Owners John Bowman and Amanda Barr say that the bar, a West Rosemary staple since 2010, will close at the end of April.
Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards is culture editor of the INDY, covering cultural institutions and the arts in the Triangle. She joined the staff in 2019 and assumed her current role in 2020.
Field Guide: Rhiannon Giddens On History, Her Kennedy Center Cancelation and Biscuits & Banjos
View This Email In Your Browser Hi! Happy weekend. I am SO excited about this week’s cover star, Rhiannon Giddens. Her new album is out today, and her new festival, Biscuits & Banjos, takes place in downtown Durham next weekend. Not only does it mark an important milestone with Giddens’ return to Durham (she now […]
For Rhiannon Giddens, Music Is All About the Throughline
An interview with Grammy Award-winning North Carolina musician Rhiannon Giddens about roots music, her new album, and looking to the past to understand the present.
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
Flamenco, comedy from Craig Robinson (aka Darryl from ‘The Office’), Major the Bull’s birthday, and more events from around the Triangle we recommend this week.
Durham’s Pauli Murray Center Told Its Federal Grant “No Longer Serves the Interest of the United States”
Late last week, the government terminated a $330,800 multi-year grant awarded to the Pauli Murray Center in 2024. It funded community programming and a staff position, among other things.
Field Guide: North Carolina’s Biggest Festival Dreams On
View This Email In Your Browser Hi! Happy weekend. You may remember writer Ryan Cocca, who runs North Carolina hip-hop platform Super Empty, from his highly entertaining, John Jeremiah Sullivan-esque dispatch from last year’s Dreamville, Bury Me at Casa Bacardí. This year’s Dreamville recap was pitched as a swan song for the festival—which J. Cole […]
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
Crate-digging in Carrboro, the 25th annual Lebanese Festival, an album pre-release party (with a magic show!), and more events the INDY recommends this week.
A Different Kind of Marriage Plot: Talking with the “Helen and the Bear” Filmmakers
An interview with documentary director Alix Blair and producer Rebekah Fergusson about creating a collaborative team, non-linear depictions of time, and marriage stories.
Field Guide: Dreamville events, the Big Spoon Roasters’ lawsuit, and more.
View This Email In Your Browser Hi! Happy weekend. There is a LOT happening (in the world, certainly, and also around town), so please read on below for events, news, and Dreamville dispatches. First, though, I’d love to highlight a phenomenal new story that former INDY staff writer Jasmine Gallup has been reporting for months […]
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
Homesteading influencers offer a gardening 101, a basketball book talk, a free alternative to Full Frame, and more events around the Triangle the INDY recommends this week.

