The comedian who etched the words “smoky eye” into the controversy lexicon is also immersing herself in stand-up, and she’s coming to Raleigh for three nights this week.
Ashley Melzer
Bio: Ashley Melzer is a writer, photographer and filmmaker living in Carrboro.Twitter: http://twitter.com/ashleymelzer
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Full Frame: Connecting 306 Hollywood to Other Artworks About Rifling Through Someone’s Stuff
Those of us who caught 306 Hollywood at Full Frame on Friday had a front-row seat to the evolution of the definition of “documentary.” An anthropological study of the filmmaking team’s grandmother after her death, it’s nonfiction only in the broadest sense. Brother-and-sister duo Jonathan and Elan Bogarin excavate their grandmother’s home, organize her possessions […]
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Full Frame: An Interview with the Director of Purple Dreams, a New Doc Capturing the Power of Art Education in a Charlotte High School
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival: Purple Dreams Friday, April 7 Carolina Theatre, Durham It was by sheer luck that I wound up sitting next to Joanne Hock and Heidi Dove, the director and assistant director of Purple Dreams (which has its world premiere in a primetime slot at Fletcher Hall tonight), at a screening this […]
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Full Frame: The stories go on beyond the big screen
I’m never more thrilled at Full Frame than when the movie ends, the lights fade up and the filmmakers and subjects are there. It’s a rush. These folks have gone from random people to confidants and, as such, turned the audience from passive observers to sympathetic ears in a few frames of films. It’s proof […]
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Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba Nominated for All Africa Music Award
Securing a surprise nomination via email from a mysterious pan-African music organization based in Nigeria would rightly inspire some skepticism. “It was totally like one of those emails,” says Kaira Ba bassist Jonathan Henderson. But the band did some digging and realized this was no scam. Indeed, Diali Cissoko and Kaira Ba had been nominated […]
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The Connells at 30: Doug McMillan on three decades of music
This Saturday, The Connells celebrate 30 years of music. For a band to last that long is, in a word, “bizarre,” says singer Doug McMillan. Started in 1984 by two brothers, Mike and David Connell, the band found early success with their jangle-pop, college rock sound. They released material on Elvis Costello’s Demon Records, recorded […]
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Study improv and other dramatic skills at the new Moonlight Stage Company
On Sept. 8, a 43-seat theater in North Raleigh will become the official home of the new Moonlight Stage Company. The small, newly renovated black box space will be a hub for classes and shows, for performers and teachersand, if all goes according to plan, for audiences that may have never given live theater a […]
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As Weller, Nathan Toben debuts new material
Former Toddlers frontman Nathan Toben will release 1, the first music from his new project Weller on July 1st. Engineered and co-produced by Wesley Wolfe, the album features 13 tracks of spirited indie rock inspired by the four elements. “Weller is a music project rather than a live band, so I am putting the attention […]
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Kat Robichaud hopes to turn the temporary attention of reality television’s quasi-fame into a career
Kat Robichaud with Jack the Radio, AMFMS, Nic Hawk Saturday, May 31, 8 p.m., $10–$12 Lincoln Theatre America didn’t like Kat Robichaud, or at least not enough to help her win a reality show. Seven months ago, after the Raleigh singer and former bandleader scraped through near-elimination twice to advance to the closing rounds of […]
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Video Premiere: Schooner’s “It Won’t Matter
”It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a flying baguette! No really, it’s a flying baguette. The latest Schooner video, “It Won’t Matter,” is a food fight for the eyes. Directed by Jacki Huntington, the clip mixes the playful mess of fistfuls of coleslaw and bean-dripping faces with stop-motion Play-Doh titles and reverse-motion playback. Check […]