Nothing Gold Can Stay By Ron Rash Ecco, 239 pp. Ron Rash appears at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. and at Quail Ridge Books and Music in Raleigh on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. Nothing Gold Can Stay, the fifth volume of stories by Ron Rash, is […]
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Brandon Sanderson finishes Robert Jordan’s bestselling Wheel of Time Series with A Memory of Light
Imagine if J.K. Rowling had died before finishing Harry Potter, or if (as some fans fear) George R.R. Martin passes away before completing A Song of Ice and Fire, the bestselling series that’s also the basis for HBO’s Emmy-winning Game of Thrones. Now imagine you’re the one who has to come in, bring the epic […]
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Save the Date, The Heartbreak Kid and more anti-romantic movies for a singles’ Valentine’s Day home on your couch
Today, millions will celebrate Valentine’s Day with their spouses, significant others and loved ones. Millions more will celebrate it alone, and some will wonder why their lives aren’t like those of Audrey Hepburn, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, or (in my case) John Cusack, at least the characters they play on screen. Though Hollywood has […]
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Mary Poppins is witty and colorful, if not supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Kyle FromanMadeline Trumble and Con O’Shea-Creal as Mary Poppins and Bert MARY POPPINS* * * 1/2 starsThrough Feb. 17Durham Performing Arts Center The touring production of the stage musical version of Disney’s Mary Poppins, co-created by Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera hitmaker Cameron Mackintosh and appearing at the Durham Performing Arts Center through […]
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Three years after the earthquake, Durham’s Jonathan M. Katz talks Haiti relief, the media and Sean Penn
Zach HetrickJonathan M. Katz Journalist Jonathan M. Katz, who currently resides in Durham, was the only full-time U.S. reporter in Haiti at the time of the 2010 earthquake. His experiences, not just during the immediate aftermath of the quake but over the next few years of relief efforts, are recounted in his new book, The […]
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Nice Price Books in Carrboro to close
From its original location now occupied by Cat’s Cradle to the free-standing Boyd Street building it’s resided in since 1992, Carrboro’s Nice Price Books has been open longer than many UNC-Chapel Hill students have been alive. The venerable store boasts of the likes of Billy Bragg, Nick Lowe and Thurston Moore stopping by while in […]
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William Inge’s Bus Stop is a remarkable bit of immersion
Bus Stop Raleigh Little Theatre Through Feb. 24 Raleigh Little Theatre’s production of William Inge’s 1955 play Bus Stop, directed by David Anthony Wright, is a remarkable bit of immersion, with three sets of seats surrounding a diner filled with tables, a counter, a fridge and more, placing theatergoers in the midst of the action. […]
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Former Raleigh resident Joe Brack’s My Princess Bride
My Princess Bride Common Ground Theatre Through Feb. 17 Former Raleigh resident Joe Brack achieves a weird sort of alchemy with his one-man show My Princess Bride, now running at Common Ground Theatre. Yes, it’s one man recapping the plot of The Princess Bride film, with occasional references to William Goldman’s original novel and anecdotes […]
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Kim Harrison on The Hollows
Kate ThorntonKim Harrison After nearly a decade and 11 novels in her best-selling urban fantasy series The Hollows, author Kim Harrison admits that the characters “almost seem real” to her. “I know them better than a lot of my neighbors,” says Harrison in a call from a hotel in Houston on her latest book tour. […]
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This year’s Oscar shorts, in four programs
2013 Oscar Shorts open Friday (see times below) Our rating: Just in time for the Oscars, and as a bit of catnip for those who are desperate for fresh nominees to dissect, this weekend sees the releases of the Oscar shorts. They’re being screened in four programs in alternating repertory at local theaters: one program […]
