Southern tradition and entertainment are the basis of the North Carolina Azalea Festival. This year is the 64th annual festival, and one can expect five days full of that traditional fun which includes...

Each week, the Budget Epicureans select an eatery or take-out establishment, in search of quality and value. Bonus points are awarded for healthy options.Despite the criticism deep-fried foods receive...

Along with the usual suspects like grey hair and a softening midsection, one knows that he has been alive for a little while when the music of his teen years is rediscovered by a new generation, rebranded...

With Pixar studios holding a monopoly on great animated movies, it was beginning to seem that no other animation studio would be able to compete. Fortunately, Gore Verbinski's 3-D animation venture "Rango"...

Israeli-born singer-songwriter Yasmin Levy wants to make her listeners cry, but in a good way. That's the impression that she gave during her Feb. 28 appearance at Keenan Auditorium as part of the UNCW...

Four years have passed since the Swedish indie pop singer, Lykke Li, released her debut album. By the sounds of her new record "Wounded Rhymes," she has done a lot of growing and breaking up since. In...

Edith Pearlman's engaging personality shined last Thursday night as she read selected pieces from her anthology of short stories, collectively titled "Binocular Vision." The collection is a product of...

Each week, the Budget Epicureans select an eatery, take-out establishment or recipe, searching for quality and value. Bonus points are awarded for healthy options.Elizabeth's Pizza on Market Street has...

You've heard it ad nauseam. Boy meets girl — preferably in Brooklyn — they form a band, post their songs on the web, fall into a digital vortex of hysterical hype and finally become the faces that...

As you walk into the art gallery in the Cultural Arts Building, it may take a moment to notice the exhibit itself. But looking up, one will notice lines of yellow monofilament stretched across the gallery...

This past weekend, UNCW's theater department brought patrons to the moors of 19th century England with a compelling version of Sir Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia." The play took place in the Coverly family mansion...

LOS ANGELES _ They might have stood on the most prestigious stage in Hollywood on Sunday night. But this year's Academy Award winners won't necessarily be in Oscar mode when they next pop up on a movie...