Popularized by second-graders around the nation, the collage is often associated with last-minute school projects rather than high art. In The Art of Transformation, on display at the Louise...
We all remember the anxiety-filled first week of freshman year. But what if your dorm room happened to be in the chemistry building, and you woke up the first morning to find a botched science...
Willie Nelson has the incredible ability to play country-pop that doesn't sound like country-pop. Songbird, his latest album, explores Southern music, from an Allman Brothers Southern-rock feel to...
It's been 24 years since their last effort and only half the band is alive, but The Who have returned with a new album, Endless Wire. They've managed to replicate the feel of their classic era:...
The opening scene of Babel, the year's most ambitious film thus far (it's namesake is, after all, a Bible passage), finds a Moroccan family acquiring a high-powered rifle. The weapon is ostensibly...
Any college student could tell you that home is a special place. It's a feeling Maestro John Neschling, conductor of the Orquestra de Sao Paolo, can also relate to. After a bright career as a...
Some of the Triangle's best barbecue is served from a cement-block building that more closely resembles a bomb shelter than a restaurant. It doesn't help that getting to Allen & Son Barbecue is...
Sparta's third attempt at overcoming the shadow of the Mars Volta, Threes, finds them trapped in mediocrity once again. Unlike the other half of At the Drive-In, however, their problem isn't an...
Think your family's messed up? Try a psychiatrist who sees signs from God in his bowel movements, a mother with a penchant for snacking on dog kibble, one daughter who converses with cats, another...
At a recent Pulsar Triyo gig on Main West Quadrangle, a student was overheard mentioning how she loved seeing the Pulsar Triyo play. "I like to listen to jazz live, but I just can't get into it on...
"Imagine going without education for most of your life," says Valentino Achak Deng, summarizing the plight of his generation of Sudanese countrymen. "Imagine that in your entire lifetime there has...
Watch out for a red carpet in front of Griffith Theatre this spring. A movie premiere is coming to campus-but it won't be playing anything made in Hollywood. In fact, the premiere will feature a...
During the 1980s, people living in China were first introduced to information about Western photography. After decades of living under Communist oppression, Chinese artists were ready to...
To hell (literally) with understated, acoustic melodies and elegiac lyrics: My Chemical Romance is prepped to devastate with The Black Parade, a modern concerto with a flair for the dramatic....
When MTV went on the air 25 years ago, the first video to run was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. MTV did just that, ushering in a new way for teens to get their daily dose of hits....
The za za zsu. According to one Sex and the City episode, it's that feeling you get when you fall in love. recess' Nancy Wang and Victoria Ward scouted out this season's hottest fashions, ranging...
At first glance, Catch a Fire seems to fit the scheme of most thought-provoking, borderline indie Focus Features projects. But the film, which takes on the South African apartheid era, doesn't...
After winning three Grammys for his 2004 breakout Get Lifted (Sony Urban Music), John Legend's Once Again shows a transition away from soul-infused pop, favoring a more retro sound. Counting on the...
For years Sampson the giant horse has been a staple of the North Carolina State Fair. Billed as both taller than Bigfoot and larger than a monster truck, Sampson has been an inspiration for...
Stingrays were already in my doghouse for obvious reasons-before they decided to take out my Aussie hero Steve Irwin. Stingrays, for those in the know, are basically sharks' coral-reef-billy-inbred...
