The Best Sandwich in Durham That I Can’t Tell You About
Pop-ups have become a dominant trend in the restaurant industry, in recent years, bringing buzz and whimsy to the dining fore. A month-long Durham sandwich series is no exception.
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Remediation of Former Landfill Sites Still in Limbo Despite Yearslong Park Closures
The state auditor’s office released a report in July showing limited progress in addressing former unregulated landfill sites.
Backtalk: ‘What an awful mistake for those who wouldn’t listen to their consciences.’
And other things our readers told us.
More Than Half of NCCU’s Fundraising Board Has Resigned
The NCCU Foundation board saw 12 of 22 members quit in April and May. The school said the resignations brought it into compliance with term-limits.
ART
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.
Hearing Jazz and Seeing Art the Fred Joiner Way, With a Poetry Debut 50 Years in the Making
“The Mirror in Our Music,” a new collection by former Carrboro Poet Laureate Fred Joiner, is rich in references to art, music, and collaboration.
PAGE
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.
SCREEN
“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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