Chris Toenes

On a nondescript April afternoon last year at the Durham home of Letha Rodman Melchior and her husband, Dan, the couple’s parakeet, Glen, was holding court. Avocado green with a canary-yellow head, he’s a sociable fellow. Out of his cage, he greeted new visitors adeptly but cautiously, with gentle encouragement from his human parents. “Lord […]

Signal takes place Sept. 22–26 in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. A limited number of $40 festival passes are available at Cat’s Cradle Sept. 22 and at Talulla’s Sept. 23. See www.signalfest.com for details, including the full schedule. <!– wimpyWrite(‘�74157142ject cl141s163151d=�42143154163151144�721442�67c144b6145-a1456144-�61�61cf-9�66b�70�554�64�6455�635�640�6000�42 c157144e142a163145�75�42150164tp:�57/fpd157w156154oad.155141143r157m145144i141�56143om/p165142�57sh157c153167141v145/c141142163/146154as150/sw146154as150.ca142�43166er163i157156=8�54�60�54�60,�60�42 widt150=�42�6140�42 h145151gh164=�422�61�60�42 i144=�42w151m160y�623�60�64�42�76�74p141ra155 n141155e=�42al154owS143162151160164101cc145163163�42 v141lu145=�42always�42 /�76�74160141ram name�75�42m157vi145�42 v141154165145�75�42150t164p:�57/www.in144yw145ek.143o155�57155p�63163�57167impy�56swf�42 �57�76<p141162141155 156a155e=�42lo157p�42 166a154u145�75�42146141154163145�42 /�76<par141155 name�75�42m145nu�42 value=�42fa154163145�42 […]

The Butchies play Cat’s Cradle Wednesday, July 21, with openers Pink Flag and Tami Hart. The show kicks off with ping pong at 7:30 p.m. and costs $7–$8. Kaia Wilson and her Durham-based bandmates in The Butchies have long shared a love of punchy rock ‘n’ roll. Since Wilson returned to Oregon five years ago, […]

Read about Dean and Britta’s 13 Most Beautiful … Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests A decade ago, in a half-lit, mostly cluttered living room just off Chapel Hill’s Rosemary Street, Lee Waters screamed. One of the bands he was in at the time, Cobra Kahn, was laying down some brutal agro at a house […]

Read about Chapel Hill drummer Lee Waters, who’s performing with Dean and Britta at Duke That Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips will bring their 13 Most Beautiful … Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests to Duke Thursday isn’t an accident. The concert at Reynolds Theater is co-sponsored by Duke Performances and the Nasher Museum of […]