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It was refreshing to see a woman who doesn't fit prevailing social standards of beauty strut her stuff with the goodwill of a supportive crowd.
By Marc Maximov | 13 Feb 2008

The halftime show, in which the green Blue Devil was supposed to teach a little Blue Devil about recycling and saving energy, was interrupted by thunderous chants of "No More Green!"
By Sarah Lupton | 6 Feb 2008

Tim Tyson visited First Baptist Church in Oxford to give a remarkable, fiery performance, mixing theology, history and radical politics.
By Megan Stein | 23 Jan 2008

A visit to a drive-thru Christmas
By Megan Stein | 26 Dec 2007

"You saw an entire society being dissolved, and behind it there was a sense that there was a reason for this. Nobody knows what it is, but nobody's totally surprised."
By Brian Howe | 10 Oct 2007

We only want to flirt with danger, that's all; we don't want to take it home.
By Gerry Canavan | 18 Jul 2007

Stott is an academic—she teaches creative writing and her first book was about Darwin's study of barnacles—but during our tête-à-tête, she revealed herself to be something of a mystic as well.
By Brian Howe | 20 Jun 2007

The kind of motivational speaker you prayed to materialize in your high school auditorium, Irvine Welsh wanders the tiny stage of Carrboro's Dirty South Improv (DSI) before a hormonal house of mostly 20-somethings who appear to be tweaking.
By Jay O'Berski | 16 May 2007

Read our August 2004 interview "Don't mess with Molly Ivins"
7 Feb 2007

Less than a month after Charles Latham played this show at 305 South in Durham, I saw Gary Higgins play at The Mercury Lounge in New York City.
By Grayson Currin | 24 Jan 2007

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