Jan 2-8, 2013

Jan 2-8, 2013 / Vol. 26 / No. 45

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Gut reactions to the Sandy Hook shooting

It’s been three weeks since 20-year-old Adam Peter Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and fatally shot 20 children and six adult staff members. Reactions on TV, radio and social media were quick and intensely emotional. There was deep sorrow and righteous anger. The president wept. Parents feared for their school-age…

Nick Gillespie

Tyler Hilton at Visulite Theatre tonight (1/8/2013)

TYLER HILTONWith smoky good looks and a soulful stare tailor-made for a CW teen drama, it’s no surprise that Tyler Hilton is best known for his recurring role on One Tree Hill. Despite this high-profile heartthrob gig, along with an appearance as Elvis Presley in the Johnny Cash bio-pic Walk the Line, Hilton’s dreamboat status…

Pat Moran

A food critic’s New Year’s resolution

Last November, the food world tweeted their mixed responses to New York Times critic Pete Wells’ evisceration of Guy Fieri’s Guy’s American Kitchen and Bar. Wells’ review began: “Guy Fieri, have you eaten at your new restaurant in Times Square?” From a literary standpoint, Wells’ work is a brilliant piece of sarcasm that directs a…

Tricia Childress

CL’s annual horoscope, Part I

On Dec. 21, 2012, the Mayan long count of 5,125 years concluded, ending a series of 13 b’ak’tuns (13 x 5,125 years). The end of 13 cycles of anything was considered important to the Mayans. If we count backward 5,125 years from 2012, we arrive at 3145 BCE. History students will recognize that roughly 3,000…

Vivian Carol

Frost/West talks up Frost/Nixon

By the time the lights come up for this week’s opening of Frost/Nixon at CAST, Hank West will need to dye his hair in order to portray David Frost. But he didn’t need to audition. He was basically given the role last winter by director Michael Harris, when the two co-starred in Stones in His…

Perry Tannenbaum

The state of N.C. music

Two months ago, Creative Loafing lovingly named Shuffle — a quarterly magazine covering independent music in the Carolinas — the “best local hipster ‘zine that wants to be a regional version of Pitchfork.” As Shuffle’s music editor, I sincerely hope we live up to that standard. The Carolinas — especially the Tar Heel state —…

Jordan Lawrence

Pull the global trigger on gun control

While the final funerals for the victims of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre have been held, gun violence continues apace, most notably with the Christmas Eve murder of two volunteer firefighters in rural Webster, N.Y., at the hands of an ex-convict who was armed, as was the Newtown shooter Adam Lanza, with a Bushmaster .223…

Amy Goodman

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