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Controversial New UNC-Chapel Hill School Moving Forward With $1 Million Private Donation
Trustees describe planned School of Civic Life and Leadership as “a game changer” in NC and nationally
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NC Politics Still a Tough Play for Millennials and Gen Z
Grassroots organizations and PACs are backing young candidates in hopes of changing the face of politics.
How Hollywood Casting Director and Local Entrepreneur Beverly Tan Shows Up for the Queer Community
With her rainbow-colored hair, sparkly eye makeup, and iridescent nails, Beverly Tan is immediately recognizable. The 30-year-old lesbian shines with self-assurance, exuding queerness even in a run-of-the-mill coffee shop. “I’m a wannabe lesbian icon,” Tan says with a bright smile. “I’ll be the most rainbow fish in the small pond.” In many ways, Tan is just being herself. She loves…
15 Minutes: Rebecca Feinglos
Former NC government worker, certified grief support specialist, and founder of Grieve Leave, a grief support group for millennials and Gen Z
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Ella West Gallery Is Carrying On the Legacy of Black Wall Street
“I don’t want people to have to wait to become ancestors to be respectfully compensated,” gallery owner Linda Shropshire says.
2023 Fall Arts Preview: Ten Triangle Exhibitions to See
King Nobuyoshi Godwin, Luis Rey Velasco, inflatable art, and more.
“We Got to Return to the Swamp”: Derrick Beasley in Conversation with Pierce Freelon
Beasley’s solo exhibition, “Surviving the Burn,” is on display at NorthStar Church of the Arts through Friday, September 15.
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On Storms and Stories
What draws us to write about hurricanes?
Poet Ross White Finds Beauty By Looking at Things a Little Bit Sideways
When Durham poet, teacher, and small press executive director Ross White looked Michelangelo’s David in the eyes—virtually, at least—a poem broke open for him.
A New Book Gives a Roadmap for Making Reparations a Reality
The Black Reparations Project | edited by William Darity, A. Kirsten Mullen, and Lucas Hubbard | University of California Press | May 23 The Black Reparations Project isn’t an easy read, but it definitely belongs on bedside tables. This collection of essays—edited by Chapel Hill writer A. Kirsten Mullen and Duke economists William Darity Jr.…
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Full Frame Documentary Festival to Return to Downtown Durham
News of the festival’s revival comes just a day after Duke leadership announced that Center for Documentary Studies director Opeyemi Olukemi had resigned.
Stadium 10, Northgate Mall’s Cinematic Holdout, Closes for Good
The Durham movie theater bustled in the late aughts and kept life quietly thrumming in the shopping center, long after the retail outlets around it went dark.
“Theater Camp” Is Cheerfully Audacious
Rickety, funny, and dizzy with affection, the indie comedy is an ode to that most noble of high school cliques: The theater kids.
