A variety of local bands are coming together for “Willapalooza” to lend support to longtime local artist Willa Stein. A photographer who has lived in Raleigh’s Boylan Heights neighborhood for the past 24 years, Stein was diagnosed with Uterine Papillary Serous Carcinoma, a form of uterine cancer. Within three days she was in the hospital […]
Curt Fields
Bio: Curt Fields is the Associate Editor at INDY Week. He lives in Raleigh.Email: [email protected]
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Hopscotch Design Festival announces initial speaker lineup
The Hopscotch Design Festival is taking shape with today’s announcement of more than two-dozen speakers from across the country. Notable participants include Harper Reed, the chief technology officer for the Obama for America campaign; Alexander Isley, founder of Alexander Isley Inc.; Anne Atkins, lead graphic designer for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel; and Brian […]
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Fortnight Craft Brewery and Pub brings English beers to Cary
Fortnight Craft Brewery and Pub 1006 S.W. Maynard Rd., Cary 919-342-6604, fortnightbrewing.com Monday–Thursday noon-10 p.m., Friday–Saturday noon–11 p.m., Sunday noon–7 p.m. Triangle fans of English beers don’t have to venture overseas, searching through waves of London fog for a place to drink. All they have to do instead is make their way to Cary to […]
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World’s largest story
Anyone can indulge in summer excesses such as sunburns and bad fashion. Why think small? N.C. has a huge array of self-proclaimed “World’s Largest” thingsall perfect backdrops for Instagram selfies. Start in Chapel Hill with the World’s Largest Statue of a Ramalthough, truthfully, we’re not sure how much competition it has. Then head for High […]
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Durham gets a new gospel festival
Gospel Xtravaganza Friday, May 30, 6–10 p.m. Saturday, May 31, 5–10 p.m. $50–$80 N.C. Central’s O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium, intogospel.com Onstage in Chicago in 1998, gospel singer Fred Hammond proclaimed, “It’s time to kick some Devil butt.” More than 15 years later, Hammond is no less fervent; this weekend, count on some righteous kicks aimed at Satan’s […]
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The Pull List: Letter 44
Letter 44 No. 6 by Charles Soule and Alberto Jimenez Albuquerque Oni Press Conspiracy theorists’ fantasies take to the page in Letter 44, a new series currently unspooling from Oni Press. Its central premise is established when, on inauguration day, the 43rd president of the United States (that would be George W. Bush in real […]
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NASA Space Universe descends on Raleigh tonight
For all its familiar ingredients—manic vocals, bludgeoning riffs that punch through walls of feedback, a belligerent rhythm section that lunges in fits as much as it keeps a backbeat—the Santa Ana, Calif. foursome NASA Space Universe don’t sound much like a typical hardcore band. Their scuzz-splattered aesthetic feels as much in line with The Urinals […]
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Celebrate strawberries
If you think biting into a fresh strawberry is one of those simple pleasures difficult to topand clearly you do, you sharp INDY reader, youthen this is your month. May is National Strawberry Month. Celebrate at the Carrboro Farmers Market on Saturday, May 17, when the market holds its annual STRAWBERRY JAMBOREE. Sera Cuni of […]
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On the lighter side, regulating the hard stuff
Many of the bills we are watching this session are fraught with life-changing potential, directly affecting individuals’ rights and opportunities. Then there are some that, truthfully, fall under the umbrella of the ubiquitous Twitter hashtag #FirstWorldProblems. That doesn’t make us any less interested, though. One such bill is House Bill 842, “Study of Spiritous Liquor […]
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Rap at Deep South? Worth leaving the house for, even on a Sunday
Blueprint, Count Bass D, DJ Rare Groove, Tuscon Deep South the Bar, Raleigh Sunday, May 4, 2014 “It’s like a house party in here!” Blueprint exclaimed last night at Raleigh’s Deep South the Bar before launching into a cut from his latest CD, Respect the Architect. The evening did have a cozy house-party vibe, thanks […]
