Listen! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. The colorful murals of Little Five Pointsa hip neighborhood east of midtown Atlanta, populated with bookstores, thrift shops and tattoo parlorsare the backdrop for a record release party today. The Coathangers, a Five Points all-women quartet, is celebrating its self-titled debut […]
Jon Ross
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Elsewhere, Greensboro’s art supply fantasyland
In downtown Greensboro, in the middle of city blocks filled with antique stores, the storefronts of 606 and 608 S. Elm St. kind of stand out. The windows are full of what at first glance looks like carefully arranged trash. One window exhibits rows of canning jars packed with thriftstore paraphernalia–mismatched buttons, rolls of thread […]
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Can the truth be found?
Over 25 years of history was unearthed July 15 and 16 as the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission convened a hearing to explain the Nov. 3, 1979, shootings. The first of three hearings, the weekend’s speakers focused on the events leading up to the Greensboro “Death to the Klan” rally that left five people dead […]
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Three cheers for durham3!
Amy Nolan loves Durham. She loves the community feel of the city and the artists who call it home. Most of all, she loves that Durham’s arts scene is growing. Last year, Nolan and her friend Tanya Olson brainstormed over beers about a way to collaborate with other artists in Durham. “Raleigh and Chapel Hill […]
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At the river’s edge
Each summer nearly 40,000 people converge on West Point on the Eno for three days of music, crafts and food. The Festival for the Eno helps to generate interest in the river and the Eno River Association’s environmental projects, but it also produces an unwelcome by-product–piles of trash. In 1992, the festival’s Trash Free program […]
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in saxiness
Having proven himself by earning a seat with the best players contemporary jazz has to offer, tenor man Stephen Riley has already solidified his credibility. The 29-year-old spent time with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Mingus Big Band, and just signed a fresh contract with SteepleChase. Riley, a native of Greenville, N.C., will […]
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My own private Triangle
My friends in Idaho all thought I was insane when I told them about my plans to live in the Triangle for the summer–especially my plans to drive here. Most of them didn’t even know what the Triangle was, and the rest slowly became jealous because going elsewhere for the summer is akin to winning […]