This past weekend, Jenn Duerr from DADA invited me over to chill at her place with Kevin Epps, director of Straight Outta Hunter's Point, Todd Hickey, director of Street Legends, and Lila Maes from...
Hidden away in a shiny new office complex off Fayetteville Road is Babette's, a restaurant safe haven for the casually trendy and upper crust.
Egg drop soup? General Tso's chicken? Three years since coming to Durham, I have never ceased to ponder why these famous "Chinese dishes" rarely appeared on local restaurant menus in my native Hong...
As part of the Duke Artists Classics and Masterworks Series sponsored by the Institute for the Arts, Parsons Dance Company descends on Page Auditorium Tuesday night at 8 p.m.
General festival note: Thursday and Friday's films are showing at the Durham Armory on 220 Foster St. in downtown Durham.
When first-time director Sam Jones set out to document the making of Wilco's YankeeHotelFoxtrot a couple years ago, he never could have guessed the drama that was to ensue: Accused of producing...
At this point, it's almost cliché to sing the praises of The Sopranos.
Having been less than a mile from the World Trade Center last Sept. 11 doesn't mean that I hate bin Laden more than someone who wasn't close by.
Remembering September 11th" seems an odd phrase to me because who among us could have possibly forgotten it? It has been said that 9/11 is this generation's "JFK Moment"--the questions will always...
Designer Kenneth Cole is no stranger to politics.
Since we're attempting to do something new this week--replacing the light-hearted fare that typically lines our pages with a more serious-minded evaluation of how art grapples with, mirrors and...
In the wake of a tragedy, the need to be sensitive increases while the line that defines what is and is not sensitive blurres. On this anniversary of Sept.
The life cycle of a tribute song is no big mystery: The initial shock of a tragedy makes pop-culture, the entertainment industry and its overpaid stars seem trivial--for about a minute.
Of all the responses undertaken by the music community to the events of Sept. 11, the most powerful act was not industry-driven.
The Pietasters?Cat?s Cradle: Sept. 13 at 9 p.m. $12.
When you want books, you go to the library. When you want art, you finger-paint your wall, make a silly putty sculpture, or maybe even pay a visit to the DUMA..
Move over New York. Give it up, San Francisco. The International Olympic Committee is going to have some reconsidering to do once they realize that they overlooked DURHAM IN 2012.
Maybe you had the good fortune to walk by a flyer for the show. Maybe you happened to drive by the show?s venue and saw the band?s name on the marquee.
At some point in every great actor's career, he must begin to face his own mortality. For Clint Eastwood, that point is approaching faster than a runaway stagecoach.
