Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories

Blanket Truth's "Hanging Out"

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Jon Manning on ukuleles, indoor camping and why songs don't need rules By Andrew Ritchey.

Little Brother (page 3)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Page 3 By Grayson Currin.

Little Brother (page 2)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Page 2 By Grayson Currin.

Utilities Commission opens NC SAVE$$ case

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Public comment taken on alternative to Save-a-Watt program By Bob Geary.

Durham Sluggers win Beepball tournament

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Beepball is baseball for the sight-impaired By Lisa Sorg.

Get off your butt

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Listings to help you find your favorite sport in the Triangle

Roughing it with the Triangle Rattlers

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

"A lot of these guys feel like they didn't get the looks they wanted while playing wherever they did previously," Barry Marrow says. "We try and help them get that so that they have an opportunity to play at the next level." By Vernal Coleman.

Chris Ivey, Bulls scorekeeper

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

"What do you say in an interview for a job like this? I'm familiar with the numbers 1 through 9?" Chris Ivey jokes. By Jessica Fuller.

Disc golf: from tee to target

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

"They've found that in dilapidated parks where communities add disc golf courses, the crime in the park has gone down and the parks have become safer and cleaner," Matt Smith says. "The disc golf community ... is like its own neighborhood crime watch." By Jessica Fuller.

The speed, skill and torque of table tennis

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

"You have to have a character flaw to play this game," jokes Jim McQueen. "You put your ego on the line." By Lisa Sorg.

Fried Chicken

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

It's Tailgating Season...Time for Fried Chicken!

Jordan Glass, Zamboni driver

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

"There are as many ways to work her as there are times that you change the ice," says Jordan Glass. "After a while you get a sixth sense about what the rink needs." By Jessica Fuller.

Adult kickball: more fun with humor and beer

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

"Most of us were probably rejects in school. We're just taking out our aggression now," Felipe Godinz says, laughing. By Jessica Fuller.

Wassssup Raleigh Rockerzzz?

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

An Independent investigation has revealed next year's Sud Lite Presents Raleigh Downtown Alive lineup as well as an open letter to Raleigh rockers from Dude South organizers. Personally, we're totally stoked for Joe Diffie.

Pat and Bev at play

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

... By V.C. Rogers.

The guide to the week's concerts

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Ethan Master of the Hawaiian Ukulele, Birds of Avalon, The Cartridge Family, Oxford Collapse, John Mayer, Flock of Seagulls, Blood Red River

Durham's Lois Deloatch charms and educates with her tribute to Oscar Peterson

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Pianist Oscar Peterson, who Duke Ellington called the "Maharajah of the keyboard," is the subject of Deloatch's latest record. By Chris Toenes.

The Sammies' Sandwich

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Power or beauty: You can't have it both ways. By Chris Parker.

Pagan Hellcats' In the Passion

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

This debut EP from Chapel Hill quartet Pagan Hellcats mixes bluesy rockers and rootsy ballads, drawing primarily on the late '60s rock of The Band, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. By Chris Parker.

Maple Stave's EP3

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

If the unflinching, heavy-barreling material of the first three EPs by Durham's Maple Stave warrant a unified gripe, it's that the 14 tracks therein aren't enough. By Grayson Currin.

Durham's CHANGE program is back to tackle domestic abuse

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

"If the group is working well, you'll hear things like, 'Have you ever thought about what you're doing? When I listen to what you're saying, you sound like an asshole.' It's an attempt to get beyond excuses." By Fiona Morgan.

ZZ Packer's edition of Southern stories straddles old and new Dixie

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Packer chooses to divide the population of the South into two culturally distinct categories: "Southerners" and "southerners." By David Austin Gura.

A Raleigh revival of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing! reaches for a bygone era

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Since the show doesn't seem to know how far to play Bessie's dark side, it errs by staying too polite. By Byron Woods.

Door to state's community colleges shuts on illegal immigrants

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue urged the board to uphold the current ban while it debated any substantial policy changes. By Lisa Rossi.

Wednesday 8.27

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Secondhand Freespace

Film times and brief film reviews

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Film times are good for Thursday, Aug. 21, through Friday, Aug. 29.

Tuesday 8.26

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Sustainable Cinema

Monday 8.25

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (better known as SARK)

I am the eggplant, goo-goo-g'joob

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

I have veggie fanatic friends (mostly Midwesterners) who still don't quite trust an eggplant. By Sheryl Cornett.

Brew Nerds brings coffee geek chic to Winston-Salem

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Armed with potent espresso concoctions and Swirlys and Wedgies, the Brew Nerds of Winston-Salem are after one thing—the omnipresent evil mermaid that has led coffee lovers astray. By Victoria Bouloubasis.