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Trekky Anounces ‘09 Christmas at the Cradle Lineup

Andrew Hibbard — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:52:14 +0000

The fourth annual Trekky Records Christmas show is less than a month away and the lineup is here. Slated for Dec. 15, Christmas at the Cradle will feature Chapel Hill’s favorite Yuletide Orchestra, the 25-plus-piece the Trekky Yuletide Orchestra and a slew of other great bands. The lineup was just announced on the label’s blog and it includes:

Dexter Romweber
The Love Language
Des Ark
Whatever Brains
Organos
Veelee
Birds and Arrows
Mount Weather

The event will be hosted by Billy Sugarfix. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 day-of and will benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Foundation. Doors are at 7 p.m., and the show begins at 7:30. See you there. ALSO: Check out recess’ feature on Trekky’s love for the holiday season tomorrow.

‘Sleep Dealer’ director speaks in Griffith tonight

Charlie McSpadden — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:11:15 +0000

Sleep Dealer, which won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, will screen tonight in Griffith theater at 7 p.m. Part of the Latin American Film Festival of North Carolina, the science fiction film takes place in a near-future Mexico where people plug in to the Web to work in the US without crossing the border. Director Alex Rivera will hold a Q&A after the screening.

‘Clearing Waters’ Trailer Premieres

Andrew Hibbard — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:32:44 +0000

A few weeks ago, Naureen Khan reported on a feature-length film being produced by a rag-tag band of Duke students, mostly juniors and seniors. What is possibly the first-ever student-produced feature from Duke has since been given a firm title: Clearing Waters. The film has been given a “release date” (they’re showing it publicly at Duke) of April 11, and with that comes a trailer. Check it out here.

Groups that can stay in their sections

Zachary Tracer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:56:42 +0000

Campus Council has released the list of selective living groups that can squat, or choose to remain in their current sections.

The top 50 percent of SLGs in the small, medium and large categories—as determined by their scores on the Residential Group Assessment—have the option of remaining in their current dormitory section.

Those groups are:

Alpha Epsilon Pi
Alpha Tau Omega
Arts Theme House
Brownstone
Chi Psi
Languages
Maxwell
Phi Delta Theta
Psi Upsilon
Roundtable
Sigma Chi
Sigma Phi Epsilon

Tree Falls on Chapel Drive–Photo Slideshow

Michael Naclerio — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:57:50 +0000

11/12/09 Tree Falls on Campus Drive – Images by Duke Student Publishing Co. Duke Chronicle

Rain can be destructive. Late Wednesday evening, a pine tree fell across Chapel Drive, blocking traffic and effectively turning the main Duke traffic circle into a bus stop. Many cars opted to jump the curb to avoid the felled pine, but the Duke buses were not so fortunate. Students stopped to examine and even take photos of the barricade. Grounds keeping crews anticipate that they will be able to remove the blockage by Thursday morning. It’s still raining in Durham.