The free summer series, cheekily titled “Music Near the Gardens” due to its temporary location change to East Campus, has a special partnership with the Pinhook this year.
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.
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Line Dancing, Accordion Fans, and Reunions: A Dispatch from Biscuits & Banjos
A serendipitous, joyful energy coursed through Durham at the inaugural run of the festival, founded by Giddens for the “reclamation of Black music, art, and culture” in her home state.
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Field Guide: Swords, ham radio, and other analog-ish endeavors
View This Email In Your Browser Nominate your favorites! The Durham County Nominations Ballot for “Best of the Triangle 2025” is live! Nominations close on May 7th, so make sure to nominate your local favorites before it’s too late! Hi! Happy weekend. My boyfriend and I just finished watching the new season of Black Mirror. […]
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INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
A live Shakespeare reading, a Project 2025 primer, a legendary ballerina’s last company performance, and more events we recommend making time for this week.
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Pouring One Out for Bowbarr, One-of-a-Kind Carrboro Artist Dive
Owners John Bowman and Amanda Barr say that the bar, a West Rosemary staple since 2010, will close at the end of April.
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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 […]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 […]
