Strange Beauty Film Festival Feb. 17–19 At Manbites Dog Theater Jim Haverkamp and Joyce Ventimiglia probably like that old Steven Wright joke, “Why don’t they make the whole plane out of the black box?” That’s the premise upon which the husband-and-wife team founded the Strange Beauty Film Festival, which inhabits Durham’s Manbites Dog Theater this […]
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Local Histories group show in Chapel Hill animates concepts of place
Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On Mixed-media group show 523 E. Franklin St. (former Chapel Hill Museum) Through April 29 I’m writing this sentence from inside a cardboard snowdrift. The sweet acridity of smoldering tobacco leaves wafts down the tunnel I crawled through to get in here. Out the tunnel’s mouth I can see […]
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Cardiac Canes re-emerge on the road
When you go on a road trip, you’ve got to simplify your game. Keep your shifts short, dump the puck, and skate off for a line change. Stay disciplined on defense. Work your system and hope that you’ll be in a position to win the game at the end. File photo by D. L. AndersonErik […]
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Flyers stifle Canes, 2-1
FSN SOUTH (TV)—When seasons turn in North Carolina, you know it. You can feel summer waning. And then there’s that week when all the leave seem suddenly to turn a different color and you know fall is here. Photo by D. L. AndersonTuomo Ruutu got the only puck past Brian Boucher in Philadelphia’s 2-1 win […]
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Canes open key three-game stretch in Philly
At this point in the season, there’s an up-tick in the usage of the phrase “If the season ended today…” Instead of listing how many games teams have played, newspapers change the column in the standings table to show the games remaining. And the table overall switches from showing the divisions to the entire conference. […]
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ChemoToxic documents cancer treatment with archaic photography techniques
ChemoToxic Ambrotype photographs by Willie Osterman Through This Lens Through March 12 “I photograph because I don’t understand something, or I’m curious about something or want to learn about something,” Willie Osterman says. In the case of cancer, one’s body is what’s not understood, to the specific extent that it becomes an enemy. In ChemoToxic, […]
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Canes let a point slip away in New Jersey
FSN SOUTH (TV)—Through the first half of the season, the New Jersey Devils were one of the worst teams in hockey. Right now, though, they are among the best. Photo by D. L. AndersonJeff Skinner’s two goals weren’t enough for the Canes in New Jersey. Even without Martin Brodeur in net, the Devils wrested a […]
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Canes don’t know if they’re buyers or sellers
The National Hockey League trading deadline is three weeks away. Teams looking forward to the playoffs are shopping for that extra bit of scoring or a reliable defender. Teams already planning for next year are shining up their soon-to-be unrestricted free agents and setting them out in the window, hoping to offload salary for draft […]
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Cole’s OT deja vu stuns Thrashers
RBC CENTER, RALEIGH—The Hurricanes have clawed their way into the playoff eight, but they’re not getting comfortable. File photo by Peggy BooneErik Cole, seen here against the Bruins last season, beat Atlanta with an overtime goal for the second time this season. When Erik Cole flung a wrist shot past Ondrej Pavelec halfway through overtime […]
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Positive images: Documenting chemotherapy with archaic photography techniques
Photo by Willie Osterman ChemoToxicAmbrotype photographs by Willie OstermanDurhamThrough This Lens GalleryThrough March 12 “I photograph because I don’t understand something, or I’m curious about something, or want to learn about something,” Willie Osterman says. In the case of cancer, one’s body is what’s not understood, to the specific extent that it becomes an enemy. […]