Founder Laura Ritchie, director Saba Taj, and others discuss the ups, the downs, and the legacy of the lifeblood of the Durham art scene, whose energies will long outlast the space.
Brian Howe
Posted inCulture
Preventive Care for FOMO: The INDY’s Fall Arts Preview
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jay Leno, Ariana Grande, and dozens of other big personalities and can’t-miss performers are coming in hot this fall.
Posted inFestivals
Reeling from a Literally Awesome Hopscotch Show, a James Blake Superfan Stans and Delivers
A James Blake show isn’t just something I look forward to; it’s a calendar-dominating event. I get very excited. It’s kind of embarrassing. I’m embarrassed.
Posted inMusic
Anticipating Hurricane Dorian, Hopscotch Moves Thursday Night’s Main-Stage Shows
The festival announced today that its Thursday-night headliners will move indoors because of concerns about the weather.
Posted inTheater
So Much of Acting Is in Glances and Gestures. For Audio Drama “The Master Builder,” Tamara Kissane Had to Make It All Audible.
In taking her Ibsen adaptation from stage to earbuds, the longtime Durham theater-maker had to rethink what to put in and what to leave out.
Posted inThe Pets Issue
What to Expect when You’re Expecting a Virtual Pet
“Three days after my fortieth birthday, I became a Tamagotchi parent.”
Posted inReviews
How to Be Alone Together in Al Riggs’s Outstanding “Lavender Scare”
Prior INDY favorite “Hell House” had roots in crepuscular folk-rock, but “Lavender Scare” goes full-on synth-pop, though it retains a quicksilver live feel, thanks to the use of MIDI controllers.
Posted inReviews
Back to the Future in PlayPlay’s Cyborg-House EP “Invocation”
PlayPlay’s breakbeat-happy live vibe, which you might call progressively classic, is in full effect on their second EP.
Posted inMusic
Triangle First: Al Riggs Conjures Moody Shades of The Magnetic Fields on “Lavender Scare”
The prodigious local songwriter and musician is releasing their zillionth album next Friday, but we’ve got it streaming in its entirety right now.
Posted inMusic
Triangle First: PlayPlay Sends Love from New York with “Truromance”
We’ve got the premiere of a fun-loving house cut from the forthcoming “Invocation” EP by a DJ and producer who still considers Durham their second home.
