“Pillow Talk”: The Chapel Hill Couple Starring In Macbeth Feel Shakespeare Still Has Plenty to Tell Us About Love
Actors Ron Menzel and Vivienne Benesch play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the upcoming PlayMakers Repertory Company production.
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Op-Ed: Changing the Trajectory of Our Nation Begins Now
We can shift away from authoritarian control this year, a Raleigh City Council member writes, but voters must show up to the polls en masse for elections.
70,000 Voters Must Fix Their Registrations or Face Hurdle at the Polls
Unless they update their registration information, these voters will have to cast a provisional ballot this year.
2026 Primary Candidate Questionnaires
The March 3 election includes races from local school boards up to Congress. .
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Hillsborough Artist John Beerman Changes Course
Beerman’s large-scale works now filling Durham’s Craven Allen Gallery, on view through January 17, mark a decisive shift for an artist whose career has long been associated with a contemplative calm.
At the River’s Edge
Several months out from Tropical Storm Chantal, two longstanding arts organizations in Saxapahaw take stock of what was lost—and how they’ll adapt to what lies ahead.
100,000 Feet of Wiring, 20,000 Lights, and 14 Acres: Inside the North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival
A decade into a tradition, Koka Booth’s annual Chinese Lantern Festival continues to up the ante and keep visitors in awe.
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Welcome to Alamance County, North Carolina
An excerpt from “The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw: From Reconstruction through Black Lives Matter,” a new book by Sylvester Allen Jr. and Belle Boggs out from UNC Press.
‘There Is No Singular Savior’: An Interview with North Carolina Poet Diamond Forde
Poet and NC State assistant professor Diamond Forde released her second collection, “The Book of Alice,” on January 20. It’s a brilliant and unflinching look at faith, family, and the stories we inherit.
Local Author Adam Morgan On How a 1921 Obscenity Trial Over “Ulysses” Speaks to Censorship Issues Today
“A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls,” Morgan’s new biography about famed editor Margaret C. Anderson, was released earlier this month.
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Incoming! Dreamscapes, Catharsis, and the Time-Space Continuum
Five nested stories in “Resurrection,” Rachel McAdams gets revenge in “Send Help,” and more films coming to theaters around the Triangle.
Talking with “Heightened Scrutiny” Director Sam Feder
“Heightened Scrutiny” follows ACLU attorney Chase Strangio, the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court, in a riveting look at media bias and the fight for trans rights.
Incoming! Spiritual Ecstasy, Murder Comedy, and Anglophilia
Amanda Seyfried as Mother Ann Lee, a new Park Chan-wook thriller, documentary “Rising Above Helene,” and more films playing around the Triangle this month.
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