Durham’s City Council is Enforcing Its Rules of Decorum in Ways It Wasn’t Before
Overflow crowds have been showing up to City Hall meetings in recent months, leaving attendees literally out in the cold. Some residents say officials haven’t done a good job communicating changes to city meeting protocols, causing frustration and confusion.

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“Cold Cream II” Is a Fun and Furious Record
The band takes evident inspiration from bands like the Ramones, The Clash, and X and hot-rods it down to the chassis, pinstriping the frames with funny, seriously nonsensical lyrics and polishing them with potent melodic hooks.
On “Needlefall,” Magic Tuber Stringband Blends Communal Joy With Minimalist Abstraction
On Magic Tuber Stringband’s fourth full-length release, the old-time band effortlessly inhabits both ends of its sonic spectrum.
Voices: Why I and Others in the Triangle Didn’t Bend for Joe Biden on Super Tuesday
Biden is writing the checks for bombs continually and then lightly scolding Israel for doing the same thing over and over again.
ART
In María Magdalena Campos-Pons’ “Behold,” Shared Identity Is a Source of Communal Power
Now on display at the Nasher Museum of Art, the artist’s career-spanning survey includes paintings, photography, and an immersive installation.
Scene on Radio’s Sixth Season is a Tale of Two White Supremacist Coups
New season “Echoes of a Coup” hones in on the 1898 Wilmington massacre and its reverberations today.
Talking With Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam About His First Visual Arts Exhibition
On view now at Peel Gallery in Carrboro, the exhibit is the latest expression of Beam’s seemingly inexhaustible creative drive.
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Talking With DéLana R. A. Dameron About Her Debut Novel, “Redwood Court”
Dameron, a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, has a reading at Flyleaf Bookstore on February 6.
Jill McCorkle Loves the Threat of Fairy Tales
Talking with the Hillsborough writer on the heels of her new short story collection, “Old Crimes: And Other Stories.”
Triangle-Based Illustrator Dare Coulter Wins Coretta Scott King Award
Coulter, who won for her mixed-media illustrations in the children’s book ‘An American Story,’ is one of the youngest people ever to win the award.
SCREEN
Incoming! Fever Dreams, Aging Assassins, and Canine-Android Dynamics
In Triangle theaters this month: “Problemista,” “Knox Goes Away,” “Robot Dreams,” and more.
Hayti Heritage Film Festival Returns With Full Slate of In-Person Programming
This year’s program, themed around “Homecoming,” will feature 32 films over three days.
A New Documentary Tells the Story of a Chapel Hill Hate Crime
“36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime” shines light on the 2015 murder of three Muslim American students—and the effort to designate that massacre as a hate crime.

