Review of Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s I AM AN INSECT

Reprinted from The Independent Weekly   Photo courtesy of Paperhand Puppet Intervention I Am an Insect Paperhand Puppet Intervention Through Sept. 7 at UNC’s Forest Theater; Sept. 12-13 at N.C. Museum of Art  Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s I Am an Insect: A Fluttering Processionary of Infinitesimal Ideas, despite its tongue-twisting title, is a guaranteed way to get …

THREE IN THE ATTIC (1968)

Reprinted from the Independent Weekly Death by sex in Three in the Attic Revisiting a bawdy comedy shot 41 years ago in Chapel Hill 23 JUL 2008  •  by Zack Smith It’s Friday night, and I’ve driven from Raleigh to the Horace Williams House in Chapel Hill to watch a 40-year-old sex comedy projected onto …

Video Game Legislation in the Triangle

Finally!  Something new I’ve written is posted online. Bill for state’s burgeoning video game industry gutted in legislature Time to reload 16 JUL 2008  •  by Zack Smith My friend Steven Allison recently left his job to become a game master for the online role-playing game Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures at the Durham office …

Tony Horwitz (CONFEDERATES IN THE ATTIC) on A VOYAGE LONG AND STRANGE

 MAY 2008 Raleigh Tony Horwitz Quail Ridge Books and Music—Question for nonhistorian readers: How much do you really know about the history of North Carolina? Don’t feel bad if your answer’s “Not much.” Four years ago, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz found himself in a similar position. His solution? He wrote a book. A Voyage …

Spotlight on Hi Mom! Film Festival

Home » Film » Spotlight   View Reader Comments JULY 11, 2007 Hi Mom! Film Festival BY ZACK SMITH The Fish Heads Fugue and Other Tales for Twilight The Hi Mom! Film Festival has always had a slight hint of chaos to it. Since it started in 1997, its creative direction as a short film …