You’ve seen the YouTube video of the crazy cat lady throwing handfuls of food into a room of swarming cats, right? It might be funny when it’s a roomful, but when it’s 1,000 animals, it’s just sad and more harmful than helpful. There are 1,000 animals living at the Haven in Raeford. The Indy examines […]
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Hopscotch: Public Enemy, Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene to headline
HOPSCOTCH MUSIC FESTIVAL BRINGS 120 BANDS TO DOWNTOWN RALEIGH SEPT. 9-11, 2010Public Enemy, Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene to headline Twitter Facebook Myspace The Independent Weekly proudly announces the Hopscotch Music Festival, the Triangle’s biggest music festival yet and a strong addition to the country’s festival circuit. Scheduled for Sept. 9-11, 2010, in downtown Raleigh, […]
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Forget the psychoanalysis, let “Where the Wild Things Are” run
Reviewed by Nathan Gelgud From the first scenes of protagonist Max starting a snowball fight, Spike Jonze’s spotty but exciting Where the Wild Things Are spends a lot of time crashing and bashing, and that’s when it is marvelous. Tellingly, the best scenes are mostly dialogue-free. But the script gets in the way much too […]
Posted inGuides
Dog Days of Summer 2009
The year of unintentional cats I’m full up with cats, y’all. I can’t handle any more. And that’s saying a lot. In the 12 months since our last Dog Days of Summer issue, I’ve officially become the crazy cat lady. I now care for … (if you have to count, it’s not a good sign) […]
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Evan Rachel Wood, by any other name
Update (May 11, 2009): Theatre In The Park is announcing today one additional performance of Romeo & Juliet. Tickets ($50) for the Tuesday, May 19, 7:30 p.m. show can be purchased by calling the theater’s box office, 919-831-6058. Evan Rachel Wood on the set of brother Ira David Wood IV’s production of Romeo and Juliet […]
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Colin Firth on Main Street
A police car dropped Colin Firth off at his hotel last night … over and over again. Downtown Durham was transformed into a rainy, film-noirish set during filming for Main Street. Indy culture editor David Fellerath and photographer Jeremy M. Lange were there, at the corner of Corcoran and Main. Keep an eye out for […]
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2009 ADF season announced
The 2009 ADF season, entitled “Where Ballet and Modern Meet,” will feature eight world premieres, one U.S. premiere, and four reconstructions. According to the ADF Web site, “Work that was previously presented at Page Auditorium on the Duke University campus will now be presented at the beautiful new Durham Performing Arts Center in downtown Durham. […]
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What is Artery?
It’s our revamped ADF blog, now a seasonal arts blog allowing us to cover seasonal arts and arts festivals such as Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (April 2-5, 2009) and American Dance Festival (June 11-July 26, 2009). Check back in a few weeks for the start of our Full Frame coverage.
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Jubilance: A crowd’s eye view of the inauguration
By Gerry Canavan Nobody was tired; nobody was cold. By the time we’d gathered our group and walked the two miles from my friend’s apartment in Virginia to the Lincoln Memorialmost of us wearing multiple layers of Obama T-shirts, I with my pajamas under my pants for extra warmth it almost seemed warm. We had […]
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JohnD endorses Obama
The Indy‘s favorite contrarian commenter, JohnD, has revealed he will be voting for Obama: http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=267926#comments (Scroll to 3 Nov 2008, 11:22am comment, or search page for “JohnD”.) Now you’re really our favorite, JohnD! Update: JohnD explains the evolution of his picks for president, senator and governor in this election: http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=268541#comments