For Chatham Estates Residents Forced to Leave, the Experience of Relocating Has Been Mixed
Residents of the former Cary mobile home community largely secured new housing, but some are paying much more in rent, had to move far away, or are dealing with disruptions to work, school, and child care.
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Personal injury law is more about optimizing outcomes than promising big payouts
There are eight million licensed drivers in North Carolina, and not all of them are good drivers. So, a car wreck may be the most likely reason a person ever needs a personal injury attorney. And the last thing someone needs after a wreck is an overpromising, performative, combative lawyer promising outrageous settlements that can’t be delivered. Michele Cybulski takes…
Pickleball National Championship Tournament Comes to Cary Next Week
Pickleball’s popularity has surged since the pandemic; by hosting the Veolia Pickleball National Championship, Cary is building its profile as a Triangle sports town.
After Thirty Years of Showcasing Art on the Edge, Bill Thelen Bids Goodbye to Lump Gallery
Since 1996, the small cinder block gallery has been Raleigh’s mainstay for experimental art. On August 31, owner Bill Thelen is closing its doors for good.
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From Her Garden Post in Wilmington, Prolific Artist Minnie Evans Patrolled the Borders Between Worlds
A new documentary unspools the story of Minnie Evans, a North Carolina artist whose visionary work channeled a dialogue with the divine and broke through the art world.
Where to Go See Art This Summer
Local exhibitions this summer explore flight, work from Black Mountain College, and the West writ large, among other things.
In Wide-Ranging New Exhibition of Native American Artists, Ancestral Knowledge Animates the Stories of Today
‘Stories Told By Breath: Native American Voices in North Carolina’ is on display at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design through September 26.
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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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“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.
In New Documentary, a Moving Tribute to North Carolina’s First Openly Trans Homecoming King
‘What Will I Become?’, which plays August 13-18 at OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival, shines light on the legacies of Blake Brockington and Kyler Prescott, two trans teenagers who lost their lives to suicide.
Incoming! Celebrity Sex Passes, Professional Scenesters, and Greek Mythology
Zoey Deutch in a meta summer comedy, a documentary about the music producer Peter Asher, and more films coming to theaters around the Triangle.
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