This summer will bring the ADF main-stage debut of a celebrated local duo as well as a tribute to a late titan of modern dance.
Brian Howe
North Carolina Book Festival Author Hanif Abdurraqib Builds A Tribe Called Quest the Monument It Deserves
Abdurraqib, author of Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest, appears at Kings on Sunday afternoon.
Triangle First: Hear FFFOOLERY’s Funky “$Death” Before Raleighwood Drops This Friday
The album comes out via Baddie Recordings the day before FFFOOLERY hosts a listening party at Neptunes Parlour.
Nine Out of Ten Tabletop Games Are Made by White Men. With Rap Godz, Durham’s Omari Akil Is Working to Change That.
The card-based hip-hop game Akil made with his brother is currently available for preorder before it ships this summer.
When Jookin Met Popping: Street, Screen, and Stage Dancers Lil Buck and Jon Boogz Heal the World
The pair brings Love Heals All Wounds, a collaboration with spoken-word poet Robin Sanders, to N.C. State LIVE on Saturday, Feb. 2.
Eight Local Comedy Shows to See Instead of Louis C.K. in the Coming Week
For the next seven days, there’s no shortage of comedy that won’t make you queasy around the Triangle.
Breaking: Aaron Greenwald Is Leaving Duke Performances After Twelve Years
The executive director is leaving the institution “more-or-less immediately,” he says.
John Cusack Is Coming to Raleigh for a Screening of High Fidelity
The actor will take audiences behind the scenes of the iconic record-store rom-com in April; tickets go on sale this Friday.
The Year in Arts and Culture
Our superlatives and our favorite local cultural products mark 2018 as a year of extremes.

