RALEIGH, PNC ARENA—The Hurricanes made way for the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks tonight. Tomorrow they’ll make way for prizewinning cattle, pig races and anything you can put in a deep fat-fryer. Photograph by Chris Baird Cam Ward watches defenseman Jay Harrison clear Marcus Kruger from his goal crease. Chicago beat the Canes in a shootout, […]
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Inaugural poet Richard Blanco visits Durham
Richard Blanco Sunday, Oct. 13 7:30 p.m., free Carolina Theatre Once upon a time, the poet Richard Blanco was just the poet Richard Blanco. But, since he was commissioned to write and read his poem “One Today” at President Obama’s second inauguration in January, a string of modifiers is now attached to his name. He’s […]
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Meet the new Canes, same as the old Canes
PNC ARENA (RALEIGH)—It’s game one of 82. This morning, when you get up and look in the bathroom mirror, and your unfulfilled dreams seem to press back at you from the other side of the glass, say, “It’s game one of 82.” No, it’s not time for Caniacs to push this button. But it’s tempting […]
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Meet three behind-the-scenes stars of N.C. Opera’s Così fan tutte
Staring blearily at a musical score, Nancy Goldsmith holds a sheet of orange stickers in one hand and a pencil in the other. Jessica Samples sits next to her, index finger poised on the return key of her laptop. They’re the supertitles operation for the North Carolina Opera’s production of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, which […]
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Can the Hurricanes avoid the basement in a new, formidable division?
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Detroit Red Wings Friday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. vs. Philadelphia Flyers Sunday, Oct. 6, 5 p.m. PNC Arena The Carolina Hurricanes are back on the ice, which means it’s time to thaw out all of our “ifs.” If Cam Ward stays healthy all year, and if the team’s second line gels around […]
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N.C. Opera looks for psychological depth in a fully staged Così fan tutte
NC Opera presents Mozart’s Così fan tutte Oct. 3 & 5, 8 p.m. Oct. 6, 3 p.m. $34.25–$94.75 Fletcher Opera Theater The North Carolina Opera‘s rehearsal space is the kind of place you’re thankful to drive past. In an anonymous North Raleigh strip mall, empty storefronts alternate with a hair place, a manicure place and […]
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The endlessly cutting edge: Michael Itkoff’s CtrlAltDel in Raleigh
CtrlAltDel Michael Itkoff Flanders Art Gallery Closes Sept. 30 In a show that closes this weekend in Raleigh, Michael Itkoff mulls the gap between medium and message in the digital age, when media are in constant changeover. Itkoff, an accomplished photographer and co-founder of Daylight Books and Daylight Digital in Hillsborough, reaches back toward 1960s […]
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Rest stops on the information superhighway: Michael Itkoff’s CtrlAltDel at Flanders Gallery
RALEIGH—This sentence has been severely mediated. Typed on a word processor, it was converted from human thought to digital data, then encoded in an email to an editor and now you’re reading it as light from a screen. A hundred years ago this sentence would have been Linotype. A hundred years before that, letterpress. Technological […]
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When others went secular, The Blind Boys of Alabama stayed true to their gospel plans
The Blind Boys of Alabama Friday & Saturday, Sept. 13 & 14, 8 p.m., $10–$34 Hayti Heritage Center Duke Performances When a young man approached Blind Boys of Alabama singer Jimmy Carter after a recent performance, he assumed he was just another fan coming to say he loved the show. But the young man said […]
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Laurelyn Dossett’s songs are born of a purpose
Laurelyn Dossett & Friends with Roger Gupton Friday, Sept. 6, 8 p.m. $18–$20 Haw River Ballroom Saxapahaw A young musician scrawls songs on the back of every used envelope at hand, hoping one in 10 is worth singing. She opens her mouth and just lets her voice flow out. Laurelyn Dossett still has the clear, […]