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The Biscuit Burners bring a taste of bluegrass to Durham
The Biscuit Burners are hard core. Not their music -- that's more bluegrass. What's hard core is their effort to keep performing. On Monday, band members were under the weather but will still perform Saturday at the Soul Cafe in Durham. They had just performed at the Kennedy Center and were resting up in D.C. When band member Mary Lucey was pregnant, she kept on playing even through the night she was due.
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Indigo Girl Amy Ray going solo in Carrboro
There are two musical sides to Amy Ray. There's the Indigo Girl, the half of the acoustic female duo the Indigo Girls, going on 20 years now. Then there's the rocker side of Ray, the plugged-in side, the solo side. That's the side that's coming to Cat's Cradle in Carrboro to perform Wednesday night. She's been there several times before and said it's one of her favorite venues in the world.
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40 years of music and Hillman is still on the road
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The Byrds. Desert Rose Band. Flying Burrito Brothers. Manassas. Chris Hillman -- a songwriter who plays guitar and mandolin -- has more than 40 years of music behind him on a musical road he's still traveling. He performs with fellow Desert Rose alum Herb Pedersen Thursday at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro. |
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Parizäde hosts vegetarian feast
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The Triangle Vegetarian Society will hold its annual Thanksgiving feast and raffle at Cafe Parizäde in Durham on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, from noon through 5 p.m. |
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Books roundup: Whittling history down to 12 chapters
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Maybe you already are interested in history. If (like me) you are among that group, then you will find "The Mental Floss History of the World" (subtitled "An Irreverent Romp through Civilization's Best Bits") a refreshing take on what you learned in world and modern history, but likely have forgotten. |
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New center rolls out red carpet
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DURHAM -- Visitors walking in the American Tobacco District early Wednesday could see construction work on the Blackwell Street side of the Durham Performing Arts Center. Workers are still preparing the ground for the Jim Goodmon Plaza, which will be a green space when the new arts center opens Nov. 30. |
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TRI LIVE BRIEFS
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Rubino on 'Bookwatch'
Benefit concert on Monday
'Taking a Stand' at Hayti center
Composers to present works
Smaller-scale music at Duke
Pianist to give concert, class
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New parent bag more than just freebies
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It costs an average of $9,000 to $11,000 to feed, house and clothe a new baby during the first year. With the economy faltering and families struggling, freebies might not pull us out of financial crisis, but they can boost morale. After all, who doesn't like a free gift? |
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Legendary jazz innovator Ornette Coleman coming to UNC
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Composer and saxophonist Ornette Coleman, who will perform Thursday at Memorial Hall at UNC, is one of those creators who helped transform jazz in the post-World War II era into American high art. Now an elder statesman of the music (and Pulitzer Prize recipient for his 2006 recording "Sound Grammar"), Coleman has always tried to step to the music he hears, to paraphrase Thoreau, another American who tried to go outside of previously established ways and rules. Coleman's approach to harmony, melody and improvisation sparked controversy and discussion among critics and musicians -- at least around the early 1960s when his first recordings became public. |
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BOOKS BRIEFS
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Flora to discuss Hemingway
Cantwell to read essays
'Carol' writer at Main Library |
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Plensa sculpture to be unveiled at DPAC opening Dec. 1
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DURHAM -- The public can see the inaugural lighting of Spanish artist Jaume Plensa's installation titled "Bridge to the Sky" as part of the open house ceremonies for the new Durham Performing Arts Center. The free public ceremony and ribbon-cutting are Dec. 1. |
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