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    <title>Book review: Bill Streever&amp;#39;s Cold: Adventures in the World&amp;#39;s Frozen Places</title>
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        By John Grooms
      
      
      Early in his captivating book, Cold: Adventures in the World&#39;s Frozen Places, author Bill Streever is describing how various animals deal with winter in the far northern climes within the Arctic Circle. There&#39;s hibernation, of course, a state used by bears, ground squirrels and surprisingly, some bird species. OK, normal enough. Streever then describes creatures that can survive being frozen solid, such as types of northern frogs, which &quot;overwinter in a frozen state, amphibian Popsicles,&quot; living in a suspended state
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Astonished by Astonishing X-Men No. 32</title>
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        By Carlton Hargro
      
      
      Astonishing X-Men No. 32 Published by Marvel Comics. Written by Warren Ellis. Pencils by Phil Jimenez. Inks by Andy Lanning. If -- like me -- you weren&#39;t blown away by Warren Ellis&#39; first arc on Astonishing X-Men, then you&#39;ll probably love his brand-new story line, which marches on in issue 32. Last go-round, Ellis populated his scripts with tons of exposition and dialogue about outlandish pseudo-science crap. Fortunately, for this latest X-adventure, he&#39;s chucked a good portion of that babbling
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Stumptown No. 1: Wonderful</title>
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        By Carlton Hargro
      
      
      Stumptown No. 1 Published by Oni Press. Written by Greg Rucka. Art by Matthew Southworth. The Deal: Writer Greg Rucka continues his near-trademarked line of strong, yet flawed, female heroines (as seen in Queen &amp; Country, White Out, Detective Comics, The Question, and Wonder Woman, among others) with the private eye Dex, star of his latest comic series Stumptown. The Good: Well, Rucka&#39;s done it again. I&#39;m not the biggest fan of his superhero stuff (with the exception of The
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    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>The eye candy of Innovative Works</title>
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        By Perry Tannenbaum
      
      
      Except for the topmost rows in the balcony, Booth Playhouse was sold out for this year&#39;s edition of Innovative Works. It may be more difficult to snag a ticket for this week&#39;s NC Dance Theatre performances. Electricity and eye candy onstage were enough to spark a word-of-mouth wildfire. Most of the choreographies -- and nearly all the dancers -- have been seen before. But so many new dancers have joined the troupe since 2004, when Mark Diamond&#39;s There Again, Not
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    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Book buying in the Great Recession</title>
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        By John Grooms
      
      
      Welcome to a session of Great Recession book buying. Nowadays, new hardback books, let&#39;s just say it, cost more than most of them are worth. Most people are pinching pennies in these times, and hardbacks&#39; average price of $26 can seem a bit much. Not to worry, here&#39;s a guide to some meaty current paperbacks, each one priced at $15. Hope you find something you like. American Lightning: Terror, Mystery and the Birth of Hollywood by Howard Blum (Three Rivers
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>An entertaining Blackest Night No. 4</title>
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        By Carlton Hargro
      
      
      Blackest Night No. 4 Published by DC Comics. Written by Geoff Johns. Pencils by Ivan Reis. Inks by Oclair Albert and Joe Prado. The Deal: DC&#39;s blockbuster limited series -- with Green Lantern at the center -- keeps on trucking. This issue, the big baddie behind the whole crisis is revealed. The Good: For the first three issues, this series kind of felt like a really long chase scene. This month&#39;s edition, however, adds a little more scope to the
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Black as a ghost in The Woman in Black</title>
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        By Perry Tannenbaum
      
      
      Do newer generations of theatergoers thrill to the promise of suspense? For those of you accustomed to consuming horror in its new millennium manifestations -- complex and conflicted vampires, 3D monsters and aliens zooming at you relentlessly in widescreen and video games -- the simpler, subtler style of The Woman in Black, now at Theatre Charlotte, will seem like a strange journey to an alternate universe. Susan Hill&#39;s novella, although first published in 1983, is layered and suspenseful in the
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Davidson&amp;#39;s Tartuffe fit for a Sun King</title>
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        By Perry Tannenbaum
      
