View This Email In Your Browser Hi! Happy weekend. Next week, we’ll have our first paper of the year out. There, in addition to the regular arts section, you’ll find an “editor’s picks” rundown of 5 things in the Triangle to do over the next week. These short blurbs will be a recurring weekly feature—one […]
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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In Hillsborough, a Magical Solstice Lantern Walk Through the Longest Night of the Year
Since 2015, thousands of people have flocked to Hillsborough to participate in the town’s glittering annual tradition of music, lanterns, and a reflective riverside walk.
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INDY Stories That Stood Out in 2024
Housing and growth, election year highlights, musicians we’ve lost; these are the stories that stood out to us in 2024.
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Local Releases We Loved in 2024
A chronological journey through the Triangle releases that stuck with us this year, including Sonny Miles, Magic Tuber Stringband, Fancy Gap, XOXOK, and many more.
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Field Guide: Breaking It Down (the one about compost)
View This Email In Your Browser Hi! Happy weekend. A few weeks before Thanksgiving, I emailed a few freelancers to see if they had any seasonal pitches. Writer Gabi Mendick—who has previously written about a Cary bakery selling Filipino sweets, the Green Flea Market, and small-batch local ice cream churners—responded with a pitch: Durham’s pilot […]
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What Local Culinary Mavens Are Dishing Up This Season
How Andrea Reusing prepares a turkey, how Sam Jones uses leftovers, and more from chefs around the Triangle.
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Talking with Nate DiMeo About “The Memory Palace: True Stories of the Past”
Ahead of a book tour stop at Duke University, the host of popular podcast “The Memory Palace” chats about storytelling, butter sculptures, and how learning about the past can crack open greater possibilities for the present.
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Field Guide: Remembering the Local Musicians We Lost This Year
View This Email In Your Browser Hi! Happy weekend. As we inch toward the end of the year, I’ve been looking back on 2024’s culture coverage throughlines. There’s a lot of reporting to be proud of and thankful for; one theme, though, that has been a tragic throughline—and one that bears further emphasis—is that the […]
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Field Guide: Maya Freelon’s “Whippersnappers” is a must-see
View This Email In Your Browser Hi! Happy Friday. Hope you’re holding up okay. This weekend, I’m taking my dog to the beach for the first time, which is a wonderfully straightforward thing to look forward to. (Dog: Ocean: Sand: Zoomies). I’ll report back. Housekeeping: The Best of the Best Triangle Readers Poll is live! […]
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At Historic Stagville, Maya Freelon Uses a Delicate Medium to Draw Out History’s True Colors
“Whippersnappers,” Maya Freelon’s moving new exhibition at Historic Stagville, reimagines the lives of enslaved children, lending shape and texture to their legacies.
