“For me, this process is about acknowledging these objects that we’ve created and abandoned, as they become part of the landscape.”
Brian Howe
The Leitmotif of Drummer Harrison Haynes’s Art and Life in Two or Three Dimensions
From his mild manner and fastidious appearance, you wouldn’t necessarily picture Haynes going to see a chaotic art-punk band, let alone playing in one.
Quetico’s ‘Know You Are’ Is a Voyage through the Grooviest, Most Sensuous Parts of Throwback FM Radio
The songs are lush but run so clear that their challenging time signatures often hardly even register—they’re more special sauce than the main course, this time.
Helga Davis and Shara Nova Plunged a Live Musical Performance into the Deep Well of Their Personal Connection
The multiscreen film they drew up, ‘Ocean Body,’ screens at CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio this week.
The Extraordinary Story of Tragedy and Resilience behind a Rising Raleigh Musician’s Apocalyptic Reggae-Pop
It’s a story that revivifies stock clichés about what it means for an artist to have a voice, to have dreams. It all happened something like this.
The Nasher’s New Group Show Marks the Changing Mores of the North Carolina Arts Landscape
‘Reckoning and Resilience: North Carolina Art Now’ runs Thursday, January 13 to Sunday, July 10.
Dance Film Meets Cringe Comedy in the Latest Chapter of Anna Barker’s Unfinished Autobiography
“I think there’s always some moment of realization of not wanting to be taken advantage of. Sometimes it happens slowly. I am not interested in putting a bow on any of this, right? Because life is not like that. The struggle never goes away.”
Triangle First: Tre. Charles Coaxes Childish Gambino’s “Redbone” from One Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar
If the original was tugged between lust and longing, Charles’s version shimmers off into the latter.
How the Progressive Momentum of Brandon Cordrey’s Leadership Lured His Replacement, Kayla Coleman, Away from a Plum Job in New York City and Back to the Nonprofit Fundraising Fray
“I could see the amazing work [VAE] had been doing and how I could contribute. The diversity of their board and staff let me know they are very open to different perspectives and serving the community.”
The New Raleigh Rock Band Ready to Whoop with a Sharp Debut and a Rage for the Stage
He’s a 48-year-old Grammy winner. She’s a 22-year-old musician who has never fronted a rock band. Meet Whoop.

