Who doesn’t feel that their quirky childhood would make a great book? But actually producing such a book takes the kind of wit and talent that Durham native and Duke graduate Heather Havrilesky has manifested into a writing career. In the introduction to her new memoir, Disaster Preparedness, Havrilesky writes: “Growing up in the ’70s, […]
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Durham native Heather Havrilesky discusses her new memoir and working for Rupert Murdoch
Photo by Whitney Pastorek Who doesn’t feel that their quirky childhood would make a great book? But actually producing such a book takes the kind of wit and talent that Durham native and Duke graduate Heather Havrilesky has manifested into a writing career. In the introduction to her new memoir, Disaster Preparedness, Havrilesky writes: “Growing […]
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Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead stands up
Lizz Winstead The ArtsCenter Thursday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. Lizz Winstead is a cult figure and an unsung hero of left-leaning political comedy. The Minnesota native worked with Jon Stewart on his pre-Daily Show vehicle, The Jon Stewart Show, and created, with Madeleine Smithberg, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. Winstead left The Daily Show in […]
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In the world of professional gaming, teenage boys rule
I am not a gamer. I am what gamers call a button masher. One summer when I was home from college, my brother Blair convinced me to play against him in the first-person shooter game TimeSplitters 2. Blair is an avid gamer. But then there’s me, a petite, outdoorsy ballerina who found the controls difficult, […]
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The African American Quilt Circle bolster a cherished tradition
As I greet Sauda Zahra and Edna C. Alston, two principal members of the African American Quilt Circle (AAQC), at a Ninth Street coffee shop and we begin to settle in, I notice that the three of us have managed to overtake a substantial portion of the lounge area: one couch, two love seats, three […]
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PT Scarborough brings improv abandon to bad movies
PT Scarborough Is a Movie DSI Comedy Theater June 18 & 25, 9:30 p.m. Have you ever been happily seated in a movie theaterlights low, film rolling, popcorn in handand suddenly the sound cuts out? This happened to me recently while watching a movie at a multiplex. This was an unpleasant experience: What am I […]