Owner John Boy Jr. says that he’s ready to retire. Customers, meanwhile, have until February 11 to buy a craft beer—and then pour one out—for the family-owned specialty shop.
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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David Menconi on Rounder Records and the State of American Roots Music
Menconi’s new book on the history of the storied music label, is both an intimate look at founders Ken Irwin, Marian Leighton Levy, and Bill Nowlin and an expansive look at American roots music, such as we’ve come to know it
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Reasons to Love the Triangle
Looking back on 2023 and another year of culture coverage in the Triangle.
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Building Community and Sharing Skills In a Really, Really Free Way
The North Durham Mutual Aid group’s fourth-annual Really Really Free Market on Saturday, October 28, is a chance to “share instead of donate.”
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Local Classical Music Station Reverses Decision Not to Air Opera With “Adult Themes”
Following national pushback, WCPE announced today that it will air the Metropolitan Opera’s full 2023-24 season.
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“I Don’t Like to Know the End”: Talking With the Writer Rebecca Bengal
In “Strange Hours,” Rebecca Bengal’s capacious new essay collection out from Aperture, time acts as a framing device for 17 pieces about the lives of some of the past century’s most iconic photographers.
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Ella West Gallery Is Carrying On the Legacy of Black Wall Street
“I don’t want people to have to wait to become ancestors to be respectfully compensated,” gallery owner Linda Shropshire says.
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2023 Fall Arts Preview: Ten Triangle Exhibitions to See
King Nobuyoshi Godwin, Luis Rey Velasco, inflatable art, and more.
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Full Frame Documentary Festival to Return to Downtown Durham
News of the festival’s revival comes just a day after Duke leadership announced that Center for Documentary Studies director Opeyemi Olukemi had resigned.
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Glitter, Glamour, and Stepping Out Onto Raleigh Burlesque’s Pink Carpet As Conservatives Aggressively Roll Back Rights
As burlesque has gained a sturdier foothold in the South, more doors have opened and the community has grown. But anti-drag bills threaten the tight-knit community.
