UNC-Chapel Hill freshman Walker Percy, later the author of The Varsity Theater, which has been in operation under different names on Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street for more than 80 years, will go dark this Friday. Owner Bruce Stone wouldn’t directly confirm the theater’s closing, but when asked if the fact that the Indy had not […]
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Varsity Theater to go dark Friday, June 26
The Varsity Theater, which has been in operation under different names on Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street for more than 80 years, will go dark this Friday. Owner Bruce Stone wouldn’t directly confirm the theater’s closing, but when asked if the fact that the Indy had not been provided with movie listings for the Varsity meant […]
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American Dance Festival opens 2009 season with Shen Wei world premiere
Welcome back to the Indy’s ADF blog. This year, we’ve revamped our arts blogging as part of a site-wide redesign. We’re not blogging full-time (yet) about the arts, so we decided to create a “seasonal” arts blog that could be activated on big cultural occasions, such as the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and ADF. […]
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After Tuesday stunner, what now for the RailHawks?
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARYWhat happened Tuesday night? That’s the question. The U.S. Cup dreaman important priority for the RailHawks organizationis dashed for this season, thanks to the gutsy, irreverent and opportunistic play of the Wilmington Hammerheads. There’s no doubt that the RailHawks took Wilmington seriously, but stillno one thought they’d actually lose this second-round game. […]
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In Easy Virtue, a brash American shakes up the British countryside
Easy Virtue opens Friday in select theaters Easy Virtue may be a country manor movie for people who don’t like them very much. The genre has gone downhill ever since Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game set the standard in 1939. But it’s been a long slope with the gentle upswings and plateaus of […]
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RailHawks to play for chance to play Chicago Fire
It’s Round 2 of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup and the opponent is I-40 USL-2 rival Wilmington. To the winner the spoils: the opportunity to host the Chicago Fire on June 30. The RailHawks’ Tim Candon has the pregame report here. Although the RailHawks knocked off the Richmond Kickers 2-1 in Round 1 a […]
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Honduras and Panama national soccer teams to play in Cary on June 28
Announced earlier today: In preparation for the CONCACAF Gold Cup, which begins play in July, the Honduran and Panamanian national soccer teams will play at WakeMed Soccer Park on June 28, at 5 p.m. There are no guarantees about who will be in the lineup, of course, but the Honduran side is especially strong and […]
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RailHawks run out of food at bottom of table; lose to last-place Minnesota 2-0
USLLIVE.comThe RailHawks burned a lot of carbon on a flight to Minnesota on Sunday afternoon that yielded very little in the way of ecologically correct, status-boosting offsets. The ‘Hawks came into the game in second place with 23 points. Eighteen of those points had come from six victories over the bottom four teams in the […]
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RailHawks take out weekend loan for Minnesota trip
In an unexpected development, the team announced this afternoon that Greg Dalby, a member of the U.S. junior national team and a reserve on the Colorado Rapids, will don the RailHawks kit this Sunday in Minnesota. The reason given is to ease the pressure on the RailHawks midfielders in the midst of a five-game flurry […]
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RailHawks release Paul Ritchie; veteran defender to pursue coaching
Word comes from Cary that the RailHawks have released veteran defender Paul Ritchie. It appears to be a voluntary and amicable move: Ritchie came to Cary having been out of competitive soccer for a year, and then had difficulty bouncing back from a knee injury. From the press release: “I wish things had worked out […]
