Photo By Dudley Merrifield Check out a Stranger Spirits set, and you may find yourself faced with a hype ninja or a surfing Amazonian librarian or the Sherriff of Rockingham himself. “We call ourselves rock ’n’ roll pilgrims from another planet,” explains Aubrey Herbert, aka Destructika Poppins, a most evil take on a favorite English […]
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An Evening for Richard Adler, late UNC alumnus and musical theater legend
Photo by Ashley Melzer An Evening for Richard AdlerMonday, Nov. 5UNC’s Hill Hall Crowds gathered early last week to celebrate the legacy of UNC alumnus Richard Adler, class of 1943. Adler, who died this past summer, was a prominent figure in musical theater of the 1950s, best known for The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees. […]
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The rap thesis that forever linked a Chapel Hill academic to Senegal
Discover • Read more about Ali Colleen Neff and her ethnographic work • Listen to samples of Toussa Senerap’s music For six months, Ali Colleen Neff, a doctoral candidate in communications at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, had worked with advisers from the African and African-American studies programs at Duke University and […]
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The Murphey School Radio Show brings together a community, its artists and old-time charitable barn raising
The Murphey School Radio Show takes place Saturday, Nov. 3, at the historic Murphey School, 3717 Murphey School Road, at the intersection with Old N.C. 10, between Hillsborough and Durham. There is a 3 p.m. matinee and a 7 p.m. program. Tickets are $50. The “on air” light illuminates and a hush falls over the […]
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Shakori Hills offers grass fields of ideals
The Fall Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance takes place Thursday, Oct. 4–Sunday, Oct. 7. For a complete schedule of all Shakori Hills performers, visit Shakori Hills. Tickets range in price from $20–$100 and can be purchased online and at the festival gate. In 1980, Jean Healy and three of her friends decided […]
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The Flute Flies’ Yes Means Maybe
Proceeds from Yes Means Maybe go to the Tisch Brain Tumor Center. The album is available at Bandcamp and in limited supply at area record stores. More than 200 cancers threaten humans. In each case, cell growth goes haywireskyrocketing, spreading, invading other parts of the body. It is creation as destruction. While the fight against […]
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Mount Moriah talks Merge Records deal
Photo by Abby NardoHeather McEntire at Hopscotch 2012 Local favorites Mount Moriah just got a new batch of social wedding rings, this time courtesy of Durham’s own Merge Records. “I feel really proud of us,” admits lead singer Heather McEntire. “We were talking about this the other day: If we could have written down what […]
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The unexpected revival of Lumbee rock ‘n’ roll
Paradise of Bachelors throws a release party for Plant and See at Carrboro’s Bowbarr on Friday, July 6, with the All Day Records DJs and a special DJ set by M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger. The 9 p.m. celebration is free. The last time Brendan Greaves saw Willie French Lowery, he was sitting on […]
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Announced: Duke Performances 2012-13 season
Check your bank statements: It’s time to throw a lot of money into the tills of Duke Performances. The just-announced calendar for the 2012–13 season features a glut of talent and variety. Artists based as close as the Triangle (Lost in the Trees) and as far as the orchestra pits of Asia (China National Symphony […]
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The Design’s Young America
Lizzy Ross Band and My Wonderful Machine open for The Design at the Lincoln Theatre Thursday, June 7, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8–$10. The Design delivers a load of promises on “Scream,” the first track of their second album, Young America. They guarantee “a good time,” “a ball,” “lower[ed] inhibitions,” “it all.” They also […]