      
      New rule: if the Davidson College Theatre Department produces a comedy by Moliere, be sure to head up I-77 and see it. Doesn&#39;t matter who directs or where on campus it is staged. They did Scapin nearly two years ago in a recital hall at the Music Center, directed by former CL Theaterperson of the Year Scott Ripley, that was wildly bizarre and screamingly funny. I caught that one early and raved, but with all the Charlotte action going on
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    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Comic book review: Justice League of America No. 38</title>
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        By Carlton Hargro
      
      
      Justice League of America No. 38 Published by DC Comics. Written by James Robinson. Pencils by Mark Bagley. Inks by Rob Hunter. The Deal: Writer James Robinson and artist Mark Bagley begin their stint on the Justice League, which stars a rather sparse-looking team that&#39;s fronted by the injured heroine Vixen. The Good: This issue is exciting enough -- featuring a big (and slightly out-of-nowhere) fight with an old-school JLA villain. The dialogue is little better than Robinson&#39;s work in
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    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Marat/Sade aims for the jugular</title>
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        By Perry Tannenbaum
      
      
      It&#39;s been over 20 years since Marat/Sade has been staged in Charlotte. Part of the long-extinct Experimental Theatre Project, that Marat/Sade was rather barebones, staged in the Discovery Place lecture hall. My most vivid memories of the show are the trepidations I felt in bringing my daughter to see it. My worries were groundless. She loved it! For years afterwards, the production served as a kind of passport: When people would question whether it was prudent to bring Ilana to
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    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Divine dance at McGlohon</title>
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        By Perry Tannenbaum
      
      
      In its four fall seasons, the Charlotte Dance Festival hasn&#39;t exactly evolved into a lean, mean publicity machine. On a day when even attempting to get a seat for the headline entertainment at the grand opening of the Gantt Center proved foolhardy, there were no such difficulties at Spirit Square for the festival&#39;s culminating event, Dance Charlotte! Even I hadn&#39;t heard about the event until after the festival had kicked off on Oct. 8. But if pre-publicity still needs tweaking,
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    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Live Review: Tom Wopat</title>
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        By Perry Tannenbaum
      
      
      There aren&#39;t too many types of music that Tom Wopat won&#39;t dip into. Before last week&#39;s engagement at Booth Playhouse, the one-time Dukes of Hazzard heartthrob had last appeared in town as Billy Flynn in the touring version of Chicago. When not on the road with Broadway musicals, Wopat has moonlighted in Nashville, releasing country albums, and in LA, leading a country-rock band. Backed by a solid jazz quartet for his six-day Love Swings engagement, Wopat wasn&#39;t going to confine
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    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Audience awareness: The Chuckleheads</title>
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        By Anita overcash
      
      
      The members of the Charlotte comedy improv troupe The Chuckleheads are giddy. The group, which started in 2007, will celebrate its two-year anniversary with a special show titled &quot;2nd Anniversary Birthday Comedy Improv Variety Extravaganza&quot; at Actor&#39;s Theatre of Charlotte on Oct. 24. The event will feature lots of improv, in forms that include singing, dancing, and audience participation. CL spoke with Chucklehead member and founder, Scott Pacitti. (For advance tickets to The Chuckleheads&#39; Oct. 24 show, visit www.actorscrib.com. For
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    <category>Arts/Arts flash</category>
    <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:00:00 MST</pubDate> 
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    <title>Review of American on Purpose by Craig Ferguson</title>
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        By John Grooms
      
      
      Craig Ferguson, the host of The Late Late Show on CBS, is a recovering alcoholic, workaholic, smartassed, impulsive, and earlier in life, a philanderer. He&#39;s also a very good writer, and he&#39;s produced that rarest of books: a show business autobiography that&#39;s not a load of self-serving whitewash. Ferguson is an irreverent and reflective writer, too, the result of which is that American on Purpose is funny, poignant, and, to cut to the chase, one of the best showbiz bios
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    <title>Comic book review: Uncanny X-Men No. 516</title>
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        By Carlton Hargro
      
      
      Uncanny X-Men No. 516 Written by Matt Fraction. Pencils by Greg Land. Inks by Jay Leisten. The Deal: Writer Matt Fraction (a former Charlottean) continues his reign as &quot;Head X-Writer in Charge&quot; over on Uncanny X-Men. This issue sees the long-teased return of the classic X-villain Magneto -- but is he a threat? The Bad: OK, I am officially not digging what Fraction is doing in Uncanny X-Men. The dialogue is snappy, but the situations seem so ... familiar. Worse
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