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Sneaker Pimps Grow in Talent, Sound Despite Ditching Dayton

By Michelle Jarboe | April 25

Four Stars Sometimes you've just gotta give up the girl. After the band's first album, Becoming X, the Sneaker Pimps boys ditched vocalist Kelli Dayton ...

Stagnant 'Scorpion' Battles With Bad Acting

By Michael Abernethy | April 25

"The Scorpion King" 2 Stars "The Scorpion King" should have been a throwback to the B-movie hey-day of Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Conan the Barbarian" ...

Docu-Drama Set in Afghanistan Finds Its Way to Chapel Hill

By Brooks Firth | April 25

"One day the world will see your troubles and come to your aid." Delivered to a group of refugee girls preparing to re-enter Afghanistan, this line from ...

State Officials: No Cuts Directed Toward Art Programs As of Now

By Evan Lucas | April 25

Members of the local arts community will be reassured to know that as state officials work to combat a projected $1.2 billion budget deficit for the next ...

Cornershop LP Suffers From Inconsistency; Sultry Tweet Recounts Past Pains

By Jonathan Miller | April 25

Cornershop Handcream for a Generation Three Stars It's a crying shame that Cornershop didn't make an album exclusively of dance songs. As its new ...

Sankofa Unleashes Matured Hip-Hop Sound

By Nick Parker | April 25

Sankofa just isn't the same that it used to be -- but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Perhaps Sankofa can be best described by looking at its name. ...

Mesmer-Rhyising

By Joelle Ruben | April 24

One of the University's smallest dance groups made a big impression Tuesday night when it drew more than 100 attendees to its second annual spring show ...

Monk Choir Tops Off Performing Arts Series

By Allison Rost | April 23

Tibetan monks will enlighten the UNC campus about their culture and traditions Thursday with a performance by the Gyuto Monks Tibetan Tantric Choir. From ...

Music Festivals Abound With Spring's Advent

By Caroline Lindsey | April 19

Spring is here. And, thanks to several campus groups, music is in the air. Among campus organizations offering musical performances or festivals this ...

'Bridge Author' to Speak at Chapel Hill Public Library

By Allison Rost | April 19

Students might know Doug Marlette as the cartoonist of Kudzu and a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. But ...

Chamber Music Society Defines Perfection

By Evan Lucas | April 18

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Hill Hall Friday, April 12 5 Stars Although The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center sent only six of ...

Street Corner Heroes

By Aaron Freeman | April 18

It's Saturday night, and the sky is speared with cotton-candy pink clouds stretched like unbleached wool. Fernando Linhares kneels on a worn pad of foam ...

Concrete Blonde Revisits Past Glory With Intense, Diverse Performance

By Michael Abernethy | April 18

Concrete Blonde Cat's Cradle Sunday, April 14 4 Stars Concrete Blonde is nothing if not edgy. Sunday night's show at Cat's Cradle found the band razor ...

Gaudy 'Sex and the City' Rip Off Overuses Tactless Sexual Comedy

By Caroline Lindsey | April 18

"The Sweetest Thing" 2 Stars "The Sweetest Thing" is kind of like those colored, sugar-coated Easter eggs with the marshmallow filling ... disgusting ...

Radar Brings Soothing Sound Out of the Basement; Young Revives Crazy Horse

By Staff Editor | April 18

The Radar Brothers And The Surrounding Mountains Four Stars The Radar Brothers use understated, lulling sounds to put into music the feeling of floating ...

Jon Spencer Expands the Blues With Instrumental Skill, Rock Stylings

By Elliott Dube | April 18

John Spencer Blues Explosion Plastic Fang Four Stars The wilder, sleazier version of Elvis has re-entered the building. Jon Spencer evokes the King ...

Laws Define Boundaries for Performers

By Allison Rost | April 18

If your greatest desire is to grab some bongo drums and head to Franklin Street to show off your musical talents (or lack thereof), the town of Chapel ...

Street Performin' Ain't Easy

By Harmony Johnson | April 18

Everyone has pipe dreams of becoming a rock star. But for those aspiring musicians who've yet to realize their dreams, we've learned firsthand that ...

'Lanes' Blurs Lines Between Good, Evil

By Graham Parker | April 18

"Changing Lanes" 4 Stars When a man loses his children in court, it can easily be said that he's having a bad day. Likewise, a lawyer who loses vital ...

McCorkle Place to Host Sculpture on the Green

By Jill Spivey | April 18

This Saturday and Sunday, McCorkle Place will undergo a makeover of the artistic persuasion. That is when the third annual Sculpture on the Green will ...