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Full live album brings McLachlan nostalgia

By Beth Dozier | October 12

MUSICREVIEW Sarah McLachlan Mirrorball: The Complete Concert 3 stars It's amazing how live music can be a time machine. Flash back eight years to a time when Sarah McLachlan and her determined clan of rock songstresses filled concert venues across the country with Lilith Fair. The year was 1998, and McLachlan recorded Mirrorball, the live album from which she would glean even more notoriety, not to mention a somewhat-overplayed live single.

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The Old Ceremony successfully releases new CD at cradle

By Beth Dozier | October 12

CONCERTREVIEW The Old Ceremony Saturday, Oct. 7 Cat's Cradle 4 stars "Who are you?" asked an audience member while The Old Ceremony lead singer Django Haskins introduced the other band members Saturday during the band's CD release party at Cat's Cradle. "Hell if I know," Haskins replied, shaking his head. If that retort applies to the band, too, then being undefined is certainly a beautiful thing.

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Diaspora film festival aims to bridge cultures

By Beth Dozier | September 14

This week the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will screen several independent films that explore black and South Asian relationships but also emphasize the similarities among all cultures. As part of the 12th annual Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film, the center will show the film "Dreams and Passions" today at 7 p.m., after which director Sophia Kaushal and screenwriter Jon Poindexter will hold a discussion.

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Fuzzy melodic duo defies definition

By Beth Dozier | September 14

MUSICREVIEW Viva Voce Get Yr Blood Sucked Out 3 stars There's a paradox of creativity in today's rock music: Bands are free to experiment as long as it fits into the corporate mold. In a world of four-minute radio edits and image-conscious record labels, gimmickless rock music such as Viva Voce's often fails to make a mark, apart from the occasional plug on "The O.C."

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Stefy's first a guilty pop pleasure

By Beth Dozier | August 31

MUSICREVIEW Stefy The Orange Album 3 stars From ABBA to A-Ha, pop music always has been a bastion for the guilty pleasure. And the California electro outfit, Stefy, is no exception. Music snobs might scoff at the band's bouncy, adolescent sound, but The Orange Album will be the CD they blast in their cars with the windows up and dance around to when no one is watching. With its debut album, Stefy has accomplished what most young bands only dream of: a pop record that's accessible to adults while still holding onto the teens and tweens that keep the gravy train rolling.

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CUAB to offer comedy, concerts and more

By Beth Dozier | August 22

Carolina Union Activities Board President Erika Stallings wants students to know that the Student Union is more than a place to grab a bagel, and that CUAB is more than just that group behind those weekend movies. "CUAB is a place where dreams happen," Stallings said.

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Long-awaited album arrives

By Beth Dozier | August 19

JUNE 22 - With a long-awaited record being released this week and two more in the works, Chapel Hill rock quintet Roman Candle is burning bright. The band performed songs from its newest record, The Wee Hours Revue, at its Cat's Cradle album release party. The group was joined by fellow Chapel Hill group The Old Ceremony and special guest Caitlin Cary. "The idea is that we're going to play every song from our record and some new stuff," said drummer Logan Matheny.

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Local band celebrates long awaited album

By Beth Dozier | June 22

With a long-awaited record being released this week and two more in the works, Chapel Hill rock quintet Roman Candle is burning bright. The band will perform songs from its newest record, The Wee Hours Revue, at its Cat's Cradle album release party 8 p.m. today. The group will be joined by fellow Chapel Hill group The Old Ceremony and special guest Caitlin Cary.

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Lab! Theatre to offer weekend doubleheader

By Beth Dozier | April 21

Theater lovers will have the chance today to catch the last two Lab! Theatre productions of the semester. "Shakespeare Unplugged: This Bard Was Made for Walking" - a tour that will lead audience members around campus to see some of Shakespeare's most famous scenes performed at different locales - will be performed at 2:30 p.m today, Saturday and Sunday in Forest Theatre. "We wanted to sort of go back to Lab!'s original purpose, which is experimental theater - just doing something different and innovative," sophomore stage manager Kyle Beaulieu said.

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'XXX' star shines as mobster

By Beth Dozier | April 20

MOVIEREVIEW "Find Me Guilty" 3 Stars More courtroom caricature than courtroom drama, Sidney Lumet's "Find Me Guilty" relies on quirky personalities and a surprisingly engaging performance from Vin Diesel to perk up the lackluster plot. The film dramatizes the longest criminal trial in American history - a 21-month-long effort to obliterate the Lucchese crime family of New Jersey. Diesel stars as Giacomo "Jackie Dee" DiNorscio, an average mobster with a heart of gold and one of the trial's 20 defendants in the 1987 legal extravaganza.