Students in North Carolina miss nearly 2 million school days due to suspension and expulsion. The state has the third-highest suspension rate in the country. And Hidden Voices, a non-profit group from Durham, is doing something about it.
Janelle Monáe The Electric Lady 4 stars R&B
Indians Somewhere Else 3 1/2 stars Electro-rock
This past weekend, bands and fans took over downtown Raleigh for the fourth annual Hopscotch Music Festival.
This weekend, bands and fans take over downtown Raleigh for the fourth annual Hopscotch Music Festival.
This weekend, bands and fans take over downtown Raleigh for the fourth annual Hopscotch Music Festival.
The fourth annual Hopscotch Music Festival kicks off in downtown Raleigh today. Diversions staff writers Bo McMillan and Charlie Shelton talked to a few new bands playing the festival.
The Bull City Music Awards, organized by the Bull City Music Group, is a Durham-centric awards show honoring entertainers for their contributions to the music industry. The awards ceremony will be held at 7:30 p.m.
Franz Ferdinand Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action 3 1/2 stars Rock Almost 10 years since its self-titled smash debut album, Franz Ferdinand and its fourth record shows just how much fun this band can still be.
Earl Sweatshirt Doris 4 stars Hip-hop Much has changed since Earl Sweatshirt’s grimy and abrasive debut mixtape Earl. A much-publicized hiatus, his subsequent return and a few excellent guest features have built up a considerable amount of hype for the 19-year-old’s major label debut.
Terry Malts Nobody Realizes This Is Nowhere 4 stars Pop punk Punk trio Terry Malts is a little bit loud and a whole lot of fun.
2 1/2 stars He’s not Bruce Lee. He’s not a panda. And he’s not the Karate Kid. He is Ip Man. The master of kung fu, the champion of China and the epitome of “The Grandmaster.” “The Grandmaster” is the story of the man who trained Bruce Lee.
The Spectacular Now 3 1/2 stars “The Spectacular Now” is not your average teen movie. The trailer is ambiguous as far as plot and the actors looked kind of familiar but not noteworthy.
4 stars Blue Jasmine, writer and director Woody Allen’s 45th film, is as engrossing as the best of his recent works.
The stew is barely bubbling, the chicken half-cooked, when you look up at the clock. It’s just a habitual motion, but your following reaction is anything but temperate. “I’ve been here for an hour already?! This still needs cooking…I have homework to do!
Fifty years and one day ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rose to the lectern of a podium on the steps of Lincoln Memorial and was introduced to thousands gathered for the March on Washington.
Clockwork Kids, a “neo-psychedeic” rock band, was started in 2012 and is made up of five UNC-Chapel Hill students and alums.
2 stars In an effort to find the next teen blockbuster, it seems like another film adaptation of a bestselling young adult novel hits theaters almost every week.
What do robots, beer and the human race have in common? The answer is “The World’s End.” The movie is a strange depiction of nostalgia combined with a search for freedom.
