It comes as little surprise that star curator Trevor Schoonmaker will follow Sarah Schroth as the director of Duke’s art museum when she retires after 25 years.
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Listen to a New Six-Part Podcast of Tamara Kissane’s Unhinged Chekhov
The Piedmont Laureate just released “The New Colossus,” her second play in podcast form, with original music by Skylar Gudasz.
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Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere” Updated for Life Under Quarantine
Look, we’ll be honest, we thought this was going to be dumb. But Jonathan Byrd, the phantom of the Kraken, gets great mileage from a goofy gag.
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Triangle First: Flash Car Flashes Back in “Two Minutes ‘Til Midnight”
It’s 11:58. Do you know where your vintage psych-rock is?
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Sylvan Esso Is Dropping a Concert Film Next Week
The hour-long film revolves around the Durham electro-pop duo’s DPAC show last November, part of an ambitious expanded-band tour in large halls.
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9th Wonder, Ben Folds, Tift Merritt, and More Support N.C. Artists in “Under One Roof”
Some of the state’s biggest names are banding together for a three-day livestreamed festival to raise money for artist relief funds.
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Cozy Up with Virtual Plays from the Women’s Theatre Festival and Burning Coal
Watch Donna Hoke’s surrogate-pregnancy drama, “Seeds,” and a family-friendly “Peter Pan & Wendy,” and support independent theater through an uncertain time.
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New North Carolina Folk Music as a Gentle Reminder that Nature’s Not Closed
From the Blue Ridge Mountains to Old Field Creek with Nathan Vincent, Katharine Whalen, The River Otters, and Grand Shores.
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Dan Bryk’s Misadventures in the Music Industry as Told by Wikipedia
Since his mentor, Adam Schlesinger, died of COVID-19 complications, the best local musician you’ve never heard has been posting his unreleased songs online, tracing decades of charmed moments and near-misses on the edge of breaking through.
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Surprise-ish! It’s a New Tape by The Mountain Goats.
The coronavirus shutdown sent John Darnielle back to his elemental early way of working, recording songs about pagans on a half-broken boombox.