Photo courtesy of Archipelago Theatre Stealing Home[Four stars]Archipelago Theatre@ Manbites Dog TheaterThrough April 23 Archipelago Theatre co-founder Ellen Hemphill’s solo performance piece Stealing Home at Manbites Dog is a sultry and at times poignant cabaret reflecting on love, lust and lost chances. Though there are a number of theatrical touches, ranging from costume changes to […]
Zack Smith
Link: http://zacksmithwriter.wordpress.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/thezacksmith
Posted inCulture
The next big thing: Triangle gaming designers to gather today and tomorrow
Those heading downtown to the Raleigh Convention Center for the East Coast Game Conference on April 13 and 14 might learn the secrets behind creating the next hit video game that lets players solve a puzzle, learn a skill, or find new ways to dismember an enemy. The conference’s highlight is “Unreal University,” highlighting Cary-based […]
Posted inTheater
Shakespeare gets the Monty Python treatment from Theatre in the Park
Devon Does Denmark Theatre in the Park Through April 17 In the tradition of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, writer-director Ira David Wood III’s Devon Does Denmark at Raleigh’s Theatre in the Park takes a stab, so to speak, at going behind the scenes of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. This version, though, employs borscht-belt slapstick […]
Posted inArt
Angela Davis-Gardner talks about her new novel, Butterfly’s Child
Butterfly’s Child By Angela Davis-Gardner Dial Press; 352 pp. Angela Davis-Gardner’s next local appearances are at Flyleaf Books on March 31 at 7 p.m. and at McIntyre’s Fine Books on April 15 at 2 p.m. Giacomo Puccini’s classic opera Madame Butterfly ends with the title character’s lover, the naval officer Pinkerton, agreeing to raise their […]
Posted inCulture
An older and mellower Tom Green: a conversation with the creator of Freddy Got Fingered
Courtesy of Marleah Leslie & Associates In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Tom Green rose to superstardom through such gross-out humor as putting a sculpture of his parents having sex on their front lawn and the novelty hit “The Bum Bum Song.” There was also the debatable cult classic Freddy Got Fingered. (A highbrow […]
Posted inCulture
Local author Beth Revis takes readers Across the Universe at Quail Ridge Books
Visio Photography With large displays at many bookshops, North Carolina native Beth Revis has gotten considerable buzz for her young adult science fiction novel Across the Universe (Razorbill, $17.99). And the roots of the former schoolteacher’s interstellar romance came from her time at NC State University. “When I went to NC State, my parents just […]
Posted inTheater
The lighter side of Tracy Letts in Superior Donuts at Deep Dish
Superior Donuts Deep Dish Theater Through March 12 The production includes a “Meet the Play” pre-show discussion at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 25; a post-show discussion with the actors, director and Duke historian Dr. William H. Chafe on Sunday, Feb. 27; and a “Meet the Designers” post-show discussion on Thursday, March 3. Playwright Tracy […]
Posted inCulture
“Half of Silicon Valley has something you’d call Asperger’s”: Interview with Temple Grandin
Photo by Angus Bremner Diagnosed with autism early in her childhood, Temple Grandin’s seemingly improbable success as an animal behavior scientist and designer of livestock-handling equipment has made her a bestselling author and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world for 2010. Later today, the 63-year-old author, scientist and advocate will […]
Posted inCulture
Nevermore Film Festival celebrates 12th year with Hannibal Lecter and killer tires
Courtesy of Carolina TheatreDark Souls In its 12th year, the Nevermore Film Festival—which starts today and runs through Sunday—shows that the line between low-budget horror and “mainstream” cinema has all but vanished. There’s a number of recognizable actors in the lead of the newer films, and many of the international efforts included have already earned […]
Posted inCulture
Emo Philips keeps it old school at NC Comedy Arts Festival
Photo by Andy Hollingworth Comedians are often friendly and thoughtful people in interviews, but rarely are they actually funny. But Emo Philips proves the exception to the rule, rambling off sometimes a dozen hilarious one-liners in the course of a single sentence. Here, for example, is his explanation as to why he’s playing the NC […]
