North Carolina mountain superstitions and prejudices, embodied by eccentric characters with colorful dialects, have made "Dark of the Moon" a theater staple since its 1945 debut. It has powerful and haunting moments but also many weaknesses that challenge any production, including the current one from Raleigh Ensemble Players.
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More than 100 of U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms' family members, friends and associates gathered Wednesday night to see the senator's portrait unveiled in one of congressional Republicans' most distinguished enclaves, the private Capitol Hill Club.
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Picture books are the present you can open again and again; they provide bright moments on dark days. Coming next month: the Wilde team's awards for longer books.
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Seasonal travel can trip you up, whether you are navigating through a domestic bus terminal during Thanksgiving, Cairo's baggage claim at the start of hajj (the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca), or the crowded streets of Jerusalem's old city during the holiday season.
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The theme of Blu Seafood's next wine dinner is Tony Soprano.
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Jazz:
While a drum solo is often the most exciting part of a jazz performance, the drummer's ensemble playing is sometimes overlooked.
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Today's the last day for entries into The N&O's 11th annual travel photo contest. There are three categories: Scenery, People and North Carolina. Winning entries will be published in the Nov. 29 Arts & Living section and online.
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Rivenbark:
Finally, someone blew the whistle on those wacky cereal manufacturers, and I think that's just gggrrrreeeeaaaat!
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Let it Pour:
Every year, I read one book about wine. It seems more reasonable than limiting myself to one wine. Like the most interesting wine experiences, the best wine books introduce themselves by chance. They seem to show up when I'm in just the right mood.
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Conceptual sculptor Dana Raymond's site-specific kinetic installation works off a small, digitally programmed computer chip that sends signals to solenoid valves that open and close parts of the sculpture using compressed air.
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Pop Culture:
Come Friday, oodles and oodles of tweener and teenage girls will descend upon movie theaters and get swept up in the continuing saga of Edward and Bella, vampire and mortal.
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The singular experience of becoming a father can change everything. This seems to include - for literary papas - what you want to write about.
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Country:
Nashville must love the marketing genius who came up with the idea of partnering with the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain to recycle country hits.
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Snow:
I just read that the divorce rate in America is hovering around 50 percent, with second marriages failing 67 percent of the time.
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Conductor John Mauceri brings his Hollywood flash to the N.C. Symphony in concerts this week that might in other hands prove challenging for audiences.
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Rock:
New York garage-rock revivalists The Strokes have always given off a vibe of exquisite boredom and restlessness, even when the band was busy bursting onto the mainstream pop radar in 2001.
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I needed an escape, a vacation that would shake me out of my routine and leave me with more than souvenirs and digital photos. So when the yoga center in New York where I'm learning to meditate organized a two-week yoga trip to India, I decided to go.
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