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Be Loud! ’16 Coming to Cat’s Cradle to Benefit Be Loud! Sophie Foundation

Posted by Staff | Aug 25, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment

Be Loud! ’16 is coming to Cat’s Cradle on Friday and Saturday. The festivities benefit the Be Loud! Sophie Foundation which supports adolescent and young adult cancer patients and their families at UNC Hospitals. It...

Tim Kaine Plays ‘Wagon Wheel’ in Asheville

Posted by Staff | Aug 16, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine played Wagon Wheel on harmonica at an Asheville brewery on Monday night. Kaine visited a few popular spots in Asheville after delivering a speech in the North Carolina mountain...

Nightsound Studios: One of a Kind

Posted by Staff | Jul 28, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment, Town Square

Chris Wimberley wrote a song about lizards at age 7 and has been creating music ever since. From guitar lessons and band practice as a teen to being the first person to major in music studies at NC State, Chris has carried his...

Stephen Colbert Burns North Carolina’s HB2 in RNC ‘Hungry For Power Games’

Posted by Staff | Jul 19, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is broadcasting from the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week. It gives the comedian ample opportunity to focus on political humor. Colbert even revived his old character and...

Chapel Hill Duo Mandolin Orange to Release Album September 30

Posted by Staff | Jul 18, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment

Chapel Hill folk duo Mandolin Orange will release a new studio album, Blindfaller, on September 30. The album was recorded the Rubber Room in Chapel Hill. It will be the band’s third album under the Hillsborough-based Yep...

Five Affordable Music Venues in the Triangle

Posted by Staff | Jul 11, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment, Town Square

Concerts are a choice night-out for many, especially in the summer months. What better way to spend an evening than with loved ones around, drink in hand, and good music playing? However, as many music fans know, a lot of gigs,...

Brad Paisley Mocks HB2 With Country Song

Posted by Staff | May 25, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment

Country musician Brad Paisley appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tuesday night. Paisley became one of the first mainstream country music artists to address North Carolina’s controversial HB2 law. He did it with a satirical...

The Simpsons Likes Villanova

Posted by Staff | Apr 4, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment

The Simpsons, as in the long-running animated series on Fox, evidently wants to see Villanova win the National Championship on Monday. Bart Simpson wrote, “If Villanova doesn’t win we lose everything,” on the...

Funny or Die Rips NC in Tourism Commercial Spoof

Posted by Staff | Mar 25, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment

A new North Carolina law is drawing a lot of negative attention to the state. Political leaders and businesses have spoken out against the law. Columnists have pointed out its utter ridiculousness. Now, Funny or Die is getting...

Watch John Oliver Destroy the Donald Trump Wall

Posted by Staff | Mar 21, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment

How are we going to build that Donald Trump wall? John Oliver recently took on presidential hopeful Donald Trump with a segment on Last Week, Tonight called Make Donald Drumpf Again. That segment has received over 22 million...

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