Hebrew word meaning “sacred,” focuses on the Orthodox Jewish quarter of Jerusalem, Mea Shearim. The […]
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Of small-town murders, sex and the high seas
Summer ReadingCall it Manifest Destiny, call it frontier spirit–escapism has always been at the heart of American culture. From the first explorers of the East Coast to the first astronauts on the moon, from television-watchers to beachgoers to Internet junkies, what would we Americans do with our lives if we weren’t always departing them? Thus, […]
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The 2000 Indies
This year’s winners Ronnie Lilly: Guardian angel The Red Clay Ramblers: Rabble-Rousers The Third Place Coffeehouse: A Great Good Place Jelly Educational Theater: High Note E.B. and Juanita Palmer: Local Legacy Burning Coal Theatre Company: Mind and Heart Scott Ainslie: Human Capital
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N.C. Pride 2000
The Triangle will positively swarm with queer families this weekend, when North Carolina’s extended gay family comes together in Durham for the N.C. Pride 2000 March and Festival. The main event is the annual Pride march, which starts Saturday, June 10, at 1 p.m. on Campus Drive at Duke University. Participants are asked to begin […]
