October means football, piles of leaves, Halloween on Franklin Street-and for the McKee family of Rougemont, October means cornfields and Maple View Ice Cream. Every fall, the McKees transform...
Most people don't associate heavy metal with soothing baby lullabies. But for Lisa Roth, putting the two together gave rise to a surprisingly practical conception. In a moment when Roth-vice...
Between 1966 and 1976, Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution swept through China, claiming thousands of lives, retarding economic and educational growth and denying citizens their most basic human...
The best thing about Jet's debut album Get Born (Elektra, 2003) was that the band managed to sound like everyone else: AC/DC, the Sex Pistols, Oasis, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. And for...
Everyone knows that one guy-the one who still wears his cowboy pajamas, gets up early to watch his lineup of Saturday morning cartoons and couldn't get a date with an actual girl if his life...
The dawn of the motion picture industry began with a sneeze. It's no joke-or is it? In fact, the first flickering bud of cinematic magic was captured in Thomas Edison's Kinetoscopic Record of a...
Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep is the most sumptious visual treat of the year, a confection of handmade animation and old-school special effects filled with swirls of color and a surprising...
Imagine two nudists, a pair of failed tennis pros and a couple of musical aficionados competing to earn the title of "most original wedding." Now imagine this absurdity without the safety net of a...
Lego Star Wars was a wacky take on the traditional tale of blades and blasters that won over skeptics with a crafty combination of quirky humor and engrossing puzzle-based gameplay. The sequel does...
Honoring the 20-year anniversary of her breakout Control, Janet Jackson has christened her new album 20 Y.O.. Although the album is a solid effort, there is nothing unique about any of the tracks.
The stark picture of a brooding, cleaned-up Ludacris on the cover of Release Therapy suggests his massive success has had an impact on his worldview. Whatever the reason for the makeover, the...
Of Montreal comes to Duke Friday, Sept. 29.
Rodrigo y Gabriela are not flamenco jazz guitarists. They can't stress this enough, yet the pioneering metal-rockers-turned-spicy-acoustic-virtuosos continue to be labeled as such. Sure enough, the...
Traditional Japanese art meets innovative game play in Okami, the lastest title from development powerhouse Capcom. This single-player action game is one of the most beautiful in PS2 history,...
In the continual renovation of West Durham, only one thing stays the same: things change.
recess' Brian McGinn recently talked with Dan Kish, director of dinner at Panera Bread, to talk about the Crispani, Panera's new pizza product, ready to serve just in time for October, which is...
Hilary Shaev spent her life wanting to be around music. But when she arrived at Duke as a freshman in 1985, she had no idea that she would actually do so professionally. Shaev, Trinity '89, is...
Happy Birthday, Nasher. All of us at recess have to give it to you-you've given us a lot to write about. Although the balloons and streamers don't officially come out until Oct. 2, tonight's gala...
The prodigous Ben Kweller is back with his self-titled fourth album. Did we mention that this is his fourth release in six years-and that he's only 25? Like his other efforts, Ben Kweller (Red...
The acclaimed Broadway show opened in Raleigh Sept. 15, as part of the Broadway Series South. The six-week limited engagement will be performed at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium until its close...
