What makes Bill Callahan a mesmerizing performer? He has two expressionsone shyly, slyly neutral, the other a stanky guitar faceand two stage moves. Sometimes he prances a little, like a kitten marching on a duvet, and sometimes he adds a sort of “move away from the mic to breathe in” maneuver, like in “Chocolate Rain.” […]
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Fall for You: Our 2017 Fall Arts Guide
To John Keats, autumn might be a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness when gathering swallows twitter in the skies. But to us in the INDY arts and culture department, it’s more like a season of impossible events calendars, as all the arts presenters stir from their slumberous summers at once, when we pay more […]
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Fall into Books
Whether you prefer the wildest sci-fi or the realest human stories, the intimate terrain of the South or the sweep of geopolitics, the Triangle’s independent bookstores, libraries, and points outlying are overflowing with readings and signings for everybody this fall. ANNALEE NEWITZ Sep. 22, Flyleaf Books As the founder of io9 and, later, an editor […]
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Fall into Festivals
If you’re only into music, it might feel like the festival season is winding down after Hopscotch. But if you’re a fan of the arts more generally, you’re just getting started. Here is a small sample of the best autumn gatherings where you can do a lot in one go. CENTERFEST ARTS FESTIVAL (Sep. 16 […]
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Escape from the Fall
If all those blazing orange leaves and heavy autumn skies get too poignant for you, here’s a way to have fun in windowless rooms: the escape-room craze has made it to the Triangle in a big way (except for Chapel Hillwhat’s up with that?). If you’re not familiar, it involves being locked in a carefully […]
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Fall into Halloween
Any conservative INDY hater worth his or her salt will tell you we’re all a bunch of godless pagans, so of course, our favorite holiday is the one that dares to speak its pagan origins aloud. From haunted houses and races to haunted theater productions, you’re bound to find some of our infernal staffers at […]
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Fall into Art
Triangle museums are heating up as the weather cools down, prepping exhibits of post-Abstract Expressionist paintings, history-making high fashion, Japanese ukiyo-e prints, and much more. And who’s up for a road trip? DISORDERLY CONDUCT: AMERICAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, 1960–1990 (Sep. 21–Feb. 25, Nasher Museum of Art) New York City is such an unshakable art capital […]
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: A Tale of Two Side Fests
If you’re like nine out of ten people I talk to, your first question when I mention the Hopscotch Design Festival will be, “What’s that?” When I reply that it’s a daytime tech and design festival that’s been running in the leadup to the Hopscotch Music Festival since 2014, you’ll stare blankly, as if the […]
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Art History Gets Off the Wall in NCMA Curator Jennifer Dasal’s ArtCurious Podcast
Jennifer Dasal is an associate curator of contemporary art at NCMA, but her interest first took root in the historical canon and the stories behind it. In particular, a shocking aside from one of her art professors in collegethat the Mona Lisa hanging in the Louvre is a fakestuck with her for years. The August […]
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Recent Decisions in The News & Observer’s Arts Journalism Expose the Downside of “Reader-Focused Coverage”
The News & Observer is right about one thing: theater reviews don’t get clicks. That doesn’t mean a public-service institution shouldn’t do them. But let’s back up. On August 8, the N&O‘s executive editor, John Drescher, published a column titled “On the new N&O menu: Less spinach, more reader-focused coverage.” Drescher writes that, through the […]
