Issue: 2012-03-14 Archives

The life of notorious Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas may have gotten the epic, big-screen treatment with American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington as Lucas. But if you ask documentary filmmakers Ron Chepesiuk and Al Bradley, there was another black, New York capo named Frank that made Lucas look like small potatoes. Chepesiuk and Bradley collaborated […]

Tag: Issue: 2012-03-14

Documentary filmmakers investigate Frank Matthews, 1970s East Coast heroin kingpin and Durham native

Jackets get by Hoyas to earn date with loaded Baylor

Hoop Cheese: UNC and N.C. State feel the agony and the ecstasy of the Sweet 16, and more

First Listen: Whatever Brains’ new LP and 7-inch

Finally: YWCA board will meet with staff Tuesday

El Anatsui’s optimistic objects

March Madness: on Marshall and the Media, Lehigh and Loss, Elton and the Boss

North Carolina men’s basketball wins game, loses Kendall Marshall to wrist injury

Yellow Jackets, Hoyas advance in first-round games at UNC

With Elton John, it’s “Your Song” or nothing

As Chapel Hill Leaders Consider Long-Term Plan for Housing Affordability, They Also Fight to Preserve Existing Stock

Raleigh’s Christmas Parade, Canceled Then Un-Canceled, Will Proceed Without Vehicles

Durham City Council At-Large: Renee Vaughan

Durham Mayor: Marshall Williams Jr.

Novelist Zelda Lockhart’s Characters Have Deep Generational Wounds. But the Work Doesn’t Stop There.

A Decade Into Playing Together, Mipso Finds Fresh Ground With “Book of Fools”