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Rested Drive-By Truckers ready to roll
CARRBORO -- As the February start of the 2008 touring schedule for the Drive-By Truckers loomed, frontman Patterson Hood was obviously eager to get on the road to tour in support of the group's newly released eighth CD, "Brighter Than Creation's Dark."
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Back home...Again
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Bull City Syndicate gives a toot for Durham, and the city gives it right back.
The band that started in the Bull City 15 years ago -- but was better known outside the city for much of that time -- has recently made a name for itself in its hometown, trumpet player Steve Baker said in an interview earlier this week. |
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Family reunion theme for 39th Bimbé Festival
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The Durham Parks and Recreation Department will present the 39th Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival at the Durham Athletic Park May 17 and 18. The theme of this year's celebration is "It's a Family Reunion." National recording artist EU (Experience Unlimited) will be the special guest. |
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'Fistful of Love' invites you to 'embrace the cheese'
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Those who view a play at Manbites Dog Theater in downtown Durham know that they’ll get something other than the usual theatrical fare. Same goes for the next production, a collaboration between the theater company and Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern. Billed as an erotic musical, "Fistful of Love" is an adaptation of Charles L. Mee’s "Big Love," which is itself a version of Aeschylus’ "The Suppliant Woman." |
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ARTS BRIEFS
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Albright Pottery auction slated
Ballet to present 'Sleeping Beauty'
Author to read works by Rumi
Film examines railroad graffiti
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May 6
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FOOD BRIEFS
Market open on Wednesdays
Food author will give demos
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May 1
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Deep Dish serves up Pulitzer finalist, a work of 'genius'
Her desire for a clean house -- cleaned not by herself but by "a stranger" -- reflects the way Lane, a physician, sees life: something to be managed, to be kept orderly, predictable and as sterile as the hospital surgery where her husband operates.
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BOOK NEWS
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Durham author bases character in first book on her 'wild' grandmother
An outspoken grandmother who died several months before Dawn Shamp was born provided the initial inspiration for the Durham author's debut novel, "On Account of Conspicuous Women."
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April 30
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ARTS BRIEFS
Acting class to be offered
Talla Trio will be at festival
Modernist house tour set
9-year-old wins for composition
Pianist to take Carnegie stage
Children's Choir plans auditions
Mallarmé Youth Chamber Orchestra to host summer workshop
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