Preeti Waas, Kingfisher Land Spots On James Beard Award Semifinalist List
In total, North Carolina scored 11 semifinalist nods. Finalists will be announced on March 29 and the awards ceremony will be held on June 5 in Chicago.
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A Durham Swap Meet Where Seeds Are Stars
Durham Co-op’s “Seed Swap” shows no sign of slowing after 10 years of squash, cilantro, and Jimmy Nardello hunting.
Screen Review: Earning a ‘Living’
The moral of this British period drama is familiar: You can lose your life to bureaucracy and busywork. But it still hits the mark.
ART
Jamaica Gilmer’s Reverent Portraits Show the Wisdom and Experience of Lyon Park School Alumni
“Elders of the West End,” Gilmer’s series on the graduates of the former Durham school, is now a permanent display at the Community Family Life & Recreation Center at Lyon Park.
STAGE
Tamara Kissane’s Controversial New Play Hits the Stage in Greensboro
The Durham playwright’s “Nice White Parents 2016” opens at Hyers Theatre on January 19.
The Must-See Winter Performances Coming to the Triangle
From Shakespeare to RENT, here are the performances hitting Triangle stages this winter.
Director Rebecca Holderness on Her Burning Coal Theatre Company Production of “Silent Sky”
Auteur director Rebecca Holderness is no stranger to Burning Coal Theatre audiences.
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Cortland Gilliam Named New Poet Laureate of Chapel Hill
Gilliam will serve in the role from 2023 to 2024 and will be Chapel Hill’s second-ever poet laureate.
New Piedmont Laureate Dasan Ahanu Ushers In a New Literary Era
Ahanu was appointed as the 15th Piedmont Laureate, the second Black poet named to the post.
Mesha Maren’s Expansive Second Novel Explores the Margins
“Perpetual West” takes readers from Appalachia to the southern border.
SCREEN
Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” Is a Carefully Calibrated Blend of Deadpan Humor and Affectionate Satire
“White Noise” doesn’t behave like a traditional feature film of any genre. You don’t know what the next moment will bring. That’s what makes it so thrilling, so absurd, and so weirdly familiar.
In “The Fabelmans,” Steven Spielberg Draws Back the Curtain on His Childhood and Budding Love of Film
This is the director’s most personal film, no doubt, but for longtime admirers, it’s second-tier Spielberg all the way.
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Tells a Stirring Story of Communal Grief
As we remember T’Challa and the life of Chadwick Boseman, the film’s end lives up to its name, Wakanda Forever. With a delightful surprise, it breaks the melancholy mood and reminds us that the Black Panther will forever live on.