After fifteen years, the founder of Carolina Performing Arts leaves Chapel Hill with a
program New York might envy
Brian Howe
Play the Saint James Seafood Scavenger Hunt in Durham This Month
Closed since the April gas explosion, Matt Kelly’s seafood heaven hopes to reopen in January. Here are a few places you can get a taste before then.
UNC Professor Mark Katz Built a Global Hip-Hop Ambassadorship. Then He Gave Artists the Reins.
Katz’s new book, “Build: The Power of Hip Hop Diplomacy in a Divided World,” is a soul-searching account of his time leading the U.S. Department of State’s Next Level program.
Moogfest 2020 Is Cancelled
Today, a statement from Moog Music called off the Durham-based electronic music festival, citing “logistical reasons.”
Skylar Gudasz Stops Time with Her Cover of “Wichita Lineman”
Gudasz does justice to the Jimmy Webb classic that Glen Campbell made famous, and the video just dropped today.
Mischief, Malice, Madness, and Mirth in a Jolting Vision of “Swan Lake”
“Loch na hEala,” Michael Keegan-Dolan’s beautiful nightmare of Irish sin, salvation, and transformation, shatters a classic ballet into astonishing dance-theater stage pictures.
Sylvan Esso and Durham: A Love Story at DPAC
One of the Triangle’s biggest resident bands sold out one of its largest halls for the last two nights, and they blew out their minimalist music to persuasive pop proportions.
Updated: A Change of Leadership Is Coming at Raleigh Little Theatre
The long-running community theater announced today that Charles Phaneuf, who has been executive director since 2012, will leave the organization at the end of January.
The Piano Recital as a Social Experiment in Sarah Cahill’s “The Future Is Female”
What happens if you remove the essential privacy of the recital experience, and then do it for five hours? A centuries-long survey of piano music by women tested the case in Chapel Hill.
Triangle First: Lord Fess Puts His “Stress” to the Test
The Durham rapper and producer bounces back from hard times on his “Rebellion” EP, which drops Friday, following our video premiere and a release show at The Pinhook tonight.

