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On 'Idol,' a battle of the Davids

Name's the same, but the styles couldn't be more different. David Archuleta and David Cook square off starting 8 p.m. Wednesday in the finals of “American Idol,” TV's No. 1 show and a rite of spring.

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Ladies, come out to help out your fellow woman. Rockin' with Ribbons will benefit the Susan G. Komen foundation, a national charity dedicated to saving lives and ending breast cancer forever.

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Eat, play, party: Food Lion Speed Street runs Thursday through Saturday uptown

More than 10 blocks of uptown Charlotte will be blocked off for the three-day Food Lion Speed Street festival, which begins Thursday.

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AT THE MOVIES

'Narnia' bloated yet stunning

Does it really matter that “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” is untrue to the tone and some significant events in C. S. Lewis' novel?
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  • A collector's passionate pursuit

    Gabby Pratt adored the works of wood engraver Clare Leighton. Now the Mint is showing off these fine pieces.

    It was the bold lines and strong images in Clare Leighton's work that attracted Gabby Pratt.

DINING

  • Nikko makes sushi so chic

    South End favorite expands menu to match its posh new digs on the ground floor of the Pink Building.

    Nikko was contemporary nearly a decade ago, and when owner Joanna Nix started with her cowboy hats and boas and sake bombs, people tended to fall into two camps:

BOOKS

  • A vigorous way to break writer's block

    In ‘So Brave,' a forlorn writer finds adventure and inspiration out West

    “Authorship is not a trade,” Mark Twain once wrote. “It is an inspiration; its habitation is all out under the sky, and everywhere the winds are blowing and the sun is shining and the creatures of God are free.” The American satirist might well have been describing the dilemma faced by Monte Becket, the narrator and failed writer in “So Brave, Young, and Handsome,” the second novel by Leif Enger.

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Will 'Iron Man' have a sequel?

Q. I went to see "Iron Man" this weekend. And I was shocked at how much I enjoyed it. Robert Downey was PERFECT for this role. I know it is kinda early but do you see sequel on this one? 05.14.08

Sarah Aarthun

Sarah Aarthun

Hot ideas for cool after-hours fun

Ladies, come out to help out your fellow woman. Rockin' with Ribbons will benefit the Susan G. Komen foundation, a national charity dedicated to saving lives and ending breast cancer forever.

Julie York Coppens

Julie York Coppens

'Color Purple' headlines theater season

Disciples of "The Color Purple": Your prayers have been answered.

Richard Maschal

Richard Maschal

Everyday shapes turned into art

One thing art can do is slow you down. You've got to stop, look, savor.

Steven Brown

Steven Brown

Contrasting works create a complementary program

The two pieces are so different that putting them together might seem a little nutty. Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto epitomizes the lyricism and sparkle that are Mendelssohn's trademark. Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" is a chorus-and-orchestra extravaganza that revels in music's primal forces.

Pam Kelley

Pam Kelley

So, y'all think we're just literary rednecks? Shoot.

Do Southern writers get the respect and readership they deserve? N.C. novelist David Payne doesn't think so.

Mark Washburn

Mark Washburn

WSOC leaves `Housewives' viewers feeling desperate

For Charlotte viewers, "Desperate Housewives" had a "Sopranos"-like ending Sunday, one that wasn't in the script.


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