Trekky Anounces ‘09 Christmas at the Cradle Lineup

18 Nov 2009, Posted by Andrew Hibbard in Concert, Music, Playground, 0 Comments

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

16 Nov 2009, Posted by Charlie McSpadden in Film, Playground, 0 Comments

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

15 Nov 2009, Posted by Andrew Hibbard in Film, Playground, 0 Comments

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.

Troika 2009 Coverage

05 Nov 2009, Posted by Andrew Hibbard in Music, Playground, 0 Comments

You should be really excited right now because Troika 2009 starts today. What looks like the best iteration of the Troika Music Festival tonight kicks off tonight at 7 p.m. at Durham Central Park with the Beast and Megafaun. We previewed some of the shows you should definitely check out (the aforementioned one among them) in today’s recess. You can check it out here:

• Bowerbirds
• Megafaun
• Birds of Avalon
• Red Collar
• The Love Language
• The Future Kings of Nowhere

Also noteworthy (I could go on about all the shows–Pipe!–but Trekky has a good guide here) is the Rock Paper Scissors art/music event Saturday afternoon. If nothing else, you can be a humanitarian and buy some of Red Collar drummer Jonathan Truesdale photos to help him work out some medical bills caused by CMJ (see the story for clarification).

See you at Troika.

[Photo of Bowerbirds in Paris by Oliver Peel. Courtesy Flickr.]

Video: Islands at Duke Coffeehouse

05 Nov 2009, Posted by Claire Finch in Music, Playground, video, 0 Comments

[Photo by Anahita Farahani. Courtesy flickr.com]