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wayne brady

Trust me, I was as skeptical as you are right now. Sure, Wayne Brady was entertaining on "Whose Line is it Anyway?," but now he wants to be an R&B artist? I couldn't wait to rip this apart.


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In The Continuum

From Sept. 10 to 14, Chapel Hill's PlayMakers Repertory Company presented In the Continuum, an edgy, dramatic work illustrating the ravages of AIDS in the lives of two women. By turns wooing the...


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sandbox

Dear readers, share with us our joy: we at recess have just become privy to one of the great moments in literature's fabled history. As you certainly have heard, The Hills' Lauren Conrad has...


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FRONTIER BROTHERS

They could have landed on a lot of planets. Luckily, they landed on Earth. The band brings its own unique image and infectious music to Duke this weekend. Lead singer Marshall Galactic answered a...


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trouble the water

Say what you will about the social powers of the documentary style, the fact is that most documentarians are white males.


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Mural series celebrates Durham

Hundreds of Durham residents and Duke students came together over colorful pastels and spray paints during the past year in a community effort called Face Up: Telling Stories of Community Life.


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metallica

Metallica is a band with a long and storied history, a history I know nothing about.


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chubby's tacos

Despite its name, there is a fair amount of health-conscious and vegetarian options at Durham's new taqueria on Ninth Street.


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bloc party

Fans of Bloc Party's debut album, Silent Alarm, may be surprised by the band's third attempt, Intimacy.


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toast paninoteca

With words like mortadella and caponata adorning the menu, Italian cuisine is a clear influence, but owners Bill and Kelli Cotter creatively play with these Italian flavors.


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Exhibit demands felt rethink

Felt has sadly become synonymous with kitschy, elementary-level craft projects that conjure bad memories: sticky glue, dull scissors and an explosion of fuzz that was your supposed "art piece."


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fuqua fox center

In the wilds of Science Drive is a land to which few undergrads dare venture. Populated by self-made 20- and 30-somethings with serious career ambitious, it is the land of the Fuqua School of...


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burn after reading

Yes, Burn After Reading is the latest Joel and Ethan Coen movie since they cleaned up at the Oscars with the epic No Country For Old Men.


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okkervil river

After finding their folky sound in 2007's well-received Stage Names, Okkervil River continue telling their beautifully rumble-tumble stories with The Stand Ins.