View This Email In Your Browser Hi! Happy weekend. It’s lovely outside; I’m enjoying it despite the pear-colored film covering my car. (From the archives: A guide to pollen season). Hope you are too! Full Frame Documentary Film Festival takes place in downtown Durham next weekend. Here’s why I’m excited—I probably don’t need to remind […]
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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What Dramatic Federal Cuts May Mean for North Carolina Libraries
The latest independent federal agency on the Trump administration’s chopping block has channeled over $30 million to North Carolina libraries since 2020. Grants have gone to projects like bookmobiles, archival digitization, and digital hotspots.
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“The Stiff Earth Bending a Little”: Lauren Christensen on Grief and Memoir
In 2023, at 22 weeks, Lauren Christensen and Gabriel Bump discovered that their unborn daughter was dying in the womb. “Firstborn,” Christensen’s wrenching new memoir, looks back at the experience.
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Field Guide: Bloomscrolling > Doomscrolling
View This Email In Your Browser Thanks to this week’s sponsor, Discover Durham: Love is an act. Love Durham by supporting the small businesses that are the city’s heartbeat by shopping Love Durham deals and offers and visiting interactive exhibits that inspire you to share that love. Live local. Love local. Love Durham. Hi! Happy weekend. […]
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In a Repressive Political Climate, Championing Documentaries Is More Vital Than Ever
Between April 3-6, thousands of people will flock to downtown Durham for the 27th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. This year, the event—and the eye-opening stories it highlights—feels especially poignant.
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Five Films to Catch at This Year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
The ballad of a Chilean miner, the covert rebellion of a Russian primary school teacher, a look back at an unlikely marriage, and more stories we’d like to catch at Full Frame.
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INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
A comedy festival, a cosmic festival, a listening party, and more things around the Triangle the INDY recommends doing this week.
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Field Guide: Where to Go See Art in the Triangle This Spring
View This Email In Your Browser Hi! Happy weekend. It’s early spring—North Carolina’s infamous stage of false starts; bouts of jacket weather followed by blooms and preternaturally warm days. It’s also a time of year with lots of culture turnover and new art exhibition openings. Here’s the INDY guide to spring exhibition highlights, featuring twenty-one […]
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Where to Go See Art in the Triangle This Spring
“Consequential contemporary art” at NCMA, playful exhibits at The Gregg, noteworthy shows a day trip away, and many more must-see exhibitions around the Triangle.
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INDY Selects: What to Do This Week
A dog walk for a good cause, two book events, a slice of pie in the park, and more things the INDY recommends doing in the Triangle this week.