In Wake County’s House District 37, a Similar Message from Two Wildly Different Messengers
In the tossup southern Wake district, both incumbent GOP Rep. Erin Paré and her Democratic challenger Winn Decker are campaigning on education and affordability; one candidate sticks to the script while the other leans into the culture wars.
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Editor’s Picks: October 22-29
A zine festival, a documentary short, a reading, a concert, and a play—here’s our curated list of recommendations for what to do in the Triangle this week.
As DPS Enrollment Drops, One Elementary School Grapples with Overcrowding
Just four years after it was built, Lyons Farm Elementary School in growing South Durham is over capacity.
With Makeshift Collective, No More Knitting Alone on a Friday Night
With ticketed classes, free events, and access to tools on a pay-what-you-can model, the new fiber arts-focused makerspace hopes to connect Triangle crafters.
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Where to Seek Out Art in the Triangle This Fall
University galleries, Dix Park, the sprawling Click! Photography Festival, a pop-up bookstore—here are all the places we’re taking in art this fall.
What It Takes to Keep History from Fading, Shriveling, or Molding
Talking with Meg Brown, Exhibits Coordinator at Duke Library, about the three Declaration of Independence copies on display in Durham this fall.
Durham’s Cultural Roadmap Gets the Green Light
At the Thursday-night meeting, local arts workers celebrated the adoption of the plan, which has been in the works for four years, while calling for more clarity around funding initiatives and plan implementation.
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Epiphany on a Plane
How an oncologist’s sci-fi-inspired insight, layoffs at a pharma giant, and the unique culture of Research Triangle Park birthed a major cancer innovation.
Adam O’Fallon Price’s Compelling Stories of Characters at Rock Bottom
If you’re someone who reads for a happy ending, you might want to sit “Objects of Desire” out. For everyone else who likes dark literary fiction with stripes of Denis Johnson and Ottessa Moshfegh: Welcome!
The Day the Priestess and the Poet Met in Asheville
Langston Hughes first met Nina Simone in 1949, when he visited her high school chapter of the NAACP. Their decades-long friendship would become a cultural cornerstone of the Black Power era.
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Incoming! Surprise Documentaries, Conflicted Killers, and Murderous Crows
First up, the documentary film that everyone is talking about.
Boots Riley on Labor Organizing, His North Carolina Family Roots, and “I Love Boosters”
The filmmaker makes stops in Durham and Winston-Salem this week as part of a tour for his new anti-capitalist caper.
New Documentary Fest To Launch in Durham With All-Local Slate
Southern Doc Fest makes it debut at the Durham Arts Council on Oct 10 with two feature-length films and four shorts.
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