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While Book of Mormon continues to conquer audiences with its disarming blend of raw heart and blasphemy, another excellent and equally subversive play about the Mormon faith will soon have its East Coast premiere at this...

Tonight more than 50 African leaders (plus their spouses and other VIPs in their retinue) will be feted at the White House in a non-official state dinner that will be heavy on the protocol. Peter Selfridge, the chief of ...

Raise what you're drinking to last cowboy. The last of the rail-riding poets. Ramblin' Jack Elliot -- the living link between Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan -- celebrated his 83rd this weekend. Happy birthday, Jack. I've be...

Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay Harper Perennial, $15.99 Publishes August 5, 2014 The Book We're Talking About is a weekly review combining plot description and analysis with fun tidbits about the book. What we think:...

Another of your middle-school favorites is one step closer to the big screen. Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 classic "A Wrinkle in Time" has been gestating at Disney since 2010, and now Variety reports that "Frozen" writer and...

Lil' Kim added a postscript of sorts to Beyoncé's buzzed-about "Flawless" remix Monday night when she took to social media to share her own version. (You can listen to the NSFW track here.) Kim enters the track right af...

Check out our weekly list of food events across the Triangle, including cooking classes, food tours, farmers markets, wine tastings, dinners and more.

I'm always on the lookout for ways to incorporate my flea market finds into my space, so when I came across these images of vintage board games on display I developed a bit of a crush. They're the perfect blend of sweet ...

After a two-month delay because of weather and unexpected obstacles, the Mingo Creek Greenway opened last week, connecting Knightdale's greenway system to Raleigh's Neuse River Trail.

WASHINGTON -- More than a year after its initial election victory at a Guitar Center store, the union representing the chain's first unionized employees is accusing the retailer of bargaining in "bad faith" and trying to...

We already told you about this week’s tentpole Blu-ray, Divergent, when we premiered an exclusive clip yesterday with star Kate Winslet explaining what she thinks is so special about the film. Divergent, however, isn�...

I'm a country girl, born and bred, with the small town accent to prove it. Me and the country girls I know, although some of us have found a new home in the city, are smart, capable, hardworking and determined. But that'...

I have a quick invite for everyone in Chicago from our friends (and House Tour collaborators!) Jeanine and Bryan of Aphrochic. They'll be having a party...

The artist in his studio. Image courtesy of the director, Alex Santiago Pérez Cows Wearing Glasses (Las vacas con gafas) is the first major feature by Puerto Rican film director Alex Santiago Pérez, who previously dire...

It lights up your brain like fireworks on the Fourth of July, spurring on complicated processes and making connections like crazy. Your synapses fire. Your neurons are in hyperdrive. This is your brain on music. We're st...

When I went to finalize an order on a new entry door for our house, the store owner chuckled as he pulled up the estimate, saying that it hadn't quite been a year. It took me exactly fifty weeks to flip the switch on thi...

Somewhat Off the Wall attendees Josh Mamis and Julie Fraenkel with their new Roxanne Faber-Savage monoprint in 2012. Photo by Amanda May Aruani. Art enthusiasts know that purchasing a unique piece of artwork comes with a...

From The Kitchn ' 4 Beautiful Pie Crusts That Are Way Easier Than Lattice

Last night's episode leaves us with our top 10 home cooks of season 5! It has taken a tremendous amount of diligence, hard work, and tenacity to get to this point, and overall we judges are quite proud. The key to both t...

At the beginning of "The Trip to Italy," the follow-up to 2010's wry, melancholic gastro-tour, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon pose a question: Why are they doing this again? Sequels are never good. Along with the inevitable...

Healthy eating habits are easy to maintain when there is a bounty of fresh vegetables and fruit available in the markets at this time of year. We have been sticking to our Meatless Monday schedule by skipping meat for Mo...

When I wrote 10 Actually Awesome Countertop DIYs, I had a little trick up my sleeve: our own concrete countertops were already in the works. My partner completed them last week, and I've been singing "Concrete Counters A...