Arts & Culture - The Daily Tar Heel

New Lab! Play Provides Actors Greater Freedom

By Kristen Williams | April 12

After seeing the Durham-based production company Man Bites Dog perform "Fuddy Meers," Blaine Barbee wanted to put her own stamp on it. Barbee decided ...

Local Film Fest Welcomes World-Renowned Director

By Michelle Jarboe | April 11

The Hi Mom! Film Festival, an annual local event showcasing independent films, kicks off today with a keynote address from the award-winning director ...

Ill Harmonics Unleash Christian Rap; Portable Vents

By Staff Editor | April 11

Ill Harmonics Take Two Three Stars The Christian rap duo Ill Harmonics varies the music on Take Two, its first album after its 2000 debut with An Octave ...

Raitt Finds Her Career's 'Silver Lining'

By Jenise Hudson | April 11

Bonnie Raitt Silver Lining 3 Stars More than 30 years after releasing her first album, it seems that Bonnie Raitt still can't get enough of those down-home ...

Dive Recommends

By Michael Abernethy | April 11

Kate Bush, Hounds of Love Bush had Bjork, Tori Amos and the Lilith Fair crowd furiously taking notes when she released her 1985 masterpiece, Hounds of ...

Christine Kane Celebrates CD Release at ArtsCenter

By Sarah Kucharski | April 11

Christine Kane Carrboro ArtsCenter Saturday, April 6 5 Stars Originally hailing from Virginia but currently living in western North Carolina, Christine ...

Singer/Songwriter Chambliss to Perform at Skylight Exchange

By Shellie Byrum | April 11

For musicians, setting up shop in Chapel Hill can be good for your musical career. Or at least that's what Ashley Chambliss, a 28-year-old pianist, singer/songwriter, ...

Dave Barry-Based 'Trouble' Partners Wit, Goats

By Nick Parker | April 11

"Big Trouble" 4 Stars The makers of "Big Trouble," at first glance, took a bunch of random characters, situations and jokes, shook them up and threw ...

Classes Weave Together Cooking, Art

By Caroline Lindsey | April 11

Everybody eats. Whether you slave over a hot stove and let your dinner simmer to perfection or just swing by the Top of Lenoir or the McDonald's drive-through, ...

Pleasing The Palate

By Jenise Hudson | April 11

Many people tend to think that only two ingredients -- tasty food and sanitary utensils -- are required for a restaurant to garner a well-known reputation. But ...

Add Some Flair to Your Food

By Staff Editor | April 11

For most college students, the extent of dorm room culinary capabilities is Ramen, Easy Mac and the elusive (and forbidden) George Foreman grill. But ...

Westfeldt Emerges as New Lesbian Heroine, Spokeswoman For Cosmopolitan Dating

By Aaron Freeman | April 11

"Kissing Jessica Stein" 4 Stars In the same throbbing vein of "Chasing Amy" and TV's "Will and Grace," "Kissing Jessica Stein" smears the already blurred ...

'Our Town' Features Diverse Cast and Audience

By Jenise Hudson | April 10

Few plays underscore the importance of cherishing the little things in life as clearly as Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Our Town." The ...

Senior Puts N.C. to Music for Thesis

By Jill Spivey | April 5

While most people regard home as a location, senior Kelly Burke views it as inspiration. The Greenville native took trips to rural and eastern North ...

If Walls Could Talk

By Michelle Jarboe | April 4

The North Carolina Museum of Art's new apocalyptic exhibit might have been a simple effort by museum standards, but there's far more behind each painting ...

Engine Down Falls Flat Thanks to Awful Vocal Phrasing

By Caroline Lindsey | April 4

Engine Down Demure Two Stars

Poor Scripting, Lackluster Acting Cuts Success of 'Smoochy' Short

By Aaron Freeman | April 4

"Death to Smoochy"

Collaborative Dance Event Merges Styles

By Allison Rost | April 4

The title of this Sunday's dance performance at the ArtsCenter, "Woven: A Dance Partnership," brings to mind stereotypes of New Age, pseudo-hippie sensibilities. ...

Quaid Charmingly Restores Old Baseball Hero, American Dream

By Shellie Byrum | April 4

"The Rookie"

Sound Tribe Develops Mellow, Unusual Music

By Kristen Williams | April 4

Sound Tribe Sector 9 Cat's Cradle Tuesday, April 2