The End of the Adventure
Remembering Adventure Landing, a theme park and entertainment center that opened in 1988, as Raleigh grapples with a loss of third spaces for teens.

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Durham Judicial Officials Are Unnecessarily Putting People on ICE’s Radar for Low-Level Crimes
An INDY investigation finds judges and magistrates in Durham have repeatedly flagged people for citizenship checks when they didn’t need to, landing some in ICE custody.
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.
The Proposed WakeMed-Atrium Deal’s Outsize Impact on Southeast Raleigh
WakeMed says the deal is needed to modernize its flagship hospital in the economically vulnerable neighborhood. Some residents and local leaders are skeptical.
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CAM Is Selling Its Iconic Building. Could It Have Done More to Keep It?
The decision to sell comes after a 2020 rezoning made the downtown museum’s property much more valuable. CAM leadership maintains they want the institution to “be here for years to come”—but many in the art world feel skeptical.
Valerie Hillings On Fundraising, the Role of Regional Museums, and What Piece of Art She’d Most Like to Live Inside
A conversation with Valerie Hillings, whose eight-year tenure as director of the North Carolina Museum of Art drew to a close on August 31.
A New Multidisciplinary Space in Durham Channels the Supportive Spirit of The Carrack
Boardinghouse Arts, Shirlette Ammons and Laura Ritchie’s new Trinity Avenue venture, picks up where Ritchie’s former gallery the Carrack Modern Art left off. It will open in September.
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Carrboro Author Elisa Faison On Polyamory, Domestic Fiction, and Her Debut Novel ‘Skin Contact’
Released in June, ‘Skin Contact’ has the buzzy premise of a young couple navigating an newly opened marriage. But the novel is as interested in friendship and family as it is romance.
White Men and White Metal
How a small group of white men engineered the violent 1898 overthrow of Wilmington’s duly elected multiracial government.
At Raleigh’s Bright Side Books & Wine, Love Stories of Every Stripe and a Robust Community of Romance Readers
The romance genre has seen a publishing boom over the last decade. In Raleigh, a new genre bookstore hopes to make readers swoon—and stay for the social connections.
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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.
Incoming! Peasant Revolts, Wilderness Survival, and Victorian Psychopaths
Ethan Hawke as a Depresion-era prisoner in “The Weight,” Andrew Garfield as an anonymous ploughman in “The Uprising,” and more films coming to local theaters near you.
“Creating the Conditions for Care”: Durham Native Andie Morgenlander On Making Her First Feature and Humanizing Film Sets
‘Whistle Down Wind,’ Morgenlander’s debut feature, is deeply rooted in North Carolina. It screens at this year’s OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival.


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