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AV Geeks: How To Be A Proud American (Again)...

January, 23, 2009

Still feel those winds of patriotism blowing? AV Geeks pays homage to our new president in the latest screening of 16mm films on Sunday night.

Neko Case Raleigh Tickets on Sale

January, 23, 2009

Maybe she’ll bring the car on stage.

Kooley High Movie Debut At Galaxy Cinema

January, 23, 2009

The new documentary on Kooley High, One Day, will only be playing one day on the big screen. See it Saturday.

Uncle Fatty’s Drive-In Coming to Raleigh

January, 23, 2009

Maybe Richie, Potsie and Fonze will stop in for a shake.

Tuesday’s Snow Was Nothing….

January, 22, 2009

In 1899, Raleigh got 17.7 inches on Fayetteville.

Joan Jett to Play Raleigh Downtown Live

January, 22, 2009
Joan Jett to Play Raleigh Downtown Live

Godmother of Punk?

Metamorphosis

January, 22, 2009

My faith in systems, political, economic, religious, has been over the years largely eroded away. Presidents, Popes and Plutocrats. Paah! So 9/10. A dimming ember of interest in the piddly, jittery pond of humans, save what we inflict upon this home of ours, this fragile world, has led me back to a renewed, always humbling study of geology, put on the back burner apres my undergraduate years at NCSU and a general requirement class, Rocks for Jocks it was called, conducted in a cavernous lecture hall by Dr. Victor Cavaroc, an ironic and wise sort imbued of the patience perfect for a geologist. [Below the fold, Tuesday’s inauguration becomes embedded in the sedimentary layers of time.]

Travel Channel’s Man v. Food To Visit Raleigh Eateries

January, 22, 2009

Go get your 15 minutes at The Pit and Roast Grill.

WBD No. 16

January, 22, 2009

My “thoughts” on the Tigers, the ‘Noles, the Ramblin’ Wreck and those Devils and all the other stuff you wouldn’t want to put a postseason bet on.

Raleigh Tops National TV Ratings for Inauguration

January, 21, 2009

Snowbama day gives Raleigh residents a chance to watch and it shows.

Cool Classic: City of Lost Children

January, 21, 2009

Cool Classic tonight: The City of Lost Children is playing tonight, January 21st, at 7 and 9:30pm at the Colony Theater.  $5.  More movie info below the fold.

Charette for Snohetta’s Jim Hunt Library

January, 21, 2009

NCSU Libraries will be holding an open discussion about the Jim Hunt Library on Wednesday and Thursday.

Oxford Inaugural Party Postponed Until Friday

January, 21, 2009

Same event, different day.

Heavy Metal at Tir Na Nog

January, 21, 2009

BRING IT!

Snow Shuts Down Raleigh

January, 20, 2009

Photos of Downtown in the snow, below the fold.

Sayre And Schulman At The Gregg

January, 20, 2009

Raleigh-based artist Thomas Sayre and life-long ceramicist Norm Schulman are featured in two new exhibits at the NCSU Gregg Museum of Art & Design. Also, a note about the retirement of the Gregg’s director, Dr. Charlotte V. Brown, below the fold.

Oakwood Cafe Now Open for Breakfast

January, 20, 2009

Chimmichuri for Breakfast? I’m in. (Hours and More Info Added)

Jibarra Opening Tuesday for Dinner

January, 20, 2009

Just in time for all the Inauguration Parties in downtown.

Obama Inauguration Day Raleigh Parties

January, 19, 2009

Below the fold is a summary of many of the Inauguration Day Parties in Raleigh on Tuesday.

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