HERBERT YOUNG COMMUNITY CENTER/ CARY—The press conference was designed more for television consumption than getting into wonky questions about America’s soccer pyramid, the U.S. Open Cup or the constitution of the RailHawks ownership. Aaron Davidson, the president of the North American Soccer League, said as much in his opening remarks, saying that this assembly wasn’t […]
David Fellerath
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Bye-bye Borders: Superstore files Chapter 11, Triangle stores to close in next several weeks
Today , the troubled books retail giant Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The long-expected move means 200 stores will close, including four stores in the Triangle. According to documents filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, stores in Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Cary and Apex will all close as part […]
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A trip through a Montreal man’s messy life in Barney’s Version
Barney’s Version opens Friday in select theaters (see times below) Our rating: Earlier this week, Arcade Fire won the Grammy for album of the year, a fine achievement and one that sanctions Montreal’s place on the indie rock map. But Arcade Fire, most of whose members are non-Quebecois transplants, is a little late to the […]
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NASL confident U.S. Soccer will sanction RailHawks’ new league this weekend
Photo by Jeremy M. LangeThe ticket booth at WakeMed Soccer Park was closed for business Friday. North American Soccer League (NASL) officials are so confident that their league will gain Division 2 sanctioning at the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) Annual General Meeting this weekend in Las Vegas that they don’t have a back-up plan. “We […]
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The Illusionist, the magnificent new film from Sylvain Chomet
The Illusionist opens Friday in select theaters (see times below) Our rating: The increasing ease with which well-funded filmmakers create illusions has the perverse effect of making those images less illusory and more of an advertisement for their own sophistication. Think about Avatar: As much of a gee-whiz marvel as it may have been for […]
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Craig Lindsey talks about leaving The N&O and the state of film
I met last weekend with the last living daily film critic in North Carolina. It was in the Landmark Tavern on Hargett Street in Raleigh. I was prepared to conduct an inquest. The previous Monday, The News & Observer had, in its latest round of McClatchy-mandated self-amputation, finally cut loose Craig Lindsey, its rogue limb, […]
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Reynolds Price, Duke teacher and author, dies at 77
Reynolds Price, the prolific author and longtime professor at Duke University, died this afternoon after suffering a heart attack on Sunday. He was 77. Price wrote fiction, essays, poetry and nonfiction. He taught the works of John Milton and other topics to several generations of Duke students, dating back to the 1950s. A self-described “outlaw” […]
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Dü you remember: Grant Hart at Motorco
Photo by David FellerathGrant Hart, left, played Friday night with The Venables Grant HartJan. 14, 2011Motorco, Durham “There’s no success like failure.” —some guy from Minnesota As we approached the front door of Motorco, we saw that a singer/ guitarist was flailing away on stage. He had long, dark hair and for a few frantic […]
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Friday night movies: The Green Hornet isn’t all that, but there are three terrific revivals tonight
Photo by Jaimie Trueblood/ SonySeth Rogen does the action-hero thing… Moviegoers have a few options tonight. Among the new releases, there’s The Green Hornet (see Zack Smith’s short review below) and, in art houses, Rabbit Hole with Nicole Kidman. Read Nathan Gelgud’s review. If you’re in the mood for revivals, tonight poses a dilemma: Raleigh […]
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A life-changing friend in My Dog Tulip
My Dog Tulip opens Friday in select theaters (see times below) Our rating: J.R. Ackerley was a mid-century English writer whose body of work isn’t well known to nonspecialist Americans. A friend and contemporary to many writers who were more successful than he, Ackerley was open about his homosexualityno mean feat in the 1940s and […]
