Women from all over North Carolina contributed 185 original works–ranging from charcoal to textiles to pottery to metal to photography–to the 20th annual art show, “Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands,” at The Women’s Center in Chapel Hill. The exhibition is free, but you can support the nonprofit center, which offers education, referral and support […]
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The down low on downloads
Ever since the slide in album sales began about four years ago, the music industry has been arguing that file sharing is to blame. Where’s the evidence to back that up? Koleman Strumpf, an economics professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, decided to see if there really is any such evidence. He looked at server logs spanning […]
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The future
You’ve heard the stories of kids getting sued by the music industry for downloading songs, and you’ve witnessed the bizarre and desperate stunts big media companies are staging to try to get attention for their major artists, even as sales for those artists drift lower. New technologies will certainly have an impact on the way […]
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The down low on downloads
Ever since the slide in album sales began about four years ago, the music industry has been arguing that file sharing is to blame. Where’s the evidence to back that up? Koleman Strumpf, an economics professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, decided to see if there really is any such evidence. He looked at server logs spanning […]
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The future
You’ve heard the stories of kids getting sued by the music industry for downloading songs, and you’ve witnessed the bizarre and desperate stunts big media companies are staging to try to get attention for their major artists, even as sales for those artists drift lower. New technologies will certainly have an impact on the way […]
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Chapel Hill shuts off red light cameras
As soon as last Wednesday’s Chapel Hill town council meeting was over, employees of Affiliated Computer Services were handing out official statements on company letterhead, saying they were “disappointed” with the council’s vote to end the red light camera system. Nearly three hours of citizen testimony and heated debate, including tales of personal tragedy and […]
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Renaissance man
A train whistle blows as Darrell Stover gives me a tour of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center in Cary. The building shares a point of origin with that of the St. Joseph’s AME Church, now home of Durham’s Hayti Heritage Center. Both were built in 1868, during Reconstruction, and both have been renovated and […]
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Follow the rules
I recently rented The War Room, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus’s classic documentary following Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. James Carville and George Stephanopolous are its stars, the young Stephanopolous as a slick political operator, Carville as the wild but wise veteran who says outrageous things, yet who can compose a brilliant speech off the […]
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Chapel Hill may put a stop to red-light cameras
When Councilwoman Dorothy Verkerk had an information session last week to defend Chapel Hill’s red light camera system, she came armed with free videos, pencils, coasters, pens with plastic signal lights at the top, and posters featuring sports stars, free to all comers. Backing her up was the Washington-based public relations group that had produced […]
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Taking back political ads
In a culture that limits much of its political discourse to 30 seconds of TV time, it’s a challenge to communicate all of the things wrong with the Bush administration. But about 1,500 people gave it a shot in MoveOn.org’s “Bush in 30 Seconds” contest. Winners were announced last week, and the political group has […]
