Issue 11 – Where Beggars Can Be Choosers

Oct 30 2008, Written by Baishi Wu in Playground,This Week in Recess, 0 Comments

Photo Illustration by Glen Gutterson.

Featured:
Plan Your Weekend
Saturday, 9 a.m. – Rock for Change
Portastatic, Bowerbirds, Superchunk and Billy Bragg? Vote!
Saturday, 8 p.m. – Billy Bragg
More Bragg? Read about his political views and then listen to him in Page Auditorium.
Sunday, 1 p.m. – The Arts Walk
The Durham Arts Council tours the work of 200 artists in 50 locations around Durham.
Sunday, 7 p.m. – Latin American Film Festival
Kick off the festival with Young Rebels at the NCSU Witherspoon Student Center.
Sunday, 9 p.m. – Bishop Allen
For more, look here for Jessie Tang’s full interview with Justin Rice.

Hayti Heritage Center celebrates black arts culture
The Hayti Center will co-sponsor B.B. King’s performance at the Durham Performing Arts Center Nov. 30.

Scenes of Secrecy: Visual Studies on Suspicion, Intelligence, and Security
Explore how the government and other officials obtain knowledge from companies, terrorist suspects, foreigners and even U.S. citizens at the Center for Documentary Studies.

Sandbox:
I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?

Editor’s Note:
The weekend beyond Franklin Street

Films reviewed:
Changeling
Rachel Getting Married

Albums reviewed:
The Cure – 4:13 Dream
Deerhunter – Microcastle
Gang Gang Dance – Saint Dymphna